VLDR: Convention of the Minds - WORST ENDING

[Cyantic]

Coalition's dead, Doc. You're looking at the reason why. The best thing she can do is walk into a rake and knock herself entirely out. Everything will chill out once the maniac with a gun is taken care of. We can get back to trying to break this thing open, figure out a way to do this properly. I will not waste my time, and she should go hide in a closet like her paranoia is screaming at her for the next six hours or however long it takes.

[PolyesterHomes]

"Pam is getting me plants for payment but they don't know the last answer."

[Hawkwing425]

There's a puzzle involving taking descriptions of some of the flora in here and matching it to individual plant species.

Please let me maintain hope of a peaceful resolution, Tom.

[AcidicBreeze]

Nicole ignores tom as she looks around at the garden

[Cyantic]

Oh, for fuck's sake.

Tom looks increasingly annoyed.

I just gave a speech to people about keeping up hope of a peaceful resolution. We can still do this, get out with all twelve of us. The issue is her. She shot the coalition dead, and now we're left scrambling to put everything back together. We can do it, but the issue is, even if we find an alternative route, she's just going to stay behind and get herself killed because 'Tom found it!'.

I've literally had to put together pleas to not actually go hunt her down. I am doing my goddamn best, Doc.

He looks furious, now.

Don't believe for a goddamn second I am not doing everything in my power to keep this shitheap together because of this fucking Fine Person of the Female Variety.

[Knockoff]

(man really unfortunate time for roaming to end)

Can we just not? For now, at least.

And what’s the last question, anyway?

[yauaustin202]

Terrence shows everyone the note as he goes into a side of the wall and leans on it

Long, inherent, distinct smell, toxic.
Moderate, various, worn, medicine.
Long, yellow, American, consumed.
Longest, white, invasive, tasty.
Short, various, cultivated, hardy, leafy.
Short, red, thorny, romantic.

Any violence and im taking you down, i don't care who.
(roamings over for the day so im going NITE NITE)

[PolyesterHomes]

Pam gives Johnson an Iris. He breathes a sigh of relief.

"Now I don't need to coup myself up here. Though I am going to watch what happens next. Do you want vouchers or dollars?"

[Cyantic]

Yeah. Abner, for god's sake, take her and leave before she shoots someone because she has no goddamn sense or dignity.

[Hawkwing425]

You can swap eight dollars for a voucher in the Commons, by the way, Pam.

[ChubbyMooshroom9]

Pam gives a slight smile

I'll take a voucher, though I suppose it really doesn't matter.

[Knockoff]

Well, we’ll be leaving as soon as we can.

[Cyantic]

Good, Abner. Go. I want to talk to you later, I've got an idea to help everyone that I need you for. But I will not abide with Nicole in the room, trying to fuck it all up. Again.

Tom slumps down and leans against a tree.

Because that's all she seems to be capable of doing. Do you know how frustrating that is? It's like you're talking to a rock, but the rock is also completely insane. Please, just go. I want to talk to Terrence and Doc. Hell, Pam. Anyone that isn't her.

[AcidicBreeze]

Nicole sighs before looking away up to tom
What do you want?
You know what happens if you try and attack me for the 4th time this day.

[ChubbyMooshroom9]

I really have no want to get any more in the forefront of things than Abner has already forced me, Tom.

[PolyesterHomes]

Johnson takes another bite of his corn.

[Cyantic]

Tom shoots a glare at her.

Shut the fuck up, you mangy Fine Person of the Female Variety. Just because I'm doing everything in my power to keep you alive does not mean I will like you. I will not talk to you. I will not listen to you. Go crawl into a fucking hole and don't die, because then all my fucking efforts would've been pointless.

But do go fuck yourself. I hope you get a goddamn migraine and it never ends, for the rest of your life. Because that's how I feel whenever you enter a room and I have to listen to you whine and bitch instead of doing anything to help anyone. Go. Away. And never speak to me again. Never look in my fucking direction. I will do what I have to do to keep you alive and get you out of here, and I expect you to go away, because that's about the only thing you'd be good for.

[AcidicBreeze]

You keep talking about others wishing to kill me yet the only person here who continually has laid a hand on me is you tom.

[Knockoff]

(pretend we’re leaving as soon as we can. roaming ending means we’re here for a while)

Oh, joy. Are we going to get into that again, Pam? I don’t even have a problem with you personally, even if you did betray. Arguing abput it is a waste of time.

[Cyantic]

Tom does not reply, having finished saying whatever he wants to her for the rest of time.

There's a certain feeling that he will never talk to her again.


Listen, you two. We can sort it out later. Just when she's not in the room, yeah? I think it's worth talking it over, we can hammer something out. We're not going to get ourselves killed over t his, yeah? I can mediate, we'll figure it out. I'm sure one of you was just afraid. We can fix that.

[ChubbyMooshroom9]

Nicole, just sign the coalition. You're going to keep 11 people stuck in here because of your politics, or political beliefs? Just sign it. Easy and done.

(pretend we’re leaving as soon as we can. roaming ending means we’re here for a while)

Oh, joy. Are we going to get into that again, Pam? I don’t even have a problem with you personally, even if you did betray. Arguing abput it is a waste of time.

You've made that clear it's a waste of time abundantly clear.

[Knockoff]

And I’ll hear out whatever you have to say whenever we get the chance, Tom. I think we both agree now isn’t the best time.

[AcidicBreeze]

Nicole gives a small smile to pam
Thats a very odd thing to say pam, especially coming from someone like you, at least I'm open about what I believe and have done.

[PolyesterHomes]

"And let the US wind up like Italy?"

[Cyantic]

Yeah, it's not. Still. I don't know either of you. I want to get to know you, suss about it a bit. I don't know if it'll do any good, but words are about the only tool I have to deal with this. There's plans and backups for all of this, we can work this out.

Even if we can't get to the bottom of this betrayal, I still need people's help. And fear can be a dangerous thing, but once we have the plan in place, we can overcome it.


Johnston. I have no belief that you can affect a civil war. You're not God. You're just a tinpot dictator in a hurricane, pulled by forces you can't understand.