[009] Entry 004: Results.

[not_near_but]

Good afternoon.

I will not explain the significance of the colours I have picked for this graph because I don't feel like it. I will explain some of what I have learned in no specific order. Not all of it will pertain to the graph.

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Sometimes we like to talk. A lot.

[not_near_but]

A personal opinion? I will be long-winded.

Thank you.

Let's see... Mister Vexen is currently taking the side of a corporation that only has its own interests in mind. OSTA exploits space, time, and the dead, hides information although they claim they are not evil and they fail to see it would benefit them to share information if they wanted to get people to help them (not all, because it is unwise to share everything about an operation and the general public doesn't need to know everything, but it is wise to provide them with basics beyond "We are doing this for the good of our world, we just need help." An explanation like this is immature, ineffective, and unprofessional), provides equipment to those who wish to do things that are unorthodox and they are doubtlessly encouraging it as long as it furthers their understanding of whatever is being done, and various other things that I would spend hours describing -- and yet ANTI has essentially done the same thing, only they say "OSTA is wrong. We think the problem should be contained to our world and that OSTA had no right bringing these problems to your worlds" and we see no action from them. They toy with the dead, provide people with strange resources, and they give us no information when we know they possess it.

OSTA may have attacked ANTI, but that only further proves that OSTA and ANTI are linked and those who are prying closer and closer into ANTI and OSTA's link are only getting closer. The timing was too convenient.

In the end, the sentiments behind OSTA and ANTI are not evil: OSTA only wants people to help them, ANTI only wants OSTA to stop, but OSTA is as full of idiots as ANTI is. Both of them are wrong. It makes both of those working for them idiots and wrong by circumstance, because they are too ignorant to realise they've been mislead. Those are my feelings on those factions, but...

...Mister Vexen...you're doing this for your own purposes, aren't you? Regardless of what you think of OSTA, I think you would quit OSTA provided there was another organization that would give you what you needed and do it more efficiently. Until that time comes, you will comply with OSTA and get what you want out of it.

I don't care about morals; I don't care about affiliation. My largest concern is loyalty.

Therefore...

...I believe Mister Vexen is not only wrong, but the terms "evil" and "dangerous" could be applied to him because as far as I have seen, he has no ties to anything. His motivation is selfish and he could easily become a traitor. If I were the head of OSTA, I would be watching him carefully. I would also confine him, make sure he could never leave to find something better, and give him enough to work with so that he would continue to work for me without fail.

But I'm not the head of OSTA, nor would I want to be, so I am free to respect you and not worry that the things you do will have terrible consequences.

Although if OSTA utilizes you in the future because they finally appear to be doing something, perhaps they will.

(( OH MY GOODNESS I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW. Oh, you're precious;;;; ;3; ::BADMOUTHS ALL OF YOUR FACTIONS EVERYWHERE BECAUSE THIS CHARACTER IS INCLINED TO NOT SHUTTING UP EVER:: ))

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[l_accademico]

 

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[l_accademico]

While I wouldn't use the term evil.. Dangerous? Perhaps. But then, what human isn't potentially dangerous to someone else? Depending on from whose perspective, as it's constantly and infallibly about perspective. It's remarkable how alike we think when it comes to analysis; but when we leave the passive, impersonal stages of pure critical examination and delve into more personal territory, if one can even call it that, it's obvious that we weren't so alike after all.

I believe OSTA doesn't quite realize what it is that they're doing when they resurrect the dead from hither and yonder without properly researching who they truly were. While they're diligently searching for qualities like intellect, brawn, strategic skills and brutal, murderous drive - all excellent skills to have in an army of monster hunters, of course - they're forgetting that little thing called personal ambitions. Everyone has them: you, I, your friend Matt. And while of course some people would take a little bit more care to step around other people's toes and make certain that interests don't collide.. when you've got nothing to stop you, and nothing to loose it's truly as they say. You only have everything to gain. Without any moral scruples to get in the way it's frightfully easy to do things that will doubtlessly further your own advance no matter who you happen to run right over.

But you've misunderstood the situation. While I'm vaguely flattered that you'd choose to respect me - evil, dangerous and selfish? - there's a factor it seems that you've overlooked when it comes to motivation. Curious.

[ooc; D8;;;; That's okay; I don't really. Announce it? Olol. I LIKE BADMOUTHING. And I had an inner vision of Vexen sitting reading through the entrance nodding in approval and smiling like Bruce the Shark. He likes Near. And I apologize for the time that took, it's 02:19 am here and I'm easily distracted by porn. ]

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[not_near_but]

 

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[not_near_but]

If that is what you think, then it is better for me.

I was under the impression I had made a mistake and let Mister Vexen know too much about the way I think already.

If we happen to become enemies by way of personal motivation, I won't disappoint you.

(( GOOD BECAUSE I LIKE BADMOUTHING AND TRASH TALKING and Near does a lot of it -- eloquently and ineloquently depending on his mood. ...roflrofjgh Vexen is really cute;;; Near likes him, too, which I personally find to be creepy and weird, so he doesn't mind waiting a lifetime while you're distracted by porn. ))

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[l_accademico]

While I would hope that something like it would never come to bear, I highly doubt you would - albeit the results of such enmity might be interesting a game in itself.

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[l_accademico]

I highly doubt that it could happen however, given how far removed our interests truly are. Unless, for some reason, you've become intrigued by the retrieval of hearts for those who have none: which could prove both highly beneficial and awfully detrimental to our cause. But less of that sort of nonsense now; I don't much care for worrying about who may or may not be an adversary in the future.

Near, for the record, and if you care at all: I'll be a bit tied up the next few days as it would seem, and so telling you in advance that if you happen to raise any debate, inquiry or puzzle why I'm away, as seems to be a habit of your investigative nature, I won't be able to attend it.

Addendum

[l_accademico]

I should have written that you've chosen to overlook, of course. My mistake.

[not_near_but]

Thank you for informing me of your absence. When it's Mister Vexen, who always provides good information and interesting conversation, I am interested in his absences.

When Mister Vexen says tied up, does he mean business?

In light of your recent information, I don't believe our interests will conflict. This is fortunate and unfortunate: I believe I would have enjoyed Mister Vexen as an adversary. He wouldn't be easy to beat.

[l_accademico]

Business, certainly; I don't regularly allow people to physically tie me up in the basement for a few days for my own enjoyment.

It remains to be seen if the situation I'm anticipating will at all occur the way I've mapped it out, or if we'll find ourselves swamped with troubles.. And even if things should go as planned, I'll have a substantial amount of work on my hands. So I'd rather warn the one person who might possibly wonder what is actually happening.