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voidtreckernet2020-06-27 09:04 pm
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[Video] - Backtagged to late Fiddlesticks Day 24
[Dairine looks rather serious when she clicks on the video feed.]
Hey Trekkers. So I'm sure I don't have to sum up what's happened this month, right. You've probably heard more than enough to get the gist.
I know some folks here have been kidnapped by places like this before, so maybe this won't come as a surprise to those of you. The last place that snagged me? Violence and death were not uncommon. I think my first year there was the quietest one and there were... how many died, Spot?
Thanks. Anyway, before any of you older and wiser types start giving me grief about 'oh woe, the youth has been scarred,' I can handle myself so can it. There's two reasons I'm mentioning up, and it's not because I'm looking for sympathy.
First of all, I know it doesn't feel like it right now, but you've all done pretty good. The train went, what, five or six months before our first murder and torture? Actions are being taken to address what's happened? That seems pretty incredible to me, but then again, I'm still not used to having an overseer as seemingly benevolent as the Voidtrekker.
The second reason I bring this up is the nature of those deaths. See, on rare occasion it'd be some personal conflict. Far more often if one resident killed another, it was because the castle or some other entity it had invited messed with their minds. Hollowed them out, made the angry, made them paranoid... oh, but only for a short while so they could enjoy the resulting fallout. [Does Dairine sound mad? Ohhh, you better believe she's mad.]
So with this topic on our minds and the train's oh-so-helpful description of voidsickness, now seems a good time to consider: how would we handle violence if the culprit is no longer themselves?
Hey Trekkers. So I'm sure I don't have to sum up what's happened this month, right. You've probably heard more than enough to get the gist.
I know some folks here have been kidnapped by places like this before, so maybe this won't come as a surprise to those of you. The last place that snagged me? Violence and death were not uncommon. I think my first year there was the quietest one and there were... how many died, Spot?
Three. [A soft spoken automated voice replies.]Thanks. Anyway, before any of you older and wiser types start giving me grief about 'oh woe, the youth has been scarred,' I can handle myself so can it. There's two reasons I'm mentioning up, and it's not because I'm looking for sympathy.
First of all, I know it doesn't feel like it right now, but you've all done pretty good. The train went, what, five or six months before our first murder and torture? Actions are being taken to address what's happened? That seems pretty incredible to me, but then again, I'm still not used to having an overseer as seemingly benevolent as the Voidtrekker.
The second reason I bring this up is the nature of those deaths. See, on rare occasion it'd be some personal conflict. Far more often if one resident killed another, it was because the castle or some other entity it had invited messed with their minds. Hollowed them out, made the angry, made them paranoid... oh, but only for a short while so they could enjoy the resulting fallout. [Does Dairine sound mad? Ohhh, you better believe she's mad.]
So with this topic on our minds and the train's oh-so-helpful description of voidsickness, now seems a good time to consider: how would we handle violence if the culprit is no longer themselves?