We need to shake the bonds of cynicism and conspiracy. There's a minority of people who get bound up in believing that other people are out to get them, or assuming the worst, rather than the probable truth that we're all trying to play a game. It colours people's behaviour extremely obviously and can cause people who have never had an altercation to think awful things of one another. We're adults, playing a videogame, where we're trying to tell stories.
Nobody is holier, or more sacred, than anybody else.
There's something that a lot of readers here will probably dismiss, but it's still worth repeating: None of us are "bad". We all have something to offer to the community. If you don't understand why somebody is doing something, re-evaluate your thinking. For example, I assumed @"Sombra Hookier" was actively avoiding encounters, and therefore I parodied them on occasion. That wasn't very constructive of me and I've fairly recently realised that my cynicsm was unproductive.
Everyone will feel better if you ditch cynicism. You'll feel healthier and happier.
THE SYNDIC LEAGUES
(A co-operative of Rheinland's outlawed trade unions, determined to take the underworld for themselves.)
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