Megaera D'Ashland (
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[Day 336, backdated, Amulet] A message!
Who: Megaera, anyone in Amulet range
Open: Yes!
When: Day 336, afternoon. (Backdated!)
Where: Anywhere, via amulet, or meet Megaera near the Library
What: Some critical information comes out!
Format: Action preferred.
Warnings: Plot!
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Okay, so! Talking to one of the prisoners got me... A lot of useful information.
A big one is this: They're seeking cores to power a device that they claim is capable of reviving the dead. Where I'm from, that's doable, if expensive, but... It can also go horribly wrong. So it's something to be cautious of.
That said, it is a basis for some negotiation... Or at least for knowledge of what's going on, from their perspective.
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Megaera was simply on her way home to the Library by now, and seemed to be in a better mood than before. She'd done something that, hopefully, would be useful.
Bother her? Talk about the ethical considerations of what she did? Thank her? Something else? Your call.
Open: Yes!
When: Day 336, afternoon. (Backdated!)
Where: Anywhere, via amulet, or meet Megaera near the Library
What: Some critical information comes out!
Format: Action preferred.
Warnings: Plot!
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Okay, so! Talking to one of the prisoners got me... A lot of useful information.
A big one is this: They're seeking cores to power a device that they claim is capable of reviving the dead. Where I'm from, that's doable, if expensive, but... It can also go horribly wrong. So it's something to be cautious of.
That said, it is a basis for some negotiation... Or at least for knowledge of what's going on, from their perspective.
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Megaera was simply on her way home to the Library by now, and seemed to be in a better mood than before. She'd done something that, hopefully, would be useful.
Bother her? Talk about the ethical considerations of what she did? Thank her? Something else? Your call.
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Thanks forever, Colin.And now this news?She doesn't respond over the amulets, that's too strange to her, instead she seeks Megaera out in person.]
Did I hear that right? They want to raise the dead?
[There's no excitement or hope in that question. She's appalled.]
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There are, needless to say, insane numbers of questions about it... But I will state that, where I'm from, it's possible enough to be a regular thing.
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I need thinking here, because I know my world's point of view on this, but not anyone else's, and their views might reveal something important.
[In other words: This isn't a moral debate, this is about planning.]
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You've got to be kidding me. They're trying to revive the dead?
Why would they need cores for that? ... Is this another Mancer project? Nathan, do you know anything about something like this?
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Logically, the core would sub in for both. Assuming it works, which I'm not assuming.
Never mind the fact that with no defense mechanism, it's questionable how useful it is to do so at all. They think that, with sufficient numbers, defense will be trivial, but I'm not at all certain I agree.
Never mind it possibly being a Mancer project.
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If this is a project to rip people back to life, they're going to be pissing off gods, psychopomps, the DEAD THEMSELVES left and right. It's easy to steal fire from the gods if you don't realize that the gods only need to wait a few moments of their time to take eternal revenge.
But yeah, this is not good... Not good at all.
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What will do?
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I don't think we'd have gotten this if not for my efforts.
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amulet; look how we keep meeting like this
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Of course, if it's not divinely powered, it could go wrong in all sorts of other horrifying ways.
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In any case, he's not taking time away from the laboratory right now, so he's responding via amulet.]
Reviving the dead is firmly in the realm of fiction where I come from unless it's only been a few minutes since death, and even that's not guaranteed. Then again, a ton of what I've seen here'd be considered outright impossible in my world, so I can't really rule anything out at this point. But generally in fiction, unless the resurrection is done by a higher power it'll either fail or come out horribly wrong, and purely mortal attempts at it are usually considered against the laws of nature by the story. Ending up with a zombie or some other abomination is a pretty common result. Do they know for sure it'll work as intended? And what happens if the person being revived isn't actually dead? Do you end up with a duplicate of the original? Need more information to know what to think.
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But I'm not outright opposed to the idea; my preconceptions are heavily based on fiction in this case, which isn't exactly a strong foundation. I think we're morally obligated to try and save as many people as possible, especially if it can be done safely, but more information is definitely needed to be sure about that. It also still operates under the assumption that our worlds have in fact been destroyed and everyone in them is dead, which we don't actually have any evidence for.
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If there's a risk of catastrophic failure involved, I think we should not allow it to reach that point. How many more details can you give me?
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But still, I think it is a good idea to stop this from going any further.
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->Action?!
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Megaera? Do you mind if I ask you a few questions?
[He keeps his voice quiet, both out of the need to control himself and... well. While there are some here who know his story, he doesn't exactly want to shout it out to everyone.]
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[Megaera politely nods, but can see the seriousness in AZ's face.]
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First, I'd... like to ask how sure you are that these people are telling the truth. It may sound like they mean what they say but that doesn't mean they do.
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And—and you think they're telling the truth? [There's a tentative edge of hope in her voice. Someone's maybe excited about this, at least?]
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