week 4

[vicedirector]

seven vices week 4 28 players remaining ♫ monday - thursday Monday morning begins just like the rest, slow and uneasy. At 12pm, every television will go off with its usual bout of static, followed by a calm, albeit disinterested, voice. "Please gather in the hotel lobby within the next hour." That's all that it says before the televisions turn off. Anyone not in their rooms will hear the voice echoing around them as if through a speaker system, although there are (still) no speakers present. After hearing the motive, characters who choose to explore will find that the void around the town has retracted a bit, and there is now a police station to the far east of the chapel. On the chapel wall near the altar, black and white portraits of Youko, Zelos, and Morrigan have been hung up. Anyone looking for them will find that Youko's pink shoes and the fragments of Zelos's crystal are now gone. >Mingle? This is Week 4's mingle log, covering Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday. Investigations will go up on Friday. When posting toplevels, specify the time and location. If you plan on having any private conversations between characters, remember to let us know in the post linked below. More plot elements will be introduced this week. Mod comments will be occasionally distributed to open toplevels, accordingly. cast setting rulebook profiles private conversations

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[fluorospar]

...There are many reasons for that, of course. He has earned my eternal loyalty a hundred times over.

[That much, she's 100% certain of.

But she chuckles at that.]

Yes, well... we all must start somewhere, correct? I was not born to be a soldier, I am afraid--though I daresay I have learned better since.

[dhaosu]

[ At this point, Dhaos has been very certain of that. He thinks upon on their stories, and truly, he is glad Selena did come upon him in this state. He could not have dealt with it on his own, and now, although it still hurt, it no longer felt like every breath he took was full of pain. ]

That is true...and pardon my curiosity, but I have to wonder, for you what was considered to be his defining moment of kindness and fortitude? The one that must have surely sealed your loyalty to him?

[fluorospar]

[That question doesn't bother her at all; she nods simply in response.]

Of course--I do not mind sharing. I am from a very poor village, on the very outskirts of my kingdom--so poor we were unable to gather enough food for the winter, much less pay our taxes to the empire.

[She laughs quietly, shaking her head.]

Rather than send armed soldiers to demand our missing taxes, he sent us food for the winter, to be certain that we would be all right. Rather than demand what he was owed, he merely wished to be certain that we would be well during the harder seasons.

I am sure the other rules of the other countries must have thought him mad, but...that kindness, that love of all of his people was what I had always wanted to serve.

[dhaosu]

[ Dhaos listens closely to every word that comes, and indeed, he believes that is good enough reason right there to be loyal to such a king, beyond anything else he has heard Selena say about him. ]

I see. An act like that is certainly something I would not think of as mad, although I suppose I can see why others in his position may think so. It appears some of those in a position to rule can forget that benevolence is one of many qualities in assisting in keeping the peace and safety of those who live within their kingdom.

[ He pauses, thinking upon something, but only for a moment. ]

...It is good to know your own emperor is not one who did.