Making care packages - Closed

[whiskeyandbrimstone]

WHO: Kylo Ren, Newt, Jang
WHAT: Talking about the attack
WHEN: Before the rescue mission heads out, after the attack
WHERE: Mage Tower Mess Hall
NOTES: No actual mission, just talking and coming up with plans and care packages supplies

At one of the long tables, there are a large number of maps spread out, showing the coasts and cities. Scattered elsewhere around it are pieces of paper, logs, supply lists and a partial roll of ships that the Inquisition has access to. Stretched over the largest map is a thin sheet of vellum which has various notes, possible routes and comments sketched on it.

"Ok...I really wish we had something faster than wind. I've been talking with Thor, they need supplies. What do you think we need to get? He wasn't able to get me a list, but he's got other things on his mind at this time. We've got some time, but better to have em here, ready to go than have to get everything together quickly."

Comments

[letoldthingsdie]

"Ah. I've yet to see the Deep Roads, but I doubt the sights are any different than every other hole we've had to crawl into." Though probably a little more troublesome than the Catacombs were going to be. He had already decided, after talking to Thor, that he would help in the rescue effort there.

"If they can't walk they're a liability. There'd be no point if they just slow the entire group down." As soon as he says it, he fully expects an argument, which is why he just shakes his head and shrugs. "At least in my experience. If you want to help stragglers that's up to the group, I assume."

[somethingwild]

"They're actually quite fascinating," Newt chimes in. "There's a lot of history and culture to be found there." A beat. "Along with darkspawn. But they're not as bad as people make them out to be. Er. The Deep Roads, that is. Darkspawn are always terrible."

Newt blinks at that.

"Just because they'll slow the group down doesn't mean they deserve to be left behind," he says. "That rather defeats the point of a rescue mission, doesn't it?"

He has to hope the rescue groups as a whole have a more sympathetic approach than Kylo, at least.

[whiskeyandbrimstone]

"Don't have much experience with Darkspawn, or the Deep Roads, but if you say it's intresting, I'll believe ya." Newt, while he sometimes has an odd idea of what's dangerous and what's not, is very good at noticing beauty in strange places.

Jang pauses and looks up at Kylo, an odd expression on her face. "We...we're gonna be saving everyone. No man left behind in this, otherwise...well, what's the point?" She wasn't expecting this response from Kylo...hopefully that won't cause any problems, it sounds like there's a lot of civilians in the catacombs, and a few injured. Not agreeing on what to do with wounded can cause big problems in the heat of the moment.

[letoldthingsdie]

"It's not like I'll go out of my way to leave people behind, I'm just pointing out - on the topic of injured, it would pose a greater risk to everyone if we were slowed down by it and anyone with military or tactical sense would know that." He makes an irritated sound and shoves his hands in his pockets, already feeling the judgement that comes from this sort of world view.

"Sacrifice the few for the good of the many, and all that. If we can treat injured and keep moving at the same time it won't be a problem." He lapses into a stony silence after that, realizing keenly his views have put him in a negative light. "I'm not saying don't save people."

[somethingwild]

"I don't see why another solution can't be reached," Newt says, unwilling to let go of the point. "If need be, groups can split up; some can go ahead and others can slow down for the sake of the injured. Or something. There's no reason anyone should be left to die."

Newt, who really isn't overly fond of people (or so he's always telling himself), finds himself especially impassioned on this point.

And then Kylo says that. "Sacrifice the few for the good of the many," and all Newt hears, in his mind, is "For the greater good." He visibly tenses, the expression on his face turning sour. He rubs a hand across his face, a calming mechanism so he doesn't actually start a shouting match. This isn't productive to the task at hand, and yet, from his own experiences, Newt cannot let this go.

"I know someone back home who thinks like that," he says, quietly but firmly. "He was trying to start a war for the 'good of the many.' He's sacrificed a good amount of people for the cause as is."

[whiskeyandbrimstone]

Jang can sense the temperature of the room is rapidly dropping and she stands from the table, hands out in a calming gesture. "Ok guys...Lets take a moment here. We're all new here, we're all from very diffrent worlds, no need to get intense. We're not attacking anyone, no one's on trial here." Her accent seems thicker when she's trying to calm the two of them down, as if she's playing it up a bit more than normal.

"We're all on the same page here, save as many people as possible, I think we can all agree on that, right?" She's privately a bit glad that Newt is gonna be going on a diffrent path than Kylo. Rescue doesn't need that kinda strife.

[letoldthingsdie]

"If I was trying to start a war, you'd know it. I'm talking about using common sense. If we were to split off and too many risked getting captured and brought to Corypheus they'd be as good as dead anyway. And if we were slowed down by it we would all be captured." He glares heatedly at Newt, pushing away from the wall he's been leaning on to take a few steps closer and making himself look as tall and threatening as possible.

At Jang's words he comes back to himself and he looks in her direction, fists clenched at his sides. He was bubbling with anger already after Newt's words.

"This isn't your home. We still have decisions to make that affect all of us. We will save as many as possible, but there's no need to get everyone killed or captured trying." He shoots a glare at Newt again before backing off.

My apologies that this is so late!

[somethingwild]

Newt lets out a huff of sigh that one might more aptly compare to the snort of an Erumpent about to charge, if one were feeling particularly charitable. He's about to step forward himself, if only to let Kylo know that he isn't one to be intimidated easily, when Jang's words reach him.

"No, it isn't my home," Newt agrees, pinching the bridge of his nose. If he'd wound up here before his adventures in New York, he would have likely punched Kylo in the face by now. As it is, he has some self-restraint, if only because he knows that the last thing they need is for all of them to add to the various tensions in the air.

"Jang is right. We need to focus on helping where and when we can. What else should we bring with us?"