[Closed] June Catch-All

[locumstudentesquire]

Who: Ryunosuke and Uh... Various!
What: Catch-all for June shenanigans
Where: Greentruth (mostly) but also Godsblood
When: 1st-25th of Visoseri
Notes/Warnings: Shouldn't be any warnings but they'll be marked by starter down in the comments if that changes!

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[youngprodigy]

Cid nods in agreement. "In my world, the Ascians had goals not unlike the Regent, and they'd been working towards it for twelve thousand years— though admittedly, they were secretive, and hadn't made their goals common knowledge to the masses. Even if they had, the sheer amount of time involved would render that knowledge lost within a generation or two."

But, of course, by the usage of past tense something important can be gleaned from what he's saying: the Ascians are all dead. "Just as the people of my world didn't know the apocalyptic Calamities were deliberately triggered, I doubt anyone going about their day-to-day lives would consider that the Regent is actively seeking to destabilize what's let of the world."

After all, the events on the mural depict something that occurred a century ago.

[locumstudentesquire]

Ryunosuke makes a frustrated noise. It all makes sense, he hears what they're both saying. But where does that leave them, then?

"There must be some way we can convince them," he says helplessly. "Not just in Venera, but in Godsblood as well. Though it baffles me that safeguarding the future of their own kin and country isn't motivation enough for them to act... They think they won't be around to see it happen, therefore it doesn't affect them? Is that the idea?"

That's so... Wrong!

[goldendeceiver]

That 'twelve thousand years' earns an impressed, low whistle from Ernesto. Some people really know how to play the long game, even if that game isn't worth playing in the first place. The Regent's game and the goal of all of the Kenoma? That definitely isn't worth working towards in Ernesto's opinion, but despite how doom and gloom he and Cid might sound right now, there's apparently enough optimism left in Ernesto that he thinks current existence is still worth saving.

"Something like that. Most people aren't thinking about what seems like years off in the future when they have worries that will impact their lives tomorrow or the day after that."

He glances at Ryunosuke now, giving him an easy-going smile.

"It doesn't mean there aren't ways to convince people the threat matters to those tomorrows and those days after that though, but it'll take some work."

[youngprodigy]

Cid glances at Ernesto for a moment after he adds his thoughts, before he turns his attention fully back to Ryunosuke. "The entire known world now knows of the Ascians." He hopes the implications are obvious: they will have the chance to let the people of Horos know the truth.

"We must needs find a way to convince them of the truth, it'll be the only way we have any chance of convincing those who would otherwise refuse to take up arms."

They still won't get everyone to fight, but there's more to a rebellion than the amount of freedom fighters. "Unfortunately, knowing what we must do and how to do it are two completely different things."

[locumstudentesquire]

While they both talk, Ryunosuke crosses his arms and stands there with his eyes closed, like he's trying to will himself into having some kind of brainstorm right then and there.

Of course, it doesn't work like that. He's got absolutely nothing.

"That is the trouble, isn't it," he agrees, slumping his shoulders again with a sigh. "The people here might be easier to convince, to start with... I've little to offer beyond that."

[goldendeceiver]

As the two of them sit there pondering this, one corner of Ernesto's mouth twitches up, giving his smile a lopsided quality. While he doesn't have a fully baked plan here himself, he does have a small way to kick this off while they think of bigger and better plans.

"You know... they get a bad reputation, but as often as the information is fault, sometimes rumors have a grain of truth to them."

He looks between the two of them slowly.

"And if a really interesting rumor starts spreading, it can really get people talking. It just has to be murmured into the ear of the right person."

He crosses his own arms now, but there's something comfortable and casual about his stance.

"It's not going to get people to take up arms, but it doesn't hurt to start getting them ready and receptive to the idea."

[youngprodigy]

Cid can't help the way he brightens at Ernesto's suggestion. "Precisely," he agrees. "They'll need a push in the right direction." By itself, a well-placed rumor or two will only serve to get people thinking.

But in locations where mayhap people are already prone to to thinking, it might very well get more people thinking, and then talking. "What's vital is giving people a reason to hope."

There's a little smile on his face as he says it. "We may give them the spark, but it will be their plans, their choices that decide what happens next."