second dream; video

[bloodsnap]

[So Bloodsnap is getting used to living with the initiative and its bullshit, and she can't say its too much of a step back from what she was dealing with on Azeroth. Some things could have gone differently, but all and all, she doesn't seem too put off by her experiences.

So she sits, having finally figured out how to work the network, and stares down at the camera. The device appears to be sitting in her lap, so the network gets a full view of her wringing her hands every now and then. Even though she sounds pretty chipper, there are some bags under her eyes -- lack of sleep perhaps? Stress? Who knows?]

Strictly speaking...would you lot say we're outnumbered around these parts?

[Her hands go still as she perches her chin on them. The world shaman's recent arrival has given her something to think about, in terms of raw power at their her disposal.]

Not that numbers are the end-all of war or anything.

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[payback]

Well... we have an island. And the people we're fighting have the rest of the world.

So probably.

[bloodsnap]

Well, how large is this planet?

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[totallytrustworthy]

In what... an 'Us against Them' scenario?

Them. Definitely them.

[bloodsnap]

[Welp.]

That's...distressing.

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[bratworth]

Yes. If the situation is as the Initiative would like us to believe, we are clearly in the minority.

[bloodsnap]

I thought so as well. Would it stand to reason that the rest of this planet has the same prowess as our mismatched force?

[onemoredeath]

This island may have close to a million people on it, including us transports.

The world may have close to seven trillion people. I think that they have the advantage in that respect.

[bloodsnap]

Shame.

But what about in skill and individual power?

[latkje]

I thought that was the point. Special equipment, surgical strikes— that's not how you fight when you've got numbers on your side.

[bloodsnap]

Not normally, but there's certainly nothing that says you can't.

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[millionmilesofhate]

NUMBERS, YES. DEFINITELY OUTMATCHED.
HOWEVER HOW EXACTLY THE OPPOSING FORCE IS PREPARED FOR THE LIKES OF OFF-WORLD SUPERPOWERED BEINGS THE INITIATIVE HAS BROUGHT IN IS ANOTHER STORY.

[voice]

[bloodsnap]

Indeed, though the war is not yet won.

voice

[implying]

Oh, does it truly matter? It isn't as if they're likely to be storming us any time soon.

voice

[bloodsnap]

How do you know that?

[audio]

[vestigiaflammae]

What, us like the transports, or us like the Initiative?

I think we're pretty outnumbered either way.

[audio]

[bloodsnap]

That's a right shame.

But if they continue to bring us here, then surely we have value, unless there is some sort of pleasure in sending lambs to slaughter involved.

[bittertears]

Seems like a rather clear disadvantage.

[bloodsnap]

Do you believe we'll ever amass an army large enough to push them back?

[sacrificar]

They are not, but superior numbers provide a clear advantage.

[bloodsnap]

Sometimes. If all those numbers are simply bodies with a menial amount of strength, perhaps not.

[deadelfwalking]

I have seen battles in which the defeated army greatly outmatched the victor at the outset. [he's thinking of one particular battle, of course, and it seems unlikely that a similar miracle will happen here ... but hey, anything could happen.]

[bloodsnap]

[She can think of a few herself, though most of said battles were won by coincidence, she believes.]

Miracles are in short supply, Sir Deathweaver.

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[square_cubelaw]

I guess we are.

And considering almost everyone here thinks the technology used to bring us here is beyond science fiction, I'd guess that we are out gunned too.

Though, I guess we have the advantage of probably being totally alien to them.

voice;

[bloodsnap]

Well, not all of us have the privilege of such technology.

[Like her.]

[seamend]

[Yo roomie...ignoring the question for something more troubling:] Dear, have you been sleeping alright?

[bloodsnap]

[Damn roommates. That's ok, she's a practiced liar.]

Of course. Why do you ask?