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okie, and I was asking not to be rude, but to be in the loop <3
Wwho else are we waiting on to post?
Esailia Lelander
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Herded into the room along with everyone else the Guardian eyed everyone else warily, mostly towards the magi despite herself. It was rare to see any of them in light, and she wasn't allowed near them often. But she didn't have much time to gawk. Esailia kept her mouth shut throughout the explanation, her posture growing more and more tense as Gregory's goal became apparent. A mission far too dangerous even for the templar to handle...so who do they send? Disposable people. It was no mystery why she was pulled into this merry band. Doubtless the Empire was more than happy to be rid of a someone like her, but she wondered about the rest as the Ascended Templar was bragging about some sort of breaththrough, and this lapse in concentration was why she wasn't cut down for resisting right on the spot.
The injections were a surprise, but incentive not to escape this 'duty' wasn't. She rubbed her neck where she was injected, staring daggers at Gregory and, once permitted, spat "I'll do my duty, Sir." She smartly omitted some expletives her parents would be mortified to hear.
@BlackPanther
A species as a whole does not have the ability to give up surviving. But individuals can give up their life if they can justify it to themselves. If they couldn't, there would be no such thing as suicide.
Self preservation means nothing if what you're preserving is your own suffering with no chance at a normal life. As I said above, its not the perspective of the characters I'm calling into question. Its the actions of the Empire to link trusted soldiers to prisoners in a way that if one prisoner justifies it to themselves, all of them die. To me it makes no logical sense. Even taking the risk that the magi would decide to kill themselves just to escape their imprisonment, what's the point in having your own soldiers die with them?
A species as a whole does not have the ability to give up surviving. But individuals can give up their life if they can justify it to themselves. If they couldn't, there would be no such thing as suicide.
Self preservation means nothing if what you're preserving is your own suffering with no chance at a normal life. As I said above, its not the perspective of the characters I'm calling into question. Its the actions of the Empire to link trusted soldiers to prisoners in a way that if one prisoner justifies it to themselves, all of them die. To me it makes no logical sense. Even taking the risk that the magi would decide to kill themselves just to escape their imprisonment, what's the point in having your own soldiers die with them?
The injections seem like....a bad idea. At least for those that the Empire find trustworthy. One vengeful impulse from a mage and everyone dies. From an OOC standpoint, we know no one will do that, but from the Empire's perspective, they didn't even know Landvarian could SPEAK, much less any of the magi's true intentions once they are free of their cells with a chance to kill some of their jailors, even with the knowledge that it would be killing a few other magi. Justifications can be made for many things...
Well, you aren't meant to post CSs in the OOC. the OP in the OOC states you are to send your CS in a PM to the GM.
Nyaa~! Hello all, I must apologize for the lateness of the initial IC post. I believe it was my CS that was delaying things. But now that the ball's rolling, let's enjoy ourselves!
Esailia Lelander
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Walking a post was not a fun pastime.
Esailia had been a guard at the Citadel for little over six months now, and already she was starting to question whether this was better than living in the middle of nowhere. The pay raise from being a city guard allowed her more freedom to pursue hobbies such as metalworking and reading, afforded a home she didn't need to share with another guard, and her diet was much improved. But to walk back and forth on a set path for hours on end with very few distractions was not how she imagined her life to turn out.
But this post allowed her a few joys. One of which was occasionally told to deliver meals to the magi in their cells. The Guardian never thought this task a chore. She felt that people shouldn't be put in such squalid conditions for events a hundred years passed, though she never mentioned this opinion to anyone. TO do so would be a one way trip to a similar cell or a quick drop and a sudden stop.
So the Kil'garen did as she was told, never caused trouble, and used her position as an excuse to learn as much as she could about how the rest of the world viewed the Magi.
On this particular day though, she was almost done with a night shift when a pair of Templar approached her. She saluted with her sword arm, at first thinking they were passing, but started when they halted her. "Your shield." One growled at her, and knowing something wrong, bent her knees slightly in wary preparation "Guards are permitted personal weapons or shields if approved. What is this about?" she asked, her gaze flitting between the two.
"You have been summoned. Regulations state possible suspects are to be disarmed. You are not being charged with anything, but if you resist, we will use force." The same Templar explained, the pair both reaching towards their swords. Esailia knew she was skilled, but so did these two. The Guardian nodded, unbuckling her shield and handing it over along with her swords' belt. What followed was her being bustled off, unsure where they were going, seeing others being hurried in the same direction. She gave a few blank glances towards the magi who were also being escorted, and her curiosity grew...
Maybe walking a post wasn't so bad.
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