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pratservant in scorched

Voice

Mar 21, 2011 16:32

I heard in the marketplace that some women had been found dead.

[Or maybe he should say 'more women', the way things have been going lately.]

Why is it that women and children are being preyed upon? Aren't there leaders here? Why aren't they speaking up? How can they just let their own people-

[He stops himself before he gets even more wound up ( Read more... )

!merlin, rigaldo, lady, hades, arthur pendragon, priscilla, katze

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kit_katze March 21 2011, 23:40:51 UTC

Women and children are not frequently preyed upon? They're the weakest, so wouldn't they be the first selected by someone with ill intent?

pratservant March 21 2011, 23:44:46 UTC

Only cowards target the weakest.

kit_katze March 22 2011, 05:46:17 UTC

Just because it's cowardly doesn't mean it's not the wisest course of action if you're up to no good.

pratservant March 22 2011, 05:56:13 UTC

I wouldn't call that being wise. More like a murderer.

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Video supercilious March 22 2011, 01:37:02 UTC

Supposedly this place's leaders are mere children themselves.

Video pratservant March 22 2011, 02:10:52 UTC

What? Where are their parents?

Video supercilious March 22 2011, 02:31:05 UTC

How am I supposed to know?

Video pratservant March 22 2011, 02:36:13 UTC

Well someone must know. They have to have guardians or something. If they're just children trying to rule, then it isn't any wonder that this place is a mess!

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theotokos March 22 2011, 04:45:45 UTC

Well, contrary to belief, women are certainly not weak. And they're going to get theirs soon enough for that.

But children? It's sick.

pratservant March 22 2011, 04:55:37 UTC

Sorry, I didn't mean it that way. Honest.

It's just that they seem to be the ones being targeted and the rulers aren't doing anything about it. I'm not used to it.

theotokos March 22 2011, 04:57:01 UTC

Don't worry -- I know you didn't. But obviously the person who's been doing that certainly thinks that way.

You can't always rely in higher authority to give a damn. Sometimes you have to take matters in your own hands.

pratservant March 22 2011, 05:03:54 UTC

I guess not.

[His own faith in the current king back home is...lacking. It's only the future one that he believes in.]

But won't that get us into trouble?

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video | i'm sorry i have to silvereyedlion March 22 2011, 05:40:10 UTC

Are they fighting back?

video | you're not and you know it. pratservant March 22 2011, 05:43:41 UTC

They shouldn't have to! Especially if they're not warriors.

video | oh no you caught me silvereyedlion March 22 2011, 05:50:07 UTC

Shouldn't they?

[You have such silly ideas about food people, Merlin.]

I suppose they're only expected to wait until someone more noble and stronger than they are comes and saves them. What's the use of protecting a life like that?

video pratservant March 22 2011, 05:54:01 UTC

I don't suppose I should expect some people to understand.

[This face forever. :| ]

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yetsleeping March 22 2011, 05:46:40 UTC

It takes a great deal of time to truly see this place for what it is. If that's even possible.

And I don't think the Twins are really concerned about us. That's why we try to look out for one another.

But... some things...

There are some things we have no power over. At least not until we understand them better than we do now. ...like this.

pratservant March 22 2011, 06:13:55 UTC

I think I'm seeing more of it every day.

Is it true that they're just children themselves?

yetsleeping March 22 2011, 06:16:16 UTC

It's hard to say. They look like children.

pratservant March 22 2011, 14:12:35 UTC

...So they could be something else entirely.

[Which is even more troubling than the thought of children ruling them.]

Has no one ever gone to find out?