2 ¤ Banker's Post

[deadlybanker]

[Video]

[It is a very solemn Giovanni who addresses everyone today. Maybe it’s due to the cold which, admittedly was a problem that even an extra wrap could not quite solve, but more likely it was due to the book on Renaissance history that was sitting open faced on his lap. He had finally found the time to read the book he had traded Cat (a.k.a. Arya Stark) for and the manuscript held a grim glimpse into the future. ]

We are brought here, told that changing the past is the way to correct the future but I find myself wondering if that is true. Has anything that has been done really been for the best? Those who were native in Exsilium before our arrival have been nearly entirely wiped from history. Instead of correcting the troubles with these ‘nuclear bombs’ we have only plunged the planet into a deep cold. Now we are told we must do more of these missions to gather supplies and correct these new problems. Does it ever end?

I wonder how many of you agree with this. Is changing the past in this manner something you feel is right?

[His voice took on an even softer tone as he thought back on what he had read. ]

What would you do if you had future knowledge of a terrible event? Would you journey to the past to stop it from happening or would you be too concerned it might cause something even worse to occur?

Comments

[alittlesweptup]

Obviously neither of us wants that. We just need a proper system of checks and balances so no one person can screw us while at the some time no group of people - save perhaps a proper majority - can do the same to any one person.

[He's not even sure if that's possible. But aiming for it is better than not.]

[deadlybanker]

[Agreed!]

I am relieved to hear you say that. It sounds like you have spent a good deal of time thinking about what you wish to accomplish.

[alittlesweptup]

Yeah well, someone's got to be rubbing their brain cells together on this planet.

[Bitter? A little. (A lot.)]

[deadlybanker]

Many are, but that does not mean answers have been easy to find. This is a very complex situation.

[alittlesweptup]

Obviously.

[A pause then, weighty. Somewhere Charlie is pinching the bridge of his nose. After a moment he exhales, then:]

But the question really is how to do any of that. No one's going to listen to anything that comes out of my mouth, that's for damned sure.

[deadlybanker]

I am not a leader of men. I can not say how to get a people to follow you I can only suggest laying out your case. If what you wish to do is carefully and patiently explained to them some might come to agree and even support your ideas.

[alittlesweptup]

[That gets a low, growling little laugh out of him.]

Yeah, alright. It's not like people here have a great memory anyway, now is it?

[deadlybanker]

[And a faint frown from him. ]

Some do remember better than others.
And there are always the new arrivals to consider. The Initiative's ability to kidnap people has not been ended. When they arrive they will need the situation explained to them.

[alittlesweptup]

[Are you suggesting he be handy with that information to newcomers, Giovanni? Because that's kind of what it sounds like - which: manipulative, but not exactly unfair either. Charlie likes it (and chooses to perceive that as the man's intention whether or not that's actually the case).

So there's something like a hint of understanding, some vaguely plotting overtone to the shape of his words:]

Right, of course. Someone's got to set them straight out of the gate.

[deadlybanker]

[What!? NO! Back up!

He was saying you need to be honest with them not manipulative... sigh. This is what happens when words fail to get across intent. ]

Of course. We can be rely on the Initiative to tell them all that has been going on.

[alittlesweptup]

[Manipulative. Informative. It's all relative.]

Exactly my thoughts. And DITR can only handle so much. [As if that much isn't painfully obvious.]

[deadlybanker]

They do the best they can, but they may have been too close to the Initiative. It seems to me they often supported what ever the old Initiative said without question.

[alittlesweptup]

They certainly didn't have any power to argue what the Initiative would have wanted - regardless of what anyone might say otherwise.

[But that's not really the conversation he wants to have. Charlie makes a low, irritable little noise.]

In any case, it's worth thought.