[Voice]

[deservinghell]

[For Henry, the past month has been rougher than any other in recent memory. Confessing to the only person in this wretched place he is comfortable calling a friend that she'd been keeping intimate company with a vampire was more emotionally trying than he expected. But that paled in comparison to a week spent living--finding himself with a pulse for the first time in four and a quarter centuries--and then having it taken away again.]

Surely I'm not the only one who'd rather our personal timelines never sorted themselves out.

Comments

[deservinghell]

Cooperation and complacency are easier for many, I suspect. But you're right. No matter whose history it is, the idea of altering it is still troubling.

[assworthsaving]

Right. Glad I'm not the only one who thinks that way. And maybe I'm not entirely convinced that all this screwing around doesn't have far-reaching consequences.

[deservinghell]

And how many of us can refuse to fight, to back off the front lines before the Initiative has to put its foot down? I don't doubt their power to make our lives hell if they feel it's necessary.

[assworthsaving]

I don't know. Seems like they're getting by just fine with the volunteers they already have. I don't think they'd want to risk endangering their cause by pissing off everyone with threats. You've- ah, you've heard of that saying- 'You catch more flies with honey'? That definitely applies here. There's a lot of us, and they can't send anyone back; only bring more people in. So if word about threats got out to new transports then they'd have a rebellion on their hands on top of everything else.

[deservinghell]

It's true. I suppose the sheer volume of transports shuttled in here every month guarantees at least a handful is willing to play the game.