If your character's very close friends got into a fatal fight...

[g0ne]

What the topic says. 

 

If your character's friends, all involved friends being very close and dear got into a fight in which they could possibly kill each other... what would your character do? Pick sides or not? How would they try to resolve it? In the aftermath, would your character still stay in touch with all the invloved individuals, or cut contacts from some? And what if someone died? :surprise: How would that affect your character's views? (And anything else I might have missed!)

 

Note: Just assume the situation. And don't hurt me! *hides in blanket*

[Miryn]

There would be a lot of shouting on Miryn's part. Probably some shield colliding with faces. Her instinctive reaction to emotionally-charged events is physical force first and diplomacy later. She could most likely forgive them if no one was grievously harmed, but causing death unnecessarily would definitely sour her relationship with that person. Depending on the circumstances and reasons that caused the death, she may be honorbound to hunt the killer down, even if they were once a friend.

 

As for changes to her views, it would really depend on the nature of whatever sparked the fight in the first place. To be super general though - Miryn's seen stuff, it would just be another notch in the cynicism belt she wears.

 

Interesting questions, though!

[Zelmanov]

Orrin works on the tenets that would rule the Azure Dragoon (as role model, he isn't one, calm down) which is a loyalty to justice, even if it is personal. As such loyalty to friends would dictate he would act on their behalf without hesitation though would not forgive a friend who abused his trust. A fight with intent to kill and Orrin will kill without question, fighting dragons and heretics does that to a person.

[Raelas]

Yangh, being the Priestess of Menphina that she is would sit them down and make them talk it out. She'd have them speak their true feelings without resorting to violence or anger. Its all about love!

 

If they tried to fight... they really shouldn't do that... the REALLY wouldn't want to do that!

 

A Priestess of the lover she is... but that doesn't mean she's not a fighter, either!

[Gabineaux]

My character would probably have a stiff drink and watch the fight, place a few bets.. if they tried to drag him into it he'd laugh and remove himself from the situation.

 

..Unless it was something he was really passionate about, like killing garleans or voidsent. I don't know who'd argue pro-garlean or pro-voidsent but Clementine would bash 'em in the face.

[Aaron]

Aaron accidentally killed his own friend so...

[LiveVoltage]

And After Aaron killed his friend, Inessa went Grimdark and nearly killed several different people on multiple occasions, lol.

 

But seriously, Inessa would see them as a killer regardless. Unless the death is justified by her own moral code, she will attempt to to turn the person in because her morale code dictates that the only just death is the death of criminals, murderers or people that get in her way when she attempts to serve justice by her own moral standards.  (which would be an attempt to physically subdue the person in her way unless she was REALLY pissed, then heads will roll before its said and done.)

[Melodia]

For Ruru it would depend on the friends anymore. He's gotten quite cold and would likely choose the side that would best benefit him, aside from his loaylty to senpai that is.

 

Melodia? Hahahahaha!!! She tends to be quite violent and would likely kick the hell out of all sides and enjoy it.

[Kellach Woods]

Probably doing something stupid like leap dramatically in the middle of the fight to take the killing blow.

 

I love Kell and all but he's a fucking dumbass when he's not smart.

 

Otherwise he'd just try and calm both down to a level where they're not trying to kill each other. After that it's all smiles and bringing 'em to the doctor after they're done.

[Gegenji]

Knowing Chachan? Panic.

 

He wants to be a hero and all, but if his incident with the Thanalan wasps is any indication, when things get suitably dangerous... he kinda falls to pieces. He's working on that though! If he's lucky, he might be able to jump in to provide a litany of stuttered pleas for peace and settlement.

 

What he would like to do in such a situation is jump in, deflecting whatever fatal instrument is being used, and skillfully defuse the situation. If there is an obvious bad guy, they would be promptly defeated - preferably shown the error of their ways and turned back to the side of good - and everyone would go out for sweets.

 

He's quite the dork, you see.

[Warren Castille]

The list of people this would apply to in Warren's case is admittedly not very long, but if they came to blows he'd do his damndest to stand between them and try to suss things out. Death isn't an option. I imagine if one killed the other it would lead to some very bad, very dark things happening.

[Sounsyy]

Sounsyy believes in eye for an eye. I would not want to be the surviving party...

[FreelanceWizard]

L'yhta would cast Sleep or something suitably incapacitating on the involved parties, then tie them up (if necessary) and force them to talk to her about the situation. I mean, after all, if they're her friends, then one of them must have had a good reason to bring things to blows. If any of them prove to be Evil and Awful, then naturally, she'd incinerate them for The Good of Hydaelyn. Like all problems, it can be reduced trivially to a snap moral judgment and use of powerful magic.

 

At any rate, she can certainly figure out what's going on and work things out, because she's Pretty Sort of Marvelous. :dodgy: Certainly her friends will want to stay her friends, because once they realize how she's certainly doing the Right Thing, they'll understand and agree with her course of action.

 

...At least, this is how it works out in her head. Realistically, she'd end up pissing everyone involved off in her attempts to break up the fight, fail to fix anything, and go off to mope somewhere before possibly plotting revenge (depending on why people were coming to blows).

[Aris]

Knowing Chachan? Panic.

 

He wants to be a hero and all, but if his incident with the Thanalan wasps is any indication, when things get suitably dangerous... he kinda falls to pieces. He's working on that though! If he's lucky, he might be able to jump in to provide a litany of stuttered pleas for peace and settlement.

 

What he would like to do in such a situation is jump in, deflecting whatever fatal instrument is being used, and skillfully defuse the situation. If there is an obvious bad guy, they would be promptly defeated - preferably shown the error of their ways and turned back to the side of good - and everyone would go out for sweets.

 

He's quite the dork, you see.

 

Adorkable. 

 

I haven't roleplayed with Aris yet, so she hasn't got any friends except my alt character. But she prides herself in her self control, and being calm and able to think quickly and logically in high pressure situations is something she's trained in. She'd try to calm the situation down gently, appealing to each of her friend's natures. If they're the angry punchy type, take them on a training session and have a good punch while figuring out the root of the problem. If the friend needed more emotional, talking support, she'd probably confide in (my alt) Nimimi about it as this isn't something she's good at. If Aris did think they were going to kill each other, she would swiftly disarm them, or if unarmed spraining someone's arm if necessary.

 

If a friend was killed by another friend and it was something she could have helped or stopped, depending on the situation Aris would definitely lose that self control and doubt everything about herself. If she couldn't stop a friend's death, why train in the first place? What did she do wrong; how can she help against bigger evils if she couldn't help her friends? Not that this is the logical thinking she prides herself in - but grief and being so close to the situation would create a messy breakdown and confidence loss I imagine. Or she might seek revenge.

 

I've rambled. 

[Melodia]

 

 

 

I've rambled. 

 

But it was lovely rambling

[Raelas]

Sounsyy believes in eye for an eye. I would not want to be the surviving party...

 

Oh is that right? Well... show me the bed and i'll bring the wine!

[Ritual]

Ludovoix has a problem with contacting his emotions a large portion of the time, they're sporadic and random to him, watching his friends fighting would initially not achieve any connection with him, though his logic would dictate to him that because they are his friends he should get involved. 

 

I'd imagine he'd try to calm them down, though it wouldn't be in an emotional sense, if a friend died in the altercation, he wouldn't feel anything until later on when his emotions decide to show, then it just depends on the situation he's in at that given time as to what his reaction would be.

[Marisa]

Yangh, being the Priestess of Menphina that she is would sit them down and make them talk it out. She'd have them speak their true feelings without resorting to violence or anger. Its all about love!

 

If they tried to fight... they really shouldn't do that... the REALLY wouldn't want to do that!

 

A Priestess of the lover she is... but that doesn't mean she's not a fighter, either!

 

As a priestess of Halone, on the other hand, Ryoko would have no choice but to respect the sanctity of battle, and pray for her friend's swift journey to Valhalla. 

 

It's happened before, with a friend who had to take an extended hiatus from the game and wanted to go out with a bang. I'll see you on the other side, Gaethyk.

[Melody]

Melody would probably scream and shout for them to stop, mostly. There wouldn't be a whole lot she could physically since she's so small, unless she makes some Lalafellin friends down the road.

 

She's learning alchemy, so maybe if things got really out of hand she could throw down some sort of small explosive bottle to shock the sense back into them?

 

If it were a completely unstoppable situation, her main priority would be making sure Brio (her twin brother) was not there to see anything.  Melody knows that if he experienced anything like that his world would shatter in a worse way than anyone else's.

 

Regardless if her brother was there or not, she might just tell them where she will be waiting and to come find her when it was over.

 

This is a tough situation to think about!

 

:frustrated:

[Kage]

Awhile ago Kage would have furrowed his brows incessantly and possibly have panicked, yelling at them to try to stop it, etc.

 

Now if it were the case, he'd let them go at it, hoping they'd resolve it. If it were to inevitably be the case where he'd have to intervene lest someone loses a limb or their life, he'd slam his axe or broadsword down. or His shield. He'd do something to a) stop the blows/weapons from landing and b) get their attention.

 

If one were to be killed... Kage would most likely stop any positive interaction. At best all dealings would be neutral. He may even swear vengeance and retribution for the death. It would not be pleasant anyway.

[Zyrusticae]

T'rahnu has no close friends.

 

BUT! If she did, and this situation occurred in front of her, she would probably punch both of their lights out. She's strong enough to do it, too. Easiest, fastest way to defuse a volatile situation in her mind. She's not really concerned about any injury, either.

 

She could also, say, fire an arrow with her bow between the two of them, but it doesn't always work so the fallback is always to start swingin'. Heh. She's a crude lady, isn't she?

[Dasair]

Gosh, all of these responses are great.

 

Xavarian doesn't actually have any very close friends.  But assuming he did for this question, unlike many here, he would react in a completely situational matter. 

 

* If he knew why they were fighting, he may potentially take sides if he felt strongly for one of their reasons over the other.  If he actually got involved or not, depends on how the fight started, and if the result would effect him.

 

* If it was more of a personal dispute between them (and didn't effect him directly, or his goals), he would keep out of the way; what right has he, afterall, to intervene in something they both deem fit to take part in?  If it did effect his goals or desires to more than a minor degree, he'd get involved.

 

* Insofar as his involvement, or if they seemed like they wanted a solution, however, instead of just an 'honor duel', brawl, or what have you, Xavarian would attempt to speak up and be diplomatic about it; see all sides, look for a logical solution that leaves all of them with something they want.  Possibly separating the lot of them via ice barrier if it seemed necessary.

 

* If they tried to drag him into the actual physical fight (should he not be willing), it would be chaos.  There would be things on fire, shards of ice everywhere, some people would probably end up asleep on the ground, Xavarian would be beat up.  ... Good times.

 

On the one hand, Xavarian is pretty relativist in view, and isn't about the get in the way of something that he might think is of cultural or personal significance to those involved.  If they all want to do it, let them do it (so long as it doesn't conflict with his desires).  On the other hand, once it conflicts, he'd want it dealt with, and would take what seems to be the 'most logical route' to doing that at the time.  

 

In reality, though, Xavarian would likely be fairly nervous about this; all sorts of Aether would be happening around him.  He is likely to pick some friends over others, (if he had them) to side with more frequently, and may defend them abruptly if it looks like a killing blow might be struck, but it's pretty hard to say currently, as he's lacking those friends, and thus, can't speak for if they'd even want to be 'helped' or not.  Importance level to him here would be:  Xavarian's ultimate desires > All friends' involved ultimate desires (with a few likely superseding others) > if a solution is wanted > the wish for conflict itself > being harmed somehow (> 'what's morally right'; this is the least important and in parentheses because to be quite honest, it doesn't even factor in, really, other than an afterthought for appearances, if need be.)

 

TLDR: Xavarian's an analytical, relativist butt who wants things, and will react accordingly.

[Yhen Yizeh]

If they were killed, she wouldn't be at their funeral… because she'd be in jail for killing the person that killed them!