Self Confidence the Ares Way, [Thursday, Period 2]

[sideburnsofwar]

"So," Ares said, after the class had arrived at the main campfire. "Last week, you all decided that the best thing to do after being banished from your village was to raise an army to create a kind of bufferzone to prevent your village being attacked again." Which they hadn't, exactly, but Ares wasn't going to let that stop him

Comments

I Can Has Alliance? - Self-Con [Class Four]

[sideburnsofwar]

Well? You he?

Re: I Can Has Alliance? - Self-Con [Class Four]

[vkandis_son]

Karal wasn't as sure on this point. An alliance theoretically sounded like a good idea. "I'm not sure we should be forging an alliance with this person without knowing more about him and his country and principles."

Re: I Can Has Alliance? - Self-Con [Class Four]

[chasingsnitches]

"Again, I agree," Cedric said. "And who's to say that there would not be ulterior motives when we met for the alliance meeting? Taking someone hostage wouldn't be the easiest thing to forgive and perhaps they are just setting us up?"

Re: I Can Has Alliance? - Self-Con [Class Four]

[vkandis_son]

"I think that is the most likely explanation," he agreed, watching Altra's tail flick back and forth. "I do not understand why they would want an alliance with us. They are an empire, we are a village with a successful army. Empires become empires by swallowing other territories, and I do not believe you become general of an empire by forgiving those who capture you."

Re: I Can Has Alliance? - Self-Con [Class Four]

[chasingsnitches]

"Exactly," Cedric agreed. "Unless they've had an unusual and very unlikely change of heart, this alliance is nothing more than something they can use to lull us into dropping our guard before pillaging and plundering our village and taking our things for themselves."

Re: I Can Has Alliance? - Self-Con [Class Four]

[vkandis_son]

"I think this alliance will wind up with our village ceasing to be, and possibly all of us as well." And didn't that sound familiar. "Their offer needs to be declined, as diplomatically as possible, and we need to prepare for their eventual attack."

Re: I Can Has Alliance? - Self-Con [Class Four]

[chasingsnitches]

"Agreed," Cedric said. "If anything, this attempt at an alliance should be an indicator that even the smallest of villages cannot be ignored when one wants to establish an empire."

Re: I Can Has Alliance? - Self-Con [Class Four]

[vkandis_son]

"Which means the correct response is to seek out all the other villages and form an alliance with them, so when the empire arrives, they can be resisted." It might have just sounded like Karal was speaking from experience. "No matter that they were once our enemies."

Re: I Can Has Alliance? - Self-Con [Class Four]

[chasingsnitches]

Nodding, Cedric said, "Being proactive instead of inactive can do no more harm than damage."

Re: I Can Has Alliance? - Self-Con [Class Four]

[vkandis_son]

Karal nodded emphatically. "I agree completely."

Re: I Can Has Alliance? - Self-Con [Class Four]

[palestshadow]

"He did say," Naminé interjected, "that we were getting along rather well. Perhaps he has forgiven us. Perhaps there was a ... a misunderstanding, of sorts. Perhaps we want the same things, and have discovered a common enemy. In that case, a change of heart isn't really so unreasonable, is it?"

Re: I Can Has Alliance? - Self-Con [Class Four]

[multiplez]

"I have to vote no on the alliance," Z argued. "We just captured this guy and held him for ransom, what reason does he have to work with us?"