text; un: beatrix [2]

[fiendennor]

I dearly hope everyone is safe after the turmoil in Olympia.
Wyver too, I've heard, though I was fortunate enough to not to experience it myself.

Does anyone else find it odd? That tensions were suddenly inflamed in such a way. Normal people turning violent.
Or the refugees ourselves having our own aggressive tendencies reinforced and heightened.

It's hard to believe that all of this is entirely natural, or the result of simple historical tensions.
Has anyone ever experienced anything like this before? Something that has this sort of aggressive effect on the populace?

Comments

text, un: mikazuki

[sparsity]

dragon blood

text, un: mai

[maipokerface]

Dragon's blood, combined with a nice helping of encouragement from others.

[fiendennor]

Really?
In both Olympia and Wyver?
How was it spread?

[fiendennor]

I suppose the effects of mob mentality can't be understated.
How were entire cities infected?

And that does beg the question of who did it and why.

[beatupgrass]

Apparently, people take holidays around here way too seriously.

[fiendennor]

I don't deny that the social aspects played a large part.
But somehow I don't think that's the totality of it.

text | un: yusei

[planetary_bonds]

my roommate's been complaining about how the full moon in Wyver makes people horny. so i'd at least put forward the possibility of it being something we can't quite explain yet.

but yes, i'd also say "dragon's blood" as well.

text | un: jtk

[willrevile]

There were definitely mechanics at play in both cities to alter the minds of some people, but I think it would be foolish to rest on that being the only - or even the most effective? - factor. Wyver's predisposition towards rewarding aggression and Olympia's fanaticism are states equally primed to be set off pretty easily. The timing of it, both cities losing it in tandem, is pretty weird.

[maipokerface]

You don't believe any of the rumors or anything like that?

[fiendennor]

Forgive me, I've been somewhat occupied since the riots. Which rumors are these?

[fiendennor]

Possible, but we've been through several full moons, and nothing like this has happened.

It just feels like too much of a coincidence, right when tensions are high.

[fiendennor]

I agree. I think that an outside influence can't bear all the blame.
Tensions between these two city states have been on the rise long before they broke out into open violence, after all. And there seem to be long ancestral hatreds at work.

But I can't say that this was the only reason. After all, refugees were also affected.
And we don't share these legacies of animosity, nor these cultural beliefs.

text; un: TeaOnRice

[gekkajuu]

There was that mist.
I've heard that there was something about specific water in Flona, too.

text - un: maxwell

[braidedwonder]

As someone who drank dragon's blood :

Would not repeat again.

text; un: unchained

[hedonistic]

"normal"

[hahaha. haha. ha. this doesn't strike a nerve at all, not even a little.]

people just need an excuse to get violent
that whole nithor bullshit was perfect for it
just takes one asshole shoving "the enemy" into a fire for the whole city to go to hell

[planetary_bonds]

Mn. It feels like something's been building up for a long time...whatever history these two countries had, it definitely got worse thanks to that attack a few months ago. The gala did nothing to soothe tensions, and now this...

I wouldn't be surprised if someone was taking advantage of this, honestly. The question is who, though, and why? What can they possibly benefit from this?

[willrevile]

You're completely right - I think I worded that way too dismissive of the drugs (?) going around in both cities. Something about the orchestrated feeling of it is just bugging the crap out of me.

There was dragon's blood being handed out in Wyver, deliberately, by the shamans from their mountain shrine. Does anyone know any specifics of whatever was happening in Olympia?

[fiendennor]

We know too little about the world beyond this island. A third party trying to divide and conquer is the most logical conclusion, but none come to mind right now. Unless it's a group trying to overthrow the leadership of one or both countries? Who would benefit from destabilization?

[fiendennor]

Yes. There was a strange mist in the city. I can't say for sure that it was the cause, mind you, but it only appeared during the chaos; I hadn't seen it before and I haven't seen it since. If the mist isn't the culprit itself, I'd wager that it's somehow related.

[fiendennor]

Yes, I think the mist is undoubtedly related.
What can you tell me about the water in Flona? I'm not familiar with it.

[fiendennor]

What were the effects?
Also, more importantly: why on EARTH would you do that?

[fiendennor]

Yes, normal. As in not inherently violent. You surely can't think that it was just social tension flaming up?

[hedonistic]

[a muscle in kagari's jaw twitches. a more mature person might leave the conversation at this point and maybe come back later once they had their emotions under control. too bad kagari never made any claims toward maturity.]

i surely can
before the storm blew up my world, some of us "inherently violent" types were dealing with the fallout of riots by Normal People who saw a video of a guy beating a woman to death in public cause this one fucker found a way to beat the system
the second Normal People stop feeling like being Normal will keep them safe, they'll be just as happy to rip each other's throats out as the rest of us gutter trash

how do you even know they were normal? this place isn't nearly advanced enough for cymatic scans
thesa maybe, but not el nysa

[gekkajuu]

I don't know the exact details, but a friend of mine was attacked there, and he blamed it on the local water.
I do know that the water of the lagoons around there can have specific effects, much like some of the streams and such in Wyver. I hadn't personally encountered one that increased aggression before, but then, I haven't sampled every mystical lagoon.

[braidedwonder]

Burns on the way down. Makes you hellaciously confident and ready to fight the whole world even if you don't stand much of a chance, that kinda thing.

Look, if it made 'em leave me alone for a while it isn't the worst thing I've ever eaten.

It was an easy way to get 'em off my back for a little bit.