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[nodeedtoobase]

Do floods have a purpose, or are they simply allowed to continue because no one knows how to prevent them?

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Is there one amongst you who considers themselves your leader? How have you organized yourselves, if you have at all?

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[always_thewoman]

Oh, dear. You've a lot to learn.

New on board, I take it?

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[nodeedtoobase]

I am.

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[always_thewoman]

Two things you'll learn rather quickly: floods happen without rhyme or reason, on a whim, with no recourse. Some are affected, some get passed over, there are no patterns and there is nothing you can do during a flood but wait it out.

Second, any sort of organization or hierarchy, while appealing, is impossible. If anyone claims to be a leader, they're lying. There are certain factions, and there are certain opportunists who may be willing to strike deals, but outside of that, it's anyone's game.

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[nodeedtoobase]

Anything better than complete disorder was too much to hope for, apparently.

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Tell me of these factions.

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[you_run_i_chase]

It's because the Admiral is a fucking asshole.

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[nodeedtoobase]

If the blame rests with him, why has no one found a way of stopping him yet?

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[you_run_i_chase]

Aw. It's so cute when inmates are fucking new.

Someone make a god damn manual about this shit.

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[nodeedtoobase]

You jest with me? I am not cute! And I do not require a manual, I require someone to demonstrate simple common sense!

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[darknessb4me]

It's godless anarchy in regards to both questions. The floods are useless at best, dangerous at worst - I can't imagine they're on purpose, but no one's taking the fucking initiative to find out their composition and find a way to block them, and there is no leadership whatsoever. Both groups are too busy squabbling.

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[nodeedtoobase]

Is everyone here a fool or a simpleton? How long has been place been operating that no one has handled these matters: days, a few weeks?

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[darknessb4me]

Years, as far as I have been able to determine, and I often think so. I'm sure everyone wants there to be a system, but also everyone wants to be in control of that system. There are too many dominant personalities. You don't get cooperation by putting 75 egotists with trust issues in the same room, no matter how beneficial it would be for them to organize.

A real governance is a work of art, though; it can only be accomplished by a coincidence of extreme fortune and extreme force. We are in the "warring tribes" stage of that evolution, I believe.

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[nodeedtoobase]

Governments are formed with the ascension of a true leader, one who is Destined to take command. If none of these egoists you speak of have successfully done it yet, none of them will. What this place needs is the right man at the right time, and history will take its course.

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[nodeedtoobase]

You mock me?

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[nodeedtoobase]

There are few things more idiotic than organizing a society by height.

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[pleasesmirk]

[A second of voice - Swing just laughs and laughs] [Then back to writing.]

Takes a lot to make me laugh. Any attempt to organise a ton of criminals who think they're all the biggest fish in the pond is pointless and ridiculous.

If you fancy yourself as it, stop now. This isn't Ankh-Morpork with Guilds and politics to back you up in your murders and theft.

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[nodeedtoobase]

I don't need Guilds. I am perfectly capable of taking matters into my own hands.

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[pleasesmirk]

Well, that's reassuring.

...I kept meaning to ask you. What did you do in Ankh-Morpork?

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[nodeedtoobase]

I'm glad you think so.

I was an Assassin, before I began my endeavor to free the city from its tyrannical enslavement.