video ( @INGENIUM & @ciri ).

[vrm]

[ WITH THE FURY OF A THOUSAND PASSIONATE SUNS, IT'S IIDA ( "who's iida", some of you might ask. well, this is iida. ): ]

OPHELIA, MAY WE HAVE YOUR ATTENTION! Thank you in advance! Ciri and I have been working together to gather information that our group may find pertinent to our work here in Drakstaden. She has been fantastic to work with, and we hope you are able to make something of our hard work and findings. Pst. It's all you -- !

Ah, please. The compliments aren’t needed — [ She clears her throat a bit awkwardly, trying to hide the tone of her flustered words. ] Loose lips speaking distaste of the current government have most certainly caused problems for this world, however… We have found a bit more information. Some names which may prove useful if we intend to find a successor. One that could do well to ensure the voices of the lower, middle, and upper class are all heard equally and with as much weight.

[ If he had a paper to wave, he'd be waiving it. Instead, y'all get Robot Hand Gestures (TM). ] We've managed to gather a list of names, all of them imprisoned dissenters: Oskar Bjorkson, Elsi Simonsdottir, Valdor Fritsson, Gabriel Ymirson, Lilla Sagasdottir, Camilla Noelsdottir.

We don't know much more than that, but we wanted to bring our findings before you all and see what you thought. I know we discussed several options on the entry from our guildmates "lokiofasgard" and "beloved" and that many of you already have pursued your own paths. To that end! If you had any ideas or current work that might benefit from this information, it is yours. Personally, we had the idea that these people might be useful in upholding part of Ophelia's mission: protecting the lower class from complete eradication.

Honestly, all of these people could very much be as horrible for the job as they are great — do we feel it’s worth the risk to… “liberate” them somehow and possibly include them in Rost’s plans?

[ TL;DR: So, Iida and Ciri rustled up the names of some of the imprisoned dissenters. What Ophelia wants to ( or does not want to do ) with this information is up for debate. This is backdated to before the Electric Sheep event went live, for the reasons you'd expect?? ]

Comments

video | @keith

[secondnature]

How'd you come across this information? Is this all we have?

[If it's only those people, it might be enough, but Keith isn't sure. It depends on what they were jailed for.]

video ( @INGENIUM )

[vrm]

We spoke to as many people as were willing to talk in the lower levels about dissenters who had been jailed -- they weren't comfortable enough with us to offer much more than this. Perhaps... we could investigate public records to find out more about them.

[ does this place even HAVE public records ]

They did their best, considering how fearful they must be.

video ( @ciri )

[persists]

It took some convincing, but people were able to provide us with a few names they've seen purposefully seized from the lower wards. My inkling suspicion is they either have the means to revolt, the ideas to inspire a rebellion, or better leadership than some of those in power. All deadly in their own right.

un: urahara

[predomination]

If we manage to get them out of prison, we can see how well they stack up, but it does feel like any one of them could be a potential candidate if they frightened the government enough to arrest them.

[vrm]

That is what we were hoping to discover. But, we have only names, not their activities or what they stand for.

[persists]

This relies on luck, unless we can find more testimonials to support a favorable notion. These could simply be those who threaten the upper level's way of life or pose a just-as-greedy mindset.

[ She sighs. ]

Have you heard of any of these individuals since arriving?

video; un: cyclops

[evenslimmer]

And you're definitely sure they're alive?

[ BECAUSE HOT SHIT DOES HE HAVE IDEAS. ]

[vrm]

I cannot speak to the state of internal affairs within the prison! But, I hope so.

[ oh no why would you say this ]

I have to believe this society has not fallen so far as to execute those who've spoken against it.

[persists]

I can't be for certain, but perhaps if we can find some way to find out where they're being held... it would give us the option for a stealth approach.

video; @eraserhead

[eyedrop]

Just a name doesn't give us much to go on. We need to find out the extent of their disobedience.

[ There's a big gulf between distributing politically subversive flyers, for instance, and, perhaps, murder. ]

But it's a good start. You and your friend did well, Iida.

[vrm]

Precisely, sir. Because we could only find names, we thought to come to Ophelia as a whole to determine our next steps.

[ he's pleased, but focuses on the more important matters, ok! ]

Ciri has been excellent to work with. She understands the complexity of leadership and government in a way I could not. That being said, we haven't been paying attention to the guild's other doings.

video; @shouto

[somelikeitcold]

Have you asked Rost about any of those names? They might be able to tell you more about who they are and why the government saw them as a threat.

[vrm]

We didn't wish to immediately move on the Rost, until we had brought the discussion to Ophelia as a whole. For security reasons, of course. Should any of these names get out as subjects of interest, we may forfeit the opportunity to do anything with them.

[ also, he's been avoiding the rost to be fair. oops. ]

[persists]

That would be a good idea if I had not gotten the impression our help is the furthest they'd like to go. I understand how much is at stake, so Iida and myself both agreed to present this as an avenue for us all.

video: @andy

[killtime]

[ Wryly: ] If they're useless, we can always put them back.

video; @keith

[secondnature]

And get them killed? Because that's what would happen.

["Wryly" is a tone that Keith is not good at picking up on most of the time. Almost all of the time.]

video; un: cyclops

[evenslimmer]

[ Andy goddamn it no. ]

We're not going to do that.

[vrm]

[ omg ] If they're ill-suited for the work, we won't ask for their help in the first place. It would be irresponsible of us to senselessly endanger someone.

[persists]

It's harder to put them back then break them out!

[ GOD. ]

video: @steelsamayarai i felt left out

[feytality]

--- No way! We can't just leave them there!!

video; @urameshi

[spiritgun]

[ the entire screen is his scowling face HI PAL ]

Was that supposed to be a joke?

video; @steelsamayarai

[feytality]

I mean... if they're locked up...... enemy of my enemy is my friend or whatever, right? I think we need all the help we can get.

[persists]

There's certainly reasons that they are opposing the government, whether they are morally just remains to be seen, but...

[ She nods. ]

I believe it's worth exploring.

video, @bakugo

[hothead]

[ This is all extremely smart and useful, honestly, and he's got Opinions, but first and foremost: ]

Put your hands down, moron.

NOT HERE ...

[eyedrop]

[ sighs ]

video / @urameshi

[spiritgun]

[ bleh its this guy ]

Can we even get 'em out of jail?

[persists]

[ Hey, the girl isn't that bad though!! ]

It would definitely be a challenge... but it's a course of action we can take if people are trained with infiltration and stealth. Perhaps some with those skills could the ones to dare such a task...

AUDIO. @LOKIOFASGARD

[selfimage]

[ there's a little hm in his voice. ]

Well—from what I hear through the mortal grapevine, there is a place ...

[persists]

[ Brow perk. ]

A place...?