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Voting closed: January 04, 2021, 02:28:47 am

[ZBridges]

Considering that when we fell to earth we looked like little more than "a pile of meat," I'm pretty sure that we can regenerate fingers.  Cutting off a small part of our body that we can then regrow seems like a small price to pay for infinite weapons of mass destruction.

What about regrowing our arm?

Who knows, Phoenix may wish to retain that wound as a symbol of what we went through to enable the Holy Citizens to escape Armageddon by the skin of their teeth.

That's a good point.  It's not clear to me how and when our baseline changes.

[19_EgarAlnis]

((Finally done. Holy crap! Lots of work on this. Let me know if anything is out of order. I'm recovering from a busy weekend and a bender.))

[Naturegirl1999]

I think we should use the cybernetic arm

I think your city is marvelous.

[ZBridges]

((Would you mind providing an update on the nuclear testing facility?))

[19_EgarAlnis]

((The literal hole in the ground you commissioned for personal use? That's been done for months.))

[ZBridges]

((Ah... I thought it would be more than a hole in the ground, but perhaps we should have been clearer.))

"It's very impressive.  I look forward to seeing it and meeting your people."

[19_EgarAlnis]

"Your city is marvelous. Impressive. I look forward to seeing it and meeting your people." You state, looking out over the city from atop the spire. It spreads out beneath you.

"Ah! I wish you to get acquainted with it as well, Pheonix!" Samkrend states, cheerfully.

Then he shoves you off the edge with a strain of powerful muscle. You twist and unfurl your wings in an instant, staring at him in surprise as the fire pushes against the air and keep you at roughly the same elevation.

"Goddess indeed!" Samkrend laughs, turning his back to you to walk away. Your jaw works as you bite back your anger -- but it takes a glance to Mellone to truly calm your fury. She shakes her head gently, her eyes pleading with you. You drop back down on to the pad, and follow him down to the lower level. The streets between the pad and the palace have been cleared for you, and your retinue and Samkrend's guards make your way casually down it, until you reach the Palace gates. Servants appear to show you your rooms in the guest palace, before directing you to a dining hall.

You take a seat on a cushion, across from the Khaganate. A firepit lays filled with smouldering coals -- the room is plain, unadorned. Filled with nothing but the cushions and stern guards. Two sullen indiviuals sit nearby him, a man and a woman, roughly William's age. Beside the man, Rekhyt lounges. He flashes a cheerful smile and a wave as you and your retinue settle into your seats.

"So, since you people are so busy, busy, I'm curious about something before I let you avail yourself of my hospitality. I mean to make war upon you if our alliance doesn't go through. Tell me, why should I form one with you?" The small tables in front of you are bare.

That's a bad sign -- no food means we do not enjoy guest rights yet.

"[The Holy City is in ruins, Father.]" Rekhyt volunteers, "[They do not have the industry to oppose us -- the Crusaders are spread thin]."

Samkrend nods, his dark eyes turning on you once again. The smile fades. "I owe much to Nicole, but not enough to give up such opportunity." Nicole, for her part, looks annoyed, but settles back in the cushion. You cross your legs.

[ZBridges]

"We are weak.  I doubt we would be able to withstand your forces.  Perhaps you should just attack us?  However, we have much in the way of technology to share with you if you do decide to be merciful.  Your strength could increase tenfold, without a costly war."

[Superdorf]

Lots of work on this

((Shyeah, no kidding! Wonderfully done-- and uh, sorry to put you through that.  ))

That's a good point.  It's not clear to me how and when our baseline changes.

We've been told that degradation of the baseline is tied to alteration of the identity. To such trauma as shakes one's perception of the self.
Thus, injuries with a certain emotional weight tend to linger. So too, those injuries that are left untreated long enough to engrave themselves in the subconscious.


Hm! Good day, Φοῖνιξ. Such fine fires you've cast, these past couple days.

I'm... confused as to what we'd accomplish with words of weakness. Are we offering sarcasm? Baiting war?
I'm half-inclined to just dispense with the subtleties outright. Fire and show. Assent that such a war could well hurt our people... but make clear but that the Khaganate would burn for it.

[ZBridges]

If they do not immediately attack us with overwhelming force, they would lose such a war.  We would wipe them from the face of this planet.  It's safer for them to think that we are weak than to think that we are strong, a threat that can be casually eliminated that poses no true obstacle.

Note what Rekhyt is saying, even though he knows better.

[VoidSlayer]

You could crush this city, right here, right now.  Before you knew about this city the plan was to exterminate any outlanders who the nation needed land and resources from. You need him for organizing and industrial reasons so be honest about the reasons.

At the least I very much suggest you do not play weak.

But be honest about the technology you can offer.  You could help them create a truly globe spanning nation.  Possibly star spanning.  With his organizing and your technology, his skilled army and your individually powerful people, you could easily crush the plague and build up.

[Superdorf]

Hmmh. Why does Rekhyt say those things?

[ZBridges]

I think he is trying to help us and signal how we should approach this, but I'm not sure.

[Naturegirl1999]

It’d be better if we fight united against the plague, if w3 fight amongst each other, the plague will wipe all of us out

[King Zultan]

Lets not tell him we're a weak nation as I have a feeling that he'll think he can just take over our stuff, but we should tell him about all the tech stuff we can offer.