[Jaunt] [Week 2 Start] The Reason why Prompto Makes Bad Decisions

[keepcalmcookon]

[Tense, too busy thinking to be afraid.]

This is Ignis Scientia, on Mars. What the bloody hell is going on--are we under attack?! Someone report!

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[keepcalmcookon]

[They might not be, but he can really only hear the ones that are screaming.]

Hindsight is 20/20, as always. Portalling it is.

... Good to know.

[desperate_times_right]

Lots of angry yelling about honour, lots of talk about how we’ll divide your territory when we win. Real barrel of laughs.

[keepcalmcookon]

Might I suggest they pick up some calming hobbies? Read a book. Knit a sweater. Stop murdering random civilians that have nothing to do with this war. That sort of thing.

Ah, there we go. I am in Liminal Space.

[desperate_times_right]

I’m not sure they believe that civilians have nothing to do with the war. They got infected with this ‘bioweapon’ at a peace negotiation.

[keepcalmcookon]

I see they haven't learned the rule of assume stupidity before maliciousness.

[desperate_times_right]

I dunno, others have pointed out that it is pretty sketchy that all these different species are getting it.

[keepcalmcookon]

I believe it's called a 'disease' for a reason.

[desperate_times_right]

Yeah, but that doesn’t mean you can just catch a disease from any old creature, right? That’s why diseases that jump from animals to humans are such a big deal.

[keepcalmcookon]

Not usually, but I've seen something similar before. Our world has a 'disease' that can be transmitted to any living thing. This seems more magical in nature than biological, which means the species divide might mean nothing to it.

[desperate_times_right]

The results sound awful on this side too, but that might just be because everyone’s so scared of it.

[keepcalmcookon]

Is it truly that bad? I don't mind being partially canine myself.

[Ignis, not everyone's a furry like you.]

[desperate_times_right]

It’s based off your emotions, right? And people are so scared of it that they make it bad and that scares them more, which makes it worse. Either that or it really is a weaponized version.

[keepcalmcookon]

... Ah. I suppose that would completely change people's perception of it. It acts as a feedback loop?

[desperate_times_right]

Some people can sort of control it, but others just get continually worse.

[keepcalmcookon]

And they haven't bothered to find which psychiatric drugs would help? Or therapy? Or anything?

[desperate_times_right]

Of course not, they think it’s a weapon, and see this working as intended.

[keepcalmcookon]

Fools. Even if they think it's a weapon, to just fail to treat those suffering.....

[desperate_times_right]

I don’t think they even know that it’s their own minds doing that - I learned it from you guys.

[keepcalmcookon]

Oh for gods' sake, how could they bloody not realize that?! There's plenty of technology they have that could easily give them the proper observational data to determine a course to at least reduce the worst of it. How did they ever manage to get off their planet in the first place?

[Oh come on he's not even a doctor.]

[desperate_times_right]

What, you want to fly over here and talk to them about it? Come on, man. These guys are suffering.

[keepcalmcookon]

If it could help, I would. My apologies for the rant. Poor public policy tends to infuriate me.

[desperate_times_right]

It wouldn’t take much to kick off a mass hysteria here about it. Bad news for both sides.

[keepcalmcookon]

I agree. That still shouldn't stop them from being able to research secretly.