voice; {iphone}

[ursoreckless]

[he is just not in a good mood. he also is not going to just sit around and listen to a bunch of kids be stupid. it was one thing to protect yourself and get out of there. it's another thing to go running into the territory and start killing people. sure, they were part of a gang. sure, they had hurt people, but that did not mean that it was right to kill them back.

and he was well aware that this was a bit hypercritical of him. his own spotty pulses told him that the person he was before saw no need reason to hold back. he killed as easily as he laughed.

but still... even the other him had some common sense despite his recklessness.]

As someone already said, no matter who it is, killing is murder. Murder, if you aren't paying attention, is not something that can be handed out just cause you feel like it. Going around killing people that haven't done anything to you - yah, I know the arguments about how they are big meanies and so shut up - just cause you feel justified is not the way to do things.

Look, we are a bunch of people that have already gotten some bad press. We're freaks and outsiders and god knows what else, trying to hide what we are from the people around us. We have police trying to stop us because they've been told that we are the biggest threat to the law and order of this city.

So what do you do? You go out killing a bunch of people because they are gang-bangers and have done a couple muggings and a couple killings.

[he was trying to not let his accent get the better of him, but now he was a little too angry to hold it back. so now he sounds like someone took yakuza and tong accents and made a bastard child out of it. it's sharp, a little harsh and a lot of hard rolled Rs.] Don't you fucking realize that you're just paying right into the cops' hands by doing that? You're proving them right. You're making them point at us and say 'see? they are dangerous and they deserve whatever they get'.

Fucking idiots. You can't be a fucking hero if you're killing people because you don't like them! Heroes kill, but they kill if they have no other choice. All you're doing is making it hard to find those other choices.

[and with that, he mutters something in Japanese and ends the feed.]

Comments

audio;

[hawaiianheir]

[Low whistle.]

Got a little hehena there at the end, there. But said all I could say and more.

audio;

[ursoreckless]

I'm trying notta knock some heads in.

audio;

[hawaiianheir]

Good luck with that. Not sure I'd be blaming you if you did.

Admittedly it seems like there's a good chunk on the network who agree that stunt was some kinda idiocy, so you wouldn't be alone.

audio;

[ursoreckless]

We should get a squad to line them all up and start handing out paddles or something then.

audio;

[hawaiianheir]

I'm sure we can find enough paddles. Though I'd vote we can use them on Blood Keys as well as Numbers, this shit is getting out of hand on both sides.

[Text : Japanese]

[shiromadoushi]

May as well be bitching at the wall.

[Text : Japanese]

[ursoreckless]

At least a wall can be knocked down if it doesn't get it the first time.

[Text : Japanese]

[shiromadoushi]

Just don't break your head trying to get through it.

[Text : Japanese]

[ursoreckless]

That's why they invented gunpowder. I'm not going to get my head cracked by using it on bricks.

[Text : Japanese]

[shiromadoushi]

I think the analogy went bad.

Unless you have mental gunpowder that actually makes people pay attention. In which case, details. Now.

action; later

[youngestone]

[Killian's waiting in the main room when Shou gets home. He's playing with a black runestone.

He got that from an Echo a while back. He just keeps it hidden usually]

action; later

[ursoreckless]

[when shou walks into the apartment, he smells of cheap smoke and cheaper booze though he is steady on his feet and doesn't even seemed buzzed. seeing killian waiting for him, he sighed and takes his time sliding his jacket and shoes off before stepping up into the living area.]

Yah?

action; later

[youngestone]

You okay, man?

[Since...he seemed pretty pissed earlier]

action; later

[ursoreckless]

A little. Ranting at a wall sometimes helps, you know?

[he flops into a chair, stretching out his legs and closing his eyes.]

My head's so fucked.

action; later

[youngestone]

Pretty sure it comes with the whole "Numbered" deal, dude. How drunk are you?

Voice

[fusionjack]

Did you ever think that maybe there are people on this network that aren't interested in being heroes?

[He lets out a sharp sigh.]

I agree with you, for what it's worth.

Voice

[ursoreckless]

I know, but it still doesn't excuse people from having all the brains of a dead goldfish.

Thanks.

Voice

[fusionjack]

It doesn't excuse it, but it shouldn't be surprising, either. You give enough random people superpowers and weapons and something's bound to go wrong.

Voice

[ursoreckless]

Some of them are kids.

Voice

[fusionjack]

The same thing applies. Give enough kids superpowers...

voice

[ex_elude798]

[Well, it's refreshing not being the one making indignant declarations over the network. For his part, his voice is calm, if not distant]

Even if there's no other choice, it's still taking someone's future away.

Unfortunately, I don't think everyone agrees on that.

voice

[ursoreckless]

I don't think they understand exactly what they're gonna do to the rest of us on a whole.

I don't think anyone is listening that needs to listen.

voice

[ex_elude798]

Probably not. I'd hunt those idiots down if I wouldn't pop in a half dozen places.

[There's no hiding the edge of frustration in his tone]

voice

[ursoreckless]

I'm pretty sure they'll get what's coming to them. I just wish they would've thought about it before jumping off the plank, you know?

voice

[ex_elude798]

What I mean is, I wish I could've stopped them.

Would've been better if they'd stopped themselves though. Doubt they considered how it'd affect everyone else.