mental link; after everything goes down on the evening of :038

[adamance]

[As it becomes apparent that it's time to move on—to shift forward in what feels like an endless pilgrimage, one in which none of the Hosts will gain any "true" enlightenment, as they will never see this culture as anything more than a means to an end. (At least, that's as far as Lexa sees it. Perhaps it's disrespectful. Perhaps she would bristle at it herself if it were about her culture. But then, no one is calling these people primitive and uncivilized like she's heard about her people in the past.)

Not that any of this will be spoken. This mission will go on, but it's a mission that can come to an end. That is something within their reach.

Which is why she opens up a mental communication to all the Hosts.]

( We must discuss, as a whole, how we hope to proceed moving forward. Before we pack up our things, I would prefer that we have some plan in place for how we act next. It'll prevent any further need to take on actions individually as we will be acting for each other. With the knowledge of each other's future actions.

That is not to say that I recommend against actions. But we can't act in contradiction to one another. Out of impatience for each other. We all hope to be done with this mission as soon as possible.

We have confirmed the presence of the Enemy. How do we hope to proceed? How will we ensure that the Descendants do not claim control of this power?

Furthermore, I implore you all to consider why it is the Enemy would act to prevent peace talks that could secure them the Nectar. And why it is that they need the Nectar. We are only fighting one battle here.

I won't lead this discussion. But we must have this discussion. We work well under time constraints. Let's have an idea of how we hope to proceed before we continue our journey. )

[That's her way of setting a time constraint, all in hopes that people will discuss what they will have to do. It's no longer about Keya (as far as she's concerned), but about their greater mission.]

[ooc: please please please treat this as an IC discussion post where people can threadjack and discuss whatever! i figured it would be a good idea to facilitate discussion here!]

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[adamance]

( If we're right about the agent in question— ) [This is a fact she's certain about, even with Murphy's line of questioning] ( —we'll be harder pressed to deal that straightforward solution to an entire body. Plus, as we've covered in the past, the Nest houses a majority of people uncomfortable with that idea. )

[Lexa is decidedly removed from that, but has adjusted and accepted that it won't be an answer.]

( So, the true solution is sabotage. We have information on Keya's aunt that could help. Why she was willing to volunteer it is surprising, but it could put us in a situation to harm her envoy. )

[earthborn]

( Look, if we just wanna incapacitate the envoy, that's one thing, but they've gotta have a backup envoy or something. If you want my advice, don't get so complicated with it; just poison the water supply. )

[Shepard is of the opinion that they need to eliminate all the Descendants from the equation. If the Enemy's involvement is the problem, then the Descendants are just tools and weapons slaved to that higher purpose. The Enemy needs to be disarmed, is all: no half-measures.]

( Cholera isn't just a killer, it's also a great distraction. Nobody is going to be worrying about diplomacy or tactics, and they're definitely not going to be able to spin it as a positive when they're shitting water every ten minutes. )