may mingle (blameless!)

[revivo]

Who: Blameless crew + visitors
Broadcast: N/A
Action: Aboard the Blameless
When: May

[time to get your mingle on, people lacking blame and friends!]

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[c0nsequences]

After reaction, was this not a safe assumption?

I don't need interference. I need results.

[beathach]

[he sighs, running a hand through his hair]

Do you want to work this out between the two of you? Or, I should say - would you be willing to try? Without killing him?

[c0nsequences]

Why are you so convinced that we could work this out?

[Yes, he will briefly pretend to consider this notion.]

[beathach]

Because I've seen enough violence to know that it isn't the answer. And I've seen what vengeance does to people - to those who actually do seek it out, and those who only entertain the thought.

There's dozens of other options available to you, and people who are willing to help. I'm willing to help, if you're willing to try.

[c0nsequences]

How long have you lived?

[beathach]

. . . I'm in my thirties. Why?

[c0nsequences]

I have spent hundreds of years honing my skill and exacting my revenge. What authority do you have to tell me that this is wrong?

[beathach]

Trust me, I have no illusions of authority.

It doesn't matter how long you've been honing your skill, or - how old you are. I'd say - ask the same thing of anyone on this ship who had an issue with someone else. And I'd still offer to help, if they wanted it.

[c0nsequences]

I don't want help. I know what needs to be done.

[And he doesn't trust someone to help when they clearly intend to convince him about a "better way."]

[beathach]

And the way you want to do it is going to get you killed.

[because there is a better way!!]

[c0nsequences]

Is that a threat?

[Weapons or no weapons, the Stalker is confident that he could beat this man.]

[beathach]

[the expression on his face shows he is clearly insulted]

I don't kill people. I don't even fight people if I have to. I thought that much was clear.

[c0nsequences]

I've met too many "pacifists" who lack your scruples. I can never be sure.

[beathach]

[he can't help but huff a little]

Calling me a pacifist isn't accurate. I'll still - fight, if there's no other options.

I just prefer looking for the other options first.

[c0nsequences]

I won't waste your time. This is my fight, and I will finish it.

[beathach]

[my god it's finally happened.

He's met someone more stubborn than Erik Lehnsherr]

Then I hope you take the Windrose's broadcast seriously. That woman wasn't joking when she said she would retaliate.

[c0nsequences]

I can do so in a way that won't endanger you or your crew.

[Because clearly that's what he is concerned about.]

[beathach]

You may not have realized this? But you are part of this crew.

[well he's half-right]

[c0nsequences]

Hardly. I have avoided them and they have avoided me. This is the first time I have used my abilities at the comms, and I am hardly acting in an official capacity.

You have no need to concern yourself with me.

[beathach]

Do you live on this ship? Then it doesn't matter how often you interact with the others or what you do here. You're officially part of the crew, and that makes you my concern.

[c0nsequences]

...I am not accustomed to being part of a crew, let alone anyone's concern.

[beathach]

I did get that impression.

[c0nsequences]

And when I was, I was in charge.

[Sometimes he misses having acolytes.]

[beathach]

I'm used to being a part of a team. [a shrug; what an understatement] A crew is a little different, I'm finding.

[c0nsequences]

How so?