Telepathic message, during the Awakened battle

[kokuyoyo]

We're not getting anywhere. These things aren't the real threat, and they're only going to keep coming.

Second round, pay attention.

If your username had a wheel, immediately look for people who are murdering these things with apparent experience. Keep finding more of them. Make sure a group can keep you safe. Stay away from the lockers.

If you had a pair of blades, find the people being most targeted and defend them. If these things get rid of us Navigators, you'll die easily.

Do that immediately.

And for everyone... We need to lure the true form of our enemy out. These rats are just meant to exhaust us.

If we can find a way to a larger area like the gymnasium, we should set up bait. Since these things want Navigators so badly, some of us should be what sets the trap.

[There's the sound of a mental sigh that whispers through everyone's minds.]

Unless anyone has any better ideas...

Comments

[kokuyoyo]

I'm the one who didn't volunteer for being bait and yet have so many people around that would make that difficult to do.

[forsteri]

You were pretty content to sit back and let Kidou and that other navigator throw themselves away.

[kokuyoyo]

You say that like they were guaranteed to die.

[forsteri]

Without someone waiting to protect them, they would.

[kokuyoyo]

The problem is that, as far as I can tell, you all would overstep just protecting and the plan would then fall apart.

I've found no reason to put my faith in any of your skills.

[forsteri]

I fully intend on following my captain's orders to the very end. My sticking point is that there is no way I'm letting him go on his own. Do you think we're planning on standing right next to him? In a battle, discipline is necessary. You really think we don't understand that?

I'm not willing to throw away any of our number. That's where I draw the line.

[kokuyoyo]

With how well you're all demonstrating your abilities or reacting to this, yes.

[forsteri]

I'm sorry, but you don't know what you're talking about.

[kokuyoyo]

And so far none of you have bothered to show me otherwise.

....Genda has been helpful, at least.

[forsteri]

Genda's discipline is something ingrained into all of us. Our team values skill and control. The problem with that is that thought is a lot harder to control than action.

When you told Kidou one of us had almost been eaten by a rat, were you talking about me?

[Just because he doesn't respond to everything doesn't mean he doesn't try to listen to all of it.]

[kokuyoyo]

Genda is the only one I've seen use it either way.

When doubt or criticism is leveled your way, "you don't know us" is an answer. It's the problem.

[And there's a brief pause and a faint white noise as he tries to remember.]

...That might have been a couple of you.

[He's busy, right now, so he's not going to sort out his memories while he's trying not to get devoured by more rats, or lockers.]

[forsteri]

"Let's have someone be bait" is only the first step of a plan. Were you planning on just letting them walk into it and leaving them to get eaten while the rest of us hang back and hum over what to do? Having a navigator stand there and wait for something to attack them is all well and good, but if you expect no one to volunteer to back them up when that happens, you're just throwing them away for absolutely no gain at all. One instead of many is a good plan, but when you can get away with no losses at all, it's foolish not to take that opportunity.

Maybe it seems strange to you that we're answering impulsively, but I'm sure you're aware what we're all doing right now.

[kokuyoyo]

You're all very desperate to believe that's the kind of thing I said or implied.

[forsteri]

I'm not sure you understand what kind of impression you're giving.

Either way, it doesn't matter. I'm done arguing. I'm on guard duty. That's it.