<div class="floatleft">(https://66.media.tumblr.com/88b07ab227b637470703a7cf81441059/tumblr_pds842HJxK1r09d6po1_500.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Susanoo-no-Mikoto (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=303102.msg14805157#msg14805157)||Niko Uchiha<br/><strong>Tagging | Mentioning:</strong>Everyone<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Gaia, Unknown<br/><strong>?Wearing:</strong>Swimming trunks<br/><strong>?Mood:</strong>Curious<br/><hr/>Niko knew his reaction to Ramzi was not going to go over well. In honesty that was going to be really too bad. He'd started out this morning actually not as devastated as some would be. He'd been kicked out of Heaven. Again. He had no clue why this time; he'd literally done nothing to antagonize anyone for what he felt was a long while. Even when they were trying him for whatever bullshit charge they had, he refused to be some small humiliated little bitch with his tail between his legs. He took it like the man he'd always been--himself. Without apology or remorse for being himself.<br/><br/>This didn't win him as many friends as those other 'people pleasers' but he didn't care; those were false friends to begin with. He still had many friends, lovers and loved ones. He cared about people deeply and he was not going to be shamed into behaving in some bullshit way he could never pull off anyways.<br/><br/>It was Korey who first found her voice, she took the role of mediator and tried to smooth things over between him and Ramzi. He listened to what she had to say. Perhaps it was him that was wrong. Maybe he had come across as some kind of sociopath, of course he didn't believe that but he wanted to first hear everyone out. "Korey, you are correct in interpreting what I thought was plain speech. So I'll say it again even more plainly. This is where we are and therefore this is our home because as far as I know, none of us have any other that we can go to or will welcome us. This is where we have to reside until things change."<br/><br/>"And for the sake of clarity, no--I am not a warmonger or someone who finds joy in the slaughter of people just because I am a capable warrior. It's never been my way, in fact I've always been someone who had protected those who can't protect themselves from the oppression of others. I don't think I ever suggested anything like approaching our time here as conquerors. All I said is..." he stops himself from using the same words since they clearly came across very differently than he intended. "I've never hidden who I am. I would be horrible at it. I'm not some anonymous face in the crowd. Attempting to be someone like that would simply not work for me. And when I say this, its because its my understanding that during a planning period we all bring up our arguments for what we thing will fail...because we are still planning. Before we actually commit to something is when we iron out what we all see to be issues."<br/><br/>He easily nods to the plan of looking for answers. It was really the only sound course of action if you weren't just going to give up and hide here for the rest of eternity.<br/><br/>He turns to Fen. "I'm good or at least trying to get there." he says easily enough. No need to start getting existential now, it would just belabor the process of actually leaving this spot where they were so unceremoniously dumped like trash.<br/><br/>Niko's gaze swings back to Ramzi. And for the love of the living lightning and the storm, Ramzi looked like he was just about to enter martyr mode and 'bow to will of the fucking group'. That is not what they needed. They didn't need someone either not thinking or keeping his pie hole shut because he thought that he'd ruffle some feathers. It's what his sister always did when she didn't get her way. It drove him fucking crazy. Don't get your way..answer is to pout. It was a cop out. Bringing up these points would of course just fall on deaf ears. Ramzi had made some kind of decision and Niko was pretty sure it involved getting rid of the trouble maker when it seemed feasible.<br/><br/>"It looks like most of us are ready to move forward. Adán, anything to add?" He would figure Adán out sooner or later, right now even just walking towards some small pimple of a town seemed like a better idea than standing in the desert.