PATHOLOGICAL LIAR — DISCUSSION

[rochelle]

[align=center][div style="borderwidth=0px; text-align: justify; width: 50%; font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px;"]A deeply rooted diplomat, the case of the Rosebloods and the Typhoon intrigued her. Far much more than the tension with Snowbound did, she never cared much for war dynamics, hostility had always been a complex but utter bore. Knowing how to navigate a lethal situation into a pacific one was far more her style, far more challenging for her to be able to unravel. Fischer always started off with logic in these procedures, and then considered her gut. She was rational with herself, she knew that as hard as she tried to remain unbiased, her own moral compass would and should be a heavy weight in decision making. And so came the proposition of the alliance. When she was leader of her own group, decisions had been made and set final by her, but advised by the most immediate high-ups. They should have been her most trusted and wise members, but they weren't. They were bloodthirsty and power hungry, always trying to figure out a way to outsmart her, to manipulate her. Fischer would not fold. Unfortunately, it meant that her choices were limited and often had to be made up solely by her, but it's what she had to do for her group, in the most unselfish way possible.

The black smoke had followed loosely behind the Captain on the way back after the presence of Prestige and Sola. Fischer had anticipated this discussion, head already swirling with a sculpted opinion. Her body navigated with a solemn stature to the camp, taking a seat close enough to get a good earful of what not just Pincher, but of what everyone had to say. "I vote yes. The pros and cons align themselves in that favor, at least. If we ally with them, they become an advantage, more power in battle and in politics. The other major groups aren't as eager to raid and loot as we are, but the Rosebloods are. If they're an enemy, it means competition. If they're an ally, it means support in battle, as well as more reason to raid groups, now with compensation if we do it on the part of assisting. The cons can be twisted in our favor too ... it means we can't attack and loot them for their riches, but we'll be seeing that anyway through the compensation." There, she said her piece. The Soothsayer wasn't sure how everyone else would feel about it, besides what Freya had said before, but ... she had ideas about this alliance too, that would benefit the Typhoon, though didn't align with her moral code. "If we take them up as an enemy, we have the resources to take them out, they're still growing, they don't have any official healers to resupply their defenses. The reward for that won't be much, just the lump-sum of what they have. If we ally with them, in theory, it would be a steady flow of output for the Typhoon."