001. Voice | Jan 27, 4am

[pmsgargoyle]

[Soft female voice. If she didn’t sound so amused, it’d be easy to tell she is incredibly pissed due to the current circumstances]

Do tell me, are you actually helping this world and its war? I am sure all of you are dying [she loves to use this word when addressing to humans] to go back to your little homes, however, it’s no where in the contract saying you’ll be returned once the war is over and won. It’s a promise, yes, but promises can be broken so easily, can they not?

Are we supposed to believe them? To trust them? [Demona doesn’t laugh, however she hums]

Hm~ tell me more about your war and the Witches.

Comments

[Video]

[a_royal_flush]

Of course I'm helping! It doesn't matter to me if BREW will be able to return us in the end or not. We'll find that out at the end of the war, and if it doesn't, then we can all work together to try and find a way home.

[audio]

[pmsgargoyle]

How optimistic of you.

And do you have this same faith towards the guests that arrive?

[VOICE]

[travel_sized4u]

Geez, lady. Think ya got enough trust issues.

[Mushu sounds very amused.]

[VOICE]

[pmsgargoyle]

And you are far too naive.

[Video]

[shendefeng]

[You sound... interesting. If only for your sounding obstinate, whomever you are, miss or madam. Temeraire will simply turn on his video feed, and speak in a clear, British accent:]

Actually, there have been a good number of people that have been taken back to their respective worlds, while a good number of us have not. It is not known why BREW decides to do so, but it does so at its own whim.

As for trust, it is better to do so for our collective survival, than to perish in this world in the hands of the witches and the Kishin eggs that seem to love to roam about all creation.

[Audio]

[pmsgargoyle]

[Is that... a dragon? Weird. Demona doesn't sound surprised, though she has never seen one; but in her world, all sort of mystical creatures exist, so it's not amazingly new]

There isn't much control over BREW, is there? To use such an unreliable tool is quite reckless; after all, who knows who might show up? [for example, some crazy ass gargoyle who wants to kill all humans. Something like that would be pretty bad, right~?]

Still, this is a world wide war, correct? I assume all places are under attack, not just America, right?

video.

[dissenter]

Whether they intend to make good on their promise or not, it won't matter until after the conflict is solved. That's the way I see it, at least.

[he beams.] But even if our return is delayed, isn't the prospect of seeing a new world like this exciting enough to hold your attention, Miss?

[ audio ]

[pmsgargoyle]

This world isn't much different from mine.

Besides the weird looking moon and sun, however those aren't exciting at all. [they are actually pretty hideous]

Video;

[snatching]

I dunno if I trust 'em, but I don't think they got much to gain by keepin' all of us around, givin' us free food and board and gadgets. Especially if the war gets done and they ain't gettin' any work out of us.

voice;

[pmsgargoyle]

Nothing is for free. They expect us to fight this war for them, feeding and keeping us isn't that strange when you have that objective in mind, I suppose.

[voice]

[poisonwords]

Tell me that you are being sarcastic with that ass-backwards logic.

[That voice? Yeah, he thinks that she's an idiot.]

[voice]

[pmsgargoyle]

I don't really have to tell you anything.

[video]

[tuned_wrong]

Well, well, I don't know~ Some help and some choose not to, just as some wish to return while others would prefer not to. And as you said there is no guarantee that it will ever happen.

[He sounds amused, but his voice carries a serious edge.]

However, wouldn't it be best if you went and made your own picture of what you desire to judge?

[voice]

[pmsgargoyle]

I do have to meet the people I will be [planning to kill] living and dealing with, don't I? It's part of making my own picture.

[voice]

[rebelwithaclock]

[...He recognizes that voice. He sighs a little.]

I asked something similar when I first came here. Then someone pointed out to me that they don't have a lot to gain by lying to us. If they don't earn our trust, we wouldn't be much use in their war.

[voice]

[pmsgargoyle]

Perhaps. [perhaps not. You can't trust humans, you know?] That is indeed what they are trying to convey. They offer us food and shelter, after all.

[voice] - mini-threadjack, hope you guys don't mind!

[tuned_wrong]

[Well, if this isn't his favorite brother, being a trusting fool again. He shouldn't, but he comments anyway, speaking in their mother tongue.]

Of course you realize that that doesn't mean that they have to tell us everything by any means, right, brother?

video;

[powerdraw]

They're fucking stupid if they trust anyone that resorts to kidnapping to get them to help.

[Handmaid's two cents on This Whole Place.]

[audio]

[pmsgargoyle]

How eloquent. I take it they have not convinced you.

[Voice]

[frozenheavens]

The very naive seem to trust them right away. Anyone who thinks about it a little harder realizes it's exactly as you say.

[Voice]

[pmsgargoyle]

Deciding to fight a war for someone isn't a decision to take lightly, I believe.

voice;

[lawfullystupid]

I'm doing what I can. And no, there's no way to completely trust what we've been told. But in the end, if this is a more direct conscription they are doing a very poor job of it. If anything we use up more resources then we repay on the battlefield.

voice;

[pmsgargoyle]

That is true. Keeping guests from several worlds is indeed a burden, at least monetarily speaking. But that is worth it when we are fighting their war, I'd guess.

[ video ]

[nolicenseyet]

There are people getting hurt. That's enough reason for me to fight.

[Voice]

[pmsgargoyle]

People will always get hurt. Such is a fact of life. Do you expect to save everyone?

[Audio]

[dead_black_eyes]

It's erroneous to assume that everyone wants to go back to their respective homes, actually.

[He cannot disagree with anything else she's said, however.]

[Audio]

[pmsgargoyle]

It was a generalization.