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[knowsyourmind]

... If anyone had any lingering doubts at all as to the truth of our graciously absent lordship's words... I can personally assure you that he was, ultimately correct.

[But, no, he doesn't sound happy about this. If anything, he sounds a bit concerned. Okay, more than a bit.]

However, I haven't seen anything to indicate what we're supposedly

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[virulentrouge]

That's because we aren't being attacked, fool.

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[knowsyourmind]

No?

Then, by all means, can you offer another explanation for the sudden appearance of a veritable labyrinth in previously navigable passages?

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[virulentrouge]

If there's no cavlary, then it's not an attack. Simple.

[Military has obviously influenced senses that would otherwise agree with him.]

It's merely a method of eliminating those incompetent enough to fend for themselves. Or those foolish enough to stay outdoors.

[There's quite a bit of implication behind those words, if anything.]

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[knowsyourmind]

Ah, I hadn't realized legions of armed horsemen were the only qualifying factor for an attack.

You're suggesting, then, our hosts decided to eliminate those they consistently refer to as "guests" for no reason other than they want to play at Darwinian theories?

Seems a bit too grand an experiment, considering all the variables they've got to contend with.

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[virulentrouge]

Bah -- whether they call us guests or not, we are still prisoners. Guests are cordially invited to leave anytime they want.

Prisoners are not. And, seeing as I cannot merely leave this place by my own accord, then we fit the label.

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[knowsyourmind]

Oh, I'm not arguing that. We're certainly little more than pampered prisoners.

However, you'll note I said only that they refer to us as guests. Bit of a distinction there, I should think.

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[virulentrouge]

I see nothing but well thought out and meticulously executed ploys of deception. Raise the aura of this so called lord, and any trick he sends our way redirects the blame to the situation. I've no clue what Darwanism is -- but if it's related to weening out the weak, then there's no objection.

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[knowsyourmind]

Deception? I assume you mean besides the current crisis?

Ah, yes, Darwinism refers to the evolutionary theory of "survival of the fittest" as observed in wild animals.

[And can be applied easily to mutants, but this isn't the time for that discussion.]

As I said, if they were conducting such an experiment, they'd need to rule out the possibility of variables such as "luck", for good or ill. As... that... really rather seems to effect things in one way or another.

[Such as himself, who was armed with a perfectly good candle until the wind blew the damn thing out before he could protect it.]

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[virulentrouge]

Luck is merely a minor facet. How are you so certain that the lord is humane enough to wish for all our well being?

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[knowsyourmind]

But it is a facet nonetheless.

I see no reason for someone to provide for food, shelter, and medical facilities if they didn't, at the very least, wish us to remain alive. It's a needless expenditure, if they meant otherwise.

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[virulentrouge]

[Albel disagrees, but in all likelihood for reasons that the Professor would find most sadistic at the least.]

It would be too easy to eliminate the helpless. Those with the most malicious intents often are blessed with cleverness that goes beyond a common folk's extended thinking. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if all these 'blessings' serve no real purpose but to raise our morale high enough to crush it down later. I've seen leaders who've operated as such.

[AKA: Maniacal computer system programmer who created his entire galaxy system. Things aren't always as they seem.]

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[knowsyourmind]

And if it's true what they say, that our worlds and everything in them are indeed gone, what purpose would it serve to "crush us down"?

Hypothetically speaking, of course. We can't presume to truly know the minds of our hosts at the moment.

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[virulentrouge]

You can't be serious in telling me that you actually believe such trash? Our worlds are not gone -- if they were, it would be impossible for people to continue arriving here at different periods of time.

Especially those from the same world.

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[knowsyourmind]

I never said that I did. I was asking only in the hypothetical sense that it was true -- a sort of "What if", if you will.

That is an excellent point against such a scenario, however.

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[virulentrouge]

Which would explain a particularly malevolent intention from this so called "Lord", would it not?

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[knowsyourmind]

How do you figure?