video; un: Glee Shoth

[becauses]

[ Oyez, oyez, oyez, you’ve got a call on your magical crystal. Pick up the phone and you’ll see Glee, looking serene, confident, and in her element in (1) organizing things and (2) telling people what to do. ]

It has been almost two months since we were conscripted by ALASTAIR, and we have yet to meet, introduce ourselves, and discuss what we’ve learned in person and in an orderly fashion. In light of recent… developments, increased cooperation will become a necessity to pool what we’ve learned and plan a deliberate way forward.

I expect all of you at the red warehouse between the commoner's district and the outskirts, six days from now at sundown. For those of you inclined to provoke tensions with local law enforcement, incarceration is not an excuse for tardiness or absence.

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[selfimage]

[ like an indigent child he listens, his eyes following her as she speaks. stuff like this is important—stories are important.

he leans on his elbow and his chin on his palm. ]

It's not just about what's efficient and what's wise. This is their world, and their lives, and their own fates.

[ this hits a bit too close to home, no matter how much he tries to put a gap between "this" and "himself." ]

In doing this—at the behest of ALASTAIR—we may strip them of their free will. Just as we did with Anwick.

[becauses]

There's a certain point where allowing one segment of the population control of its fate leads to that segment trouncing on everyone else's ability to control their own fates. Chantes reached that point when the sun went down, or perhaps when people began dying in brawls.

[selfimage]

[ that scrapes against him like nails on a chalk board. she's right, to an extent. she also sounds like his mother. what was best for Asgard was not what was best for Loki, but they had disregarded him anyway. ]

Dying in brawls or dying by dragons. [ he says, to her or to himself. ]

I'm always up for a bit of meddling, as I'm not unaware that something needs to change. The signs are already there. But as for the goal of our employers? Well ... I couldn't say, yet we're doing their bidding anyway. The whole free will thing just isn't so cut and dry. We don't ignore them or decide. I'm sure we can find a happy medium.

So, I guess it really just boils down to this: do we help the world, or do we help ALASTAIR?

[becauses]

This world, [ she says, without pause. ] With the best information we can acquire and the best ideas we can bring to bear.

[selfimage]

Good.

Me too.