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«Oldest ‹Older 2801 – 3000 of 4692 Newer› Newest»(Hunter: Hi again Zaf.
We need Silente to continue, sorry.)
(*Smacks Zaf*
Shhhhh, no talking during stories.)
((He means "Hi Zaf, welcome back" - J))
(If I had been alive then, Tia, trust me, I would have had a lot to shit to say to the Council where the Quarians are concerned. No government system is perfect. But I see what they are attempting to do and believe the galaxy will be better off for it. I hate politicians - can't stand them - but without order, there will only be chaos.)
I dedicate to trust. Trust is important. Sometimes we are fortunate enough to have people we can trust. Sometimes we can't even trust ourselves. Trust can make us open up, pour our heart out. Sometimes it helps. Sometimes we regret it.
In any case, choose who you trust carefully, and take care of trust others have placed in you.
(Hunter: Just because they aren't there doesn't mean there will be chaos, but I take your point and agree with it and pass it back to you.
Hear, hear, Tia.
*his eyes cloud over for a moment, but then he pushes the thought away and they go blue*)
Which I assume, Sil is eating? Eh, that means I'll take a nap.-Zaf
(Hunter: @Zaf: Okay.)
(*Smacks everyone*
SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHSHHSHHHSHSHHSSSHSHSSHHHHHHHH.)
(Hunter: @Blak: SHUSH YOURSELF.)
*Blake
*Star still can't type . . .
(*Pulls out a mirror*
Shh.
*Silently puts the mirror away*)
300 years ago, Quarians accidently built robots who became self-aware. They attacked said robots (known as Geth) and were driven off their worlds. To this day, the Quarian race lives on in the Flotilla, 50,000 ships (some older than 300 years) because the Council refuses to let them colonise another world in Council Space. Living in closed environments has all but killed their immune system so they have to live in suits their whole lives. Without a suit, a kiss could kill them.
The Council ignores the problem. Because that's all they are to the Council, a problem to get rid of.
(There is a Quarian who lives here, Tia. That information is not all too impressive.)
(Hey, Zaf!)
(It doesn't have to be impressive, it's disturbing. You defend idiots who would do that?)
Sophia, that's hardly relevant. The way the Council treats non-Council races is inadequate.
(Hunter: I have to admit that sounds stupid.
But I think all law-enforcing people can be corrupt and stupid, so I'm hardly surprised.
What makes the Council worse than anything else? *shrugs*)
(*Offers everyone cake*)
(Hunter: *accepts cake* Thank you.)
(As I said, no government system is perfect. They may have their flaws - but it's damn better than living on Omega. Or Tuchanka.)
(Your welcome)
(Hunter: *gestures to Sophia's reply* As I said.
*)
(BRB, getting food for the first time today.)
(Hunter: @Blake: Okay.)
(Hunter: Star's also getting food. Be back soon.)
@Hunter say you're a Volus, and you have a fleet around your world to protect you from Batarians. Since you're a lesser race, you don't get a say when the Council yanks that fleet away from you for "combat exercises"
So when Batarians attack, you'll be defenseless. You can do nothing as the cities are ravaged by the attackers. You can do nothing when the population is loaded into ships and sold to slavery.
As if the Council would do anything to stop Batarians from pirating and taking slaves. No, the cost of threatening Batarians to stop slavery is too high.
These are the people you defend.
(Dragona is not getting food, but I will be back in a moment.)
Thanks for the cake, Edward!
*eats a slice*
(It's ok)
((Quick question, is Sophia Dragona?))
Still no sign of Sil...-Zaf
I dedicate this page to taking over the world.
(Sophia is Dragona's character)
(I am back.)
(Hear hear zaf *Offers cake*)
(Tia - how about Omega, hm? Where the Council has no power? It is ruled by a single person - who is horribly corrupt. Trust me - I met her.
Gangs rule the streets. Loyalty is not earned - it is bought. There is no police force - only private security firms.
If you go to Omega, you need to be armed. Armed to the teeth.
I know - I went there. Within an hour and a half, I had been shot in the hip by a modified sniper rifle which used explosive rounds. The round detonated when it hit my hip, completely shattering the right side of it.)
(Yes, Dragona, I'll toast to that!)
(Dragona?)
Yes, Sophia, and you have to wonder why people would choose to live on Omega (a place with only one law) instead of on the oh-so-safe-never-gotten-attacked-by-Reapers-or-Cerberus Citadel where the Spectres run around and shoot who they want.
Citizens of the Citadel gave up their power for promises of security, something The Council cannot provide.
Some people don't want to be oppressed, so they live elsewhere. Omega is like a dirtier version of Citadel, both are equally corrupt and dangerous, Citadel just hides it better.
(I meant Zaf!)
(I'd like to have an explosive sniper rifle... sure my weapons are a hell of a lot more powerful but what's not to like about a long range piece of weaponry that fires high velocity shots which explode on contact?)
(I don't know if it's occurred to you, but Cerberus attempted to take Omega. And succeeded, for the large part.
On the Citadel, you know that the C-Sec operative beside you knows better than to stab you in the back. On Omega, there is no such luxury. You kill or be killed. You cannot trust anyone. You wander the streets, and see people laying dying in the gutter and no one cares. People shoot each other in the street - and no one cares.)
(Dragona is eating food. *sighs* I will be back soon.)
I doubt this'll continue soon.-Zaf
Yeah probly not.
(I am back.)
I still think Spectres are a bad idea. Just look at Tela Vasir.
And Omega doesn't claim to be something it isn't. You don't get betrayed on Omega because you don't trust anyone.
But Citadel has traitors like Udina, I mean did that guy even get elected! ?
Ddi any of these people get elected? Cause I sure as hell didn't vote for them.
(*sighs* Tela Vasir was working for the Shadow Broker. You cannot damn an entire group of people because a few go rogue - I could claim that I think humanity is a bad idea because of Cerberus. But that would be prejudice.
At least on the Citadel, you know no one will lock you in a room and allow you to starve to death whilst they steal everything you own.
Udina was always an asshole. I punched him in the face, once. The fact he was working for Cerberus came as no surprise.)
(Blake, Sophia, may I show you what justice does to a system?)
(Sorry for poofing. I solved my homework conundrum.)
(Hello, Silente.)
Hunter: Hey.
EVERY ruling organisation is a bad idea.
Does any of this really matter?
(Msd.)
(Hiya Sil.)
(Hi silente)
(Hey, Silente!)
"You cannot damn an entire group of people because a few go rogue"
I can if they have a legal right to shoot me if they feel like it. Whether they obey the ancient evil robotic overlords is irrelevant, Spectres have too much power.
(I am happy now. I have organised myself and i will get to eat tomorrow after all. *nods*
Also what's happening?)
No, Hunter, it doesn't matter. But I will not bow down to Council law, especially to a Spectre.
(Spectres can only shoot if you commit a crime - don't commit a crime, you won't get shot. Simple as that.
Spectres are necessary. The more powerful criminals become, the more powerful law enforcement has to become to be able to combat them.)
((Mass Effect discussion/argument))
(Oh are we still opposing Sophia? Yey! I thought I'd missed all that.)
Hunter: @Tia: Well, neither will I. But letting them know about it beforehand is a bit stupid. Then they know to watch out for you.
(Sophia, if you commit a crime, who arrests you?)
What are we eveb continuing?-Zaf
Under gross misconduct, I will have my Spectre status revoked by the Council.
(Hey Zaf!)
(But how will the council know you committed a crime if you don't tell them?)
"Spectres can only shoot if you commit a crime"
Yeah, that is the official story. Only an idiot believes the official story. Spectres are too loosely regulated.
You say the Council supports the punishment of criminals? When Shepard murdered 300,000 innocent Batarians, she should not have been rewarded with Spectre status reinstatement.
The Council does what is best for itself, it is selfish, just like every other government.
Murdered 300,000 Batarians? Shepard stopped the bloody Reapers arriving even sooner. If she hadn't have done that - there would have been no Crucible and the entire galaxy would have burned. Would that be your preferred outcome?
Hi...well this is boring.-Zaf
(It is a bit...where's ZafTC?)
*hovers quietly in a corner, but probably not really because I think I'm just attention seeking rn, but attention isn't what I actually want, but it is, but it isn't; what I want is to hover quietly in a corner and exist and maybe do something eventually and maybe not?*
*so I guess I might be ghosting, but you'd know that I am here, and that here is the corner I'm hovering in*
*um, yeah?*
*hovering :)*
*kind of?*
(Hello, Taia.)
(Hello Taia)
(Hiya Taia.)
By the lake.-Zaf
The Spectres are the law. They're not the policemen who arrest you, or the SWAT teams who secure your house. They're the Council's hitmen who don't have to care about civilian casualties to get to their target. Saren's actions killed hundreds of people and he blamed a human for it to hide the fact that he loves killing people. Obviously, the Council believed him innocent.
Council: To the hundred people who died that day, you can rest assured that our Spectre did indeed succeed in his mission and the needless casualty count is in acceptable numbers.
(It appears, Tia, that the others wish for us to stop. I am not one to care about the opinions of others - nor for you - but I believe we should stop.)
(Okay. Sil wants a 'word')
*storms over to the lake, eyes shining with anger*
*anger that leaves her eyes the moment shes far enough away that the other, bar Zaf, won't see*
Hey...
*Sits in tree*
(Hi Taia!)
That's not what I'm saying. What I'm saying is, if anything, the Council encourages the murder of hundreds of thousands of people by rewarding the killer. There is no law that should let her (a Cerberus terrorist) do this and get away.
The Council treats people as disposable.
If I was to kill a Spectre, why shouldn't I get away with it? Shepard's done it twice and got away with it.
((Stopping, sorry for dragging this on for so long))
Zafira; *turns, eyes wide* Just do it, you want to kill me.
*moves so she's behind Silente with her machine gun in her hands*
*Loki appears with Ravel*
*materialises behind Sophia*
How dare you?
No. I don't take bait.Andvi dont feel like being hunted for murdering a grand mage...yet.
*sighs* I am here to make sure Zafira does not attempt to rewrite Silente again, Tia. Nothing more.
*Jumps from tree and appears behind Sophia*
*sighs* I'm only here to make sure your gun jams if you were to, I don't know, fire it?
*her arm begins glowing blue with biotic energy* Try it and it will be the last thing you do.
*steps between Zaf and Sophia*
*Pokes Sophia*
*sighs at all the reinforcements*
Zafira: So what the hell do you want?
*Takes Ed's spot in the tree, watching with mild interest*
(Gotta go, I'll be back in a few hours.)
(Bye Blake)
(Goodbye, Blake.)
((Bye, Blake!))
(Hi, all. :))
(Why does YouTube have a dislike button..?)
An apology would be nice, not that I expect one. An explaination would be better.
(I will be back soon.)
(Bye soph)
*Balances kitten on Silentes head*
*glances up at the kitten*
*smiles and keeps still so it doesn't fall*
((Bye Sophia!))
Zafira: Hmmmm....no.
*sighs irrirably*
Zaf. Don't be anymore of a bitch. What the hell was going through your head when you decided THAT would be a good idea??
Zafira: *touches Loki, and her Ravel anf Loki vanish
Silente, if you need back up, then I shall be somewhere
*turns around to look at Zaf*
Great. Good to know there's that to worry about now. I didn't even get to ask if she planned to try again.
(does she may i ask?)
((She does.-Zaf
*stares at Zafira*
*whispers*
Why?
Zafira: I don't know.
(Good to know. I'm sure Sophia and El will be thrilled. What name were you going to give to the pink JB loving monster who believes its a mortal?)
Zaf, do you want to do it again?
Do you really, really want to?
Zafira: I do. And uh....uh....I don't remember....
*sighs and sits at the lakes edge, dipping her feet into the water*
*Offers drink to silente*
*looks at the drink*
...what is it?
Wine, it's not poisonous
Zafira: *comesback*
No thank you. It's not wine I need..
*stares at the lake not noticing Zaf*
Zafira: You'll need more...
Oh, well. Can I help in any way?
*looks at Zaf*
What?
Zafira: Oh nothing!
*looks at Ed* unless you can restock my blood supply or have vodka then probably not no...
*glares at Zaf*
Stay away.
Well *Disappears then reappears with bottle of blood with suit covered in blood* Is this enough?
*blinks and looks at his suit*
Where did you the blood?
*Looks around nervously* It was donated
(I am here
So is my Kung fu kit)
Zafira: Why shoukd I?
((I must go, only to return in 30 minutes. Take care!))
Uh huh. Sure.
*takes the bottle and takes a slight sniff*
...I swear to god if you have put anything in this...
(Hello Inky
Bye taia)
There is nothing in it. Would I really try to trick you?
*sighs*
*looks at Zaf*
because if you don't then one of us is going to do something we won't regret.
((The name is Tia))
*sits next to Ed* hello
(Sorry Tia)
*to Ed*
Yes. You would. And have way to many times.
Why hello Inky, drink? Ignore the blood on my suit, it's not mine.
Well, I guarantee that the blood is fresh and has nothing in it.
*arches wyebrow* okay...
Yes please
Don't break what you can't fix.
*walks over to Edward*
*lies down*
*is unconscious in seconds*
((And a hi to Inky))
(Tia?)
*Gives inky glass of wine*
Hmm. Why do I not believe you...you better not be lying.
(is he?)
(No he isn't) I would never try to trick you
Zafira: As you widh.
(Hiya Tia, I love your catchphrase by the way)
*smiles* thanks Bach *takes a sip*
*letter floats down from sky and lands by lake*
Hiish.
*nods at Zaf and pulls her feet out of the lake, taking a swig of the bottle*
*lips her lips*
Mm..
*to Zaf*
So, monster than believes itself to be mortal. Is it me or do those dots not add up?
(Hi star)
So, what's occurin ?
*to Ed*
Nothing much *Picks up letter* Interesting
*tilts head to the side* what's that?
A message *Shows her letter which has the word help written across it*
*frowns* who wants help?
Don't know *Throws letter behind him* Oh well, I don't go when summoned
*frowns* it may be important
Well, why should I help?
felix : *rides in*
Yo bitches
Greetings Felix
Because your kind... Or something like that
*Turns* Kind?
Felix: hey man
Zafira: They make sense.
*smiles* yes, a heart of gold you jhave
Lynxia says hi. :)
Hey, I do not believe we have met. I am Edward Fletcher
A heart of gold? Some may disagree. Do you think I should go?
(YEARS!
It's been so many years...
Resenting the years...
And my heredity..
OH!
I have hated and loved you..
I have hidden behind you...
Now i finally see...
YOU!
I've mistaken for destiny...
But the truth is my legacy...
Is not up to my genes
TRUE!
Though the Imprint is deep in me...
It will always be up to me....
Up to me...
Ohhhhohhohhhohhhohhhohhohhh free at last...
Ohhhhohhohhhohhhohhhohhohhh free at last!)
*sighs* well it is up
To you to go , but I would be grateful if you do
Felix: Felix the demon *grins*
How does that make sense. It'd get to night time and then BO-
Oh....
*Smiles* How could I say no to you? *Portal opens*
Ill come and help to
*goes through the portal*
Felix: Hell, I have no one to hang around with *goes aswell*
*Portal opens in a small metal room on a long forgotten planet with a man curled up in the corner*
*looks around* Whats this?
(this is my kung fu kit ---->)
A ship. Lost probably, but why send for help?
(Cool)
hmmm, that's a mystery to me *shrugs*
Felix: *sulks* why am I helping
You decided to come, demon
(Thanks, its massive on me so I have to tuck in the top hehe)
*Turns to Felix* If you are going to come then there are rules you must follow understand.
Felix: *rolls eyes* Fine
*Grans his neck* You follow the rules or end up in a very painful death. Rule 1, listen to me
*grabs
Felix: *mutters* okay, calm yourself
(I am back.)
(Welcomes Soph)
*Lowers voice so Inky can't hear* Calm myself? *Tightens grip round his throat* Rule 2, protect Inky at all costs. Rule 3, don't wander off
(Welcome back Sophia)
Felix: Yes sir *mocks salute*
Ed? Please don't fight
(Thank you Chloe and Edward.)
(No problemo)
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