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Public News Post #168

A Few Questions and Comments

Written by: Headmistress Servelan de Vermiis
Date: Sunday, December 14th, 1997
Addressed to: Aeschylus, the Unmoved


Are a member of the Church and, if so, do you speak in the Church's name? The
way you certainly make statements seem to suggest this, like "Your whole-sale
slaughter of innocents is a damn good reason for the Church and all those
who would defend the innocent to slay you." However, to my knowledge, the
Church has not made any statement regarding the Mhun of Mhoghedu. (Granted,
Gawain has made such inferences, but it is uncertain whether he was speaking
for himself, the Templars or the Church.) Perhaps, we should await for a
representative of the Church to make an actual statement on this issue before
you begin putting words in the Church's mouth.

In any event, you state that "the Mhun definitely do not enjoy being slaughtered
repeatedly." Well, who doesn't? Did you ask if they enjoyed it when they win?
I notice you make no mention of the Mhogedu Mhuns' bloodsport games. One
might wonder if you have ever been to Mhogedu. Do you enjoy walking along
the gallery of their arena and seeing "hastily daubed graffiti drawn by the hand
of rabid fans baying for blood"? Do you stroll along the arena and admire the
"several gutters [that] have been cut, all leading to a drain in the centre of the
cavern", gutters used to drain the blood of the combatants? Or perhaps it is
their pagan idolatry that appeals to you, the figure of a "head [that] is roughly
human in dimensions, but possesses a wide flat nose, tiny ears and a cruel
twisted, almost lipless mouth"? Or the idol "carved in the form of a giant
serpents mouth open wide onto the gloom beyond"? You seem to be in the
business of protecting Mhogedu, so, I assume, you are also advocating their
pagan lifestyle. Perhaps you are one of the "rabid fans baying for blood"?

You mentioned that "why I attack Servelan, that is my business, not yours"
in a public news post addressed to everybody. With all due respect, I think
it is also my business why you attempted to murder me in cold blood. Perhaps
you might feel inclined to let me know one day. I also am still wondering
why you expressed an interest in sparring with me and then turned around
and self-righteously proclaimed how it was beneath you. On top of that, if
you will recall, you mindlocked me the other day and when I broke it and
mentioned it to you, you stated that it wasn't you -- a bald lie. You even
attempted to mislead me by claiming you were innocent and the mindlock
was a "bug", but, of course, your heated attack seconds later proved just
how much of a "bug" it was. Is this your idea of honorable combat?

You have proven yourself, on the one hand, to be a deceitful, dishonorable
fighter, and, on the other hand, to righteously proclaim yourself to be the
epitome of justice and goodness, to know what is the best for all of us.
Posture and proselytize all you wish, Aeschylus, but your hypocrisy is all
that we will remember.

Servelan de Vermiis
Penned by my hand on the 17th of Phaestian, in the year 179 AF.


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Public News Post #168

A Few Questions and Comments

Written by: Headmistress Servelan de Vermiis
Date: Sunday, December 14th, 1997
Addressed to: Aeschylus, the Unmoved


Are a member of the Church and, if so, do you speak in the Church's name? The
way you certainly make statements seem to suggest this, like "Your whole-sale
slaughter of innocents is a damn good reason for the Church and all those
who would defend the innocent to slay you." However, to my knowledge, the
Church has not made any statement regarding the Mhun of Mhoghedu. (Granted,
Gawain has made such inferences, but it is uncertain whether he was speaking
for himself, the Templars or the Church.) Perhaps, we should await for a
representative of the Church to make an actual statement on this issue before
you begin putting words in the Church's mouth.

In any event, you state that "the Mhun definitely do not enjoy being slaughtered
repeatedly." Well, who doesn't? Did you ask if they enjoyed it when they win?
I notice you make no mention of the Mhogedu Mhuns' bloodsport games. One
might wonder if you have ever been to Mhogedu. Do you enjoy walking along
the gallery of their arena and seeing "hastily daubed graffiti drawn by the hand
of rabid fans baying for blood"? Do you stroll along the arena and admire the
"several gutters [that] have been cut, all leading to a drain in the centre of the
cavern", gutters used to drain the blood of the combatants? Or perhaps it is
their pagan idolatry that appeals to you, the figure of a "head [that] is roughly
human in dimensions, but possesses a wide flat nose, tiny ears and a cruel
twisted, almost lipless mouth"? Or the idol "carved in the form of a giant
serpents mouth open wide onto the gloom beyond"? You seem to be in the
business of protecting Mhogedu, so, I assume, you are also advocating their
pagan lifestyle. Perhaps you are one of the "rabid fans baying for blood"?

You mentioned that "why I attack Servelan, that is my business, not yours"
in a public news post addressed to everybody. With all due respect, I think
it is also my business why you attempted to murder me in cold blood. Perhaps
you might feel inclined to let me know one day. I also am still wondering
why you expressed an interest in sparring with me and then turned around
and self-righteously proclaimed how it was beneath you. On top of that, if
you will recall, you mindlocked me the other day and when I broke it and
mentioned it to you, you stated that it wasn't you -- a bald lie. You even
attempted to mislead me by claiming you were innocent and the mindlock
was a "bug", but, of course, your heated attack seconds later proved just
how much of a "bug" it was. Is this your idea of honorable combat?

You have proven yourself, on the one hand, to be a deceitful, dishonorable
fighter, and, on the other hand, to righteously proclaim yourself to be the
epitome of justice and goodness, to know what is the best for all of us.
Posture and proselytize all you wish, Aeschylus, but your hypocrisy is all
that we will remember.

Servelan de Vermiis
Penned by my hand on the 17th of Phaestian, in the year 179 AF.


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