HAYAME ➳ PLEROMA (VOICE)

[warmare]

[One member of Pleroma has intentionally avoided Communion for months, but now... perhaps it can actually be of use. Now, she actually requires something that she cannot accomplish through strength or stubbornness alone, so-

A hard, cold voice barely comes through, mixed with an inexperienced jumble of vague (violent, dark) images until the words solidify as:]

Who amongst you has the ability to write?

I require a posting for the Achamite heads.

[OOC: please be warned there will be (cw: beheading) in this post]

Comments

[emblazer]

It will if we overpower his forces and corner him. I don't see him coming out to fight us directly any time soon and leaving himself open for assassination, so we'd have to cut him off from his allies and resources as much as possible.

[ Otherwise, they'd be fighting a losing battle. Even if he understands her anger, he knows mindlessly provoking him is the worst possible strategy they can take at this moment. ]

[warmare]

And you genuinely think that you can do this? Somehow raise an army large enough to overpower a man who controls shadows and rips us from our bodies as he pleases?

[He'd made Estinien, Rand, others... into puppets on shadow sticks with a flick of his goddamned wrist.

Does this man realize how insane he sounds now?]

[emblazer]

How many people can he control at once? There's got to be a limit to his power. Otherwise, we've already lost.

[ But he's sure the Regent has to have a weakness hidden somewhere. More bodies would help them figure it out and exploit it faster. ]

[warmare]

Does he not control the whole city of Achamoth? Do his people not place their boots on the neck of Venera, too?

That isn't enough people for you?

[emblazer]

Of course not. Not if they're willing to rebel and stand up against corruption. There are other Aions in Achamoth we can talk into joining us too. Would you let them or have you already decided recruitment isn't worth the trouble?

[warmare]

What a hopeful fool you are.

The so-called rebels are already vastly outnumbered, hiding in a forest and in the shadows of Godsblood, and you think a few more aions will turn the tide?

Enjoy your efforts while you remain positive.

[emblazer]

Well, what do you think we should do? I'm open to suggestions, you know? If we follow your plan and display the defeated as war trophies, what's the next step?

[warmare]

[What did she suggest?]

Stop bothering with trying to change hearts and minds and just focus on actually exterminating the enemy, slow and careful if need be until they send out the ones who acually need to die.

[emblazer]

That's still going to be difficult when they outnumber and outpower us. I got taken out pretty badly because my world is a little behind on technology.

[ It turns out it's really hard to outrun bullets... ]

[warmare]

That's why I said "slow and careful".

[It requires more planning.

... She doesn't wanna talk about bullets, though.]

[emblazer]

I still don't think putting their severed heads up would count well towards either slow and careful, but maybe we can compromise?

How about putting up one head, and the rest get sent back to Achamoth in bags? They can do what they need to with them over there, and we'd still send them a similar message if we dropped them off at their gates.

[ He's trying his best to find a solution he's somewhat morally okay with, but even one head is going to needle at Thoma's strong moral fiber. ]