Heliodor + Turquoise

[dramatispersonae]

Through the doors, you find yourselves in a small circular room that seems to be decorated much in the same way as the ring is decorated today. The curtains are in alternating colors of your teams, and in the center stand are three surprisingly lifelike, but faceless sculptures. They stand with their backs to one another, facing out to the chairs. About each of their necks is a cord that holds a sign written in a fine, looping cursive.

Comments

Re: Round Three - Discussion

[sticksofthejedi]

Jedi are empathic. Normally, I should have been able to pick up on it.

Re: Round Three - Discussion

[wouldntkilladragon]

But you couldn't that time?

Re: Round Three - Discussion

[sticksofthejedi]

He was going out of his way to keep me off-balance.

Re: Round Three - Discussion

[wouldntkilladragon]

[Nods and seems to think on it a moment.]

Sometimes a leader may have to lie. Can't think of specific examples, but I could see it coming up.

But a leader must also think on what's best for their people, and do right by them. And even if he wasn't a leader then, he was making a move that would put him somewhere with power, so it's a mindset he needs.

He didn't do right by you. He lied, deliberately deceived you. The fact he felt he couldn't trust anyone to do what he felt must be done is telling. A leader is already partially responsible for all actions done on his orders, but by not letting you have proper consent, it's all on him.

You wanted to destroy a weapon. That's defense and prevention.

He wanted to hit back and hit harder, which will always make things worse before they're better.

Re: Round Three - Discussion

[sticksofthejedi]

The problem is we didn't just hit back. We killed.

Re: Round Three - Discussion

[wouldntkilladragon]

That's what hit back is in war.

Why else would it be so hard to say stop?

I don't think there's a way for you to get rid of that guilt. It's horrifying, beyond words that could describe it, I imagine.

But in the end, the 'problem' isn't you. The point that needs to be fixed, the point of prevention, is him.

Re: Round Three - Discussion

[sticksofthejedi]

I can't get rid of it, and I'm not going to try to. I should have known better.

[and it's problematic that later in the war she started wanting them all dead, too]

Re: Round Three - Discussion

[wouldntkilladragon]

You only had so much to work with, but...that's fine. Just don't do anything reckless because of something another person was ultimately responsible for.

[And that's why people shouldn't hit back harder...]