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[selfloyalty]

[LMAO GUESS WHO LOOKS REALLY PUT-OFF.

SPOILERS: it's anora. in fact her hair is done up in a really sharp bun to help accentuate how angry she is.]

It was certainly nice seeing people attempt to kill my father again. As though having it only happen once in my lifetime was simply not enough. And to include Cailan in all of this...well-- [she cuts herself off]

I may be echoing a few others who have voiced their complaints after our little training session, but nevertheless...what were we to gain from this? Unless this was an attempt to let us know that in the future our enemies lie amongst those we once knew and...trusted, it would have been more beneficial to just pit ourselves against each other in training.

[she reaches at a gold necklace around her neck, still angrily musing about what went down these past few days.]

And lest you forget not all of us have weapons suited for combat.

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[latkje]

Perhaps the message is not that our future enemies lie amongst those we once knew, but that our future enemies live within ourselves.

That's too grim, huh?

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[selfloyalty]

[her expression sours a bit more]

In all honesty, I highly doubt there was a hidden message to be had. This was definitely not something that was thought through as far as I can tell.

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[latkje]

Maybe not, but what people do without much thought can say just as much as those well-laid plans.

[uncalled_for]

[She's pushed your buttons once or twice Anora so she's seen you a little flustered but this cuts the cake.]

I doubt those assholes give a damn if you don't have any weapons or twenty of them.

[selfloyalty]

[she's not flustered she's ANGRY]

It is difficult to discern what they care about.

[wow like you're one to talk, Anora.]

[uncalled_for]

[Still cuts the cake. With fire. Maybe.]

Not us, that's for sure. We're expendable to them, it's as simple as that. They want us to fight a war so they don't have to. What do you expect?

[There's a short pause as it dawns on her that they might just be agreeing with each other for a change... odd.]

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[noble_nate]

As much as I dislike the prospect of more ineptitude on the part of the Initiative, this damn-well better have been another one of their botched attempts. Because if what happened in those dreams was intentional...

Someone will pay.

[He is not at all happy about watching his lover being torn apart by a broodmother.]

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[selfloyalty]

Their constant failure to be a cohesive leader in a radical movement is beginning to wane.

I will continue to assume this was yet another failed experiment of sorts until told otherwise.

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[noble_nate]

I can't help but wonder what the intention of the experiment actually was. We have a perfectly good training hall in which to practice fighting.

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[onemoredeath]

[ Good morning, are we pointing to something so direct, hm? ]

I doubt it was intentional on their part. Something of that nature would have not been so staged if it was to be real.

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[selfloyalty]

What do you mean?

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[pantyraid]

[ everyone seemed so.. so angry. Trucy, who had just gotten here, hadn't experienced the recent horrors, and is now catching all of this second hand; as a bystander. Curiosity got the best of her, though, and she decided to pop the question. This one would do. ]

Did something happen? Everyone on the feed seems so angry.

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[selfloyalty]

Very few people express anger unless they have a reason.

[at least, that's how Anora works. there are some pointlessly angry people, after all.]

We were trapped in...a simulation of sorts where we were attacked by apparitions of those from our past.

Mind you, I am speaking on behalf of myself and a few others. I am not claiming to know what had happened to everyone else.

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[theguideless]

...Training.

[said numbly. training? forrealsies? the notion actually hasn't fallen into his head until now.]

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[selfloyalty]

[hey martin where've you been boy.]

Well what else could it have been? Intentional torture?

I would hope not.

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[totallytrustworthy]

Sounds like your father's quite the popular man. [ Her tone is light, gentle even, despite the amused little smile tugging at the corners of her lips. ]

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[selfloyalty]

[give her a second because you sound vaguely familiar.

but you don't look familiar so here, have a deepening frown at that amusement. but it's not necessarily one of anger...it's of disappointment, if anything.]

He had been, although "popular" is not the term I would have chosen.

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[ladyspitfire]

I doubt there is a message throughout all of this, besides a very certain fact that we are completely at the mercy of our captors, despite their outward appearances to be kind.

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[selfloyalty]

That is rather alarming to hear you admit to that, Warden.

[you did help her escape from her captor, after all.]

[andhishat]

What we can get out of this is not to leave our fates or training in the hands of a man who overly enjoys his drink.

[selfloyalty]

And here I had learned that when I was a child.

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[passive]

I don't know about them sending us a message - but I think I understand why everyone calls the Initiative incompetent now. Either way, I don't like it.

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[selfloyalty]

Did you believe we were calling them incompetent out of simple frustration?

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[whatatool]

Just hazarding a guess here, but I don't think they have a purpose for the things they do to us. We're guinea pigs for when they get bored.

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[stonefaith]

That certainly did not feel like training to me. [ TRAINING SHOULDN'T LEAVE HIM FEELING LIKE HE JUST GOT GUTTED, RIGHT ] If so, I gained nothing out of that. Somehow I doubt that any of us will have to fight our fathers or sisters or sons in the near future.