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<blockquote data-quote="ajanders" data-source="post: 4753305" data-attributes="member: 3271"><p>Hmph.</p><p></p><p>The Neurarch collective isn't a hivemind of orcs and goblins, silly creature of flesh.</p><p>The Mind doesn't see green and pink skin.</p><p>The Mind accepts everything as part of it: orcs, goblins, half-orcs, eladrin, dragons....each physical aspect of the mind serves the whole in serene harmony.</p><p>Red dragons breathe fire to stoke our forges. Goblins mine in tight quarters. Hydra serve as sentinels, each head looking a different direction.</p><p>All are part of a harmonious whole.</p><p></p><p>The Mind does not "infiltrate" with flesh. The Mind sends messages to creatures not part of it, showing them how to be part of the Mind.</p><p>Sometimes creatures have to think about the messages for many years before they make sense.</p><p>(Infiltrators aren't based on The Crucible, they're based on The Manchurian Candidate. Subliminal messages could be hidden in art, poetry, or random swirling designs displayed on the wall<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />)</p><p></p><p>The Collective doesn't refer to itself as the Collective: that's a Westtower term for them. They are the Mind: all concept of self has been eliminated.</p><p>The Collective appears peaceful, even utopian: orcs lay down with elves and halflings lead them about on the backs of dinosaurs. Or dragons.</p><p></p><p>In contrast, the Westtowers appear chaotic, even random. Fortunes are made and lost in weeks: palaces rise over the floating cities, then are abandoned, then taken back apart or converted to apartments. Life in the Westtowers is a constant struggle for capital, cash, or food, depending on which you fear more: being outgrown, being broke, or being hungry.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ajanders, post: 4753305, member: 3271"] Hmph. The Neurarch collective isn't a hivemind of orcs and goblins, silly creature of flesh. The Mind doesn't see green and pink skin. The Mind accepts everything as part of it: orcs, goblins, half-orcs, eladrin, dragons....each physical aspect of the mind serves the whole in serene harmony. Red dragons breathe fire to stoke our forges. Goblins mine in tight quarters. Hydra serve as sentinels, each head looking a different direction. All are part of a harmonious whole. The Mind does not "infiltrate" with flesh. The Mind sends messages to creatures not part of it, showing them how to be part of the Mind. Sometimes creatures have to think about the messages for many years before they make sense. (Infiltrators aren't based on The Crucible, they're based on The Manchurian Candidate. Subliminal messages could be hidden in art, poetry, or random swirling designs displayed on the wall:)) The Collective doesn't refer to itself as the Collective: that's a Westtower term for them. They are the Mind: all concept of self has been eliminated. The Collective appears peaceful, even utopian: orcs lay down with elves and halflings lead them about on the backs of dinosaurs. Or dragons. In contrast, the Westtowers appear chaotic, even random. Fortunes are made and lost in weeks: palaces rise over the floating cities, then are abandoned, then taken back apart or converted to apartments. Life in the Westtowers is a constant struggle for capital, cash, or food, depending on which you fear more: being outgrown, being broke, or being hungry. [/QUOTE]
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