AOI

[aubins]

Comments

[aubins]

[ boop boop...... ]

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Yeah, that's fair too. None of it was great?

[gamerbrain]

Did you vote for someone? Aoi didn't vote.

[aubins]

Neither did I.

[ ... ]

I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not, anymore.

[gamerbrain]

Aoi thinks no one should have voted.

[aubins]

That'd require putting a lot of faith in everyone. And... the outcome could have been worse.

[gamerbrain]

Worse?

How?

[aubins]

It didn't say anything about what would happen if no one voted, but I don't have any reason to assume it would be good.

Maybe it is, maybe that's part of the risk-reward element of all this. But would you really want to run the risk of putting everyone in the firing line just for that?

[gamerbrain]

... Aoi doesn't know about that...

But the story didn't require everyone to vote and people still did, and Aoi... Doesn't like it.

[aubins]

It gave people the option, Aoi. If there's an option, people might take it. And that's why I think the optional voting thing could get dangerous.

[gamerbrain]

Then it should be against the rules to vote.

[ that. would negate the whole point of a trial but okay. ]

[aubins]

They wouldn't do that.

[gamerbrain]

But they should.

[aubins]

Maybe they should. But unless you can think of a very persuasive argument, I don't think they will.

[gamerbrain]

Aoi's argument is that we can make our own justice without their help. And if we don't vote, we have more time to figure things out and can't vote for the wrong person in a rush!

[aubins]

[ aoi is a good girl. ]

I'd be all for that. But we're not the ones with any kind of power over this place. Not right now at least.

[gamerbrain]

Boop boop...

[ she looks disappointed... ]

[aubins]

[ boop boop....... ]

You just have to work within the system.

[gamerbrain]

How?

[aubins]

It's about finding things that work in your favour, within the situation you're stuck in.

[gamerbrain]

... Aoi can't think of anything in our favour right now.

[aubins]

Well, we're not starving to death. And we have a roof over our heads. Could be dealing with all of this while hungry and cold.

[gamerbrain]

So... When things could be worse, that means they're good?

[aubins]

It means they could be worse, Aoi.

[gamerbrain]

Boop boop...

[ this all sucks! wow! ]

[aubins]

[ he pets her hair. ]

Boop boop.