[network] Event: Long & Lost [NIGHT 217]

[snowblindmods]

it's been so long between the words we spoke
will you be there up on the shore, I hope

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[swatsflies]

[ It's giving kids a purpose. That's totally better right? ]

How's that wrong? We chose to sign up.
We weren't vulnerable and we all worked hard to pass the interview to become a cadet.

[ Does that answer the question? ]

[jumpthegun]

What other options did you have in your world? Did the people who offered to sign you up promise you a lot of money and security in return for going with them?

[swatsflies]

No it's
It's a little different for me.
It probably would be like that if my Ma didn't adopt me.
And I want to prove she didn't make a mistake.
I want to make her proud.

[jumpthegun]

[Okay. That's only slightly better.]

What age did they come and recruit you away from your mother?

[swatsflies]

I joined when I was thirteen.

[ He's one of the later ones in the bunch. ]

[jumpthegun]

[He still doesn't like this.]

What did your mum think of it all?

[swatsflies]

She supports my choices.
If she didn't, I would hear about it.

[ In other words, he didn't really ask. ]

[jumpthegun]

[He's reading between the lines there.]

Why are they so desperate that they're recruiting children to their program?

[swatsflies]

It was matron's idea.
She was the one running the orphanage.
She wanted to prepare us to fight her if the worst happened

[jumpthegun]

[Wait, what?]

Why would you be fighting the matron at the orphanage?

[swatsflies]

She's a sorceress.
She absorbed the powers of another Sorceress and thought she would lose control.

[jumpthegun]

Did she?

[swatsflies]

Another sorceress took over her mind.
She didn't really have a choice.
She was our second mission as SeeD.
We were ordered to assassinate her.

We failed.

[ It's still crazy to really look back at it all. ]