Unit 6 - Where in the Hotel gains access to a pool table. No need for a bar.

[namedforcat]

[Early one evening, if one happens to walk through the hotel lobby, they may notice something that hadn't been there when they had left through those doors.

A pool table.

Thanks to that odd offer of the powers that be to give them back something from home, Gaignun (somewhat jokingly) asked for the pool table from his office, and got it much to his surprise. It's a well loved pool table, well made with a few nicks and scratches in the wood work that speaks to the fact that it actually got used.

So there it sits, in the side of the hotel lobby, fully decked out with a sign posted saying "Free to play, just take good care of it."

It's owner, a face familiar to mosmt is right now just happily noodling around on it, making random shots. Feel free to join him, he's always up for a game.]


[[ooc: So the hotel now has a pool table, which is free for anyone to use. It's now a fixture there until he finds somewhere else to put it so feel free to appropriate it for other threads and what not.]]

Comments

[namedforcat]

[MAKE ALL THE EXPRESSIONS]

More interesting? I'm not sure I like the sound of that. What do you mean by it?

[crouching_sin]

[ALL of them?]

Oh, have a sense of adventure. I mean that for one I would have access to more magic than just that possessed by my Persona.

[namedforcat]

[Make all the expressions?]

I do have a sense of adventure, I just worry about what your idea of 'interesting' may be. Though I must admit, having some abilities like more magic from home would make things easier for you here.

[namedforcat]

[That may be a small look of 'ick' that just passed on Gaignun's face at the mention of Gilgamesh taking control of the persona using community. A man who does not value books should not be in charge of anything.]

Royalty, deities, knaves, we're a rather motley crew here now. I'm almost wondering if a council based leadership attempt might go down more smoothly then a spear headed one...[He may be slightly musing to himself, but he's not actively trying to get the conversation off track.]

What you may want to do in that case, is get the community involved in the planning process of this. I've found that people are more apt to be happier with something that they had a hand in creating from the get go. Especially in a climate like this, where secrets are going to be met with more suspicion then usual.

[crouching_sin]

Ah, well. I suppose most people would worry about that.

[They're probably right to.]

Healing skills, for one, which my Persona seems to lack. A few more Almighty spells would also be helpful, considering nothing where I'm from is immune to it.

[namedforcat]

[B| Oh Naoya.]

Healing skills would come in handy...[Gaignun himself is in the 'no healing skills' boat as well.] Almighty? Hmm, that does sound like it would help you out quite a bit.

[truthsnomiracle]

[And there may well have been a flicker of sympathy in those steely eyes of Edgeworth's when that wince happened.]

While I agree that a council would be preferable for several reasons, there are others here who insist, in some cases quite stubbornly -- [here Edgeworth hmphs, thinking of one Arturia Pendragon] -- that dictatorship is preferable, whatever name they may prefer to dress the concept up with. They have too much faith in what a single person can do and place too much weight on speed and decisiveness.

I don't suppose you have any suggestions concerning how to accomplish this? I've hardly been secretive, merely discreet.

[namedforcat]

I'm sorry, that came out rather accusatory, didn't it. Anyways, as for the council issue, I have a few thoughts.

Back home, in my universe, I've seen all types of leadership. The Federation, for example uses the leaders of the planets under it's wing as a council, headed by a few powerful ones. Ormus, however, follows a singular patriarch. Miltia also rules by council, but it's headed by a retired general who detached himself from the Federation forces.

To be honest, it all comes down to what people are used to. I don't know who you're speaking of with the 'dictatorship' comment, but if that is what they're used to, it's what they are going to push for. Familiarity with a system. Personally I used a small council system, but that also can be seen as a bit of a dictatorship in itself.

[truthsnomiracle]

Our community also happens to be small enough for direct democracy to be a viable option in theory, but in practice cultural disagreements and some kidnappees' refusal to regard others as equals would most likely be larger obstacles to that approach than to others. I see Arturia Pendragon in particular as a potential obstacle to whatever approach we may advocate; she very stubbornly insists on the superiority of having a king on ideological grounds, and despite her claims to the contrary, no amount of logic or evidence will dissuade her from anything she believes.

[namedforcat]

Mm, you have a point there. Still, whatever gets come up with must have a majority support, especially of those who have the skill set to challenge it, or disregard it. Though there will be some that won't be happy no matter what gets chosen. However, we can not just disregard them.

[truthsnomiracle]

There is also the question of who among the more powerful here would side with whom. For example, while Diarmuid is a... friend, he also holds Ms. Pendragon in high regard.

[And could it be more obvious that he's trying to hide that this bothers him?]

Miss Onimaru has admitted to spreading rumors about me, as well.

[fractured_white]

*Well there it goes. Clunk!*

I have to make do when my favorite pillow is unavailable~

[namedforcat]

I'll admit, I have heard Ms. Pendragon over the network, she is a very strong willed woman isn't she, much like the King Arthur of the legends. [No, he doesn't know she's the 'real' one.]

However, Diarmuid has a good sense of character judgement I think. Whatever your political differences may be, she may still be a 'good person'.

[namedforcat]

[FUUU...FINE! He's going after the pool balls. Those were a custom set damn it!]

You certainly have finicky sleep habits don't you.

[truthsnomiracle]

I had expected her to be more open-minded, given her alleged progressive views for her time; in that, she proved to be a disappointment.

And yet, the road to hell is indeed paved with good intentions, particularly among those who believe themselves morally superior. [Edgeworth glances at one of his silver, intricately designed cufflinks...]

[namedforcat]

Did she say why she didn't agree with you?

[truthsnomiracle]

Yes. For one thing, she insists that debates are only a waste of time, slowing decisions down to no useful effect when a single, implied superior person can do as well. She also thinks that sharing the burden of leadership doesn't diminish it on the individual level, and that only one person should suffer for the sake of everyone else. She also claims that a king is necessarily a hero to his people, and denies both the possibility of one being fallible and the temptations of scheming and bloodshed that come of placing absolute power in a singular position. Finally, she believes that the continued existence of both crime and the division between the rich and the poor is somehow proof that modern political systems don't work.

[namedforcat]

I can see her line of thought. Councils aren't immune to a lot of those points either. There will be position jostling, there will be long series of debates, and it is very hard work.

Monarchs and groups can be fallible, after all, they are but selfish creatures...

[fractured_white]

*Victory!*

At least I don't need someone to pin me in place to actually try to sleep.

[namedforcat]

[You win this time you marble troll.]

I do so sleep on my own initiative!

[fractured_white]

*Albedo always wins. It's just not always as obivous as this.*

Passing out on your desk doesn't count, Nigredo.

[namedforcat]

[Yeah seriously. Even after all the things he does he still gets what he truly wants in the end.]

I don't do that as often as you're implying Albedo.

[truthsnomiracle]

And yet debate is vitally important if fallibility and selfishness are to be overcome! What keeps a king in check -- the knife of an assassin sent by their even more selfish next of kin?!

[Did this hit some kind of nerve?]

[fractured_white]

You do it often enough that you're fortunate I've decided against broadcasting it publicly.

*He wouldn't, since he does know why Nigredo's sleeping habits are so horrible, but that doesn't mean he can't jokingly threaten, right?*

[namedforcat]

I don't think people would care. [Casually inspecting his nails, though he actually does trust Albedo not to really go through with it anyways.]

Besides, your sleeping habits are just as bad as mine.