Video

[notamachine]

[Much as he hates saying 'told you so'--no, that's a lie, he enjoys it very much sometimes--he just can't resist the urge. He's been watching the kedan get more and more aggressive by the day. Hell, he just lost his job, too. Good times.]

Considering everything that's happening, maybe the next time I tell you people that these kedan aren't friendlies, you'll actually listen.

[HAHA NO, NOBODY EVER LISTENS TO DEAN 8|]

Comments

audio;

[imaginate]

Are you just bored?

[Someone's a little cranky.]

audio;

[notamachine]

Not bored so much as tired of being right. You're not sounding so hot.

audio;

[imaginate]

[He rubs his forehead in frustration.] What did you expect? It stinks around here. Literally.

audio;

[notamachine]

Smelled worse. [While technically true, this doesn't mean Dean ever wanted the smell of stagnant water in his bedroom.] Not as bad as it was, though. Whatever's going on, seems like it's stabilizing some.

audio;

[imaginate]

Fact or optimism?

audio;

[notamachine]

Fact. Optimism would say it's getting better. Realism says it could go either way. With the rationing going on, I'm betting the locals are expecting it to go south again, but I don't know yet. [He's been doing a lot of not-at-all-helpful reading.]

audio; 100% encrypted

[imaginate]

[This is maybe not something he wants to talk about publicly. He's been realistic and preparing for the worst, as always.] You have evidence?

[Less snippy, more curious.]

audio; 100% encrypted

[notamachine]

[Shit, hang on, how does he

Sam was always better at this than Dean

There we go. Encryption ho!]

Less evidence, more experience. People acting like this is usually a sign of some bad mojo going on behind the scenes.

audio; 100% encrypted

[imaginate]

Not questioning your experience. [He would hate it if someone did that to him, so he doesn't do it to others either.] Any idea what the [short pause] 'mojo' is?

[= 'can we punch it'.]

audio; 100% encrypted

[notamachine]

Wish I knew. The books I've found aren't helpful, and talking to the locals is about as useful as beating my head into a wall. Maybe I can figure something out come landfall.

audio; 100% encrypted

[imaginate]

[A pause.] We haven't got anything our end either, I suspect we're patching symptoms and not the problem. [A beat.] By the way, I heard you might be able to find some of your [even encrypted, specifics aren't really something he wants on record. Paranoia is getting the better of him.] specialised stuff at landfall.

audio; 100% encrypted

[notamachine]

Here's a hint, man. You're always patching symptoms. The problems are too big to do anything but. [He shrugs, not that Kyle can see it. Ah well.] Thanks for the heads up. I'll keep an eye out for whatever I can find, though hell. Not sure how I feel about all the paperwork.

audio; 100% encrypted

[imaginate]

True. [He caught himself being optimistic :|] Hey, if it might be worth it, take a gander. We're not exactly going anywhere anytime soon.

video;

[idkmybffpyramid]

So are you looking for a fight here, or...?

[counting down until a slew of replies defending the kedan start popping up tbh]

video;

[newblood]

Do you like to stir the pot, or are you actually dense enough to think this broadcast is going to go down well?

video;

[trainwrecked]

People in occupied areas can get hostile even to those there to help, pal. That's hardly unheard-of.

[... at least from where and when he's coming from...]

video;

[storm_warning]

[Ororo's sitting cross-legged on the chair before her console, arms crossed similarly.]

Public opinion changes faster than a politician's lies. Last week, they loved us. Today, they hate us. Twenty bucks to say it'll be back to love the first time they need us.

[That's the way it always goes.]

audio;

[cynisme]

[Grantaire just scoffs. it's a good thing his eyeroll can't be seen through audio, or his perpetual deeply-marred frown.] No one is friendly when they've begun to starve. The first to be blamed are always foreigners, minorities, and nomads.

video;

[cmdreffingshepard]

Antagonizing people won't help anything. Do you have any actual suggestions?

Resources are scarce, and people are hungry. Of course the locals are going to be suspicious and looking to blame us. Doesn't mean we should go making it easier for them. And it doesn't mean they're evil.

video;

[aenseidhe]

[ Oh Dean. Bless you. ]

What do you expect? There are foreigners in their land starving their families. [ Shrug. It really doesn't matter if the foreigners wanted to be here or not. Not to Iorveth, really ]

If it were my lands, I'd have bound us to bricks and sunk us into the ocean the moment we arrived.

[lostundercover]

Newsflash, asshole. When you tell people what they already know, they have no reason to listen.

Re: video;

[notamachine]

I don't really care how it goes down. Truth's truth, whether or not people like it.

video;

[notamachine]

[Pfff. Dean snorts, amused.]

Yeah, that sounds like something you'd do, alright.

Re: video;

[notamachine]

I'm not your pal.

audio;

[seriouslytwisted]

They did start out as not-friendlies. I mean, we're kidnapped and all.