Domino 18 [Video]

[onehandsomeslickninja]

Before I came here, the residents of the train chose a Council.

They chose unwisely.

You ask me to bend my knee to an unworthy leader, one who you have chosen for me. I will not. If my refusal to swear allegiance to one not of my land, not of my clan, and not of my choice is objectionable to you, then now is the time to bring your complaints to me. I await them.

[There is hot anger, and there is cold anger. This is cold anger. It brings out the formality in Edge as few things can.]

Let's see how this train is truly run.

Comments

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[thegreatninja]

Hey, where you at?

[She isn't entirely sure what's going on because she hasn't been paying supper close attention but he seems pissed. Which is an emotion she hasn't really seen from Edge.

She's curious.]

[onehandsomeslickninja]

Gym car. Best place for this.

[Because he anticipates the possibility of a fight.]

[hashtagparkerluck]

Dude, who is asking you to bow? No one is doing that. And no one one the counsel is unworthy? Is this because Curufin got the job? I don't know why you'd doubt him, he seems pretty chill.

[onehandsomeslickninja]

...The leader. I'm specifically talking about the leader. Was I not clear there? I'm pretty sure I was clear there.

[Thanks, you're spoiling his perfectly good mad-on by making him second-guess that awesome speech!]

[thegreatninja]

Mmk~!

[Yuffie doesn't waste any time. She vanishes from the network and appears in the gym car a few minutes later. She's wearing a pair of shorts and a tank top. It's nothing fancy yet. She's still waiting for Spider to finish her ridiculous clothing order.]

Edge? You here?

[She runs her fingers though her short hair as she takes a closer look at the gym car. She hasn't really spent a lot of time in here.]

[onehandsomeslickninja]

[Yuffie you are ruining his mood by looking so super-cute.]

I said I was! [He's leaning against a side wall, looking all cool and dramatic. (Appearances are an important part of ninjaing, after all.)] I'm assuming you're not here to take me down and haul me to train jail!

[thegreatninja]

There's a train jail? [She flashes him a toothy smile.] Cool.

[Yuffie closes the distance between them and lightly taps her knuckle against his forehead.]

Nah, something just seems to be up and I want to know what.

[hashtagparkerluck]

But there's more than one leader? I mean they're all called team leaders? And they didn't put me in charge so they definitely did something right.

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[internetsexsymbol]

Bending the knee to a...did I miss something? I just got asked to be on the council a couple days ago to help keep shit organized, it's not that big a deal. We gotta keep track of everything somehow, right?

[Reigen is so confused.]

[hashtagparkerluck]

No idea, Man.

I thought you guys were doing a really good job, all things considered.

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[themasterthief]

[He chuckles, clearly amused.] You make it sound as if it isn't easy to ignore all the rules if you really wanted to. As if there are any rules. Why make such a formal, public announcement? It's not even that big a deal. They never do anything...

[internetsexsymbol]

Oh, thanks? Maybe I should put up some more suggestion boxes so people can bring stuff up easier than saying "come fight me" in public.

[hashtagparkerluck]

For serious, dude.

I mean, I'm really just reading this as 'I'm not on the counsel-weh!' which, if this is how they're gonna act about it? Good thing Mr Stark didn't put them on the counsel imo.

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[blueberryprincess]

I’m sorry. I’m lost. What’s going on?

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[hibana_incursa]

So uh. First question;

What the fuck, dude?


Second and most important;

Do you need instructions for removing your head from your backside? Because you sound like a guy who could use those instructions.

[ you’ve insulted her father in law. She can’t let this slide. ]

[internetsexsymbol]

Yeah! It's not even saying anything bad about you if you don't lead stuff! Some people just aren't good for leadership, if we're being 'eye-em-oh'.

[Is that what it's called? Is he hip with the youths yet?]

[hashtagparkerluck]

Um..

good try but imo stands for 'in my opinion'

[ He's trying real hard not to laugh. ]

And also, where does he get off about all this 'bend a knee' literally no one told him to do that? Also, I'm gonna guess he doesn't get how democracy works because we all voted on the team counsel members.

[hashtagparkerluck]

Hey Gwen!

just clarifying, this sounds like those whiny white guys that don't what they want and think the world owes them stuff, right?

[hibana_incursa]

That’s half my high school. Yes. Yes, it does.

[hashtagparkerluck]

What a coincidence! That's like half of my high school!

It's good to know toxic masculinity is just a multiversal thing.

[hibana_incursa]

Yep


[ He can probably picture the look she has on her face right now. ]

Gross.

[internetsexsymbol]

Oh. Well, same thing, it is my opinion!

I'm guessing he comes from somewhere democracy isn't a thing? We do have people from medieval times and all that.

[Sure Reigen mostly got appointed out of a sudden need for a spot to be filled but that's neither here nor there.]

[Video]

[tinkerheart]

You wish to know how this train is really run? By all means, let me remind you.
It is run by the people we don’t know. To ends we don’t know. For reasons we don’t know. People that would not stop from kidnapping children to do their bidding and send them into danger to realise their arbitrary chosen goals. With no help in case anything goes wrong and only as much resources so they won’t outright die.
This is how it’s run.

As for the council, it was formed so there will be some semblance of order. So that matters that need deciding get decided swiftly. So that everyone was accounted for. You say people have chosen unwisely and I must disagree.

But don’t let my opinion prevent you from sharing your wisdom. Do tell why do you think it is unwise. I would love to hear if there’s any reason for it or is it just because you don’t like Tony Stark speaking with authority.

Oh, and swear allegiance to whoever you wish but if you’ll be hindering council’s efforts know that I will not stand idle and watch you destroy what we’re trying to build here. With meagre resources that we have.

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[adropofsunlight]

Are you talking about the person who was asked to be a leader?

[She figured that was it really.]

I don't know a lot about how leaders work, but they seemed very open to people saying what they thought. So maybe you could talk about it.

[onehandsomeslickninja]

[How best to discuss this...]

Tell me about your clan's leader.