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00004 VIDEO: v for vendetta

No redemption without blood..

[Mike mutters the words as he turns on and adjusts the video, heaving a deep sigh. He looks darker and more worn than usual, yet there's a certain satisfaction lurking behind his expression. The agent clears his throat and shifts in his chair before leaning forward to address the network.]

Have any of you thought about what might happen if we fail? The magic that brought us here.. who's to say he doesn't have the same power? That he can't go to our worlds and hurt everyone we care about?

My father di- [He chokes on the word, swallows, and takes a moment before starting again. His voice is strained, raw with emotion.] My innocent father was executed because I failed to recognize the threat that was in front of me, because I missed something. We can't let that happen here. If we don't succeed.. who knows what it could cost?

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He can, yes.

[That knowledge has been with Enjolras for a little under a year, when the Empress explained the information. Might as well share what he knows, after all.]

We were assured of that by our last Empress, that he could do so, should he wish it. A defeat of him here would keep him from finding his way there.

[Considering Paris laid waste, and left to darkness is horrible to think on, but Enjolras is no longer pulling punches in letting the other man know what is likely to happen. A fair warning, really.]

We were brought here to fight to save our homes, along with this land. Were you not so informed?

I heard. My concern is: What's to stop him from doing it right now?

All of us, I would suppose. Quite the problem, when it comes to things as they are now. It is strange though.

[There is a frown as Enjolras considers what others have pointed out here earlier, and the fact that communication as to their roles is...not happening very much.]

We were brought here and told that we were to play roles in that war, but as to what has happened since? There's been no recruiting, no organization. Some of the people here have offered themselves as trainers of a sort before,but, from the powers themselves,there is very little.

I have not known this sort of war before, but the way that it is being handled is rather, well. I doubt the Emperor would have lasted very long in my Paris, with this lack of everything.

As to what we might actually do here without waiting for official word, I would expect a great deal many things. Someone here's pointed out the idea that we have no official leaders in this place, and that we might manage to do more with them. I hesitate on that because a time of war is not a time to establish formal things so much as to deal with the first priority of forcing out our current enemy. Times and places, after all.

We've linked a few people together before, but I fear that we will need much of a strategy than that.

Edited 2014-09-25 07:47 (UTC)

You could be right- both of you. Maybe we need to start establishing some leadership only for the war. Then, if we win, we look at a new form of government. In the meantime, we need to work together.

So how do we go about finding a leader?

That does seem to be a reasonable suggestion. It IS strange, how long we were willing to simply go ahead with everything that we had been told, but now that it's been mentioned again in such a short time, how much more sense that sort of a reaction seems. Especially the interim idea, at that. I cannot think that it would look as much like some kind of treason to the Emperor if it was established, and explained as that.

Ah that is a good question. I do know where some of my suggestions for that would lay, but I suppose the more urgent matter is in getting everyone banded together close enough to even agree to the idea of setting someone up, to start.

[And the fact that his first choice is kind of the person who sparked the last incident...]

And,of course, in keeping it from looking worse than it is, at the moment. There should be at least some sort of communication, before a thing is done. I think that is achievable enough."

He seems reasonable. If we explained what we were doing and why, I think the Emperor would support it.

I don't know. In my experience, it's easier to get people to follow someone they believe in than to band together without a leader. Who do you have in mind?

If nothing else, it would be worth the attempt, at any rate. And if it were phrased in terms that actually make it seem less like a critique and more an offer of help, that may work all the better. It would take some careful steps but there are so many of us here, it would probably begin with everyone needing to agree on our message at any rate.

And well, Hawke, if you've seen him about on the networks. He has been a part of nearly everything major that has gone on since his arrival, and he does care very much about the welfare of many people here, AND the Kedan. Or if not, there would be Monsieur Kent. They each seem to have a grasp on leadership, and on listening to those they lead as well. They are the two I would suggest, but others may have different ideas. It would be work discussing all of them, should it come to something like that.

[Mike laughs a little.]

Yeah, I know Hawke. The guy's involved and he's good, I'll give you that, but those aren't always the best qualities for a leader. I'm worried he might be.. a little too straight-forward and willing to rush in. I haven't seen him lead though, so I could be wrong. I don't know Kent.

That is admittedly what I think may be helpful, that ability to lay things out the way they stand. Rushing forward is a bit more of a problem. I can see in current things how badly that has managed to go.

[Enjolras cannot exactly feel guilty for the attacks at the hotel, and the fact the Emperor has reason to be annoyed with many of them, because it was, at least, something. Still, that could have gone better and perhaps the ideas of others might have been taken into account to find a better way to plan it.]

Perhaps instead of simply one, a few people. Those who could lend multiple perspectives, who could speak to the foreigners in every....

Yes. There is an idea. Perhaps someone from each of the sectors might work instead. Something like a council but one representing the ideas of many people. Too much power in the hands of one of us, even at a time like this, might be problematic later. And burdening one leader with all of our problems may be a bit too much.

For meetings and important decisions, yeah, a council's a good idea. When it comes time to fight though, you need a single leader to call commands. There has to be a hierarchy too, within the council, in case something happens.

So, something more in the line of a commanding officer for the field of battle? And certainly a chain of command along with that particular leader. If a fight must be fought on more than one front, or even if a large group needs quite a bit of direction, lieutenants of some sort seem a necessity, yes?

[The thoughtful expression gives way for a moment where there is a flash of sadness in his eyes, but with a tug at one of his earrings, one that is rather sharp, and a quick bite of the lip, Enjolras is coming back to the moment.]

The important thing the last time that I fought at home was having enough men who knew the plan, that if something should happen to anyone, the others would carry on. Besides that, my lieutenants all had a hand in leading a few segments of men, or giving orders relevant to their skills. We had all come to fight, but there was different work to be done.

That is, all of us fired shots, or, in some cases, took on some of our volunteers as their own groups of men to command, in a set of smaller groups. But beyond that, we had our architect and sniper, who was closest to my second in command, our doctors at the point that they were needed, our strategists, with whom we'd laid things out, those who produced our bullets before and during the combat, and...

Well, even in the case of a battle, I think that certain roles must be assigned, and certain levels of authority given to those suited for the task. There are so many more of us here than I had at my disposal in Paris. I can see the need for...squadrons, I think that you would call them?

Perhaps setting those up under lieutenants as well. Maybe dividing them by skills or putting even numbers in each group depending on the strategies involved; I cannot say for certain that I know anything of what conditions those might be, but it could be something of an idea.

And yes, certainly within the council. No unpleasant surprises down the line with those either, if a leader needs to be checked.

Dividing people up is definitely a good start. Maybe we divide them based on their skills first - or they divide themselves. Like you said, someone has to strategize and make bullets. If people decide for themselves what they want to do, then each area can be broken down into smaller groups beyond that and select their own leaders. Maybe those leaders can be the council or maybe someone else, I don't know.

Where I'm from, our Bureau had different divisions, each with different levels or ranks. You had a boss and your boss had a boss and so on. The head of our Bureau was an important adviser to the President, who was the head of our country, but there's also a separate council and two other branches to keep things in check and..

[He sighs, trailing off, rolling his hand in small circles as a gesture of 'and so on'.]

We need to keep it simple here, but I think you're right. I think it would help to have something. Only problem is, how do we deal with the people who won't listen? We can't afford to throw people in jail.

[Given that the last time France had had a true republic had been rather...controversial, and that constitutional monarchy had been a joke even before it had been declared, Enjolras, while aware of, and embracing the principles involved therein, cannot say he's had personal experience with anything along the level that's being mentioned here. It seems perfectly reasonable, but perhaps not so reasonable to those who've seen and known something completely different.

He's certainly nodding at the business of keeping things simple enough, given that they do not have too much time to make this happen. They can fight over things later, well, aside from those who are very likely to pick that up immediately, anyway. ]

Too much elaboration, yes, it would all become rather bogged down quickly enough, wouldn't it? It would not cause all of the detractors to calmly wait for a chance to do so, if we promised any divisions were temporary. Some, perhaps, but certainly, we would have problems there, not only because they would be needed to fight, but because revenge seems all too likely a motive for trying to change things themselves. Making enemies is not the way to go about it, easier though that is.

Dividing themselves is a decent idea, at that. It has some element of choice involved at least, and it could be a start. Feeling that one has even a bit of power seems beneficial. The matter of the others needs more thought. Incentives, perhaps, if we might think of any beyond the biggest one of all, that is. There could be something in that, still.

I can work on trying to come up with an incentive. In the meantime, you should talk to Garrett and see if he has any interest in helping to organize the idea.

..Give him a week. Then ask.

I can certainly do so when the time is right, yes. I do think his support would do a lot for making this sort of thing happen.

I agree. I don't think it's what he wants, but it might be what we need.

Our most likely chance, I think. And he is very good at it, so we might be able to use that as a potential factor when it is brought up. I will try my best with it, at least. Flattery may still have a little bit of room to work.

I don't know if he's the flattery type. [He smiles.] Thanks, Enjolras.

Well, perhaps it is a foot in the door, until something better comes up.

Of course. Anything that I can do.

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