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[falsehoods]

[Loki seems to be lounging back in something, with the communicator in his lap. One leg is draped over the arm of the seat. The lighting is pale, seemingly coming in through a nearby window, and the tassels in the back of his headdress occasionally flutter in the breeze.]

I see that the Initiative has recently contacted you in attempt to explain their purpose for bringing you here. How many of their words do you suppose were spoken in honesty?

This...United Earth...is clearly a threat to them, of this I haven't a doubt. But do regimes not rise and fall throughout time? We are told they are even now tapping our worlds for resources. If we were brought to desperate times would we not do the same? One does what one can to survive. The predator and the prey, survival of the fittest, life-forms devouring one another in the endless, destructive cycle....

[He drifts off, as if he's not really talking about the United Earth anymore, then he glances back into the camera.]

United Earth represents the victors in a long war. I wonder, if the Initiative were to gain the upper hand, through your aid, would they, too, find themselves corrupted by their own power? Even from this abject state could they rise to greater heights than their current enemies and be seen as tyrants? Or, perhaps, their efforts are for naught. Perhaps by sending you through time they are not altering history but ensuring it. The vagaries of time travel can be mischievous.

[Silence as he rubs his chin and stares into the middle distance, lost in thought.]

I am not saying you should all rise up against your hosts in hatred, nay. I do not suggest a revolution. Many amongst you have already voiced their thoughts on that matter and thus far the Initiative seems unconcerned about the seeds of sedition blossoming in their ranks.

[His naked brow arches and he grins a lopsided grin.]

I am only proposing that you do not allow their propaganda to cloud your better judgment. Above all things, think, or you are nothing more than cattle to be herded where they will. Whatever choices you make, be sure that they are your own and that your decisions are well informed.

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[yamaxanadu]

You make people out to be more cut throat and ruthless than they really are as a whole.

As for their words, they believe what they tell us to be true. Accepting that as actual fact is another matter. But you do voice various concerns, what does helping them do ultimately? Not enough is known to make an educated decision.

However, you do skew your intentions by introducing seeds of doubt rather than a fair and balanced counter argument.

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[peaceinchaos]

[She's looking terribly prim and proper, seated in what looks like old red chair.]

Frankly, I find it difficult to trust anyone who thinks changing the course of history is the best method of winning any kind of dispute.

[asskickersunite]

Then it's my choice to protect the people roped into the same bullshit I was.

[And all the good and ill that implies.]

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[fourcenturies]

Time travel never works as well as people plan it out to be.

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[hostage]

[What Loki's talking about is a trap he already fell into once before: taking down one monster only to inadvertently help another one rise to the top. Despite what people have said about him, Jesse isn't naive or blind to the possibility that the Initiative is that way.]

That's, um... I mean, yeah. You're right about all of that.

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[ima_something]

[Well he summed up most of her thoughts far more eloquently then she would of bothered too.]

Well said. There is probably something else going on here. Who knows what though. It all just seems to convenient -- they've got the power to drag us from so many places and then say that they can't fight their own battles? It seems a little off no matter how you look at it.

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[herewegoto]

Who Rebels? Who rises in arms? Rarely the slave, but almost always the oppressor turned slave.

Funny how somethings may just stay the same. Still. Where's the fun in neutrality.

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[deathwarder]

I think you already know the answer to that question.

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[painfeels]

Don't gotta tell me twice. If anybody's deciding what I'll be doing, it's gonna be me, and nobody else.

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[sacrificar]

Cycles can be broken.

[a_million_blossoms]

I am amazed at the way some people seem to believe that the Initiative is on the side of right simply because the Initiative told them so.