002.

[sangsues]

FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Etienne Guerinet Beaumanoir
RECIPIENT: everyone (sorry)
WHAT: whats all this
WHEN: post-proposal etc
WHERE: the walliest kirk
NOTES: Orlesians

( A quiet clearing of the throat; one can naturally assume it is a very beautiful clearing of the throat, done by a very beautiful man. )

This matter of the phylacteries for rifters… it seems sensible. If they are such a valuable resource to the Inquisition, the closing of rifts, and so on, being able to find said resource if a rival power were to try and overpower them and abscond with them makes sense, I think. For their own safety, for our own safety. If Corypheus and his forces were, for example, to make an attack on a party closing a rift and kidnap those rifters for nefarious purposes, it would be better for all if we were able to find them as quickly as possible. The phylacteries are an established way of doing just this, no?

By all means, if you wish to see the world end, protest. Even if this is not your world, though, I think we can all agree that you are currently in it. It’s fate is not entirely irrelevant to you.

Comments

[thunderproof]

Do you think you're the first any of us has heard this "for your own safety" "because you're dangerous" "think of everyone else" malarkey from? You're poking at a hornet's nest and acting surprised that you've been swarmed. If you cared at all about Rifters, as you seem to want us to believe you do, you'd give them time to calm down and think rationally without feeling like they have to be ready to defend themselves and their personhood every two seconds. Not all of them are diplomats, able to take bullshit and answer it with a smile.

[sangsues]

( There is a good humoured smile in his voice. )

And yet they are content to make threats about how powerful they are and how dangerous, and expect it not to peak concerns? Do we not have a right to speak, if we are not rifters? The concerns of those without ties to the Fade are equally valid.

[thunderproof]

In this case, no, your concerns need not be voiced. ❰ blunt, entirely unconcerned with his feelings on the matter — no fade no opinion. ❱ They have already been given voice, since this proposal exists at all. The discussion of whether to implement it needs now be between Rifters and the leadership of the Inquisition. If you trust the Inquisition so much, trust that it will speak for you.

As for the threats... ❰ deeeeep sigh. ❱ They're afraid and on the defensive. They aren't thinking anything through clearly. As if any of us would be enough of a danger to faze the Inquisition — they're adding fuel to the Inquisition's fire, and none of them seem to realize.

[sangsues]

I don't think that's a fair response at all. This is my home. I have a right to speak my piece on how it is protected, so that all voices are considered and not drowned out as the Inquisition considers the arguments laid before it.

You wish us to simply disregard their fear, when people in this world are condemned for their own? I realise we are in the majority, but we are also people without any kind of powers. That doesn't seem to be uncommon amongst rifters. At the very least, they have powers linked to the Fade and the rifts.

[thunderproof]

❰ see previous comment about not wanting to take any more part in the discussion, but SHE'S WATCHING YOU. points to eyes points to etienne, etc. ❱