BLACK ORDER GROUP CHAT [BLACK ORDER MEMBERS ONLY] v.3

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The Black Order: Kaisou Team
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[OOC: this is a catch-all group chat for the Black Order members to use however they'd like. This chat is open ONLY to Black Order members and is not actually part of the Libra app (but their own separate network). ]

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un: Lia

[blossominghopes]

I think we're mostly just on alert for whatever nonsense this month throws at us.

Anyway, welcome to the Kaisou team! I'm Lia, one of the recent(-ish) recruits.

Even if you work better alone, let us know if there's anything you need!

[sacredashes]

Noted.

Three years officially, but I've been tagging around longer.

[The family business you might call it.]

I'll let you know if I need backup, but it looks unlikely right now.

[blossominghopes]

Yeah, I signed on after the new management happened.

Just be careful! Is it okay if I tap you for potential backup if I need it?

[sacredashes]

[He's always careful. For certain values of careful.]

If you need it. [He's better at cleaning up after other people than he is working with them... but he won't say that.] Just try not to make it a constant thing. You need to learn how to stand on your own, too.

[blossominghopes]

[Something about that response has her clenching her jaw, but she... is going to leave that alone. Pick your battles, etc.]

Oh, trust me, it's not a case of me not knowing how to stand on my own. It's a case of me knowing my limits.

If I can handle a situation by myself, I will, but I'd really rather not get in over my head when I'm alone.

[sacredashes]

[He's so good at this making friends thing.]

Good. Preparation reduces the unforeseen factors on a mission, but it can't account for every possibility. The Spirit Realm is just too unpredictable.

[blossominghopes]

Trust me, I am well aware, ahaha... I've been doing Spirit Realm troubleshooting for folks even before I signed on with the Order. The situation can change in an instant, but that's true of any dangerous situation.

[sacredashes]

Is that so? It must've been dangerous. The Black Order was less friendly toward that before the... restructuring.

[blossominghopes]

Haha, yeahhh, that was half the reason I never stuck around in one place for too long.

[Maybe she shouldn't be so casual about that, but it's not like it's a problem anymore.]

[sacredashes]

... You're either incredibly lucky, or incredibly stupid. Playing games with the old Order could have ended very badly for you.

[sorry about this guy]

[blossominghopes]

I was doing what I had to in order to keep my freedom instead of being forcibly recruited.

[Not that she'd call the life she was living back then particularly free, but it was better than the alternatives.]

Yeah, I won't deny I was lucky, but I wasn't playing games.

[sacredashes]

You know what they did to people they couldn't control, don't you?

If they had caught you and deemed you too much of a flight risk, you could have ended up sealed away at the bottom of the ocean.

[blossominghopes]

No, I didn't know, actually. Once I did join, I was under the impression they kept that part pretty damn secret.

I had no reason to know, no reason to want to.

[sacredashes]

They did, but people still disappeared with little explanation, and the Sealing spell's existence wasn't as big of a secret as they tried to pretend it was.

... You're lucky. Very lucky.

[Nephrite didn't try to hide how terrible an idea it was to stay with the Black Order, but running away was also so much worse. At least he had that.]

[blossominghopes]

Yeah, literally all I had to go off of was my mom telling me and my sister they'd just take us away if we ended up on their radar.

So. You know. Decided I'd rather take my chances.

... I was lucky, yeah, but I had help.

Anyway, that stuff doesn't really matter anymore since I'm here of my own volition now.

[sacredashes]

... So am I, even though I could have left.

Maybe we're both foolish, or maybe this is where we're supposed to be.

[blossominghopes]

Maybe it's a bit of both!

But... yeah, I think this is where I'm supposed to be, at least. This is the kind of place where I can do the most good.

[quit_ur_kiniching]

[Brother, you would have to pay Kinich quadruple his rate to help you dig up, stupid.]