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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?

[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.

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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.

[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.]

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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]

[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.]

[Video]

[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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[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.

video.

[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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[theguideless]

...Training.

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

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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. ]

video;

[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.

[Video]

[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.

Voice;

[selfloyalty]

What do you mean?

video.

[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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[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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[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.

video;

[selfloyalty]

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

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

video;

[ladyspitfire]

We were pulled into this...dream-world unawares, unwillingly. We could not escape for three days. And while we were there, we still could not find any safe haven within the illusions we saw.

[It was like a never-ending Fade dream and no one liked that level, okay.]

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[selfloyalty]

[and at that she falters. she's had power back home, but not the sort that's been demonstrated here.]

I suppose it is extremely troublesome simply seeing what else they are capable of. The time travel is one thing, but to be trapped within our own memories...

[this is why people are afraid of magic and mages because that shit is up their alley.]

We could have easily been trapped for a lot longer. I would hate to imagine what would have happened had this been intentional.

[selfloyalty]

I suppose I did not quite know what to expect. I am aware of soldiers being expendable in times of war, but this is beginning to dip into the realm of experimentation as opposed to simple training exercises.

[totallytrustworthy]

[Don't worry, no witches of the wilds here. Nope.]

...Oh.

[ 'Had' used in that context means they probably succeeded, she supposes, so as her eyebrows lift in realization, her smile drops. She's not entirely heartless, after all.]

And here I thought I'd seen everything. Can't believe this sort of thing is a common occurrence.

video;

[selfloyalty]

[the fade is not that bad okay at least it's not the deep roads.

NOT THAT ANORA WOULD HAVE ANY IDEA SHE WAS TOO BUSY CHILLING AT THE PALACE with howe as company so c'mon that's totally worse.

the way Elissa words what had happened for the past few days disturbs her, but she hides it with a well-trained poker face.]

Ah yes, I suppose this is an entirely new experience for you, seeing as you have yet to be taken on an actual mission.

You will find that those have the potential to last far longer.

[selfloyalty]

[YUP DADDY DEAREST IS DEAD AS A DOORNAIL in Anora's Warden's playthrough at least]

This particular incidence is not common, hence the exclamations of annoyance. But being taken and held elsewhere regardless of whether we are willing participants or not, is in fact common.

It is something to get used to. You are new, I gather?

Re: voice

[theguideless]

[oh you know.

not home.]

It was real.