open; Tuesday evening; cafeteria

[tevinteriscoming]

[So you decided to come to this spontaneous gathering. Not Dorian's gathering, mind. He's not leading this, it was just a suggestion some people made and one of those people who made it was Dorian.

But nonetheless, you are here, in the cafeteria, at the time suggested by Dorian.]

Comments

[hatslinger]

There's always gonna be more weapons, especially if they're just given one for killing certain people.

[ #donttakeourguns ]

Not sure what we'd do with them anyway. There's not exactly an airlock to throw them out of. We could break them, but someone could always put a gun back together, and a sword isn't exactly useless when you only have half of one.

[toprotecttheworld]

I'm not throwing out Arbok before any of you think to mention it. You'll just have to grow used to him.

[antietam]

But if the problem is frame jobs, it'll be much harder to frame someone who doesn't have a weapon. Also, it won't take us as long to identify the possible weapon from the ridiculous amount of knives people have. [ Seriously, people. ]

I figure we could get the AI to take them, anyway.

[toprotecttheworld]

I doubt that. She wants us to kill people, remember? If anything, she'd probably give us more if someone asked politely.

[antietam]

She doesn't want anything. She's programmed. We don't know if we don't try.

[toprotecttheworld]

You can probably program something to want something. Go ahead and ask her, then, just don't come crying to me when I was right.

[antietam]

Don't worry, I won't.

[socloverit]

What, so she can offer them as bonus tools to whoever kills her latest list of least favorites? Are we gonna get the AI to take away everyone's magic powers and fighting skills, too?

[SHE'LL FIGHT YOU OVER THIS GUN FULL OF POISON DON'T THINK SHE WON'T]

[antietam]

Is it easier to try to guess who and what could have killed someone from the dozens of weapons lying around or to know what did it and how the killer got the weapon in the first place?

[ WHAT IS SO IMPORTANT ABOUT THE POISON. ]

[socloverit]

I'm not about to give up a line of defense so you guys have an easier time figuring out who offed me when I might be able to keep it from happening in the first place.

[IT'S HER POISON OKAY!!!!!!]

[antietam]

Poisoning someone is definitely not a defense.

[socloverit]

If one person decides making me a victim isn't worth the risk of being poisoned in the process, it's a defense.

[antietam]

Well, you threatened me with your poison gun, which makes it pretty offensive.

[socloverit]

I didn't threaten anyone! What are you talking about?! [this wasn't the kind of offense we meant but she's sure offended. this is what happens when you're just so casually aggressive all the time, Clover] Why would I be stupid enough to use it if I didn't absolutely have to, anyway? Someone turns up dead, I turn up a suspect, and my gun's out of poison. I'm not a moron!

[antietam]

I think you said I shouldn't be messing with a girl who has a poison gun? [ Definitely taking that as a threat. ]

Anyway, when I asked you about it, you weren't exactly keen on saying it was poison. I'm pretty sure you were hoping no one would know what it was.

[socloverit]

Don't flatter yourself. I said nobody should be doing that—as in, people who aren't you, too. I was making the same point I am now. A deterrent is a defense. [just. more aggressively]

...And that's just 'cause it was you asking. [she. does not answer that promptly enough for it to sound entirely true.]

[antietam]

... I'd never spoken to you before? [ why is she so mean. ]

[todorable]

...In theory, that would be the most fair...

[says the powerless guy with a cellphone]

[socloverit]

Yeah, it would, but my point is that it's not gonna happen. So it's stupid to take away weapons when they might be the only thing giving someone a leg up.

[says the girl with a gun full of poison but also combat and agility training on her skills list along with some morphogenetic bullshit that could mean anything as far as everyone she adamantly refuses to explain it to is concerned]

[todorable]

So, you wanna be shot with a turret? Or be peeped on by some guy with an invisibility cloak?

[socloverit]

Um, obviously not. And why is that the first thing that you think of doing with an invisibility cloak, you weirdo?!

But there's nothing we can do about the weird stuff the AI's giving out.

[todorable]

N-never mind the order things were thought of! If we can't do anything about the AI, then what's the point of this conversation in the first place? We could be drowning ourselves in the toilets right now for all this matters!

[thanatosincarnate]

{ Raises an eyebrow at the invisibility cloak business.

So much quiet judging. So much. }

[todorable]

[HE DIDN'T SAY HE WAS GOING TO BE THE ONE PEEPING

IT IS JUST A THEORY THAT HAPPENED TO BE OVERHEARD BY SOMEONE WITH IMPRESSIVE BELLY-BUTTON WRINKLES OKAY]

[thanatosincarnate]

{ He's glad Clover brought it up first without him having to say anything. Makes things way easier. }