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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shayuri" data-source="post: 3696338" data-attributes="member: 4936">I'm glad you asked. IC...I'm having deep problems. It's not just the Spirit thing. It's the whole...idea of what happened, not to mention the utter lack of remorse and responsibility they're taking.It seems to me that so far, this Trust has displayed exactly zero of the qualities I'd expect from superheroes.It was irresponsible, it was disrespectful not only of OUR lives but of the lives of the public, it was deceitful, and it was above all...wholly unnecessary.I want to go into this in some detail, because right now...I dunno what to do IC and be true to the character while still having her be in the game.1) That they could have such flawed intel and still trust it enough to throw a bunch of untried, untested supers who had never worked together before and not only had no preparation but actually had reason to believe nothing was wrong due to intentional misinformation on the part of the Trust was the HEIGHT of irresponsibility, and it's a small miracle there was only one casualty.2) In addition to risking our lives, there were innocents involved. Pilots. People working there who's only crime was being involved with drug trafficking...not a death sentenceable offense! They were all risked too. It's pure luck no one was killed (from an IC perspective...OOC we know you intentionally didn't kill any). Not to mention the -astounding- lack of any kind of acknowledgment of responsibility for Spirit's death, or remorse for same. Even if her overconfidence was a factor, that doesn't change the fact that it was still on their watch that it happened. Are these people I want watching my back when I risk my life?3) Why lie? Honestly? Why? What would have been lost if they had met with us first, outlined what the Trust was...informed us straight up that there was a dangerous test of abilities they required, and that we might get hurt or even killed. How would that have contaminated anything, other than giving us an honest risk assessment, and a chance to leave if we weren't prepared to take that risk? Solid professional relationships are based on trust...and if that trust is violated, then the relationship is compromised. This is especially true in situations where my health and safety are on the line.4) With the existence of "danger rooms," magical illusions, robots, all kinds of challenges and ways to test prowess and team tactics in controlled environments...why would anyone -in their right minds- use something as barbaric as this to test recruits? All in all, the organization doesn't seem to have the moral and ethical standing to direct a group of superheroes. We're not superpowered mercenaries or espionage agents. Superheroes and supergroups have a high ethical standard to live up to...and the Trust simply hasn't shown any ability to do so.Add to this that the only reason any of us are here in the first place is curiosity about the folks what hacked our TV's...and a vague notion that we'd like to work in a team. What's to stop us from just giving the Trust our collective fingers, and teaming up without them? What have they shown they can offer us besides glib excuses?*huff huff huff*...that probably sounds pretty harsh. <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=":)" />  I'm trying to keep it sort of semi-IC...though I can't pretend that all these thoughts aren't coming from my head. I'm not PERSONALLY upset...but I can't have Thess just handwave it. I just can't. If that means she's wrong for the Trust then...so be it. :-(</blockquote>

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