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[mountain_sage]

[Saleh returns home with so many emotions raging within him. His recent encounter with Garrosh Hellscream revealed that an inevitable battle may be afoot, although what they would fight is still unknown. The plan to recruit everyone in the enclosure as soldiers and simply break out of the barrier and control the entire world is an absolutely ludicrous plan. But no matter what, Garrosh would not be persuaded. Saleh has to stop this somehow, but obviously he can't do it alone. And since talking him out of it had been ineffective, Saleh fears that the village would respond by fighting Garrosh, and that's not what he wants either. If there's only one thing that Saleh knows about Garrosh Hellscream, it's that he is not someone that the village needs as an enemy.]

[Saleh opens his journal, pondering a setup. A setup that would need to be worded very carefully.]

I've...a question. If an opportunity were to arise...would you fight for a chance to return home? How far would you be willing to go? Is there anything you would not be willing to do, even if it means remaining trapped here?

[The emotions are very evident in his voice, particularly doubt and fear.]

Comments

[Video]

[complicatedliar]

For a chance to get out of this shimmering teapot of humiliation and be on my way? There is very little I would not do.

[Video]

[mountain_sage]

...I see. I appreciate your honesty.

[Perhaps he'd better keep track of the answers he gets. Saleh grabs the nearest sheet of paper and writes Loki's name in the "willing to fight" category.]

[Video]

[complicatedliar]

Though I tend to think fighting is the preferred solution for people who aren't terribly clever. There are often better ways to accomplish what needs to be done.

[He smiles thinly.]

Though not always.

[Video]

[mountain_sage]

Yes...seeing as we can't even reach our enemies from within the enclosure, fighting would be an impossible solution.

[Video]

[complicatedliar]

[Loki snorts.]

You asked what I'd be willing to do, not what was currently within the realm of possibility.

If you want to put it like that, all I'm willing to do is drink tea and work maths.

[Video]

[mountain_sage]

Hmm. So if fighting were impossible, you wouldn't know what else to do.

[Surely drinking tea would lead them nowhere.]

[voice]

[entwiningfate]

I would give anything to be able to return home. [Just to see Nezumi, Safu, Inukashi and his mom again.]

[voice]

[mountain_sage]

[Saleh hums thoughtfully at the response.]

So you would give anything. Would you do anything? Or is there anything you wouldn't do?

[voice]

[entwiningfate]

[Sion would do just about anything if he had to. With the exception of a few things... ]

I wouldn't kill anyone.

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[misterbrief]

I'm still waiting for that opportunity to arise. I can't wait for the day that I make those responsible pay for this.

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[mountain_sage]

Mhm. I should forewarn you that it's going to be a long wait.

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[misterbrief]

[He inwardly sighs because he's got a feeling Saleh is correct on that.]

I'm willing to do just that. But to answer your other question- I would go to extensive lengths to free the people of this enclosure, but I would do it alone. If I could take the battle someplace else other than Luceti, then that's what I would do.

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[mountain_sage]

Alone? That's...interesting.

[Saleh doesn't see how that would work at all, though.]

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[misterbrief]

I don't need anyone getting in my way. It would be better if everyone else stayed out of it so I could handle things.

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[mountain_sage]

[Yeah, he frowns at that statement.]

Now that just sounds like pure arrogance. What happens if you run into a situation that you cannot handle alone?

[spohkh]

Greetings Mister Saleh... before I answer you.. I am curious as to why you would ask such a question.

[mountain_sage]

[He just had to ask, didn't he?]

I have my reasons...but I'm not entirely sure how far I want to get into it.

[spohkh]

[Of course, Spock is a scientist and a Vulcan.... that makes him perpetually curious.]

Then please... provide me with whatever 'distance' you are willing to give.

[mountain_sage]

[There's a pause while he comes up with a somewhat vague explanation.]

...Someone is planning something. Something very foolish. He's planning to involve everyone within the enclosure, willing or not. I'm afraid that warning everyone would ignite a battle against him, and that could have some very dire repercussions, whether he is defeated or not. My goal is to gauge interest in doing anything to escape, no matter how foolish.

100% filtered to Saleh

[spohkh]

You do realize that there are those in Luceti who do not wish to leave. [This was serious....

Spock himself wanted to go home.... but he would never want to be made responsible for the deaths of those who have been given another chance.]

Who is this person? [Spock could make a guess...]

[Video]

[fierybluebird]

I'd fight for the chance to stay.

[Just so everyone knows it.]

[Video]

[mountain_sage]

Fight for the chance to stay?

[Curious, curious.]

That's...interesting. Though I wouldn't believe that it would be necessary to fight in order to stay.

[Video]

[fierybluebird]

[Snorts quietly.]

If the Malnosso just decide to start sending people home whether we want it or not, believe me, that's a fight.

[Video]

[mountain_sage]

...I see.

[So this one might be someone who would actually join Garrosh's cause...]

[Video]

[fierybluebird]

Some people don't have a place to go back to.

I'd love the freedom to live outside the barrier, but I get it. Not everyone would survive without the barrier.

I'm not going back home though, and it'll take a lot to make me.