THIS PARTY IS OFF DA HOOK...

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for raven

[bratworth]

( from here )

[ Even after she's removed the mask it still takes him several moments, but the mention of the coffee shop jogs his memory into recollection. ]

Ah, apologies...[ bird, bird, bird. aha! ]...Raven. You're right; it has been a while. That was shortly after I'd arrived here. [ a beat. ] I, er, appreciate that you didn't make me actually visit a rooftop.

[feel_nevermore]

Yeah. I recall you seemed pretty uneasy when I mentioned the rooftop. [So yes, in case you were still wondering, she had noticed.]

Maybe this is as good an opportunity as any to keep on with this conversation.

[bratworth]

[ He had been wondering... not that he makes his dislike of heights anything less than obvious. ]

I suppose so, yes. Then again, a lot can change in four months.

[feel_nevermore]

True enough. Then maybe we could start this conversation again, from scratch.

[bratworth]

I would be amenable to that. Where should we begin from?

[feel_nevermore]

The Initiative, the government of United Earth, the transports... You pick one.

[bratworth]

[ Well, there's something that could be said for each of those three categories, but it's the last that Edgeworth's finding most interesting right now, especially with watching everyone here interact, so, he goes with that. ]

Let's start with the transports, then.

[feel_nevermore]

[A nod.] Alright. You go first.

[bratworth]

Well, I think the most obvious thing to note would be that there are a lot more of us here than there were previously. I wonder why that is.

[feel_nevermore]

Well that seems obvious. The Initiative has increased the recruitment rate. The failure of the last time missions and the bombing of Exsilium might have scared them even more and triggered that reaction.

[bratworth]

You think that they can control the number of people who are brought into this reality? Just not the individuals themselves?

[feel_nevermore]

[A nod.] Sounds like a sensible hypothesis to me. I believe the government of United Earth had made sure that machine would allow them to control the quantity of resources they bring back here. I don't see why it couldn't work with individuals too.

[bratworth]

They must be planning something big, then, to start bringing in so many people at once. A pity that they cannot do more about the quality.

[feel_nevermore]

Assuming the Initiative is actually capable of planning something remotely complex, at all. But yes, it would seem so.

[bratworth]

I'm assuming you don't think much of the past missions, then?

Back from holidays! Happy new year!!!! 8D

[feel_nevermore]

That would be an understatement.

And I am likewise returned from hiatus! YOU TOO <3

[bratworth]

What, then, would be an improvement? [ A beat. ] The Initiative is hardly in a position to win an all-out war.

<3

[feel_nevermore]

Well they could try and foresee the consequences of their time missions before initiating them, for instance.

[bratworth]

You don't think they do that already?

[feel_nevermore]

It's not exactly what it looks like from where I'm standing.

[bratworth]

Personally, I think what the Initiative needs to give more consideration is all the things that can potentially go wrong.

[feel_nevermore]

Tch. They wouldn't even know where to begin with.

[bratworth]

It's not a simple task, no. But nothing about how they've chosen to go about this is simple.

[feel_nevermore]

They have a technology that allows them to time travel, and yet they keep rushing into things. Ironic, ain't it?

[bratworth]

So what you're saying is that, technically, the Initiative has all the time in the world to get things done correctly?