Re: Inexorable Altercation [Round II - Armada]
08-15-2010, 05:15 PM
Originally posted on MSPA by Pinary.
By the time he had reached the fourth ship, Will had established a routine. Land, check for others, grab a rope, pull back, swing, and repeat.
"Y'know," he said to himself, "if there's one place I never thought I'd be when I vanished, it was swinging between primitive seaships."
No? How about murdering someone in cold blood- did you see yourself going off to do that?
His voice hardened. "Of course not. Sometimes, these things just have to be done."
He landed on the fifth ship, glanced around, then grabbed a rope.
Really? He had to die? You couldn't have just stunned him?
"No, of course not. It would have taken several seconds minimum to select the correct setting, and by then, she would've been dead."
Right. You couldn't have switched to a stun instead of going for intimidation, I get it.
"If I hadn't run the self-clean, she wouldn't have dropped the knife, and things would've just gotten worse."
He rushed through the routine on the sixth ship, more focused on the conversation than on the world around him. He barely glanced around before snagging the nearest rope and pulling it back.
Right, of course. One of them might have died if she hadn't- oh, wait. That's right: one of them did die.
"That much was inevitable. If I'd gone for the stun-"
Then she might have had to fight him off with that knife she had in her hands! Can't let that happen, can we? No, you have to take responsibility for everything.
"You know damn well she'd be more likely to hurt herself than anyone else with that thing."
Not necessarily. Why would she have been selected for this battle if she couldn't fight, hm?
The seventh ship he landed on was another dead end- there were more ships beyond it, but they were too far out to swing to. Frustrated, he just strode over to the far side and stared out at the fleet.
"Okay, fine. So maybe she could've held her own. That's not a risk I was willing to take."
No, of course not. And why would you? It's not like having two artificial grav generators in one place would be useful enough to warrant such a risk.
"I can still save some of these people if I can just get that gravity golem to cooperate. It's still possible to open a rift with just one source, you know that."
Right, I forgot. You're a rift wizard who can take a few pieces of information from a data reader and extrapolate that into precise dimensional coordinates.
"I said possible, not easy. Besides, it's the best chance we have to get people out of here alive."
Behind him, Apathy lay on the deck. Will had practically swung right over her coming onto the ship, and he'd been too preoccupied with his own conversation to notice her.
Great, she thought to herself, I guess he's crazy too.
By the time he had reached the fourth ship, Will had established a routine. Land, check for others, grab a rope, pull back, swing, and repeat.
"Y'know," he said to himself, "if there's one place I never thought I'd be when I vanished, it was swinging between primitive seaships."
No? How about murdering someone in cold blood- did you see yourself going off to do that?
His voice hardened. "Of course not. Sometimes, these things just have to be done."
He landed on the fifth ship, glanced around, then grabbed a rope.
Really? He had to die? You couldn't have just stunned him?
"No, of course not. It would have taken several seconds minimum to select the correct setting, and by then, she would've been dead."
Right. You couldn't have switched to a stun instead of going for intimidation, I get it.
"If I hadn't run the self-clean, she wouldn't have dropped the knife, and things would've just gotten worse."
He rushed through the routine on the sixth ship, more focused on the conversation than on the world around him. He barely glanced around before snagging the nearest rope and pulling it back.
Right, of course. One of them might have died if she hadn't- oh, wait. That's right: one of them did die.
"That much was inevitable. If I'd gone for the stun-"
Then she might have had to fight him off with that knife she had in her hands! Can't let that happen, can we? No, you have to take responsibility for everything.
"You know damn well she'd be more likely to hurt herself than anyone else with that thing."
Not necessarily. Why would she have been selected for this battle if she couldn't fight, hm?
The seventh ship he landed on was another dead end- there were more ships beyond it, but they were too far out to swing to. Frustrated, he just strode over to the far side and stared out at the fleet.
"Okay, fine. So maybe she could've held her own. That's not a risk I was willing to take."
No, of course not. And why would you? It's not like having two artificial grav generators in one place would be useful enough to warrant such a risk.
"I can still save some of these people if I can just get that gravity golem to cooperate. It's still possible to open a rift with just one source, you know that."
Right, I forgot. You're a rift wizard who can take a few pieces of information from a data reader and extrapolate that into precise dimensional coordinates.
"I said possible, not easy. Besides, it's the best chance we have to get people out of here alive."
Behind him, Apathy lay on the deck. Will had practically swung right over her coming onto the ship, and he'd been too preoccupied with his own conversation to notice her.
Great, she thought to herself, I guess he's crazy too.