03 | Choices

[nirvananation]

Mayfield,

We are all trapped here, and we all wish to escape. However, we will not move forward if things remain the way they are, ana. It is not because we are weak, but because we lack an important thing: Peace in our actions.

You must see: Everyone who has attempted escape or revenge has done so through the same means: An attack of some kind. And

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[lotuslife]

...When you put it that way, it is so easy to believe. But it's not like that...

[nirvananation]

Ana...What makes you so sure?

[lotuslife]

Because this is a place full of stupid, impulsive, would-be 'heroes' who believe their way is right.

[nirvananation]

Then it is up to those few who are not that way, don't you think? After all, it is said one can make a difference.

So amongst all these would-be 'heroes', there must be one who can take a civil, diplomatic action.

Sorry orz

[tuna_surprise]

Maybe some of us don't want to understand! Maybe there's nothing to understand. You ever think of that?

[I am so sorry you are getting her right after the Jecht thread. She is in such an uncharacteristic rage right now.]

This town is just going to let us suffer until the day it finally decides to drone us. So we're either miserable and frustrated or happy and deluded. I don't even know which is better anymore, so don't tell me about 'understanding!'

It's okay, XD

[nirvananation]

Calm yourself.

[tuna_surprise]

I- I'm just so sick of it all!

[She's less angry and more distraught.]

I can't handle much more of this...

[nirvananation]

Yes, you can. But to do so, you must be able to calm yourself. If you keep reacting in such a way, you will drain your energy and become exhausted.

Now, breathe, ana. Take deep, calming breaths and clear your mind...It will help.

[numanstan]

So what do y'want us to do, then? Ask 'em nicely to bring all our friends back and send us home?

[nirvananation]

I did not say that, ana. I said we must seek understanding, and to do so, we must be civil.

[numanstan]

Why? They've never been civil with us! I say we extend 'em the same favor!

[nirvananation]

It is not a matter of who has been civil and who has not. Continued hate gets us nowhere, and only makes them return the hate tenfold.

It becomes a never-ending cycle. It takes true strength to stand taller, to be the better and stop the cycle.

Is the queen of misfires tonight.

[weiss_tank]

Yeah, but a half story is all we get from this place like a damn choose your own adventure novel. We gotta act or we'll never know.

[nirvananation]

Acting is not the problem. Acting without thinking, with no reason. That and giving up without trying is what I would like to see change.

[weiss_tank]

I don't think anyone is necessarily giving up, it just seems that way if they get depressed.

[nirvananation]

Getting depressed is a form of giving up. I understand being sad, but when you cease trying because of it...

[pinkplumblossom]

I wonder if just talking with the Mayor and Grady would actually work...

[nirvananation]

I would like to try. With no anger, no malice, no fighting.

Just a simple discussion between two beings.

[pinkplumblossom]

Well, I suppose it's worth a try. At the very least, it's not likely to get you in any more trouble than the people who try to ram into City Hall with tanks or robots.

[nirvananation]

Exactly. Everything deserves a try, especially in a situation such as this.