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[divine_storm]

So... what's the big deal with becoming a citizen? I thought we wanted to get out of here, not move in.

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[voice]

[cowardly-hero.livejournal.com]

Some of us want to make a difference in this city.

[voice]

[divine_storm]

Oh yeah? Like what?

[myfearsmylies.livejournal.com]

I've been here long enough I might as well be. I know it's not exactly the sort of place we should want to stay, but... some days it's better than home.

[Voice]

[blackwatermage.livejournal.com]

I'm still a citizen of Aydensfell. I guess it's one way to deal with being stuck here, though I'd rather not.

[tenshinomakai.livejournal.com]

The two aren't mutually exclusive. As long as we're still here, trying to find a way out, better to take advantage of what they're offering.

[Voice]

[mastertemplate.livejournal.com]

When in Rome...

[Voice]

[divine_storm]

Rome?

[divine_storm]

Doesn't look like they're offering a lot.

[tenshinomakai.livejournal.com]

And they're not really asking all that much in return.

[divine_storm]

Huh? Really? Just how long have you been stuck here?

... what about your home?

[Voice]

[mastertemplate.livejournal.com]

When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

File in, do what they say. For now.

[Voice]

[divine_storm]

Dunno, it sounds a bit like giving up in a way to me.

I mean, if becoming a citizen gave you a lot of benefits, I'll be all over it, but, it just looks useless right now. Just looks like giving up on leaving.

[divine_storm]

Well, they don't ask for a lot in the city in the first place... it would be weird if they did for that.

[tenshinomakai.livejournal.com]

So what's the big deal if people register as citizens? They get a few more perks in exchange for a filled out piece of paper and no one is giving up on finding a way out. Seems like you're just trying to find a reason to complain.

[voice]

[cowardly-hero.livejournal.com]

Bring peace and prosperity to the land.

[voice]

[divine_storm]

... you mean, like they pretty much already have?

[divine_storm]

I'm not complaining! I just don't see the point of becoming a citizen of a place that stole you away in the first place, just so it costs a couple less leaves to rent a house!

[Voice]

[divine_storm]

... it's going to take a lot more then that to get me to follow them to the letter.

[tenshinomakai.livejournal.com]

You always this involved in other people's business?

[Voice]

[mastertemplate.livejournal.com]

I'll take of things soon enough.

[divine_storm]

Are you always this touchy when other people ask a simple question?

[tenshinomakai.livejournal.com]

Not touchy. Just curious as to why you seem so quick to judge people you don't even know.

[divine_storm]

I'm not?

It was just a question, yeesh.

[voice]

[cowardly-hero.livejournal.com]

Are you kidding? Haven't you heard about the Organization and Maleficent?

[voice]

[divine_storm]

Not the second one.

But it's not like becoming a citizen... or putting up a major is gonna make the bad guys disappear.

[Voice]

[blackwatermage.livejournal.com]

If housing rates were more difficult than pulling leaves off of trees, maybe.

[Giving up... hm.]

It might not be useless for Paixao, though.

[Voice]

[divine_storm]

Huh? You think they'll get something out of us becoming citizens?

How would that work?

[voice]

[cowardly-hero.livejournal.com]

She's some kinda witch or something. She put a spell over Paixao which consumed it in darkness for the longest time.

It's better than doing nothing.

[Voice | Locked]

[blackwatermage.livejournal.com]

We didn't come here through ordinary means... I'm wondering if being an official citizen would bind us to the city, or have some other magical effect.

[voice]

[divine_storm]

... starting to get sick of all this darkness stuff. That sounds like fun times. Urgh.

Sounds like doing nothing to me.

[voice]

[cowardly-hero.livejournal.com]

Yeah, tell me about it. For bein' such a bright, shining place, it seems all you're ever hearing about is darkness.

Well I'd like to see you come up with a better idea.

[voice]

[divine_storm]

And here I thought it couldn't get worse then back home...

... that's not my job! Well, for starters, we could try to climb that castle more.

[voice]

[cowardly-hero.livejournal.com]

That's what the Organization wants us to do. We'd be walking right into their trap!

[Voice | Locked]

[divine_storm]

Okay! Now that's a scary thought. Not that I wanted to in the first place, but really not going to sign that paper just in case.

But I wouldn't put it past them.

[voice] - [locked at this point, just in case]

[divine_storm]

But if we already know it's a trap, we can counter it!

I mean, it stops being a trap once we know it's one.

[voice] [locked]

[cowardly-hero.livejournal.com]

How can we counter if when we don't know what the trap even is?

[voice] [locked]

[divine_storm]

Hey, just the fact that the element of surprise is gone already puts the odds in our favor, and destabilizes them. Countering it will be a piece of cake.

[voice] [locked]

[cowardly-hero.livejournal.com]

I'm not quite so sure...