Week 1, Saturday Afterparty

[arraignments]

[ OKAY, SO... some of you might have just heard a loud THUNK from the backyard, so feel free to follow Goro (who very quickly runs out there, right around the time thunk is heard) to the backyard.

He kind of just... stops before going all the way out there.

And stares.

For anyone looking around him or over his shoulder, you're going to be treated to the sight of two very large shrimp (WE'RE TALKING... FIFTY POUNDS, EACH, MAYBE, IDK) out there, along with several bags of various other kinds of seafood (i.e. some crab, a lobster, probably some various kinds of fish, who knows). ]

I'm starting to suspect that this house simply gets eager when it comes to seafood, in particular...

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[eldritcheyes]

Yeah. I worked with a group called Libra back in my world, and they do something similar to the Foundation: protecting from alterworld threats the police can't handle, sealing dangerous Blood Breed... uh, they're like vampires? And investigating supernatural crimes.

[Leo's voice goes soft and sad, clearly filled with homesickness.]

They're good people. They don't pull shit like the Foundation does, they protect all their members, no matter how low they are in the organization. Everybody matters to them, human or alterworlder. It's why I was willing to give the Foundation a chance, because they didn't tell me everything. They figured I wouldn't cooperate if I found out how they ran things, and the Eyes are really useful to them, but... guess I found out the truth.

[merirut]

[As Leo relays his story, Sandalphon listens quietly without much in the way of reactions. The background is easy enough to understand, even with some unfamiliar terms mixed in, and the connections that Leo made between the two organizations are clear, but it only really reinforces the notion of ignorance and naïvete in his mind.

Then again. Maybe he doesn't have room to talk.]

So you were sheltered until they decided you were of no use... humph. It's almost laughable how familiar that story is.

[eldritcheyes]

Or they really did want me to scan this place with the Eyes, monitor everything here. I don't like to use them without permission, unless it's life or death. People should be allowed to keep some things private. Maybe if somebody died on Friday, I would've used them, but I'm glad it didn't come to that.

[He remembers a conversation with Alcor back at the Foundation.]

I have to be careful not to look too long at anyone or anything that's really powerful, because I could burn out my brain. Alcor warned me not to use the Eyes on him.

[merirut]

[Still thinking that, huh... Although this brings another question to mind. It's one thing to avoid looking at something powerful for self-preservation, but...]

Would you jeopardize yourself and look at something like that if you were ordered to?

[eldritcheyes]

Maybe not if I was ordered to, unless I had to do it to protect someone. I mean, what good are these powers if I can't use them to help?

[merirut]

You're that sort of person, then.

[If there's a constant between every world, it's that it always has its share of good-natured idiots.]

So do you still see the Foundation as a place where you can help others?

[eldritcheyes]

[Leo understands what that kind of emphasis means. He gets that reaction a lot when people realize how earnest he can be. He just ignores it, the possible criticism from people who don't get how he thinks doesn't mean much anymore.]

It's got potential, but... a lot of things have to change. Libra's proof that you can deal with supernatural shit without tossing people you see as "disposable" into the grinder. The Foundation could learn a lot from them.