text; un: aragaki

[petsthedog]

what do you think happens if we don't do that personal goal shit
like is that it for us, do we get kicked off the team, sent home or what

[Someone's been having a bit of a crisis over his all week.]

Comments

text/ un: majimagoro

[hikae]

Dunno about that. But if that's any consolation, I doubt they went all this way to collect us just to give a kick after one task getting awry.

No one said we can't help each other with these tasks tho. What's yer problem?

[petsthedog]

[Well shit. If he answers that, he'll be admitting to the whole team he wants to be helpful and can't be. Ughhh.]

that's exactly what mine said actually
ignore anyone asking for help, all mission
which sounds stupid useless, if you ask me
unless they don't actually care about getting the orbs and we're being fucked with, i guess

[There, that works. He's annoyed because it's unproductive, not because he cares a lot and guilt has been gnawing at him since the first time one of the beggars tugged at his pants and he had to leave immediately before he could cave.]

[hikae]

—and mighty annoying too. I'll make sure to not ask ya to hold the door for me.
The simulation on the station also had some weird tasks. Weird as in "discourage teamwork", but aren't we supposed to work as a team?

( text | un: jaguar )

[scarcastically]

[ huh. ]

Afraid they might cut you loose?

What did you get anyway?

( text | un: jaguar )

[petsthedog]

nah just curious

[This is a bald faced lie.]

some of these goals seem like they're just making the mission harder on everyone
i'm supposed to ignore anyone asking for help all mission
kinda makes you wonder if dream contract guy and his robot are screwing with us

text | un: sharpshooter

[buoys]

yknow i wondered about that
i guess we could always ask the ai? vivian or something right?
but then again the goal didn't come from her i don't think... so maybe she wouldn't know

[petsthedog]

can we even reach her while we're on this planet

[The information is no good to him if he fucks up and helps someone before they can talk to her, and only partially useful if he actually manages to succeed and finds out he didn't need to.]

who else would the goal have come from
dream contract guy?

text; un: kitsuragi

[kimballin]

That would be stupid and short-sighted, but I can't say I've never seen organizations act stupidly before. Still: it cannot have been easy bringing us here. I doubt they'll send you home if you fail. The risk might simply be not undoing your regret— or putting it even further off.

Did you fail yours?

cw passive suicidality

[petsthedog]

not yet

[But he's considering it. He's just afraid that he might be disqualified from undoing his regret if he does. That's more important than anything, but the guilt has been eating at him.]

you think they might keep us here but their part of the deal would be off, then?

[That sounds actually like the worst case scenario? At least if they send him back, he'll just finish bleeding out in an alley. Being alive with no chance of undoing his regret? No thanks.]

text; un: khitachiin

[totheright]

i think it's more of a bonus prize thing
i did something like this when i first got here and they gave me something from home
did you get something impossible to do or what?

[petsthedog]

not exactly impossible
just a pain in the ass for everyone
seems like a dumb idea to give out goals that make the mission harder

un: the.doctor

[lateness]

oh surely not

as you've said — we're a team (i do like teams teams are nice)

this could be just the opportunity to accept a hand or lend one as it were and most of us have two

that said it is something of a mystery isn't it being told we have a goal to fulfill but having no real specifics

hmmm

[petsthedog]

if that was it i wouldn't have gotten what i did
i ain't supposed to lend a hand at all
or at least, if anyone asks for one
makes no sense if they really want us to get the orbs

text; un: k

[knived]

i don't know but i'm gonna find out

[petsthedog]

even if it means you won't get to fix your regret?

text; un: shiro

[earthshine]

It was presented as a goal, not an ultimatum.
I don’t know what will happen if a goal remains unfulfilled but whatever consequence it is, it might be better in comparison to the end results of some of these goals.

[petsthedog]

there's got to be some kind of way they enforce it, right?
otherwise why the hell would anyone do any of this crap

Text. UN: Kirigan

[cruelyethuman]

Why would anyone refuse to fulfill their goal?

[petsthedog]

you can't think of any goals that'd piss you off?

[thevalley]

Maybe they just make you wear a really stupid hat until the next mission.

[petsthedog]

heh
i guess i could live with that

[Too bad it's probably not that simple. Still. The joke does actually make him smile for the first time since he made this post.]

think i'd have to lose my beanie or would it go on top?

un: zee | text

[directrix]

One should hope not.

[ Someone doesn't expect to succeed at hers. It's like they intentionally set her up for failure, and she's bitter about it. ]

What did they ask you to do?

[petsthedog]

ignore anyone asking for help all mission

text; un: ratchet

[neveroutwrenched]

i take it you don't like your personal goal much?

[petsthedog]

[Ding ding ding, we have a winner. Alas, Ratchet's prize is just a shitty teenager.]

it's a pain in the ass
not even good for the mission