mental link: day 34

[erbier]

[ It is actually quite late when Ilde's soft voice moves through the hosts, her scent of smoke and earth. She is at a club somewhere deep in the city, dazzled by noise and light, something you are free to establish if you look for it. ]

( It has been suggested to me by a hacker named Y that I throw a concert to lure our bombers out again. )

[ This part is forthright, a statement of fact with no value attachment to it. ]

( I believe she is questioning who I really am. If I refuse this idea, I may encourage that. )

[ This may not be strictly true, but it is how Ilde has perceived their conversation. ]

( She seems to know something, but is it worth losing my guise? If not, how am I to refuse this suggestion and maintain it. I do not know if she is a part of the group who contacted us before. She may already know I am false and this is all a game. )


OOC: link & all threadjacking here very much encouraged!

Comments

[adamance]

( So, do you wish to cost us this mission? What do you hope to gain from that? I'm certain you can be returned to the Station to wait for us. )

[snaphiss]

( I am making a suggestion, Lexa of Tirku. I am not leading troops into battle. My finger does not hover over any buttons. Your inflamed perception of my role in this mission is flattering, but false. )

[adamance]

( You are but one warrior in this battle that is a smaller part of a very, very inefficient war.

It's clear that we don't see eye to eye on that, but you are very new here. )

[Which is a statement that is both condescending and a sign that Lexa won't fault her for just not knowing things.]

[snaphiss]

( I'm so glad we can agree on your grasp of the obvious. )

[adamance]

( A remark without refuting anything I had to say. I'd advise you to look into things before you suggest precarious plans. )

[snaphiss]

( I have no interest in refuting anything you've said. I don't know what the traditions are where you're from, but on my planet, we don't waste effort on lost causes. )

[adamance]

( I will ignore the obvious implication there, and go for the other one: if you believe living here with the Nest is a lost cause, why did you take the hand that saved you? )

[snaphiss]

( Because that isn't a lost cause. Your grasp of the obvious has slipped. )

( You're the lost cause. Reasoning with you is useless. )

[adamance]

( I am able to see insults. I just chose to ignore it. )

[Gosh, Mara, she even said that's what she did!]

[snaphiss]

( You chose to be willfully ignorant. )

[adamance]

( Why do you think that? )

[snaphiss]

( Because I thought you were choosing to be willfully ignorant of what I said earlier, but now I see you're just naturally ignorant. )

[adamance]

( Trust me, you've done nothing by repeating your insult beyond highlighting your pettiness. )

[snaphiss]

[Not gonna refute that either, Mara knows she's petty and considers it a good thing. She protects herself against slights!! So she lets Lexa have the last word.]

[adamance]

[And thus Lexa got an award for lasting the longest in the asshole know-it-all bossy woman contest on this day.]

[batmotif]

[lexa r u making new friends

don't think bruce isn't creepin on this conversation either]

[adamance]

[Just finding out who the new easily riled up and unpredictable hosts are. No biggie.]