Yes. But you're trying to get them to change the protocol for this camp already, aren't you?
[He remembers her mentioning that before -- the different protocols. The containment protocol. The final protocol. And then--]
... Red, how much does Archer know about this camp? Is there a way to get him on our side?
[Given their limited time, Archer's personality and everything that they're trying to do, he probably means get him on your side at this point. But if Archer is here about the protocol and the ritual then... it's necessary to know if he can be trusted. That's part of what's been tripping him up this week.
Other than that, he's reaching for any resources he can find.]
[And given his insistence on saving the world from a freaked out child god... he probably doesn't know too much more than Red about Sol's real relationship to the organization, either. Or perhaps has a different set of blind spots. Call it an educated guess.]
... We've gotten a lot of our information from the dead, and the Metaverse. We'll... probably need more solid evidence than that.
[He's thinking out loud a little, testing the waters, because Red is the one who knows Archer the best here at this point.]
[He hadn't expected it to be something that sounded so simple.
Of course, it's not so simple in practice -- even Floe had said that it was hard to completely believe in the dead unless you saw it with your own eyes, and despite Richie's and everyone else's best efforts their communication with the dead is still haphazard at best. But they're all here, which means there has to be a way.]
"Bodies for food. Souls for growth. More than 100 souls caught in between."
That's... what those who went to the Metaverse heard there.
[There might be way, way more souls in the balance than those from this round. That's what he's been thinking, and while he's not sure how that will come into play... The fact that Archer is a former counselor might also be helpful here. Really, he's just digging through thoughts and seeing what clicks.
It would be a lot more helpful if they could ask the dead questions at will. But nothing is ever easy, is it?]
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Date: 2018-07-14 04:55 am (UTC)[He remembers her mentioning that before -- the different protocols. The containment protocol. The final protocol. And then--]
... Red, how much does Archer know about this camp? Is there a way to get him on our side?
[Given their limited time, Archer's personality and everything that they're trying to do, he probably means get him on your side at this point. But if Archer is here about the protocol and the ritual then... it's necessary to know if he can be trusted. That's part of what's been tripping him up this week.
Other than that, he's reaching for any resources he can find.]
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Date: 2018-07-14 04:58 am (UTC)I think it's possible to sway his opinion, but it's going to be hard. You'll need evidence and a solid plan to do that.
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Date: 2018-07-14 05:15 am (UTC)[And given his insistence on saving the world from a freaked out child god... he probably doesn't know too much more than Red about Sol's real relationship to the organization, either. Or perhaps has a different set of blind spots. Call it an educated guess.]
... We've gotten a lot of our information from the dead, and the Metaverse. We'll... probably need more solid evidence than that.
[He's thinking out loud a little, testing the waters, because Red is the one who knows Archer the best here at this point.]
What kind of evidence would he accept?
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Date: 2018-07-14 05:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-07-14 05:27 am (UTC)[He hadn't expected it to be something that sounded so simple.
Of course, it's not so simple in practice -- even Floe had said that it was hard to completely believe in the dead unless you saw it with your own eyes, and despite Richie's and everyone else's best efforts their communication with the dead is still haphazard at best. But they're all here, which means there has to be a way.]
Red, Archer was a counselor with you, wasn't he?
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Date: 2018-07-14 05:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-07-14 05:47 am (UTC)That's... what those who went to the Metaverse heard there.
[There might be way, way more souls in the balance than those from this round. That's what he's been thinking, and while he's not sure how that will come into play... The fact that Archer is a former counselor might also be helpful here. Really, he's just digging through thoughts and seeing what clicks.
It would be a lot more helpful if they could ask the dead questions at will. But nothing is ever easy, is it?]