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[unhappy]

I finally read up on this because I'm bored and I want to leave. Not sure if I want to go home or not, just want to leave.

If we want out of here, why do we keep trying to protect Everglade? Isn't that what's keeping the barriers up?

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[deathsought]

Everglade is the source of the barriers?

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[unhappy]

I was looking back and stuff and [ reluctantly ] checking through Schnee's info and it looks like they found that out back when the barrier broke last time.

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[deathsought]

{ Huh. Well, that's news to him. }

In that case, the first logical step would be to find out where, specifically, in Everglade the energy for the barrier is coming from. I would warn you, however, that speaking from experience, you should not tamper with dimensional boundaries unless you know exactly what you are doing, first.

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[unhappy]

[ Gotta pay attention bro. Lucy and Natsu were the ones who found out along with Vlad! ]

According to the people who found out, Everglade itself generates the barrier with the energy created by fear in that area. It's the whole reason people keep arguing about whether or not Everglade should be cleaned up.

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[deathsought]

{ It's not like they ever told him a whole lot; he's their enemy, after all. }

Then simply tell Everglade's citizens that. Given that they've seen what happens when the barrier collapses, the fear of it ever happening again should be enough.

{ He knows all too well what it's like to have to police his own thoughts, knowing that one wrong thought can kill everyone around him in a second. }

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[unhappy]

[ True enough. ]

Are you kidding? There are people who refuse to move out of Everglade because they aren't even welcome there anymore for no reason. This isn't anyone's home and yet people act like it's sacred ground they're having ripped from their fingers if they're asked to move. We need everyone to get out and let it burn to the ground so we can get out of here. Why would anyone want those barriers to stay up?

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[deathsought]

Have you seen what lies beyond the barriers? What happens when they fail? I have. It is not an experience that even I am eager to revisit.

If you truly wish to find a way to go home, do what I have suggested to others: Find out who, or what, brought us all here to begin with. What you are suggesting is far too risky.

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[unhappy]

Those spirit things brought us here I thought. You know there's like a whole database of information people have learned here right??

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[captain_by_the_book]

What happens if the barriers fall? From what I understand that's something we wish to avoid.

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[unhappy]

There are monsters but big deal. There are monsters on half of the peoples' worlds here. If we break it on our own there won't be half as many on the hunt either.

[captain_by_the_book]

I don't shy away from battle, but realize your plan is going to have a staggering number of casualties. That is not acceptable if you are merely bored by the status quo.

[unhappy]

And being trapped here forever with people mysteriously disappearing left and right is? It'll only have casualties if people are idiots and stick around after the barriers go down. They've gone down before anyway, it's only a matter of time. I don't know why anyone would rather wait until we're lambs at the slaughter instead of taking control ourselves.

[captain_by_the_book]

Of course not. But you don't have a plan beyond bring down the barrier and see what happens. Death for a good cause is nothing to be feared. Death out of recklessness is throwing away a life which could be sacrificed more effectively.

[unhappy]

That's the point of bringing it to people instead of just planting bombs around Everglade and doing it. Stop warning me about stupid, obvious stuff.

[captain_by_the_book]

I'll stop when I am convinced the warnings aren't necessary.

[unhappy]

Obviously they aren't if they're not going to change my attitude about it.

But if you want to just sit around waiting contentedly for whatever the jerks who brought us here to make their move instead of taking control ourselves, be my guest. If you keep waiting around hoping this easy life is going to be real you're going to lose everything. All of us are.

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You know, I've been wondering about those barriers.

Removing protection off an entire city would be ill advised and it's entirely possible the barriers keep things out. Further testing is needed on them. They've become rather strong lately, however. It makes studying difficult.

Perhaps if we could tear a hole in it...

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[unhappy]

Everglade is protection for all the cities and yes, they keep these creepy monsters out but there are more fighters here than I can count. It's had a hole in it before, the GSRF has a piece of it somewhere apparently.

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[acrostic]

I'm aware. That's why ceasing protection would be a potentially terrible idea. The sample isn't exactly new. The testing could not be repeated with the barriers, only the bay.

The idea is more that we put someone out through a hole capable of defending themselves and have them report back with findings.

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[unhappy]

You think you're going to be able to create a hole, manage its size, and keep those things from getting in while you send someone out on an exploration mission?

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[acrostic]

Not at all. I lack the ability to execute that idea right now.
But wouldn't it be neat?

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[unhappy]

I think not being stuck in here waiting for a bunch of creeps who trapped us here in the first place to make their move while we get lazier and more contented with our situation would be neat.

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[acrostic]

I share the sentiment.

But anonymously commenting on such isn't going to stir everyone into action. Hardly provocative enough.

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Even if people were to inconvenience themselves and move just to satisfy your boredom, what about the monsters? [From what Weiss had told her they are not anything she wants to meet and thanks to running into beings such as Battler, Blake is much more cautious.]

What do we know about them? Do we have any record of anyone ever being able to kill one?Has anyone who's ventured out to find out ever come back? What happens if the barriers come down and we find out it's not that simple? You'd be putting hundreds of lives at risk over something that could end horribly.

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[unhappy]

OK that's a lot of questions so I'm just gonna go down the list:

1. What about the monsters? Most people here can fight, who cares?
2. They suck on emotions if they get you.
3. Yes. You can temp kill them or Everglade has a bunch of spirit-binding tools. (Which we should probably grab before destroying Everglade.) Ask Haller & Schnee about weapons.
4. No one has ever managed to get out of the barrier.
5. If the barriers come down when we're not being actively attacked like last time the monsters won't be swarming us immediately, it'll be safer than waiting for the inevitable.

Everyone's putting more lives at risk by sitting here and waiting for those things to break through again on their own. If we leave on our terms, there's a much better chance of survival. Believe me I do care about surviving. I'm not just saying this because I want to cause trouble.