Sir is fine, Daylight, given the slight curl of a smile that evokes. But Cao Pi politely waits until Clarke offers her skills before summing up the general flow of opinions. His gaze sweeps toward Kol, first. "It would be wonderful if we were all intelligent, well-adjusted individuals who knew instinctively to employ common sense when acting and reacting to the unique dangers of this place. We are most certainly... none of that." It's wry, but just this side of actually turning judgmental, and he is quite deliberately including himself, not acting as if he's above flipping his shit in an emergency. "A committee or, as the lady says, council, offers the greatest balance. Balance of power, balance of opinions, and a balance between needing some kind of guidance without setting one lone person up as a dictator. Those who still feel as though they can live without leadership, well, they're welcome to do so, as long as their willful independence doesn't cost the rest of us our lives."
He gets up and strolls a little to nod at a few folks whose opinions have already aligned well with one another. "Master Riku brings up the most important point: the threat of reset. We're only just now beginning to understand what that means and what can cause it, and from what I've heard and read, it could be as simple as the population sitting around on their hands and not doing anything to explore or help. All of us running around on our own could cause the Lighthouse Keeper to look down at us, decide we're just making a mess, and reset us. That means calling in the spirits to kill us all. For the newcomers, know that this means a second and permanent death - possibly, depending on your views, a death with no afterlife. Nothing. Knowing that, it is imperative that we do everything in our power to avoid such a fate. If that means sucking up your pride and agreeing to work alongside the rest of the town, or at least not hampering the council in their efforts, consider it a small sacrifice to make in the interest of all of us continuing to live.
"The lady is right," he says in conclusion. "Defense, training, medical assistance, and so on. These all go much more swiftly, and with much less headache, if there is organization. Newcomers will learn about them and be able to find resources or volunteer their own much more quickly. I personally cannot see anything wrong with that, but I invite a counter argument if there is one."
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He gets up and strolls a little to nod at a few folks whose opinions have already aligned well with one another. "Master Riku brings up the most important point: the threat of reset. We're only just now beginning to understand what that means and what can cause it, and from what I've heard and read, it could be as simple as the population sitting around on their hands and not doing anything to explore or help. All of us running around on our own could cause the Lighthouse Keeper to look down at us, decide we're just making a mess, and reset us. That means calling in the spirits to kill us all. For the newcomers, know that this means a second and permanent death - possibly, depending on your views, a death with no afterlife. Nothing. Knowing that, it is imperative that we do everything in our power to avoid such a fate. If that means sucking up your pride and agreeing to work alongside the rest of the town, or at least not hampering the council in their efforts, consider it a small sacrifice to make in the interest of all of us continuing to live.
"The lady is right," he says in conclusion. "Defense, training, medical assistance, and so on. These all go much more swiftly, and with much less headache, if there is organization. Newcomers will learn about them and be able to find resources or volunteer their own much more quickly. I personally cannot see anything wrong with that, but I invite a counter argument if there is one."