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[shiningone.insanejournal.com]

Spam blocker, my ass Not entirely sure I should be posting on a message board that an email with the aura of a Hitchcock film surrounding it sent me to, but I'm kind of afraid of what will happen if I don't. wouldn't be the first What is this all about?

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[heraldofthedeep.insanejournal.com]

Hmm. Another Northman. At least you seem strong enough. Good. You'll need it.

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[tritonia.insanejournal.com]

Don't go freaking him out like you did to me. Please.

[Filter: Athena]

[heraldofthedeep.insanejournal.com]

We do him no favors by allowing him to luxuriate in ignorance. Would you prefer that he be cornered somewhere by that woman and have his memories ripped open like what happened to you?

[Filter: Triton]

[tritonia.insanejournal.com]

No. But attacking him with the truth will do exactly what it did to me: scare him off so that's what has to be done.

[Filter: Athena]

[heraldofthedeep.insanejournal.com]

If he can't take the truth, he deserves to be fed to the wolves.

[Filter: Triton] Lemme just fix that >.>

[tritonia.insanejournal.com]

To a sane person with no inkling of all this, it wouldn't sound like truth. I didn't to me. It sounded like you were all nuts and out to brainwash me into your creepy cult.

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[heraldofthedeep.insanejournal.com]

But you did know. You were able to take it. Athena, you know what we're up against. We need every soldier ready. We can't afford to wait until he feels like it.

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[tritonia.insanejournal.com]

We also can't afford to break him. We need every person we can get on our side. He'll come around if this is done right. I'm already talking to him and he's responding pretty well so far.

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[heraldofthedeep.insanejournal.com]

As long as he learns to take orders and be ready, I don't care.

[shiningone.insanejournal.com]

'Northman'?

[heraldofthedeep.insanejournal.com]

Your waters were usually too cold for my liking, but enough ships passed through that I know one when I see one.

[shiningone.insanejournal.com]

Who is this asshat? I really have no idea what you're going on about.

[heraldofthedeep.insanejournal.com]

Then I strongly suggest you take it upon yourself to learn. We don't have the luxury of waiting for you to finish wallowing in ignorance and self-pity.

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[the-all-mother.insanejournal.com]

Leave my son alone! Can't you see he's in pain right now!

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[heraldofthedeep.insanejournal.com]

We've all suffered pain. It doesn't give him an excuse. He learns, he trains. Or when the next attack comes while our defenses are still weak, he dies. Hiding behind his mother's skirts won't save him if the government calls for our extermination. And they are, even as we speak.

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[the-all-mother.insanejournal.com]

Baldr never hid from anything in his life! And no one gave you the right to tell other people how to deal with events in their lives. No one appointed you grand high general or some shit. You worry about your own business.

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[heraldofthedeep.insanejournal.com]

In case you've forgotten, as a matter of fact, I have been, on Aphrodite's orders. I am charged with the training and prepping of our forces. Everyone must be ready. No exceptions.

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[the-all-mother.insanejournal.com]

And we chose to cooperate, NOT consider Aphrodite's decisions the be-all, end-all of what happens amongst us. Consider this, he's one of us, which at the most basic means he's worth more strategically for us than soldiers. Give my family time with him. Let us help him remember. Please.

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[heraldofthedeep.insanejournal.com]

Her orders. My army. And no exceptions means no exceptions. My job is to keep us alive--all of us. Everyone will be prepped to fight, from the daintiest Muse to the most hardened fighter. That will include you as well. No one can afford to be caught unprepared.

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[the-all-mother.insanejournal.com]

I have no issue getting my hands dirty. I had to lead a pantheon of alpha-male warriors on several occasional. I'm aware of what you have to do in wartime.

Fine, then let US prepare him. He's one of our family and it's our responsibility. And before you say anything about is life being in our hands, I lived through that once. ..I'm aware it could happen again. With us, he can be an asset. With and the way you're going about it, he'll fail for sure, and you've wasted a resource.

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[heraldofthedeep.insanejournal.com]

Then make him one. But I cannot indulge him for long.

[shiningone.insanejournal.com]

You don't know a goddamned thing about me. Ever been close enough to a bomb going off to burn you? To throw shrapnel at you? To be in the same room when it kills someone you love? Don't talk to me about ignorance and self-pity, asshole.

As far as I'm concerned, this is some fantastic way of screwing with me, so I can tell you all to fuck off and go back to my wondering how I'm going to get some fucking sleep in this lifetime without using a .45.

[heraldofthedeep.insanejournal.com]

You'll have your way on that front soon enough with that attitude. Because, believe it or not, there are people trying to kill us and plotting ways to exterminate us right now as we speak. Attempts have already been made on most of our lives, mine included. Bombs, poisons, knives, guns, mob beatings, arson, and that's just the beginning. One of our mothers-to-be was bound and tortured--burned and with slurs carved over her body, and then forced to watch as her beloved was nearly beaten to death before her eyes. We have all suffered. We've all had losses. You're not special in that regard, and what happened to you was no fluke. Welcome to survivors' camp.

My job is to keep us all alive by ensuring we're ready when the next attack comes--and that is a "when" and not and "if." We have no time to waste in making preparations. The war has already begun, and, like it or not, you're a soldier on our side.

[shiningone.insanejournal.com]

Well, super. I'm glad everyone else is aware and on their toes. If I'm attacked, I couldn't give two shits less at this point. I seriously doubt what happened to me was a fluke--I was in North Africa, and it's not really all that unheard of for an psycho extremist to walk in with a backpack full of C-4.

Sounds like the rest of you are doing just fine with you in charge. I am very sorry for what happened to the woman and her loved one. I hope they are doing well, but I can't imagine the two of them bounced back up a week later--mentally or physically.

[heraldofthedeep.insanejournal.com]

Between the sun god and the good doctor, they have made a remarkable recovery, and she should be able to begin her conditioning shortly after her child is born. Our healers are without comparison. I suggest you make use of the resource.