Ash Catch-All

[burningrescue]

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[voidbreaker]

[ incredible. ]

So, lay your cards on the table. How're you planning on outsmarting the big boss none of us have seen, or know anything about?

[burningrescue]

Get him to come here and fight me.

[That's not what a plan is!]

[voidbreaker]

You'd have to get past the three housekeepers first.

[ and they would wreck galo, send tweet. ]

Let alone persuade them to bring him out here to talk to any of us.

[burningrescue]

Yeah, yeah. I just have to keep at it! I'll get through to them.

[Shrugging.]

Maybe I can change their mind.

[voidbreaker]

[ that optimism. rean schwarzer would love this guy. ]

Figure out how he works first, then figure out how to bring him down.

[burningrescue]

[Nodding.]

Yeah. But we have to hurry, or more people will get hurt.

[voidbreaker]

So, pick a starting point and go. Do you wanna try and break out? Wanna find out more about the guy in charge? If things go down like they did last week, we've got until Thursday night.

[ Tick tock tick tock. ]

[burningrescue]

Ugh!

[Rubbing his temples like this is giving him a headache.]

I still can't figure out how to break out, so - Master Blue, I guess. I'm really ticked at those animal chicks right now, but. Maybe they're just following the wrong person?

[voidbreaker]

...

They probably have a reason for it. If they've got the motivation - self centered, or weirdly alturistic it doesn't matter - people'll follow some real assholes to the ends of the earth.

[ ash just frowns at his own drink, like it's going to share the secrets of the universe to him. ]

If we can find out more about who Master Blue is, maybe we'll figure out why they're so loyal to him.

[burningrescue]

Yeah. I know. Until about a week ago, I was the same way.

[Ash can have a little backstory, as a treat.]

So that's why I think there's a chance.

[voidbreaker]

I wouldn't kick yourself too hard over it. I know a guy who's hurtling his slimey ass straight down the rabbit hole after the biggest asshole I can think of.

[ galo gets no proper backstory, because ash is hiding under fort knox. but thank you for this meal. ]

Won't know until you try. For what it's worth, they've all been reasonable when you talk to them.

[burningrescue]

Yeah. I mean, it's better to trust people then not trust them. Just sometimes you put your faith in the wrong guy and he goes and puts you in jail!

[Nodding, though. Ash. Managed to kind of get through to him.]

I'll tell you what I find out. Unless I succeed too fast and we're already free by the time I can tell you.

[voidbreaker]

[ ... that's very specific, galo. ]

On terrorism offences? [ he remembers that chat. ]

We'll see. If not, we go for what means the most people survive. You can get mad about it later.

[burningrescue]

...Yeah. And that's why I can't agree with what you're saying. The Gov would've said the same thing - that we have to go for what means the most people survive, even if that means sacrificing other people's lives.

Sorry, but I won't accept that way of thinking!

[voidbreaker]

And if when you try to save one person and get four or five killed instead? You willing to deal with the aftermath of that shit, because it won’t be pretty.

[burningrescue]

I’ll deal with anything that happens. But what I won’t do is accept that an ending like that is the only thing that can happen.

[voidbreaker]

Maybe it won't be. Wishing real hard won't make it happen though. [ He shrugs. ] Go on and surprise us.