[Filtered from the Condesce, Dualscar and Grand Highblood]

[benigncancer]

HEY, THIS IS THE SIGNLESS.

I HAVEN'T REALLY POSTED TO THE NETWORK IN A WHILE, AND I'D APOLOGIZE, BUT I REALIZE THAT NONE OF YOU PROBABLY TAKE MUCH JOY IN SEEING MY EYE-BLEEDING BIG-LETTERED CANDY RED TEXT, ANYWAY. SOME OF YOU, PARTICULARLY THE TROLLS, ARE PROBABLY WEEPING FROM YOUR OCULARS ALREADY, REACHING FOR THE KEYBOARD TO SPEW YOUR VITRIOL AT ME FOR EXISTING.

BUT DON'T WORRY. YOU'RE SUFFERING FOR A REASON.

Her Imperious Condescension
Orphaner Dualscar
The Grand Highblood Subjugglator.

If you know these names, then you know that to encounter any of these trolls is dangerous at best, and very likely to be fatal.

To be honest, I feel partly responsible. Since they arrived in the tower, I have tried to show them that the hemospectrum doesn't give them the right to cull indiscriminately, that there are other ways of dealing with people that are more constructive, and even beneficial to them. All three of them have rejected this notion, and while I do have hope that they might come around eventually, we cannot allow them to simply continue to treat the tower - and the people here - as their own personal sporting arena.

But I'm just one troll, and I'm not a very big one. I need help, I need a plan. And taking revenge upon them is not going to make a positive difference in this situation.

So please. Is there anyone here who can do something to, at least temporarily, make them stop killing? Maybe if they can start to feel what it's like to be powerless, they can begin to relate to those of us whom they have held down for so long.

I don't want to hurt them, and I believe anyone else in this tower who engages in violence should be dealt with in the same way. This tower is our home, at least for now, and if we are all going to live here, I think it's time to lay down some groundrules, and figure out how to enforce them.

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[benigncancer]

IS IT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN TEACH?
IF THE CHILDREN ESPECIALLY CAN HAVE SOME WAY TO PROTECT THEMSELVES, I THINK IT WOULD HELP A LOT.

[dragonspooker]

I could certainly give it a try. I've always been on the learning end rather than the teaching, though. Not quite sure if people without magic in their world would be able to pull it off, though. [Or if she could teach them, period...]

[benigncancer]

WELL, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO GIVE IT A TRY, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
ANY EDGE WE CAN GET WILL HOPEFULLY KEEP BLOOD FROM BEING SPILT.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

[dragonspooker]

Lina Inverse.

I do have a number of non-lethal spells that could be used to attempt and subdue these guys, if needed. Gods know I'm not doing much else around here.

...is encasing them in ice too much?

[benigncancer]

IS ENCASING THEM IN ICE ONE OF THE NON-LETHAL SPELLS?
I GUESS I'M MORE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER WE SUBDUE THEM.
SO FAR DETERRENCE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE WORKING.
AND I'D RATHER NOT TORTURE THEM OR DO MORE TO CONVINCE THEM THAT WE'RE OUT TO GET THEM THAN WE HAVE TO.
A TROLL BACKED INTO A CORNER CAN BE A VICIOUS THING.

[dragonspooker]

It...can be, as long as they're not left in there too long, Or shattered... I take it you trolls don't regenerate quickly like the kind I'm familiar with?

I'm thinking more self-defense than deterrence, since going by what you said, they don't seem keen to listening to reason.

Attempts at peaceful resolutions are all well and good, but I'll be honest here - someone comes after me trying to kill me? My instinct is to let 'em have it with as much force as needed to deter 'em.

[benigncancer]

I THINK WE HEAL ABOUT AT THE SAME RATE AS HUMANS, IF THAT HELPS.
SELF-DEFENSE IS GOOD, AND I'M NOT ADVOCATING LETTING THEM KILL US.
QUITE THE OPPOSITE.
I DON'T THINK STANDING THERE AND LETTING THEM DO IT IS HELPING.
I TRIED THAT.

[dragonspooker]

Huh. Guess that makes sense, since you guys don't look like the trolls of my world.

...I question the logic in letting them kill you, even in a place like this, though.

[benigncancer]

YEAH, MAYBE IT WAS A DUMB THING TO DO.
LORD KNOWS I CAN BE A COMPLETE GRUBFISTED IDIOT AT TIMES, I DON'T DENY THAT.
THE THING IS, I WAS SORT OF HOPING THEY'D GET IT OUT OF THEIR SYSTEM, AND THAT IT WOULDN'T BE NEARLY AS MUCH FUN FOR THEM IF I DIDN'T FIGHT BACK.
IT SORT OF WORKED...BUT NOT WELL ENOUGH.

[dragonspooker]

Not a smart thing to do, no - but you do get points for thinking outside the box.

[benigncancer]

WHEN IT COMES TO THE CONDESCE, SHE WAS GOING TO KILL ME NO MATTER WHAT I DID.
SHE HAD ME IN THE WATER.

[dragonspooker]

She good at fighting in the water or something?

[benigncancer]

OH YES.
SHE HAS GILLS.
AND UNFORTUNATELY I CAN'T SWIM.

[dragonspooker]

Well then, nothing a little lightning and ice can't take care of then, should I find myself in a similar situation.

[benigncancer]

I'M GLAD YOU CAN DEFEND YOURSELF.
UNFORTUNATELY, NOT ALL OF US ARE SO LUCKY.
BUT WE'LL WORK ON IT.

[dragonspooker]

Normally, this is where I'd offer my services for a price, but after all I've seen here, that would just be wrong to do.

[A roundabout way of saying 'hey, if you need a hand, give a shout'.]