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!]

Comments

[isorropia]

( My, such pessimism. )

[whereabout]

( It's standard procedure where I came from. )

[sizeofyourbaggage]

( It is sometimes where I come from, too. Doesn't mean it should be, and doesn't mean any of us have to like it or that I'm not gonna work to make sure it doesn't happen. )

[whereabout]

( I'm not fond of it. But it's effective. )

[ He was on the receiving end of it, not that long ago. So - he certainly isn't going to say he likes it. But from a purely logical perspective, he can't criticize it, and he's still working on not letting himself default to cold pragmatism. It's a tough habit to break. ]

[sizeofyourbaggage]

( Yeah, and so are a lot of other methods. ) [ Effective isn't necessarily the point here, anyway, not for Sam. ] ( You're a person, man, you're not a tool to be left behind when you don't work right. )

[whereabout]

[ Well, that sure was a laser-guided sniper shot to all of Joshua's issues.

He's...still not used to looking at things that way, and the number one guardian of his sanity who makes a point of reminding him of this stuff isn't here. He probably needed the reminder. ]

( ...I guess so. )

[sizeofyourbaggage]

[ The hesitation that comes before that response speaks volumes, honestly. Even if Sam didn't have a guy who'd been used as a weapon for fifty years or so as a broodmate, that'd probably have pulled him in. ]

( It's pretty damn easy to feel like that ain't true, especially when it's what you're used to. I don't blame you if you only half believe me. ) [ It is gonna make Sam want to be around to keep reminding him of it, though. ] ( I'm Sam, by the way. )

[whereabout]

( It isn't how I was taught. )

[ "Taught" is just the word he happened to settle on, but not the only connotation in his thoughts. Raised is there, because he was young enough for it to take root easily. Tuned, because not everything he was taught was at a direct, conscious level, even if he's not sure if he actually knows how far that particular rabbit hole goes. ]

( Joshua. )