Masks 2

"I think I should add a bit here that needs discussing." Raven began. "Talk of what's best for America after the Omnicorp is overthrown should be left until then, when we can hold a proper convention involving the public to decide what should be done. Personally I think it's a mess no matter what we do as there is zero chance of united the country afterwards unless we have a single symbol everyone can agree on, and the last effective symbol was Bald Eagle. The only thing thats clear here is whatever America's fate is, it'll be better than what the Omnicorp is leading it to be, and dividing and arguing over whats the right course now is pedeantic and is only going to lead to divisions, factionalisation, fearmongering and secret alliances. The only thing I desperately want is to depopulate the cities and recolonise the interior of America with the population America has so no matter what course our future takes, the vast majority of our population is no longer trapped in huge easily controlled penhouses."

"As for wether we can trust Nocturne, if Emily and the others trust him, then I'm willing to give him a shot. He's hardly the most unreliable person here, nor the most secretive. Myself aside, how many of us are of dubious character? Besides he's right, the omnicorp has insidious means of screwing with peoples' minds. I and a friend did a raid on an Omnicorp site in North Africa, details are not important but we rescued several of their mages from their control. Turns out they use extensive hyno-indoctrination, dream manipulation and perception warping methods to ensure their key assets that they dont trust have no real means of telling whats real and whats fantasy, so they cant even think about sharing their secrets or doubts with their closest friends, and cannot tell if what they are experiencing is a dream or real. Old school torturers could induce that on people, but not while allowing them to still be functional. The Omnicorp can."