i'm so sorry. that's fucked up and i'm sorry.

you're alive. your siblings are safe at home with voshkie. i'm not going to say it's going to be okay, because nothing about this is okay, but you and those you love are in no immediate danger

good luck

Do they know you're half? Teamwork overlay might help here

What district was your orphanage in?

Ask what they have. Nobody likes this, why are we even talking alliance with these people? They must have some leverage or something.

can we open communication to goldie's ai? i want to jest tell them "JESUS FUCKING CHRIST OH FUCK THAT WAS MESSED UP SERIOUSLY ARE YOU GUYS OK WITH THAT TELL ME YOU GUYS AREN'T OK WITH THAT I THOUGHT YOU GUYS WERE COOL"

It's okay. The most important thing here is going to be the most difficult - stay calm, stay collected. Goldie appears just as shaken as you are. Try and keep level, be as steady a source for them as you can. They're your friend, and they're on your side.

You’re stressed now, but there’s also an important opportunity here. There’s not going to be a better time to get a proper gauge on how they really feel about halfies. You know Goldie better than any one of us; read their reaction, and make sure we’re as on point as we think we are.

There’s a lot that could happen here, but from the sound of it, Pluto’s Charge is exactly where you need to be. Keep strong.

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Maroon is pulled out of their panic spiral by a soft hand on their arm.

“Uhm … Maroon, right?” It’s Daffodil. Her eyes are bright and worried. “Are you okay?”

“I don’t kn- yeah. Yeah. I’m okay.” Maroon runs their hands through their hair, raking their gloved fingertips against their scalp, trying for any kind of sensation to ground themselves. “Is Goldie?”

Daffodil’s brow creases. “They will be,” she says quietly. “They always are, eventually.”

“Why is this happening?” Maroon casts a look over at Goldie, still half-obscured by Yolk and Cadmium. “Goldie’s clearly not okay with it, and I … I can’t see how this could really be that huge of a surprise. Why would Goldie agree to an alliance with people like this?”

Daffodil lets out a little noise that could pass as a laugh, if Maroon squinted, but was easily as close to a suppressed sob. “It’s not an alliance,” she whispers. “It’s not. We’re just calling it that so nobody in the district panics.”

“Then what’s going on?”

“It’s a hostile takeover.” Daffodil hugs her own arms tightly, looking away. “We had two choices – surrender or let it break out into a multi-district war. They have twice the resources we do, and twice the members. Goldie wasn’t going to risk the bloodshed.”

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>>671650
Hostile takeover you say? Shit. Well, we could always result to guerrilla warfare. Steal their stuff, sabotage their bases, any kind of hit and fade tactics we can do while under the guise of another gang. Just switch your colours, get a full face mask, and we're golden.

Seriously though, we can't let this stand. Tempted to suggest assassinating some fuckers right now.

>>671653
I'm more than tempted. Let's assassinate some fuckers.

>>671650
"I see, well, there's counters to that stuff they're doing. There always is. Human history also have a lot of techniques against that sort of thing, says my PAAL, so human-based PAAL AI's are actually really good for our goals here. If you know anyone that aligns with our gang's philosophy with a human-based PAAL AI, well, talk to them and maybe get them into the gang like me. Together, the PAALs can form some think-tanks."

So drain their resources, and then start killing off their members. Kill them softly.

Recruit halfsies and assassination.

>>671650
"get the halfsies into our group, if they their options are join or some punks are gonna kill them, they will join."

oh shit
revolt time it is. surely, there are enough halfsies in the districts that would be effected that we could begin finding others to fight back this gang.
we have options, this isn't the end, but we need time, and we need to calm down. focus on daffodil. this isn't over.

we could, like, try to make an actual alliance with other gangs who can help us? surely goldie's group isn't the only one that's against murdering innocent people

>>671651
They must be too busy freaking out or trying to calm goldie down.

>We had two choices – surrender or let it break out into a multi-district war
Maroon's got three choices. Run and leave the area, stay and try to keep the truth hidden as long as possible, or try to work against this, somehow.

None of which have particularly good odds.

...I suddenly wonder if we can trick a gang of human racists and the gang of elf racists into killing each other.

>>671683
also have a secret weapon to convince them. helfsies probably wont trust full elfs that they have to join a gang to live, but if maroon shows he is one of them, they will listen.

... should we tell them we're a halfsie? By that I mean just the four that are present. They all are clearly pro-halfsie, and it'll show them what the stakes are, plus giving them proof that we can make the halfsie recruitment plan work. But at the same time maybe that would be dumping even more complications onto an already stressful situation.

>>671784
i don't think it's a good time... if we tell them, we should do it in private first. at least we know we can trust them now.

"So, how many more people would need to join Pluto's Charge for hostility to be a survivable option? People meaning, like, hardcore do-or-die fanatics. I've got an idea where we could find some."

>>671784
i think we should tell them

>>671879
I think we should hold off on it, right now there's just so emotion flying and it could prove..problematic.

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“There have to be other options,” Maroon says. “There has to be something we can do. We can try some kind of – something like guerilla warfare, or we can recruit halfsies –“

“Why would they trust us?” Daffodil lets out a strained laugh. “If I were them, I wouldn’t.”

“Couldn’t we ally with other gangs? There have to be some others who aren’t on board with this kind of thing.”

“I don’t know if we can risk being wrong about who we trust,” she says helplessly. “People keep quiet about their opinions on this kind of thing for a reason. Making the wrong call could be really bad for us.” She stops, looking down at her hands. “I’m sorry. I don’t mean to sound like I’m just shooting down everything you’re saying.”

“No, it’s okay, I…” Maroon trails off as Goldie walks up behind Daffodil, who quickly moves out of the way and gives them a reassuring touch on the waist.

“Maroon, this – this isn’t really how I wanted you to find out about this,” they mutter. They’re almost unrecognizable, folded in on themselves, their voice brittle. “I was hoping to break the news after all of this, and maybe … maybe that was bad of me.”

They pause for a moment, their mouth twitching. “I would understand,” they start again, even more quietly, “if … after all this, and especially since I didn’t tell you about it, if you didn’t wanna join the Charge anymore.”

It takes a moment, but Maroon squares their shoulders and lifts their jaw. “Of course I still wanna join the Charge. I have to join.”

Goldie looks up, wide-eyed.

“Because we gotta stop them, right? And you need all the help you can get for that.”

“Roon …”

Cadmium tilts their head, smiling slightly. “This is a good one, Boss. Nice pick.”

okay, now it's time for the secret weapon.

"also, i know something that should really help convince the halfsies we're on their side"

pull down mask, give them a winning smile.

>>671891
This is adorable. Let's do this.

>>671891
As much as I think Goldie should know this, that they all should know for strategy and safety sake, I don't know if right now is actually the right time. Goldie is already feeling so guilty about this - could you imagine them realizing they put their friend in so much danger tonight?

I think now is the time to reassure Goldie of your commitment to the Charge. Keep doing what you are already. Be strong, be reliable, be their ally. Be their friend. The rest can wait.

>>671889
let me deal with the halfsies. they'd help if we give them asylum. would that make us a target? i'm pretty sure it can be done but is it a bad idea?

we'll do it guerrilla warfare style. we have the turf advantage here. assassination is not off the table either. we'll need information though, do we have an in? a mole?

we're gonna have to start an allience with other gangs. it can't be helped. we don't have to trust them completely, we just have to remember they're likely to stab us in the back at the worst moment and make sure that at the worst moment they're not in stabbing position.

this is gonna take a full meeting, not just standing outside of a party. as long as the charge itself is on board, of course.

Tell them to do some research on human history when they can, particularly on genocide and racial discrimination. The PAAL says there's some good stuff in the human's past in how to help with this situation. They killed each other over cultural differences, sometimes in a massive scale. There's definitely good anti-hate group stuff.

Learn from the past so that we can apply it to the NOW!

Tell Daffodil you bet you can convince her, in thirty seconds, that with their support you'd be able to get about as many halfsies to trust Pluto's Charge as can be contacted. Gesture for her to come close like you're going to whisper something, then bite her on the ear with your flat,humish teeth.

Perfectly logical! Impossible to eavesdrop on, unlike actual speech. If you lifted your bandana, Murphy's Law says somebody from St. Elmo's would walk outside at exactly the wrong time, see exactly enough, then follow you home and murder you in your sleep.

>>671897
yeah, it's probably best to wait. we should tell them soon, though

I dont think right now is the time to tell goldie, esp when other people are around, particularly st elmo's fire. Also, i trust goldie, but we dont know the other people here. Better to wait imo, but we will tell them.

Ask Goldie to drive you home and tell him you're a halfsie on the way back. Don't do it in public. Plus he'll probably love an excuse to get a bit of quiet, even if the other Chargers are good people

Thinking its totally safe to reveal Maroon's status as half to these people we just met, admittedly cool as they seem to be, outside a party of this sort seems to me a bit...optimistic. Though it would be super suave to pull off a reveal as is being suggested, it just wouldn't be safe.

Even the plan to convince halfies by showing them we are half seems like it could easily come back to bite us, just by way of information leakage. I think, too, that most folk won't want to FIGHT so much as they'd similarly want to stay SAFE. Fleeing or trying to hide more than they already are would be reasonable reactions to learning about st. Elmos fires ambitions, so we'd need to be able to make a case for why joining the fight would be a better choice than their other options that goes beyond "I too am a half elf, join this gang"

>>671891
this is fucking adorable oh no
dude, ask goldie for their gameplan

>>671955
it's the start of a hate movement, it needs to be dealt with now before it gains more traction. wont make all of them fight but a few extra hands would go a long way.

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[Just Put Maroon] I gotta admit I’m thinking really hard about telling them right now but … I think it’s better to be safe than sorry.
[Just Put Maroon] And I think I’d rather tell Goldie alone before anyone else anyway …
[Just Put Maroon] Still, though. This is … really encouraging.

“So … what’s our plan gonna be?” Maroon asks.

Goldie exhales hard and pushes their hair out of their face, then suddenly snaps their head forward and gives Maroon a big wink. “For right now, the plan is to go back in there and pretend nothing’s wrong. We gotta keep things on the DL, yeah?”

Maroon’s about to respond when a resounding crash and the shriek of shearing metal cut through the pounding music, followed by a wave of screams. Startled, the group looks back at the warehouse, but from here it’s impossible to see what’s happened.

Yolk lets out a strained laugh. “Is the plan still to pretend nothing’s wrong if something is clearly wrong?”

we should see WTF. something cut metal?

Maybe now the plan is to see what's wrong.

Shearing metal sounds like something big hit the building or fell. If its someone attacking could be a car ramming the building or any number of things.

Approach very carefully and keep your eyes open. This might be something simple or it could be another gang trying to start something.

If Black and Blue did something they weren't supposed to on your territory, it's completely fine to hurt them a little.
Hopefully that wrong is them, and it's not actually halfsie related.

Oh, and tell Goldie that you're looking forward to seeing their warface, because it SOUNDS like someone fucked up their party.

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The group runs back inside to find the warehouse floor choked with smoke. Daffodil is nearly bowled over by the jostling, panicked bodies shoving and trampling over each other to get out, and Cadmium grabs her to keep her upright.

“Ping the other members,” Goldie calls over the din. “Make sure everyone is safe and accounted for!”

“My PAAL’s not working.” There’s an edge of panic creeping into Cadmium’s voice. “Goldie, there’s something wrong with my P

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[Just Put Maroon] Guys, I’m getting an error message. Is everything okay?
[Just Put Maroon] The others are all saying their PAALs are messing up too. I’m really w

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