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[lingeringhope]

[Hope's voice is clear and clipped.]

If you would like to leave a message, you may do so here. I can't promise to respond. I have many demands on my time, and this sort of thing is far down the list. Still, if you would like to, you may.

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[elegant_and_proud]

[She's not entirely convinced, but there are some things Hope's flexible on and others he's fairly adamant about, so she won't push that point too forcefully. Instead, she takes a different approach.]

I saw Tranquility mention a plan to try talking to the Null that got voted against. What were some of the other options proposed?

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[lingeringhope]

Our options are the same as they have ever been. Continue running, turn and fight, look for another solution, or let them kill us. Tranquility's suggestion was not one that we could take.

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[elegant_and_proud]

Did whoever suggested looking for another solution happen to suggest other possibilities?

[There's a possibility that one of the gods is overestimating their own capabilities for dealing with the Null and enacting their own plan without the knowledge and consent of the others. It's an idea she wants to build up to slowly, by asking the right questions and getting Hope to think about the situation.]

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[lingeringhope]

That wasn't a suggestion, exactly. Those are all options that we have all known of for a long time. It seems that you think we recently got together, had a discussion, and came up with plans - that isn't what happened. We discussed the investigation, and during that Tranquility brought up speaking to the Null again. Our other options were not discussed. We have gone over them many times.

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[elegant_and_proud]

There is a more indirect way of combating them, although it would take some information gathering and you would likely need to involve at least a small elite team of your current hosts to do it.

[She's fine with offering Hope logical suggestions. She's the one with the combat experience, and it never hurts to be on pleasant terms with the god who resurrects everyone. Hope is actually fairly pleasant once one gets to know him a little. He just needs to work on his public relations skills a LOT. So do most of the gods, really.]

In order to produce more of their kind, they must have factories to build more. Find out where those factories are, and destroy them. If possible, capture one Null and determine exactly how it communicates with the others. Then spread misinformation to all of them. If you are fortunate, you could feed them false information about your whereabouts, lure a large number of them to an uninhabited place, and then destroy that.

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[lingeringhope]

I believe there are flaws with those plans - mainly, it requires putting ourselves in danger. We've already done that with Rage and Delight, we'll need to process the information from them before we send anyone else out.

I am not saying they are bad plans, simply that they are not something we could currently take action on. Not in the situation we are in. I will mention them to Sorrow, as thoughts for the future.