vote in your primaries.
Americans: Check your state's primary date here.
Pro-Palestinian activist groups are already calling for an "uncommitted" vote in the Democratic primary in Michigan specifically as a protest against the atrocities in Gaza and more broadly the lack of any real challenge to Biden's candidacy.
This is something that every data analyst in the parties will see and have to deal with. If "Uncommitted" gets enough votes, party delegates can even officially be listed as "uncommitted", which is very visible.
"But Orange Man-" This isn't the "if you don't support us you support them" of FPTP general elections. This is the Democratic Primaries. Harm reduction rhetoric is irrelevant here; Biden has no serious primary opponents.
1500 voters in New Hampshire voted in "Ceasefire", which was enough that the Biden campaign had to acknowledge it - even though their response was "see, only 1500 people cared?" And for one primary - yeah, that would be the response. Let's not make it one primary.
let's make number get bigger people
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(Ironically) Oh My God... ( o.o)
Do... okay, so there are many, MANY religions... JUST here on earth. Right?
Not all of them think there is "an afterlife". Some think there is a NEXT life. Potentially MANY lives. Some also believe in JOURNEYS you must take, to reach THE Afterlife. Or perhaps periods of judgment. Evaluations of WORTH. So forth and so on.
What I am saying is?
There? Are Ghosts who probably just straight up REJECT the premise that they are dead. Oh sure, YOU might be. Or BELIEVE you are. But they KNOW they aren't.
Because The Gods Said So.
Some, are also, AWARE they are Dead. But reject that? All this? This is it. No, no. This is the MIDDLE. They are supposed to GO somewhere. They haven't FOUND it. But when they DO. They will, as a community, make a map for those who follow and head on in! It'll be great!
There are FAITHS in the Zone.
Beliefs that were compatible enough, that they Did Not Die.
And they'd probably like to tell you about it.
Why WOULDN'T they? It was a VERY important part of their daily life, originally. And NOW? Is frankly a Highly Topical Subject, don't you think? The discussion of "is there a God?" Is KINDA important to have, when you're stand outside the gates to SOMEWHERE, and none of who can agree on WHAT is on the other side.
Is it better to stay here? Were we abandoned? Is this a punishment or a blessing? An accident? Freak occurrence? Are there Gods HERE? And if so, does that mean WE can become one? What does that MEAN, if we can?
All HIGHLY important topics to discuss.
But! It's made all the more pressing because? There's all these OTHERS! Who have never even HEARD of your gods teachings. And therefore? Don't know where they are.
They, innocent people, have been TRAPPED HERE, for centuries if not longer. May be condemned to be trapped FOREVER. Anyone with even a scrap of empathy would be HORRIFIED.
The problem is that THEY are horrified too. Think YOU are trapped. And of course, your first impulse is to tell them they are Wrong... but?
Are they?
What if NEITHER of you are Wrong? Elder Beings keep insisting this place is INFINITE. It is therefore ENTIRELY possible, this is a place to simply? Store the place before afterlifes. Like a busy road.
After all, your Gods certainly never mention these new people. And THEIR God (singular, correct? Right.) never mentioned YOUR people. Surely they WOULD have, if it was important!
And such concensus starts to build. Because everyone is trying to move on, pray, ascend, or otherwise do as their holy scriptures told them too. They are ALL rather lost and confused. And UNLIKE those Fight-y violent sorts? THESE fine religious folks are pleasant and sensible.
Even if no one can quite agree. Meh. SOMEONE is right here and I shall live assuming it's me until proven otherwise, respectfully and as the gods preached.
And it's quite literally like religious Fandoms, to make light of things a bit. There is bickering. And "stop that infernal CHANTING, I can't here my self pray!" *chanting grows louder in protest* "ARGH!". And trying to make new, confused ghosts welcome.
It's one of the ZONES within the Zone. Like slowly gravitating towards like, until the Zone itself started to just naturally shuffle them all together in clumps. Like with the academics.
Now why? Do I even bring this up?
Because! I think it would be HILARIOUS if everyone wanted to convert the Newly Crowned Ghost King to THEIR religion, under the belief that he could? As some sort of Holy Divine King, ask GOD(tm) : "Bruh. Wtf are we supposed to be doing? We are SO LOST. Can we have a hint?"
And yeah, half of them are like "just for fiiiive minutes! We can totally kick you out of the Temple afterwords if you don't like it! You totally WILL, obviously, because it's AWESOME. But, like, if you WANT too! Five minutes! Pleeeeeease???"
While the others are just shooting Informative Pamphlets out of alien potato cannons in FULL religious regalia. As Danny flees at full speed. Getting pelted.
Maybe some real weird Space Monk is just ( o-o) *is under Danny's Bed. Makes eye contact when he leans down to look for his shoes* "one of us? One of us?" "How did you even get passed the ghost sheilds?" "The Gods have many paths." "Not helpful! And terrifying! Get out from under my bed." *awkward scurry* 👉👈 "one of us?" "No. Back to the Zone, you know better." *sad mantis-otter Space Monk noises*
Just? As a writer, I am a bastard. And I think Danny should get harrased by Court Officials wanted him to Govern more. It's funny. He is a teenager and doesn't know shit. It's like watching an Esteemed Academic Conference being lead by someone's toddler. They don't know what's going on! But they Sure Are Giving Answers! :D
@hypewinter @ailithnight @mutable-manifestation @hdgnj @nerdpoe @the-witchhunter
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Something I wish was talked about or explored more is the fact that Spearmaster appears to get affected when receiving a broadcast signal, as they get stunned and convulse for the entire duration of a broadcast, alongside the fact that you do not need the mark of communication to understand broadcast dialogue (I know this was probably done for the sake of gameplay purposes, but it doesn't make the implications any less intriguing!!)
How much do you think they would have understood? Imagine being a little animal on a mission, created to deliver something you do not fully understand by beings beyond anything you can comprehend, and as you walk across the abandoned landscape, you cross paths with a strange, plantlike structure.
The world around you comes to a halt, you fall to the ground, squeezing your eyes shut as the words from those higher beings pierce directly into your skull, for a moment, you can understand everything they're saying.
Their panic. The gravity of this dire situation you've been sent to help. Everything.
And then suddenly, their voices are hushed, you can open your eyes again, and time continues on as normal.
You still have a message to deliver, little beast.
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Can we talk more about that entire combat last night please? Because it was so good?
They were caught by surprised by fake Ludinus, 2 Ruby Vanguards, and 2 Reiloran. By all means, they’re the underdogs.
But that wasn’t the case at all. Imogen had the idea to use lava and dragged one of the Reiloran into the lava, severely damaging it. Orym then finished it off and proceeded to kill off a Guard using lava also. Within the first 3 turns, they took out both a Reiloran and one of the Vanguard.
We had Chet going invisible and doing the smart thing of hiding the spark. FCG healing Ashton from the fire damage he’s taken.
Then of course we had that epic moment of Orym (with the help of Ashton and Launda already dealing some damage to it) killing the Juggernaut.
We had Imogen casting Lightning Bolt, instantly killing the final Guard and dropping Ludinus’ Concentration.
Finally that heartstopping Counterspell from Launda.
They came out of that battle with no scratch on them aside from the damage Fearne and Ashton had already taken before combat started.
Ludinus can pretend that no matter what he got something out of it in the end, but that still doesn’t negate the fact that the Hells had that battle handled. They took out nearly all the enemies before they had a chance to even attack.
Yes they were lucky with the counterspell rolls, but it wasn’t just luck. They’re stronger, faster, and more synchronized than ever and they came out of that battle the winners in more ways than one.
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