NPC test run where we talk to ourselves.

[outer_npcs]

I know you don't trust them but you must work with them. They're our only chance.

Comments

This is not a jet :D

[knightoflight]

Only chance? Seems we got on fine without them before.

Lot better than now, honestly.

Not a giant robot jet, got it.

[outer_npcs]

No one was expecting that reaction. They haven't attacked us in years.

And you know things couldn't have stayed the way there were. We need the change.

[knightoflight]

'No one'. [She snorts.] Speak for yourself. Suddenly, things falling from the sky. Suddenly, old tech activating. Yeah, NOTHING to draw their suspicion. Right.

Got soft, got weak, all of you.

[And her, too. She'd been caught pants-down herself. But that's her problem and she is Working On It.]

Need the change? We needed all those buildings destroyed? Really? [There would be a bit more 'are you insane' in her voice if they hadn't had this kind of clash between them for years.]

[outer_npcs]

[Slow breath] No. Of course not.

[he runs a hand over his face. Why can't the prophecies just be simple for once.] We need all the help we can get. With them we have a chance.

[knightoflight]

[Heh. Damn straight. Bout time you saw some sense. But she's gracious enough--in her mind it's gracious--not to rub it in.]

We don't need anything. We were fine before the strangers showed up. [Even she knows that's a lie, but right now, it seems preferable than this.]

And what makes you so damn sure they're going to cooperate with us, huh? What makes you think they're not going to sell us out first chance they get? [Are you blinded by their pretty, shiny tech? She isn't.]