02 ♫ Text - United We Stand

[boomchucka]

[Finally finished with her moping, Selphie decides that in light of their invitation to the new empire, she wants to have a discussion with the entire group. She's hesitant about posting to the linkshell but this is definitely something she's put a great deal of thought into and hopes that her idea is one that everyone get can behind.]


Hey Everyone,

I've been thinking about these invitations that we've all received to go to Sen Devadatta for their upcoming festival.

It's really weird how all of a sudden they decided to open up their borders and let outsiders in and well, I don't really like this idea. Something seriously stinks about this whole thing, but we still need to go. There's still a lot about this world that we don't know and maybe meeting with this Empire might shed some light on the mysteries that we've all encountered.

With that in mind though, I think that we should pick some representatives from the group to speak on everyone's behalf. It would be beneficial to not only put an organized front together when we meet the Empress but to also show that we're capable of fully cooperating with each other. Not everyone is going to get along with the other and that's okay as long as we all share the same common goal.

We'll probably also need some people to take down information so that we can share it with those who decide not to come.

So let me know what you all think!

- Selphie

Comments

[chefbayardee]

There's royalty and diplomats in our group, any of us you can find are probably smart picks.
It's also maybe a good idea to get someone from the Curti Center who knows how to talk to people instead of insulting them, too.
Also people who are better at listening than you.
But if the Empire doesn't want to like us, they won't.

Do you really want to just push aside everyone else's opinions for whoever gets picked?
What if the people who aren't picked decide to speak up anyway?
Or the people who get picked make things worse?
Are you gonna STOP them somehow?

[ Sorry Selphie. He might've forgiven you for insulting the bejeezus out of him, but you didn't exactly endear yourself to him as someone who's head stays on straight in a pinch. ]

[zanarkandian]

It's not a bad idea, but it's pretty hard to plan when we know almost nothing.

And I'm sure they're gonna hit us with a few surprises when we're on their turf that we know nothing about. Not necessarily bad surprises, but I'm a little nervous. Just saying.

[arosetowar]

Though putting forth a united front would be to our benefit, the Empire is too unknown to limit ourselves to like-minded representatives capable of speaking for the people as a whole. If we are to emerge with as wide a perspective as possible, then we need to approach this from multiple angles.

Moreover, diplomatic meetings tend to be more productive when participants are free to speak their minds without concern of standing in opposition to a pre-existing, collective stance. Favouring a more open discourse will also discourage attempts at prematurely predicting rather than analysing the Empire's responses to any topics we may broach.

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[singerofspells]

I'd rather not volunteer myself, since so many of you are human. Best to have mostly humans speaking for us. That and that is way too much authority that I want resting on my fins. I've done things like that before, but... ugh, only when the Powers that Be were desperate.

But I'm certainly going and would like to coordinate information. I can do some organization, if I can get someone to write for me. I need to set this thing up to take dictation, or read my fin movements or something so I don't need to rely on Ace.

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[garyoutensei]

And buy common goal, you mean going home?

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[witchwithoutacause]

not it

[stillsmiling]

I still don't know much about Sen Devadatta. Is it scary? Should I just not go?