[plotting] trapped in idol hell

[erbier]

So around.... Day 33 or later, pretty much some time after the vigil and the group talks to KunKun, Ilde takes roboSam with her to go hang out with some subspace kids and meet up with some of their underground friends. Posing as this idol singer 'Saffron' and her manager, Ilde and Sam are asking a few question of a hacker named Y and her robo-buddy Kellix. You can read about it here for the direct transcript. Along the way, Y suggests that Ilde should throw a concert with KunKun as their celebrity guest to try to lure the terrorist bombers back out into the open. Ilde's perspective on this is that Y is trying to call her bluff about really being an idol, but she also knows how little she understands most of what happens on this planet, so she would check in with the others via mental link, and her actions going forward would depend on the advice she got. I think it would be fun to do the IC mental link post regardless of the result, but it also seems like it would be a good idea to check in about how people were feeling OOCly and to see what they'd like to get out of this interaction. ETA: enough strong voices are opposed to pursuing the concert, so I've just posted the actual IC content here

Comments

[sensitively]

Rey will - surprisingly? - be for it, despite the danger. No better way to lure potential predators out than throwing fresh meat at them, "baby anooba at a swarm of gnaw-jaws", etc.

She will also probably volunteer to be on security detail of some sort?

[adamance]

Lexa (who comes from a hunting world) would be pretty against treating them as if they are prey to be hunted without some measure of controlling the atmosphere (her reason being that that's how her people strategically do hunt down enemies). They do utilize baiting, rounding people up in one place, etc., but there would be no way to control all of the elements. Besides, planning an event where more people get killed may mean that they can get framed for the bombings, especially since their identities are (as reported by Exxxtra) so damn shaky.

[sensitively]

okay! Lexa's entitled to feel that way, for good reason - but that's not going to change Rey's mind. She's not treating everyone as though they're "meat to be hunted" by terrorists, but her mindset is fairly "eat or be eaten" based on her formative years in a hostile wasteland, and she's not entirely used to anyone depending on her/being dependent on others. So while yes, it's risky, and the idea of using a concert as bait is nothing less than ethically questionable, her rationale will be that this is probably the best opportunity they may have to lure the terrorists into action again - and unlike the gaming parlour bombing, this time an attack will be expected (and hopefully thwarted). She sees the risk outweighing the potential benefit of uncovering who might be behind the bombing, thereby furthering the goals of their mission.

Alternately, she'd be up for it if anyone had any better ideas, but no one's volunteering anything else yet, sooo.... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[adamance]

They have a better idea! Sam just posted here with a path to getting stuff.

[sensitively]

well, she'll leave it to the Nest at large to decide by majority vote, but her opinion that a concert to draw them out is still a good idea stands.