Author's Notes: So I'm looking for people who are willing to let me borrow fantrolls to help me populate the We8. If you're interested check me out on tumblr (username mercale). I've got something posted in the 'lives under the pink moon tag' that talks about what I'm looking for. Any help is appreciated. Also, the return of one of Vriska's alternate trollian handles. I had SO much fun making them, of course I was going to use some again.


Doomed To Dream – Part 29

Board Administrator twinArmageddons [BATA] opened private memo on board We8 2piinniing.

BATA: dearly beloved we are gathered here today becau2e thiing2 are about two hiit the whiirliing deviice

BATA: 2o weve gathered everyone we can from the 2eniior 2piinner2 and other2 we thiink wiill be nece22ary two get a new plan up and runniing

BATA: 8o22 why dont you get u2 2tarted by explaiiniing what ii2 goiing on here

Board Administrator doubleDown [BADD] responded to memo.

BADD: Fine. As you may or may not know from TA, and as you may have realized from my personal interactions with you, I have long since infiltr8d a hemohierarchist cell.

BADD: Despite the 8est efforts of TA and myself to use this position to further our struggle against them, things have 8een going wrong. The hemohierarchist leader has decided it is time to make the existence of their organization undenia8ly proven.

BADD: At the same time my loyalty to the group is 8eing tested 8y the planning and execution of an attack against the pu8lic interest.

BADD: Some of you may already 8e aware of this due to previous work with TA in the planning of the a8ove necessary operation. It was a great jo8, everyone, 8ut there's just a tiny little pro8lem.

BATA: fuck 8o22 are you tryiing two fiight gg a run for her caegar2 for the tiitle of poiintle22ly long explanatiion2?

Board Member gracefulGazelle [BMGG] responded to memo.

BMGG: Now, TA, I hardly believe that it is fair for anyone to continue with this ridiculous suggestion that my interjections to the conversations are anything but of reasonable and respectable length... Just because I do not believe that the degree of brevity displayed by some of the other members fails us all in achieving full understanding of the points we raise hardly justifies such treatment of me, correct...? Besides I hardly believe that the 8oss has yet to complete her task of adequately passing critical information as to why we have all been gathered yet...

Board Member waypointRegent [BMWR] responded to memo.

BMWR: Gazelle you will cease this prattle. The point will be reached when you leave the/\/\ the chance to speak.

BATA: wr ii2 riight 2o everyone 2hould hold theiir fuckiing tongue2 untiil were done here

BATA: ii wiill be banniing anyone who 2ay2 anythiing before we open dii2cu22iion

BATA: but do get two the poiint dd

BADD: Okay, first, I'm NO WHERE near as much of a windyfang as GG. Second, wow I can't even figure out how TA deals with you all if you trip over yourselves to cut in to discussions.

BATA: ii can and wiill ban you two dd

BADD: Right, 8ack on topic. Like I was saying, despite all our hard work things got complic8d. The Usurpress wants a new plan. She wants an attack on the cele8ration of the Empress's wiggling day cele8rations.

Board Member sapphiricDreaming_xX [BMSD] responded to memo.

BMSD: that i§ pure in§anityϗϗ

Board Member feralStalker [BMFS] responded to memo.

BMFS: Grrrreat joke but we aren't laughing.

Board Member avengingMourner [BMAM] responded to memo.

BMAM: ₱LEASE BE MAKING THE ₩ORST JOKE EVER.

BMWR: She does not /\/\ake jokes.

BATA banned BMSD from responding to memo.

BATA banned BMFS from responding to memo.

BATA banned BMAM from responding to memo.

BATA banned BMWR from responding to memo.

BADD: Honestly, that went a lot 8etter than I expected.

BATA: ii hacked gg you 2hould have 2een the diiatriibe 2he wa2 2tartiing on

BADD: You'll have to show me that somenight. If we get through this. 8ecause you all realize that there isn't really a choice here. The Usurpress is going to attack whether we plan it or not.

BADD: Our esteemed Empress and Heiress stand in the way of her and her am8itions. They have to come down for any plans to work. So the Usurpress is going to act, period. If I refuse to help she will still do it, with more kills than would happen if we plan this together.

BADD: Worse. If I refuse her there is all the chance that she'll kill me and manage to track the rest of us down. Who fights her then? The Enforcers? We've seen how effective that was.

BADD: When was the last time that Generali Tethys Hydrus actually took information we leaked to her seriously enough to show she's willing to work with us without us all giving her our names?

BATA: we all know that were going to help plan this anyway so can we just skip the part where we complain and cry and try to talk ourselves out of it?

BATA unbanned BMSD from responding to memo.

BATA unbanned BMFS from responding to memo.

BATA unbanned BMAM from responding to memo.

BATA unbanned BMWR from responding to memo.

Board Member adiosToreador [BMAT] responded to memo.

BMAT: 1'M 1N, yOU CAN ALL COUNT ON ME TO G1VE 1T MY ALL,

Board Member gratefulDread [BMGD] responded to memo.

BMGD: which would be nice, its true

BMGD: if any of us knew you

BADD: I vouch for him. Anyone that has a prob8lem can take it up with me.

Board Member technicallyUninspired [BMTU] responded to memo.

BMTU: ^s if ^ny of us ^ren't thinking ex^ctly wh^t ^T s^id

BMSD: agreeing anɖ acting on the agreement are two va§tly ɖifferent thing§ϗϗ

BMGG: That is a true enough statement, SD, but I do not doubt that every one of us as the same conviction shown by AT and TU... We have all seen, experienced, the pain that these people have caused at the will of the Usurpress... Can any of you truthfully say that given the chance to strike at her you would take it, knowing that by doing so you would doom our work as a greater whole, everyone you know and care for, and likely more innocent lives than you care to fathom...? The faith that we have placed in DD and TA before this has never been betrayed, and I for one am more than willing to bet my own life and those of my quads and clades and family and everyone else I know on that trust... Without them the Usurpress will strike, she must to legitimize her claim and aims... Yet without them we have no method to stop this, especially not with minimum bloodshed... For is that not what we worked for with TA...? Has he not slaved with some of us these last weeks to create an initial plan to achieve the most and harm the least...? Not to mention I was working with him to create a false identity to leak information of the pending attack to Hydrus's special unit... Just because the target has changed does not mean that our resolution should as well...

Board Member healingPushers [BMHP] responded to memo.

BMHP: It is certain that the conclusions to which GG has arrived are veracious. We must recommence our concoction of an adequate scenario for the Usurpress.

BMWR: My agree/\/\ent is with GG and HP.

BMAM: HO₩ MAD HAS THE ₩ORLD GOTTEN ₩HEN I FIND MYSELF READING THE ₩HOLE OF SOMETHING GG SAID ₩ITHOUT ROLLING MY EYES BECAUSE OF LENGTH?

BADD: Then you'll all do it? You'll help?

BATA: iit2 pretty clear theyre wiith u2 dd

BADD: Thank you. A consensus in less than twenty minutes. Good. We don't have long to plan this.

BMWR: Tell us how /\/\uch ti/\/\e.

BATA: ii want u2 ready to move iin le22 than twenty hour2

BMTU: dd does this me^n wh^t i think it me^ns

BADD: Yeah. Sorry a8out that.

BMGD: how do we start this story

BMGD: and keep it not too gory

BMFS: Clearly we start where we originally planned. Nothing says party like a fucking boom.

BATA: the problem ii2 that now were workiing wiith an enclo2ed area whiich mean2 a diifferent kiind of explo2iive 2how

BMAM: DON'T ₩ORRY. I'VE ALREADY GOT AN IDEA OF HO₩ TO HANDLE THAT ₱ROBLEM. I KNO₩ A TROLL ₩HO KNO₩S A TROLL ₩HO IS ₱RETTY QUIET ABOUT THINGS LIKE THIS.

BADD: It could very well 8e too dangerous to 8ring someone we don't have time to check out into this.

BMAM: THEY KNE₩ MY MATES₱RIT.

BATA: iin that ca2e we miight be able to trust them iif we can 2tart checkiing them now

BMSD: plea§e let me ɖo it we all know i'm not really §uiteɖ to thi§ part of planningϗϗ

BATA: okay but be careful

BMGD: aint got to worry about her man

BMGD: ill help with that part of the plan

BMGD: you know when it comes to the hacking thing

BMGD: this backup man is ready to sing

BMAM: I'LL BE BACK IN A FE₩ MINUTES THEN. NOT LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO FIND THE GAL ₩ITHOUT ME. DON'T FINALIZE THINGS ₩HILE I'M GONE.

BADD: Alright I guess we can leave that part to them for now. We'll call you guys the 8om8 Squad. The question remains how I'm supposed to get in there with a group of hierarchists and see things into place. It's not like invitations are falling off trees.

BMFS: Give me ten minutes. I'll get in to the palace systems and grrrrab what information we need to plan. Is that okay with you TA?

BATA: be my gue2t

BMFS: Grrrreat, man. And don't even give me that grrrripe about watching out. I may not be Saph but I'm qualified for this.

BATA: ii wouldnt dream of iit

BMWR: This is a two troll job. I will render assistance to FS

BMGG: Even by seeking information from the palace mainframes they will be unable to dredge up all of the necessary details for this operation... I will delve into the sealed files the Generali has no doubt created related to this event... There will be information withheld from the general Enforcer records that will be vital to success...

BATA: gg whiile youre at iit ii need you two fiind 2omeone for me

BATA: ii heard there ii2 a yellowblood iin the generalii2 uniit that ha2 liimiited precogniitiion

BMGG: You are referring to Visionar Antees of course... I was not aware that those outside of our unit knew of her existence... It is my understanding that the Generali insisted that she cut ties with those of her past to prevent clouding of her motivations and visions... She is often sent with the Empress or Heiress when they go station side to perform negotiations or reviews of the troops... Why do you seek after her...?

BADD: W8. What is this a8out a precog? TA are you crazy? That could 8low the whole oper8ion.

BATA: 2he can only 2ee a few miinute2 iintwo her own future

BATA: gg can you 2liip her iintwo any ro2ter of honor guard for the heiire22 or 2omethiing? haviing 2omeone who may be able two en2ure that the heiire22 ii2 2afe would be viital

BMGG: If such is your desire, TA, than I shall see to it... But in the future you really must inform me as to how you gained knowledge of Visionar's existence... It is a secret that should be retained for the safety of the royals...

BADD: Okay that makes another two teams. Team Palace Planners and Team Security. Now there is the question on how we turn the whole thing into something other than a massacre when the Usurpress shows up.

BMHP: The answer, indubitably, is in the employment of a concoction composed of a mixture of an anticholinergic and a sedative.

Board Member fallingAside [BMFA] responded to memo.

BMFA: AbsolutelY NoT! HP YoU CannoT BE SuggestinG ThE UsE OF SomethinG AS DangerouS AS HesterriA. ThE VerY SuggestioN OF ThE PowdeR IS A ViolatioN OF OuR MoraL ResponsibilitieS AS HealthtenderS! ThE FacT ThaT YoU EveN KnoW OF HesterriA WorrieS ME TO NO EnD.

BATA: what2 goiing on

BMHP: FA's volatile response emanates from the ramifications of the ingestion of Hesterria. The repercussion of the powder varies dependent upon the bloodtype of the consumer. The powder draws reaction from coldbloods faster than warm, resulting in an earlier manifestation of symptoms. Among them is delirium, nausea, pan-aches, unconsciousness, and loss of memory.

BMFA: AnD It'S FataL IF ThE AntidotE IS NoT AdministereD QuicklY.

BMHP: If the window of the operation is sufficiently small then the antidote is easy applied. While symptoms manifest faster within coldbloods it ultimately requires more time for fatality. Healthtenders can use the symptoms presented in coldbloods to deduce the poison and cure it quickly enough to save lives. There may be some quantity of deaths but not enough to be a massacre, and it should render those who consume it too weak to interrupt the situation, thus preserving their continued lives.

BMFA: FirsT DO NO HarM!

BMHP: No. First allow no harm to be done. Hesterria will save far more lives than it claims. Surely you are aware of this.

BADD: Falling, I understand your reluctance, I really do. 8ut you have to understand that if we can use this to save more lives, we need to do it. How do I acquire this stuff and how much should 8e used?

BMHP: I suspect that FA could direct you to a source of the material, if not provide it for you directly. A light sprinkling over food or within alcohol would be more than sufficient to yield our desired results. Providing a minimal amount to the hierarchist squad should reinforce the idea of sparing use, thus minimizing risks of overdose.

BATA: fa hp get on iit we need that 2tuff

BMFA: AS YoU SaY. BuT I WisH TO MakE MY DisapprovaL KnowN.

BATA: we know thiink of iit thii2 way youll almo2t be guaranteed to be brought iin to help wiith the people after the hiierarchii2t hiit and wiill be able to poiint out the poii2on quiickly

BMFA: ThanK YoU TA. ThaT HaD NoT OccurreD TO ME.

BATA: ii know now get to work

BADD: So where does that leave us?

BMTU: figuring out how to de^l with wh^t you le^ve behind

BMAT: g1V1NG YOU SOMEWHERE TO, UH, GO AFTER 1T ALL HAPPENS

BATA: makiing 2ure no one can fiigure u2 out