soulping ([personal profile] soulping) wrote2015-08-02 09:22 am

Takshaka / Dawon / Vash.

[ And, with a start, you're somewhere else: A small, whitewashed room with another tinny woman's voice rattling off the walls. ]
hopefullybetter: (Hope5)

Re: Discussion.

[personal profile] hopefullybetter 2015-08-02 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
I think so, too. We can't be too careful.
bloodbiter: (Default)

Re: Discussion.

[personal profile] bloodbiter 2015-08-02 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
It mentions something about being manipulated and irrational if we form these relationships... It's possible that choosing the strength option will cause something related to that to occur, though of course we can't be sure.
Edited 2015-08-02 00:11 (UTC)
withmyownfists: by kimmeh @ plurk (looking over)

Re: Discussion.

[personal profile] withmyownfists 2015-08-02 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
Then what do you think would happen if we chose the other option?
bloodbiter: (Default)

Re: Discussion.

[personal profile] bloodbiter 2015-08-02 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
...I don't know. [sighs]
withmyownfists: by verisimilitude @ plurk (bite lip)

Re: Discussion.

[personal profile] withmyownfists 2015-08-02 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
If we chose weakness, do you think she'd take them away?
bloodbiter: (Default)

Re: Discussion.

[personal profile] bloodbiter 2015-08-02 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
She might. If that was the case... Which would you rather lose temporarily?
withmyownfists: by verisimilitude @ plurk (uncertain)

Re: Discussion.

[personal profile] withmyownfists 2015-08-02 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
I guess... losing my emotions would be a less traumatic outcome than having them used against me. Maybe. But... I... I'm not even sure I'd still be me without my feelings. Don't you feel like... your emotions... help define who you are?
featherduster: neutral (friends don't point guns at friends)

Re: Discussion.

[personal profile] featherduster 2015-08-02 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
... We may also hurt the people we care about, if she really did take those things away from us
withmyownfists: by verisimilitude @ plurk (deep in thought)

Re: Discussion.

[personal profile] withmyownfists 2015-08-02 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
Right. Or.... Supposing we didn't hurt them... we might lose the compassion and drive to help them.
featherduster: sheepish (i can explain tho)

Re: Discussion.

[personal profile] featherduster 2015-08-02 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
Or that.

[ Looking more than a little tense at the very thought ]

Maybe just — not weakness.
bloodbiter: (Default)

Re: Discussion.

[personal profile] bloodbiter 2015-08-02 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
If I'm right and choosing strength will do something to make us irrational or easily manipulated... That seems like a more dangerous choice in a game like this when we'll have to make choices later on.
withmyownfists: by verisimilitude @ plurk (bite lip)

Re: Discussion.

[personal profile] withmyownfists 2015-08-02 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
Being cold and clinical isn't always good though, is it? Sometimes... the logical choice... is one that lacks in compassion and is purely motivated by self-interest. Don't you think?
barrette: (pic#9403532)

Re: Discussion.

[personal profile] barrette 2015-08-02 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
The same can be said for picking weakness, since irrationality and being manipulated are listed as weaknesses.

[ biting her lip ]
bloodbiter: (Default)

Re: Discussion.

[personal profile] bloodbiter 2015-08-02 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
[nodding]

That's why I said we can't be sure. They're weaknesses that the description links to forming emotional bonds, though, so I would think we could avoid them if we chose the answer that would naturally lead to forgoing those bonds... Am I making any sense?
barrette: (pic#9403534)

Re: Discussion.

[personal profile] barrette 2015-08-02 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
I think so, but... I don't trust her to not take them away if we pick weakness.

[ and the thought of it makes her a bit sick ]

But if everyone else wants to go with weakness, then we'll go with it.

[ can't force others to go along with what she wants - ]