Accountability.

[explosivecombat]

There are all sorts of secrets to this place, really, ways to get from place to place reasonably unnoticed. Some of those ways involve the ability to shift one's appearance, some of them involve shadows and vessels and darkness; for those without those sorts of gifts, though, one has to rely on more conventional means. Panels and doorways, joins and seams that don't join up quite right; portions of the wall that will open up if you manipulate them properly. The Conductor himself tends to rely on the latter; he is, after all, entirely human. He's thin, as though he doesn't eat terribly much, but his clothes are immaculate and sharply-tailored, a suit and long coat all in white and shades of pale grey; his hair is long, trailing at least halfway down his back in a thin, tightly-tied ponytail, and his eyes are cold when he moves to stand at the thirtieth podium – it's not his, it never has been, but it's going to do for now. He doesn't seem anxious at all about being here; there's nothing nervous in his demeanor, and he's keeping his head up, perfectly willing to look everyone in the face. There's a definite arrogance about him, as is probably to be expected, though he'll certainly acknowledge everyone once he's there – when he bows it's enough to be respectful, but not nearly enough to expose the back of his neck. When he speaks, his voice is recognizable but it's quiet, far moreso than one would assume him to be based on the volume of the intercom alone; his tone is even, almost unsettlingly calm given the circumstances, though there's a hardness to it that never quite goes away. "It's a pleasure to speak to all of you in person; I'd say that it's almost a shame that the circumstances have to be what they are, but I'm not going to insult your intelligence like that." He straightens up then; the smile he's offering is understated, but it's not particularly nice. "I understand that we have a fair amount to discuss; shall we begin?" Your host for the evening, everyone; let's start.

Comments

OPTIONS.

[explosivecombat]

[Well, this has been fun, but - ]

I've heard several suggestions by now regarding what should be done from here, some of them entirely more viable than others. I'm willing to answer questions, though any information I'm willing to provide will be ultimately at my discretion, as always.

However, the first question for now is going to be mine.

Namely: What do you want to do from here?

Bear in mind that I came into this entirely prepared to die; I've co-existed with death all my life, and I no longer see it as a threat. When one kills as many as I have, death is guaranteed to find you far more quickly than it is most others, and you're well within your rights to kill me. If that's what you want, then so be it.

However, I've heard talk of other options, and again, I'm not averse to discussion. Let's get them all out at once, shall we?

[sunsong]

Unless you're willin' to help us with information related to God - who we're gonna kill or slap or somethin' because fuck you - we're votin' you off the island, it seems like. At least that's my vote.

[explosivecombat]

Then we'll all die.

Splendid.

[sunsong]

Well, if you don't want to help us out because you think goin' after god is somehow dull, put up the fuckin' vote and let's see you out of the buildin'.

By the way, those philosopher's stones you talked about - is that your method of bringin' dead folk back to life?

[announcemyvictory]

Everybody dies if your god does, because... somebody ate him, and also souls. I'm not quite sure I follow.

[ninehundredlives]

Explain.

[She's so not here for your cryptic smug bullshit]

[blazeit]

[ and he just does his "WHAT SHE FUCKING SAID" gesture at Susan because really, what more needs to be said... ]

[explosivecombat]

You aren't going to defeat God, simply put.

As Evolutionary pointed out, you're several people with bags and sticks and maybe a sword here and there, against someone with the power to literally create a sun. I don't know what you expect to accomplish, but it's not going to be "killing anything."

[oftheland]

One of the last things I remember before arriving here is having a "bear" beat the living daylights out of an antimatter god dragon.

I really think you're kind of underestimating us here.

[withabigsmile]

If we can get our powers back- and our Pokémon's powers- I'd say it's worth a shot.

But we don't have that power right now, and-

How do we get that back? Do you know?

[icysemblance]

I think I'm safe in saying that we all want our friends back, and we want to go home, and we want to smash this cycle to bits.

Maybe it's not likely, maybe we die trying to stop the cycle from happening all over again, but...

[explosivecombat]

That depends on how you want to do that latter part.

I'll confirm that there really isn't a cycle to put a stop to; again, the effort in reaching other worlds like that is well within our power, but it isn't necessarily worth the risk. I can't guarantee that there won't be any other attempts at breaking other worlds, but I can tell you that it's relatively unlikely - my employer is many things and a fair amount of them are expletive-laden, but ultimately he isn't an idiot.

[icysemblance]

...if we destroy the Gate, what would happen?

[explosivecombat]

...That's a good question, actually.

[This...is slightly above his pay grade, hang on.]

I suspect you'd end the world, honestly. At least this one.

[blazeit]

I'm with Sol. You told me before you aren't interested in dying, right? So it could be a decent deal for all of us ... And I'm more interested in taking care of the real root of all this bullshit.

[ ... A hero is supposed to be somebody who helps others, right? It's not good enough to just go home and pretend like everything's alright because he made it out alive. ]

[explosivecombat]

I'm sorry, what am I getting out of this? Staying alive a while longer until you inevitably kill me?

[really, shitty nephew]

[blazeit]

I dunno, the entertainment of watching us try really hard at something you think is actually fucking impossible?

[sunsong]

[ gestures at bakugou in a WHAT HE SAID manner.

what, it seems like a deal kimblee would like, he did this for shits and giggles after all. ]

[openterrain]

You told us yourself you did all of this on a whim. If you think you're dead either way, are you really gonna pass up on seeing something like this?

[oftheland]

...well, I mean, there is conditional employment if we don't all die...

[withabigsmile]

[...]

Whether or not we kill you, how exactly do we get home?

Do we have to go through that gate?

[They're going to have to meet god one way or another, aren't they.]

[announcemyvictory]

Is it... even possible to return? What with all the universe variations and such discussed earlier.

[explosivecombat]

[...]

...That's the other question of the hour, isn't it.

[oh, well, that's surely a good sign.]

[ninehundredlives]

...you mentioned once before that there was a way to save the dead as well. Is that related?

[icysemblance]

That's a yes, then.