<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=47183.msg2291114#msg2291114">Quote from: JatedStormwaters on 30-09-2009, 10:35:51</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Before I start, I am not being bitchy...just a few questions.<br/> <br/>Ahem, Mark, I was reading your OOC thread, and you want us conditioned??  <br/> <br/>What exactly do you mean?  Did we not already pass the military standards?  Or are your expectations higher than that of the military?  <br/> <br/>Why do you deem it necessary to force us to be conditioned? Forced to suffer?<br/> <br/>I don't understand, why you would want to make any character do anything he/she did not want to do physically (within the limits of sex...of course.)  ;) <br/> <br/> <br/>I completely understand that this is a bondage thread, but I wasn't sure if the sexual bondage should take place before or after the forced conditioning.  That sure doesn't feel like bondage to me.  Are you planning to "condition" all of us?? <br/> <br/>Do we even know who is in "charge" yet?<br/> <br/>And if YOU are in charge, what makes you think I need to "hurt"<br/> <br/>I am laid back, and I will do what is required and needed for the planet's sake.  I don't necessarily feel that I need to suffer, and be more conditioned that I am.  I could do more push-up's than any human man or woman for that matter.  (Or at least my character could!!!) ;D   :P   ::) </blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>When the Colonel thinks conditioned, he thinks “Able to tolerate pain, discomfort, and a general lack of pleasantries with minimal complaint or loss of effort or morale.”  In other words, his “conditioning” (which was only used loosely, really) is to make people as efficient as possible.  It does not imply meaningless suffering or punishment, nor does it have sexual connotations.  He’s conditioning them to survive, to be able to endure so they can work harder and longer for the betterment of all.  It’s not only a matter of physical conditioning, like how many pushups one can do, it also involves the mental and emotional aspects.  These survivors have just lost their entire way of life.  All of them have lost friends and family, and now they’re stranded on an unknown planet with no hope of rescue.  I wouldn’t be surprised if a good number of them ate a bullet.  The Colonel hopes that, by giving them something to do (rescuing wounded, scouting out pods, and, later, building a shelter at the CACC) he can stave off that suicidal shock and allow the people to acclimate to this horrifying situation.<br/><br/>However, it seems Rijka and Aura have discovered a handy coping mechanism already.  ;)<br/><br/>Also,<em>I</em>am not in charge.  The Colonel is.  Even then, he’s only in charge of the surviving military folks.  The civilians are tagging along because he is a figure of authority and a source of supplies and protection.  So, you<em>could</em>say he’s in charge, but the only people he exerts real authority over are the military personnel.  No one else has any obligation to listen to him (yet), and he knows this.<br/>