survival to the end [ t a k e o v e r ]

[elijah]

[div style="margin: 0 auto; border-width:0; width: 70%; text-align: justify; font-family: arial; line-height: 1.5; font-size: 9pt;"]Goldenluxury had been right when she told him that The Pitt had close to no defenses. When a squad of his rats had been sent to patrol around The Pitt, he realised that perhaps spying was going overboard. It was a waste of time when he could have left more rats to focus on helping on reconstructing and replanting the jungles of The Typhoon than make round checks of the desert territory. Of course, it never really hurt to be safe. It left the boy free of anxieties when he had arrived in support of the rest of The Typhoon and Goldenluxury, still uncertain of his stance of Jervis. Most of The Pitt's profits came from the fact that they were terrifying because of their captures and forced slavery. Most travelers would do well enough to steer away from the group than experience a fate worse than death but here Jervis was talking about abolishing it as part of an agreement with their Captain. As the wolf speaks, the feline can't help but wonder if Jervis felt regret or reluctance to make such announcements of ruling out slavery. While he does not condone forced labour, Elijah likes to think that if he had agreed to it, he wouldn't have resorted to such drastic measures. It would have been easier to hire a band of rogues in promised exchange for information or their own slaves, then proceed to continue with their slave trade. At least, that's what Elijah would have done if he were bad enough to stoop down to their level.

While members of The Typhoon had arrived out of their own personal reasons and grudges, there was no need to help The Pitt now that the drama is over. They could have left The Pitt to eventually destroy themselves - leave Jervis to work things out himself and cause a civil war. They would never have to worry about a Pitt ever again. Why was this necessary? Even if slavery was abolished, how was he to know that The Pitt wouldn't continue terrorising other Clans? Death still happened, violence still existed, thievery was always an option. Elijah begins to furrow his brows. And now they were allowed to move forward and take whatever they wanted. Even though Jervis assured that he was the king The Pitt would agree with, he still feels as if this all could have been done without The Typhoon's help. It was as if The Pitt was being left worse off than before. It bothers him that there is so far no retaliation of Pittians. Maybe Jervis had overestimated the minds of desert-dwellers, thought they would be more stubborn. Then again...it was probably The Typhoon's presence that stopped resistance. They were a strong group, he knew that at least.

He bites his tongue, hearing that Jervis still planned on keeping captures around. How was he to know that they weren't going to continue keeping them as slaves? What if Jervis was bringing The Typhoon a long to spit all these lies in front of him? What if this was all staged and he had been leader this whole time? He shakes his head, taking a breath and letting himself calm down. The politics that occurred within The Pitt should have little impact on him. As long as the pirates were released, they can continue living their separate ways. Hearing Goldenluxury's words, he nods and moves forward to scavenge for anything that may be useful to himself or his rats.