[S] Perrix: Coordinate.

[callouslystalwart]

You are again PERRIX SEIYOS.

Now that things are a bit more calmed down after you managed to get into the game proper, you decide to take a break from constant STRIFE to gather some very important information. See, you're only vaguely familiar with most of your fellow PLAYERS. Even out of the ones you know, you're not terribly familiar with their level of COMBAT PROWESS. Your own COMBAT PROWESS is quite honed if you say so yourself (and you do. Often.) but as this will clearly be very important to the GAME at hand you decide that it would be helpful to take stock.

Yes, you think it is quite time that you all GET DOWN TO BUSINESS. To DEFEAT... The HUMANOID NPCs.

-- callouslyStalwart [CS] RIGHT NOW opened memo DUELOGRAPHICS. --

CS: It occurs to ~me~ that while fighting is clearly a key aspect of this game... ~~CS
CS: Some of you may not be versed in the art of altercation as ~I~. ~~CS
CS: Therefore, ~I~ think it is of the utmost importance that ~we~ identify ~our~ roughhousing resources. ~~CS
CS: ~Our~ group's DUELOGRAPHIC, if you will. ~~CS
CS: So. ~~CS
CS: Who of ~us~ can fight? ~~CS
CS: How well? ~~CS
CS: For those that can't, ~I~ suggest ~we~ put together a crash course on clashing. ~~CS
CS: To begin, ~I~ am more than capable of both handling ~myself~ and teaching others. ~~CS

Comments

[callouslystalwart]

Don't get all high and mighty on ~me~, Cadens. ~~CS
That was a hypothetical to try and make you feel better. ~~CS
At least ~I'm~ trying to see their inherent worth AS beings. ~~CS

[soundtricks]

oh that's absolute fucking CRAP♪
if they're worthless, then the only people who are going to change that is themselves♪
but you're not going to use us as tools in your stupid fucking highblood headgames♪

[callouslystalwart]

~I~ fail to see how helping them to reach their full potential counts as "highblood headgames". ~~CS
Not everyone can do everything on their own. ~~CS
Why do you think ~we~ have schoolfeedings? ~~CS

[soundtricks]

don't give me that♪
'think of them as resources', right♫
that means as soon as they stop being useful, you stop giving a fuck whether they survive or not, right♫

[callouslystalwart]

Now you're just shoving words down ~my~ chute. ~~CS
'i'm going to shout a whole lot to distract from the fact that i had the exact viewpoint i'm trying to force on you at the beginning of this memo♪' ~~CS
That's actually kind of fun, isn't it? ~~CS

[soundtricks]

just because I'm yelling doesn't mean I don't have a point and you know it
if someone proves too useless to even teach
you'll probably just leave them to die
or do you really think some of these wimps can actually manage♫
you see what some of them are saying, right♫

what if they can't be helped♫
what then, huh♫

[callouslystalwart]

If they REALLY can't be helped then ~we'll~ stop wasting time trying to help them, simple. ~~CS

[soundtricks]

if they're that bad, then I'm of the opinion they shouldn't have played in the first place
I'm not gonna die just because someone can't or won't fucking put up a fight♪

[callouslystalwart]

Then ~we're~ on the same page. ~~CS
But the fact of the matter is that they did play, and now ~we~ are stuck with whoever ~we~ got. ~~CS
~I~ don't see the harm in at least TRYING to take the forces ~we~ have and make them as competent as possible. ~~CS

[soundtricks]

because it's time I have to waste when I could be WINNING
if they got this far without learning to protect themselves, then they were gonna get culled soon anyway
better to leave them than to waste our time on lost causes

[callouslystalwart]

Then have fun winning! ~~CS
~I'll~ just be here cultivating Plan B in case you can't do it on your own. ~~CS
It won't be a waste of time if ~I~ succeed, after all. ~~CS

[soundtricks]

it's not ~fun~
it's ~survival~
get that through your thick fucking pan
you think this game is just that♫
then you probably won't last long either

[callouslystalwart]

~I~ was taunting you, not actually calling the game fun. ~~CS
Here ~I~ was thinking you might actually be one of the more intelligent players, too... ~~CS

[soundtricks]

not particularly
but I'm good at fighting and I know FLARP
so I can handle myself by raw force

[callouslystalwart]

Well that's certainly one way to do things. ~~CS
If you have the power to actually back it up, moving forward straight through all obstacles can work. ~~CS
~I~ trust you can, in fact, back it up? ~~CS

[soundtricks]

my server player hasn't built up my house at all
my lusii are birds
I'm going to jump up to my gate without either

you tell me

[callouslystalwart]

...Well ~I'm~ impressed. ~~CS

[soundtricks]

thought you might be

[callouslystalwart]

But seriously, let ~us~ know what happens when you go through that gate. ~~CS
Are you the first to do so? ~~CS

[soundtricks]

dunno honestly
my team is kind of shit at that whole 'communication' bit

[callouslystalwart]

~I'm~ noticing a trend... ~~CS
Are you certain they're all still alive? ~~CS

[soundtricks]

maybe, maybe not
honestly, I don't like most of 'em enough to care

[callouslystalwart]

Can't say ~I~ would particularly blame you. ~~CS
Keep ~me~ posted if you find out, then? ~~CS

[soundtricks]

I'll think about it

[callouslystalwart]

Excellent! ~~CS

To be honest, that's about the best response you could have expected from her and the calmest way this conversation could have ended.