2. Fighting a War

[nowayhome]

[A: Phone (Filtered to Children)]

[Nabuca doesn't often use the phone, he doesn't feel the need to engage in the idle chatter that most of the people here indulged in. It was like they didn't even realise they were fighting a war sometimes, like they could forget the battles waged just because people didn't always stay dead.

That wasn't a good thing in his opinion, death was a release and a rest well earned at the end of the fight. And this was a fight. Everyone here had become soldiers whether they wanted to be or not, consent was unimportant in the end, they were here now and everyone had a duty to fight or they'd never win.]

You need to stop hiding behind the adults for protection, you are all capable of fighting yourselves. The faster we win this war, the sooner we will be able to return home. If you think you are too weak or inexperienced to do this, arm yourself with the thought of freedom and home.

[B: Church (Open to All)]

[He has often heard it said aboard Hellywood that their war was a holy one, and after hearing that there was a church here, he had to wonder if the same could be said in Mayfield. It's this reason that brings him to the church, wary as he slips quietly inside and starts to look around for any signs that this place could be more than what it seems. Clearly a teenage boy stalking the pews should be questioned as to what he's doing, right?]

Comments

[Phone]

[ceasetoexist]

No one's hiding behind adults for protection.

Alongside that, trying to take the fight to our captors is, at the moment, impossible. They're weakening, but they aren't weak enough yet to actually do damage to, and if you try to get others to start a fight with them right now all your going to accomplish is getting others hurt.

[nowayhome]

Some people seem all too happy to let others take the forefront here, concentrating on their meaningless distractions. We need everyone to fight, and then we need to strike. Waiting only gives them time to regroup.

[ceasetoexist]

It doesn't matter because the amount of control they have over the town prevents a forefront from being established here. They could easily just drone everyone the moment an attack is made at best, or kill them all slowly at worst. The person keeping us here is omnipotent as long as they reside in the town.

The difference is that the town is starting to fall apart. It's beginning, slowly, to come apart. They can't regroup anymore than they already have because they're on their last leg with the forces they do have.

We need to fight defensively.

[Phone]

[firstofthefallen]

I agree entirely.

Too many of the people here seem too willing to submit.

[nowayhome]

Burying their heads in the sand won't keep them from being killed.

[firstofthefallen]

All things die. But there's a difference between accepting death and rushing to meet it.

A

[splashpuppy]

It's not really that easy....

[nowayhome]

It is.

You choose to fight your own battles, it's as simple as that.

[splashpuppy]

You can't fight anything if you can't find it first.

[phone]

[notalady]

They can't protect you anyway. Not really. [She hasn't been here long, but it was a lesson hard learned at home. Syrio had died for her. He gave her a chance. But ultimately, it was up to her whether she survived or not. People could help, but when it came down to it, they could be taken away at a moment's notice.]

[nowayhome]

[That was more what he wanted to hear, and there's the tiniest hint of approval in his tone when he replies.]

You're right. You have to protect yourself; and if you can't, you have no business being protected by others and weighing them down.

[Phone]

[strike_you_out]

They hear you. Always.

[nowayhome]

Is nowhere safe?

[And yes, he realises the folly of this question over the tapped lines.]

A

[cullscuttlefish]

You just got here, didn't you? If you were here any length of time other than one day, you would realize that some people here don't have anything to go back to.

For me? It would be a case of congratulations, I've left Mayfield, now I have a few hours before I die anyway! Not that I think this place is great, but being alive is far better than the opposite.

[nowayhome]

[He knows that might be the case, but he isn't about to be swayed by some stranger's sob story. He did what he had to do to get home, regardless of the cost, he had already long decided that.]

Then you should go back and face your death. Here all you're doing is perpetuating everyone else's imprisonment for the sake of your own selfish needs.

Phone

[shallbeavenged]

That won't work.

[nowayhome]

Why not?

Phone

[hintcoinplz]

If that's all it took we'd all be out of here a long time ago.

[nowayhome]

Perhaps you would have been, if you had all fought as one unit.

Phone

[imjustpicky]

...but what do we fight against? Cuz they can do anything they want to us. Like... anything.

[nowayhome]

The worst they can do is kill you, and that's the same of any enemy you might face. You still have to take that chance if you want the reward at the end.

[Phone]

[paradisemiko]

(See icon.)

You're an idiot.

[nowayhome]

I'm stating fact, that's all.

phone

[hatesboys]

[OH HELL TO THE NO YOU DID NOT JUST SAY THAT]

I'm not hidin' behind adults [spat out like she's saying a curse] for anythin', stupid! And neither is any other kid here!

[nowayhome]

[Oh yes he did!]

You're blind if you think that every child here is fighting for themselves. Perhaps you are, but many aren't.