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[dipolar]

I understand some of you are reluctant to change your names or use a different moniker when we make the drop in 1916's Gallipoli. If you're not from a standardized Earth, I suggest you reconsider. If you need assistance, I'll assign you one myself. You don't have to consider them names but codenames to be discarded after we return to BASE.

An example of this: Rider is now Kale. I told him I would notify you all of this alteration.

Think wisely about the impact small things could have on a timeline. They add up and any amount of skepticism brought about by our foolishness is too much. Thanks.

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[dipolar]

I was a mercenary. An assassin.

What were you?

[dorzalta]

So a sell sword. Well met.

I am a queen.

[dipolar]

Yes, another name for it. Old though it may be.

I've never spoken to a queen before. Do you enjoy being one? It sounds thankless and full of difficult decisions.

[dorzalta]

Current, where I'm from. An entire group of them fought in my name.

It's my birthright to rule. I fight for my people to keep them safe, fed, to right the wrongs done to them. And they fight for me. Their belief in me is all the gratitude needed.

[ She hasn't quite answered his question. Does she enjoy it? She doesn't enjoy those difficult decisions, such as when she had Mossador executed. ]

[dipolar]

I see.

(he can tell she's refraining, but he's not one to pry. it's not his business and there's nothing he enjoys more than keeping to himself.)

Then perhaps, as a ruler, you can sway this motley crew to order when we make the Gallipoli drop. What I see in the future is a disorganized mess for our team, which is part of what spurred me to make this post...for better or worse.

I work best on my own and that may be what the rest are thinking as well.

[dorzalta]

You want me to rule them?

[ She nearly laughs. She has no armies, nor dragons, nor knights. It's like being the Daenerys overshadowed by her elder brother, in some ways, and the reminder chafes.

...But she had sworn to Grothia she would proffer her aid. The question, then, is how she would rally so many from different cultures and backgrounds to work as a cohesive unit. This wasn't like retaking her birthright. ]

You won't work best alone against the Regency, from what I've heard and seen. Did you just join us? You missed Paris. We failed to preserve history there.

[dipolar]

Under COST command, I feel there should be at least a representative member. I've thought this for the month I've been here. Since we were all pulled in various ways from our worlds, it seems useful to have someone be the voice for that.

I'm unfit. I've already attacked comrades. I'm not saying you're fit either; I don't know you. It could be something for everyone to consider, though. Maybe with more cohesion in the group, we could actually win...like we should've in Paris.

I wasn't there for that, but I'm very tired of losing.

[dorzalta]

I don't disagree with you. I've seen the success of choosing a representative, as my armies and citizens have done. The question arises in how we arrive to that consensus.

[ ...seeing as they have a number of prideful things here who likely would rather assume the role or remain uninvolved. Granted, there's always a way to rally a person, but it would take time to find the reason each and every individual here needed to cooperate. They could be well into their next mission by the time this is achieved. ]

As am I. What have you lost?

[dipolar]

That I'm unsure of. I'd say poll, but you saw how the shaper nonsense turned out.

(as for loss, well.)

Everything.

[dorzalta]

I did,. Perhaps we should make mention of this to others to determine how it would be received.

[ There's a pause. It might've been awkward if it were anyone else. ]

I'm sorry to hear that. You fight with us now. Whatever your reason for joining COST, you can help us in making a difference.

[dipolar]

I will let their heads cool, after this network post. It seems some are quite against the idea of being prepared.

As for the rest, I will accept my duties as they're given to me. I don't intend to let this rebellion fail.

[dorzalta]

I would claim it bravado. There are always warriors who maintain those airs prior to battle. Don't lose faith in them just yet.

[ He's awfully serious for a sell-sword. Perhaps he should be a knight, instead. ]

Noted, and do know that your aid is appreciated.

[dipolar]

I begin without faith. What faith can be earned is earned over time.