driftfleet | 007 // blink and you'll miss a revolution

Who: Dorian!
Broadcast: Fleet-wide!
Action: On the Three Twins
When: 5/26, night

Well, now that we've all gotten our fill of rampant debauchery, I thought I might pose a little question to you, Fleet. A more...somber question.

[Dorian looks considering for a moment, and when he speaks, he talks with his hands as much as his mouth. It seems like a subject he's certainly into, that's for sure.]

What would you do if, for example, you disagreed with the politics of your home? What measures would you go to? At what cost would you ensure that things were righted, were changed for the better?

[He raises a brow.]

Would you kill for it? Would you bring about chaos and disarray because the end would justify those means, as it were? How many deaths can be justified by a revolutionary change? 10? 100? Thousands? If it were for the greater good, how many lives could you sacrifice?

[He brings the hand back to his chin, thinking.]

Color me curious. What are your politics there?

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_{[ He takes a long time to consider the question. It is not one to answer lightly, after all. And it was not one that had ever come up in his own world, personally. The throne was secure, the people largely content with their rulers. He knew countries that were not, or were otherwise oppressed - Karsite came to mind. But what would he do if Randy had turned wicked? It was the job of the Heralds to defend the Kingdom from evil, both win and without. It had never been brought up what might be done if it was the highest authority in the land that turned out to be the evil. It made him wonder if the King's Own and their Companion had such a discussion, close as they were to the head of state.

But he knew the costs of war too. He had slain his fair share of Karsites, and his sister had seen her share fall upon the borders. Death was not a new concept to him, nor the idea that the innocent suffered when inaction reigned. But could he honestly say he would be all right with innocents dying in the attempt to right the wickedness of a king? Of a faction of lords bent on destroying his home? A Herald's duty was to protect and serve - but how far did his oaths take him? ]}

In a best case scenario? I suppose I would try to end it quietly as I could, involve as few of the masses as we could. My job is to protect those people, and take that burden from them. Though I find it difficult to imagine, I believe if necessary I could end our king if he was truly a threat to the kingdom in a way that could not be borne through his natural life. But it is not my place to ask others to sacrifice themselves for that, or to order them to do so and expect it of them.

_{[ He dislikes the notion, but Heralds had to make these hard choices sometimes. He would try his best to avoid the killing, Heralds were not meant to harm. But sometimes... sometimes the choices life set before you were not so kind. ]}

007 // blink and you'll miss a revolution

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