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Post by Valanis on Jul 1, 2024 2:04:58 GMT -6
*Dealer creating such a thing was a good thing for their world, seeing as it needed to be durable and sustainable in the event the worst-case scenario occurred. Strange that it went in a different direction than expected, but there were a number of possible explanations for that, like that "Noised Being" that could possibly be attuned enough to wield it not unlike the few legends that could. There were plenty of unknowns and he was the least experienced here with it, even though they all were lacking similar experience. Rather than leave it up to Shine's discretion, he would ask a different opinion instead for Cherufe.*
"Should we follow it down the rabbit hole, explore the opposite direction instead, or split up and do both?"
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Post by Gaia on Jul 1, 2024 10:34:34 GMT -6
Molten Cherufee didn't need to spend too long musing over the Trailblazer's ideas to come up with a conclusion.
"Splitting up is lunacy, are you stupid? We barely got through the Virus Wave, much less just one of the Jammers. If those are the weakest link, we're diving deeper into the nest no matter which direction we go.
"Dealer has more dangerous contraptions and experiments with Noise, so if we go towards their base, we're just gonna run into their monstrosities, or worst, some of their Remnants. The other way is completely unknown, and potentially just as, if not more, dangerous.
"I honestly think we have better chances exploring the Dealer Base than we do a complete unknown factor, but that isn't too say that our chances of exploring the Dealer Base are good. Just better than the other way."
What he didn't say out loud was he presumed to be obvious - none of them were the good guys of this story. They all had the morals to just back away and watch until the dust settled, or until they were dragged into it again by force. They could just as easily pulse out, go home, have a meal, and hope to never see each other again.
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Post by Valanis on Jul 1, 2024 10:54:15 GMT -6
*He would refrain from pointing out that all three of them here were their own brand of lunatic in a world filled with it, so would just accept the insult for now. That and at the very least one of them hadn't so much as barely made it through as much as two of them barely made it through and the third was fine, which would cement his own options further. Not to say that the next link on the chain wouldn't remedy that right away, but facts were facts. He would be interested in either option, which left weighing the costs and benefits of either. The costs were winding up dead, so that evened out and left the benefits. One was stealing from Dealer, but not quite as beneficial thanks to the Satella Police and their wanton plagiarism. Which meant if they were risking their lives either way, they might as well get something out of it.*
"Suppose aiming to lose the better link in the chain right away isn't worth it. In that case, we may as well go after it instead of toward the base. Risk versus reward with our odds plus the base won't exactly go anywhere."
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Post by Rem on Jul 1, 2024 19:08:14 GMT -6
While Trailblazer and Cherufee argued, Shine's eyes followed the Crimson as it was pulled out of the Noise Wave.
" I still have a score to settle! I'm not letting that thing get away! "
There wasn't much in the way of voting as she scurried off to chase after it -- now it was really just a matter of if they wanted to follow her or let her fend for herself, but her mind was certainly made up at least. Whether or not it was the better option? The thought never crossed her mind. She just blitzed off in the direction that her tunnel-vision pointed, and right now it was still laser-focused on that Omega-Xis clone that had defeated her and Cherufee earlier, despite how unlikely the re-encounter was, it seemed more likely to be in the direction of the Crimson than in the direction of the Dealer Base.
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Post by Valanis on Jul 1, 2024 19:23:20 GMT -6
"...That went as expected."
*It did at least prove his thought process was correct without giving himself away with how quickly she ran off and for the riskier option. He never really planned for it to be a vote so much as he expected it to be her running off and the option on the table for them to simply not follow the leader if so. Lined up with the emotional analysis just fine, so he shrugged his shoulders about it seeing as he did just mention that there was no point in severing that link in the chain now. Now was just looking to see how feral the rabbits in the rabbit hole were while following her.*
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