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[shitcrazy]

[Bat is out of uniform, dressed in jeans and a dark red and black flannel shirt with his hair tied back, and sitting on the couch in the side room of Nectar.]

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[justwantsafety]

[justwantsafety]

*quiet a sec* We might as well agree to declare everywhere but our own territories neutral grounds like the Temple was, and have an exception for defense and the like. I don't want to see it getting called breaking the truce if I want to kick them out, if they try to come into my house's yard and won't leave short of getting shot at. A truce doesn't mean they're any more welcome around my house than they were before.

And... I guess this ought to extend to noncombatants and civilians too? Don't go after us and don't go after our friends either, even if they're not wearing our Tribe color?

[shitcrazy]

Yes. Right. That's exactly what I'm looking for in this treaty.

See? We can be of like mind in some cases.

[justwantsafety]

Yeah.... I guess so, huh.

What else are you looking for, for it?

[shitcrazy]

Well, if we ask for too much more, they might not be willing to go along.

[justwantsafety]

Maybe, but there's nothing wrong with getting somewhat specific, right? If we leave it at "don't kill people and don't eat them," then that could leave it open for stuff like torturing them to not be counted as breaking the truce, since it's not actually killing them, and Heat kept his damn teeth off.

[shitcrazy]

Very true. We definitely need to be specific enough to avoid that.

[justwantsafety]

You want me to try coming up with a list of things like that for it? Stuff like, if one person says to back the hell off, and means it, then the other person needs to back off?

*about to continue, but pauses as something comes to mind* Maybe it could be summed up as... not being allowed to be more hostile to each other than we would be to our own comrades, unless it's defense or something. Like I was saying about telling them to leave the territory. *quieter* But they'd sort of have to, with the whole "back off" part to it, wouldn't they.

[shitcrazy]

No. It would have to be specific but simple. If you start talking about rules in relation to how individuals treat others, then that leaves things too wide open for interpretation.

[justwantsafety]

Well, they're not going to beat the crap out of each other, so if that's in there, why would they think it'd be okay to beat the crap out of anyone else?

But sure. I'll try working on a list of stuff no one's allowed to do. Should I just call you back when I get done with it, since you're the one arranging this in the first place?

[shitcrazy]

Uh... sure. But I'm telling you, keep it relatively simple or they won't agree to it.

[justwantsafety]

Okay. So I'll call or... maybe just send you a copy typed up on this thing when I've finished, and you can look it over.

[shitcrazy]

Good man.