fe - celeste/aven conflict

20:52	Teruna_Barrett	oh, Jay did tell you that he changed his mind about the Aven vs bandits paralogue, right?
20:53	Kiri	vaguely yeah
20:53	Kiri	and I mean it wasn't just gonna be him you recall
20:53	Teruna_Barrett	yeah
20:54	Kiri	I imagined the structure was gonna be him and like, Sophia would be wading waste-deep in it at the start, because Sophia realized he was gone and put together 2 and 2 to figure out where he went
20:54	Kiri	and everyone else starts outside
20:54	Teruna_Barrett	a thing is that Celeste would go out of her way to make sure the bandits do survive once all is said and done, which I imagine Aven would take some issue with
20:55	Teruna_Barrett	Celeste explains her reasoning without even slowing down
20:55	Kiri	Sophia and Aven do their best to keep each other alive, Aven would probably be using and abusing locktouch to free a bunch of kitsune they have locked up
20:56	Kiri	one in particular being a green unit who's weirdly like 'Oh, hey, good to see you, toss me my weapon and I'll help you out, sorry I got into this mess'
20:56	Kiri	neither of them immediately have any idea who the dude is but hey, another person keeping them from getting absolutely dogpiled on
20:57	Teruna_Barrett	"I am, first and foremost, a medic. It's not my place to decide guilt or pass judgment on others, it's my job to keep them alive. And that aside, I believe in second chances. Some of the nicest people I've ever worked with were reformed bandits."
20:57	Teruna_Barrett	Sophia follows up with "Do not fight her on this, Aven, you will NOT win. You haven't seen Celeste's stubborn side yet; just trust me, you won't win."
20:57	Teruna_Barrett	sorry, go on
20:57	Teruna_Barrett	am I right to be suspicious of this green unit
20:58	Kiri	Aven would probably say 'Whether or not they're alive, that's beside the point, I'm just here to make sure they can never go out on another 'hunt' again.'
20:59	Kiri	because he is very genuinely worked up over this.
21:00	Kiri	just this nice perfect storm of 'No, these people ruined their lives', 'I am literally looking in the eye other people who are having the same done to them', and 'What if one of these people were Nineve'
21:00	Teruna_Barrett	"If the legal system is doing their job correctly, they shouldn't be able to. Even if they do get out eventually, they'll most likely be too old to even keep up with a kitsune, let alone fight one."
21:00	Kiri	sends him into 'You don't get a one-liner, drop dead' mode.
21:01	Kiri	"I... *sighs*... Fine. Whatever will help you sleep tonight. Just know I will do whatever I can to end this, and end it tonight."
21:02	Teruna_Barrett	"I'm not naive, though; Ann keeps tabs on any bandits or poachers we bring into custody. If any of them break out, they'll be back in jail before the day's through."
21:02	Teruna_Barrett	(a situation they have dealt with before, and they made good on that promise when it did happen; Celeste was far less gentle in stitching their wounds the second time around)