audience: miki

[cyclists]

Comments

[stillstands]

During the week as well? Whenever the Corruption possesses someone, it can see what we see and knows what we learn that week. Or, that’s what I’ve been told.

I’m assuming it doesn’t immediately take on all our knowledge as well, like languages we know? Because if we use it sparingly enough, it might not seem like a threat and something the Corruption deems note-worthy.

[cyclists]

It doesn't take its full hold until Thursdays from what we've observed. So, with that in mind, I don't think it takes on everything immediately. It would have to work a lot faster otherwise.

[stillstands]

So it's not fully aware from the start... there's more time. That's good to know.

[ She'll have to try and get that information to someone. ] Keep any plans as obscure from it as possible, and we might stand a chance of getting the upper hand.

[cyclists]

It's not a bad plan to try. If you can keep your will strong and make your plans before it gets to you...it might help.

[stillstands]

We probably need all the help we can get, let's be honest. Anything we can do that might give us the upper hand...

[cyclists]

Find any alternate method you can and try it. If we have a lot, we'll have a lot of back-up plans to improvise with.

[stillstands]

Mmhmm. The more back up plans you have, the more chances you have to fix things if they go wrong.

[cyclists]

Right. Just don't rely only on back up plans. If you aren't confident in a plan, don't use it as back up. Only bring forth your best ones.

[stillstands]

We will. But we have to make the plans before we know if they're good or not.

[cyclists]

All of you are capable of helping in some way. Ask around, and see what people come up with.

[stillstands]

Not a lot of people are willing to share, unless they have a reason. I wonder if there's a way to build trust...

[cyclists]

Trust is tricky because it's just as easy to lose it as it is to gain it. [He brings a hand to his chin to think.] Working together and training as a team might help. If everybody's on the same page, there's more of a reason to share what you know in other ways.

[stillstands]

Some of us have been having sword lessons from Milla and Okurikara. I wonder if we could make that into a bigger exercise and include more people.

[cyclists]

It wouldn't hurt. There's a few other sword users among you guys aren't there?

[stillstands]

Mm. I'm learning from Milla, and I'm fairly sure if she wanted to plan a team building exercise, no power anywhere would be able to stop her.

[cyclists]

Then maybe make Milla your point of contact. She's pretty well-liked. I can't imagine people saying no to her.

[He's also biased, he likes Milla a lot.]

[stillstands]

[ Milla is a very good destruction girl. ]

I don't think she'd let them say no to her, really.

[cyclists]

Then there you go. Start with that, and see what you can do to build up trust and try other things.

[stillstands]

Yeah. Even if she's kind of unconventional, she does always try to do her best.

[cyclists]

Sometimes unconventional's the way to go. You can't always follow the rules, can you?

[stillstands]

I don't think rules can apply to everything. If there was ever a time we needed to think outside the box, it'd be now.

[cyclists]

[A nod.] Just make sure everybody else feels the same way. It's the only way to get out of here.

[Being flexible, think outside of the box, etc.]

[stillstands]

Do we have a choice? If we want to catch this thing off guard and beat it, we're going to have to get creative, I think.

[cyclists]

There's always a choice, Miki. Some people can choose to act, and others can choose to not.That's the thing.

So. It's about what choice you're going to make next.