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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[deployed]

( Blood shouldn't stay fresh for that long. )

[ Unsettling memory rises in the wake of that statement: walking back from a battlefield, smeared blood drying dull on his skin, itching and flaking when he touched it. Guilt sitting like a stone in the pit of his stomach gathering weight each time he caught sight of it. ]

( You're sure it's hers? )

[sizeofyourbaggage]

( You're telling me. )

[ But there's an undercurrent of yeah, man, I know. He can't help the way his mind curls around Bellamy's, just a little bit, the sensation of warm feathers and a sense of something like understanding before he pulls back.

There's too many of them who know exactly what blood on their hands feels like as it dries. ]

( I'm sure. Doesn't mean great things for us, if the Enemy's got tech or abilities like that - but we knew they were powerful. )

[deployed]

( Do you think there's a chance it's a set up? )

[ There's always a chance, really. But how likely is it? Had anything seemed amiss beyond the obvious disarray surrounding the clothes? ]

[sizeofyourbaggage]

( A chance? Yeah, of course. That last circle was real damn flashy, and whoever it is has to know how fired up Keya's aunt is. The clothes being shoved under there hurriedly could mean him trying to hide it or another Descendant trying to hide it before they got caught, nothing else was out of place. )

[ There's the sense of something like a shrug - it's evidence of a hell of a lot, but Sam's not sure it's enough for him to definitely say the Admiral killed Keya. ]

( I'm not gonna go accusing him of anything, but for our plans? Whether it's him or not, we know the Enemy is aligned with the Descendants. )

[deployed]

( We have to come up with something for Keya's aunt. )

[ This isn't strictly related to their mission, and yet. ]

( If the Admiral's being framed, then that doesn't help us there. )