VIDEO: @LOKIOFASGARD (with @beloved)

[selfimage]

Well, hello!

[ it's Loki, decked out in his civvies, green hoodie and fingerless gloves, working his magitek like he's trying to take a selfie. behind him is the backdrop of the middle levels, dimly lit in the dreary evening. there's a flash of a half smile to Team Ophelia, and when he speaks again it's in a wistful, casual tone. ]

It seems that we've landed ourselves a doozy, hm? The poor souls in Rost are are ready for a little revolution, but haven't a solid plan for the rest. [ he makes vague, spread-finger gesture, and his expression says that he's excited about the prospect of an uprooting. ] But like every ready and willing revolution, there should—hm, well ... probably be some longer term changes following it, right?

It's not exactly in the mission specs, which is wringing out the corruption and all ... nor is solidity my specialty, buu-uu-ut!

[ the camera angle changes, as Ahad reaches into the frame and adjusts Loki's arm. they've managed to squish together so that they're both easily viewable, from Loki's magitek. ]

But it would be irresponsible, to leave without ensuring that they have a plan for for governance post-mission. While the ultimate solution should be left up to the people of Drakstaden, [ he says, as if this is a foregone conclusion that requires no debate, ] perhaps we could offer suggestions? What has been successful, in your own worlds?

[ Loki's head is half obscured by the video while he changes the angle to put a pair of wiggly rabbit ears behind Ahad's head. ] That means the suggestion box is open! Let's get a team effort, hm?


[ Note: there will be Loki & Ahad out! they might be nosy in eachother's threads. feel free to thread hop if that's a thing you wanna do!! we encourage it. ]

Comments

UN: urahara

[predomination]

I agree that an election would be the most straightforward way to keep the groundwork but start fresh, but we would have to make sure that the most corrupt individuals were taken out completely.

As difficult as it might seem, we have to uproot the diseased tree before any hope of new seeds can be sown. Preferably in a way less extreme than what Rost wants ito do...

[selfimage]

Elections can be corrupted, even when the corruption is purged. We'll have to think forward to suggest that they don't trade one for another, if you get my drift.

[ there's a puff. ]

There's also the instance of just how many to elect ...

[predomination]

It’s all very complicated, isn’t it? We’ve gone from maintaining two governments to restarting one from the ground up. I’m not much of a politician, and things were run a bit more... militantly where I’m from.

[theres really no way to describe the government in Soul Society.]

We don’t even have any potential candidates. No one in Rost is suited for it.

[selfimage]

[ that makes him pause for a moment. ]

Oh? And why do you say that?

[predomination]

You’ve seen their hideout. The sort of people who make such elaborate plans to deal with their enemies might turn around and become the very evil they fought against. I don’t disagree that there’s no peaceful solution- there isn’t. But we need level-headed candidates, not well-intentioned extremists.

[selfimage]

I disagree—the only reason something's about to change is because Rost put it into motion, without them, the whole population of this mortal city would be drowning.

Don't be overly conservative, Urahara, or nothing's bound to change.

[predomination]

[Urahara has to half-laugh at that. He's always (or he used to be) very ends justify the means about things, and that should hold true here. But God, he's been burned too many times by people who can't tell the difference between a better world and burning the old one to ashes, including the people who don't deserve it.]

I am being conservative, aren't I? That's not like me at all.

Either way, I'm still sorting out the variables and trying to find the best possible choices. There's a lot here we don't know yet. And we have time to think about it.