a simple question

[incensor]

Type: Voice
Sender ID: incensor (Lio Fotia)
To: Public (locked to rift-farers but well...)
Subject: Rift-farer treatment
Warnings: None, topics of general prejudice and oppression could come up

I've been here a few weeks, and this isn't the first time I've found myself in the position of being an outsider. So, I just have to ask. What's your experience with the locals and their treatment of us rift-farers?

[ Someone just wants to be prepared in case he has to deal with the same bullshit he just left behind. ]

Comments

[incensor]

Ah. That's quite the predicament. Are we sure the research will lead to a solution with the rifts?

If we're going to provoke another species for the sake of progress, well, I don't like the sound of that either way, but it would be even worse if our efforts amounted to nothing in the end.

[ Sorry, this hits a little too close to home. ]

[activatingcombatmode]

[Zack is nodding on his end.]

Yeah, it's complicated. But so far, we've found some interesting bits about what this world was like before the current leviathans we live on were around.

And I mean... I'm thinking we just need to find a way to make friends with the merfolk down below. You know, throw them a party or get them a peace offering. What do you think? Think they would be happy to get a fancy bottle of wine or something?

[He's joking, of course. But ... If they can somehow actually improve relations, there... It might just be the best route to go.]

[incensor]

Like the one they're currently planning?

[ He's been roped into his fair share of prep. ]

I'm not sure wine would survive the journey underwater. We'll just have to learn more about them.

[ He agrees with the sentiment though. If they can find a common grounds around which to communicate, that's far preferable to the options born out of animosity. The bit about the world's history is... interesting but it still doesn't promise a solution to the rifts, so he doesn't push it with someone he's only just met. ]