trustfell | Accountability.

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.

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Then we'll all die.

Splendid.

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?

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

Explain.

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

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

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."

Wow, that's so disappointing. Guess we should just give up and go home, right?

Yes, actually. I'm not in the business of dying, myself.

[There's heroics, and then there's suicide.]

Okay, first of all, jerking off to power levels is literally the kind of scrub mistake that gets you fucked while you think you're standing on a high perch.

[ He uh

knows this from personal experience... ]

Also, normally a bunch of us have powers. Who's to say we can't get them back?

Oh, that's all. We knew that.

You can think whatever you like. Would you rather die here or would you rather die tryin' to do something different? Your choice, but that's what appears to be what we're doin', even if we're still discussin' what we do after you're fuckin' dead if you choose the first one.

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.

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?

Yeah, I guess that's the big problem here. I mean, I'm pretty sure all six of the Pokemon I had with me before I got here would be a force to be reckoned with at full power, but something's stopping that for... reasons?

You and I could probably stop this thing, let alone the two of us and everyone else.

But I'm not about to die here for nothing.

...yeah, it's true. As gung-ho as I am about wanting to kill the hell out of this god, it seems a little... well, we'd need an actual strategy and abilities.

So we figure those out after we get rid of this smug asshole and figure out gettin' the others back.

...I mean, he has admitted repeatedly that he has no idea why our abilities are missing or what is even going on there, but he is the only one who actually has any of his own...

Then we find out. They managed all this fumbling about in the dark, didn't they?

...true enough, I guess... though, the real problem is that I'm not even sure how much time we'd really have to figure that out... or even get out of here to begin with.

Before they come for us, you mean.

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Maybe our powers just... Aren't compatible here?

[Fuck if she knows. She's throwing out guesses.]

...

Yeah, that's entirely possible, but I really hope it isn't the case.

He clearly isn't gonna go along with our plan. There are still SOME people alive in this world - he isn't our only option for information, even if he's most convenient. So...let's just get this over with, shall we? I don't feel like arguin' with him for days on end.

...well, I could work on things a little more because honestly... well, the points about "God" possibly tracking us down don't entirely sit well with me.

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