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philip_charming) wrote2011-11-24 07:30 pm
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Adventure the Third
[Coming back to the cottage from the battle with the statue, Philip took care of his horse Samson, moving on autopilot... then just slumped in a chair even as the horse flopped onto a carpet nearby.
Just give him a minute, he'll reach for the bandages soon... Right now, he'll just sit and stare at his battered and aching hands.]
I helped today. I know I did. Lives were saved by my actions; mine, and those of others. But what do you say to the people that died anyway?
What do you do, when your best just isn't good enough?
Just give him a minute, he'll reach for the bandages soon... Right now, he'll just sit and stare at his battered and aching hands.]
I helped today. I know I did. Lives were saved by my actions; mine, and those of others. But what do you say to the people that died anyway?
What do you do, when your best just isn't good enough?
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But bystanders have no business paying the blood-price. [Philip's been to war before, he's led men in battle. But this is his first time for an attack on civilians.]
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[His shoulders slumped; he knew there wasn't anything that could be done about the situation, that the random crowd assembled to fight did far better than anything that could be expected of them- but it wasn't until now that he could really accept it.
Still he raised his head and looked steadily back at the Space Marine.] But it's not enough just to continue, to pay lip service and fight on as before. It's important to learn from their loss as well, and try to keep such a thing from happening again.
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Whoever runs the guardsmen here wasn't prepared to handle matters when the statue came through; the main defense was a random gathering of people with no authority just coming together and attacking it as best they could, considerably limited teamwork and nothing in the way of overall strategy.
That thing had been getting more menacing for weeks on end, it had been moving about being ominous for days now- and while I spent the time preparing myself 'just in case,' imagine if we'd been ready and waiting when it broke through the township's protective spell?
We did all that we could, under the circumstances, and we did remarkably well. But it's possible that we might have managed still better.
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[Philip's not about to suggest forming a private army; that could well be seen as a threatening act by whatever powers keep this place running, and Philip's not
yetconvinced that's a good idea.But an early warning militia? MUCH more innocent a notion!]
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