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Lucky (Excel) (crazylikeavulp) wrote in sabra_la_tau,
@ 2011-02-11 10:00:00

Entry tags:

!days 210-219, albert de morcerf, excel, gokudera hayato, impmon, kanda yuu, takizawa yuta, wanijima akito, yuffie kisaragi, zexion, {shut hell}, {tokitoh minoru}

Who: Hydracula
Where: Skullcrusher Mountain
When: Day 213, evening
What: Misery and maybe cake, with a side of we hate you

Y'know, I think I'mma skip dinner tonight.

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	readbytwilight 2011-02-11 03:08 am UTC (link)
	[Draws no other attention to it, and simply resumes occasionally petting his hair.] For good reason. If you did, it would be far more difficult, if you even managed to be successful at all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	righthandsmoke 2011-02-11 03:10 am UTC (link)
	[quietly pretending he's keeping some semblance of dignity] I don't need you to tell me this. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readbytwilight 2011-02-11 03:24 am UTC (link)
	No. You do not. But whether the results of your choices were what you hoped for or not, you cannot divorce them from the situation in which they were made. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	righthandsmoke 2011-02-11 03:30 am UTC (link)
	There weren't any other choices! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readbytwilight 2011-02-11 04:46 am UTC (link)
	There were other choices. Just not acceptable ones. But the game has ended, and the requirements placed upon you by our patron have been fulfilled. Where we go from here is something we all can choose. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	righthandsmoke 2011-02-11 04:59 am UTC (link)
	. . . I don't want to think about that yet. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readbytwilight 2011-02-11 05:09 am UTC (link)
	There is no need to. For now, you should concern yourself most with rest. You and Pyre both. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	righthandsmoke 2011-02-11 05:42 am UTC (link)
	I shouldn't . . . There's chores to do. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readbytwilight 2011-02-11 05:46 am UTC (link)
	And there are ten others here, six of whom are perfectly capable of supporting those of you involved in this game while you recover in whatever ways best suit you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	righthandsmoke 2011-02-11 05:52 am UTC (link)
	. . . (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readbytwilight 2011-02-11 05:56 am UTC (link)
	You would insist on much the same were our positions reversed. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	righthandsmoke 2011-02-11 06:11 am UTC (link)
	That's different. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readbytwilight 2011-02-11 04:38 pm UTC (link)
	It is not different at all. Besides which, if you rest, it will set a good example for the others. They are far more likely to take what time they will need if following your lead. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	righthandsmoke 2011-02-11 06:09 pm UTC (link)
	. . . [sits back up] No one should be following my lead. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readbytwilight 2011-02-11 11:21 pm UTC (link)
	Pardon? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

righthandsmoke
2011-02-11 11:50 pm UTC (link)

I always . . . always do these kinds of extreme things. Even if people are telling me it's going to cause problems, I can't . . . I have to do it. I can't back down the way everyone else wants to do sometimes. And it always turns out like this. Everyone thinks we're the bad guys. And maybe that's been fine, but it keeps getting worse and worse no matter what I—even if all I want is to fucking survive . . .

The first time, me and Fang were killed. Next, someone nearly tricked our teams into killing Excel with their own hands. You saw the fight that began this time. What are they gonna do now? What's going to happen next time you all follow my lead?!

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readbytwilight
2011-02-12 12:23 am UTC (link)

You are basing your argument on the premise that abdicating leadership will make you somehow less likely to entrench yourself on a course of action when objections to it are raised. While my experiences are very obviously limited, from my observations of the choices you made when you began to remember the old world, that is unlikely to be the case.

To be at all successful, the beginnings of moderation must begin within you. Without that, it can no more be forced upon you by a higher authority than it can be requested of you by a lower.

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	righthandsmoke 2011-02-12 12:35 am UTC (link)
	But I can't . . . That's what I'm saying—I can't. I can't accept being wiped out, but then it turns out like this! Even if I know that I just—I couldn't even think about it! That Lepus bitch told us we were on our own and I couldn't think about anything else! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readbytwilight 2011-02-12 12:36 am UTC (link)
	Had you not been in a position of leadership, what would you have done? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	righthandsmoke 2011-02-12 12:46 am UTC (link)
	. . . The same thing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readbytwilight 2011-02-12 12:49 am UTC (link)
	I believe that is exactly my point. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	righthandsmoke 2011-02-12 01:07 am UTC (link)
	That doesn't change that I always . . . [ughhh slumps forward, catching and holding his head in his hands] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readbytwilight 2011-02-12 01:12 am UTC (link)
	[Takes his cup of tea, moving it down to the floor.] Acknowledging that much to yourself is till a good first step. I may have an idea for a second, if you do truly wish to work to change. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	righthandsmoke 2011-02-12 01:20 am UTC (link)
	I don't want to let us get trampled either . . . I want that and to not . . . do this. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

readbytwilight
2011-02-12 01:50 am UTC (link)

Moderation is neither total acquiescence nor a reversal of opinion. It is simply the determination of a middle ground.

If I may make a suggestion, begin by seeking some level of compromise. Not necessarily with all points presented, but ensure there is at least one that is not your own.

You will not always be happy. The greatest difficulty in this is that it will require you to give ground, as well as hold it. But in return, we will stand unified when facing whatever consequences may come from those actions, because the decisions that formed them are ones all had a personal stake in. It will not fall to any one person to bear the entire measure of that weight alone.

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