170; Insolvent

[thieveryofstars]

[ Screened to Alliance members | Unhackable ]

I suppose by now most or all of you have seen my message letting everyone know their things are okay and where they are.

[deep breath]

When I talked to Belldandy the first time, I tried to make it sound like maybe I thought what she was doing wasn't unappealing to me. She didn't trust me and with

Comments

[similarly screened to alliance]

[darkrangerqueen]

No. It was a good ruse, Jing. You acted decisively for the good of the compound as a whole. If anything, you are a stronger leader because you were not afraid to dirty your hands. I commend you.

[Screened to Jing - hard to hack]
[There is a click as she switches to private mode. Her tone is more stern.]
You are not in a position to express guilt.

Re: [similarly screened to alliance]

[thieveryofstars]

It's not the stealing part that I regret. It's not even that I had to make people think their things were destroyed, although if that hadn't been necessary it would've been better.

It's that I had to go against all of the alliance members too. We're supposed to be a team, and off I went... it's exactly what someone in charge is NOT supposed to do.

[Screened]

... huh?

Re: [similarly screened to alliance]

[darkrangerqueen]

The only flaw I see is that you let some of us in on the game, but not all. I would have appreciated it if you had notified me explicitly, as your close subordinate. I could have played along far better.

Or do you not trust us?

[Screened]
You call yourself a leader. Stand tall. Express your regrets but do not offer to back down over such a small thing.

Re: [similarly screened to alliance]

[thieveryofstars]

[earnestly] No, I do trust you all! After you left me that message telling me to keep prying at Belldandy, I did!

But in talking to her, the idea was just there, and I went with it because what would be the harm, right? Even if it didn't work we wouldn't be any worse off. But then she started acting like maybe she'd start playing along, and...

When she told me she'd seen inside Skuld's mind, I thought we were all sunk. That's why I wanted to distance myself from supposedly being in charge of the alliance. It wasn't because of any of you!

But Fayt and Selphie, they kind of refused to believe it, and then you figured it out. I didn't mean to keep anyone more informed than others...

[Screened]

I'm a leader but we're all a team. That's why I'm letting everyone have their say in it. If I don't listen to what the others around me want, I'm no better than the people we're trying to stop.

...

You don't think I should...?