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[have_hat_will_travel]

[From user: dreadsexy. Interesting choice on Pidonus's part.]

Hey, this is Pidonus Marasia. I'm trying to figure out my goals and motivations and such a bit while I'm here, because the more I'm reviewing the situation, the more likely it is that it's gonna be quite some time before we find my world and I can return to my Queen. So, I gotta come up with motivations for myself,
I guess? Other than, you know, the dungeons. Which have some very weird loot, to say the least...

Anyways! I'd kinda like to try and get some, well, minions for myself. People willing to let me influence their minds into long-term servitude. Key word there is willing, because as quite a few people here have emphasized, it'd be a mistake for me to just take people's wills with my seductive powers.

Of course, anyone who would voluntarily agree to being under my spell is someone with clear and very severe issues. Like, if your mindstate's bad enough that "under the maniplation of a Succubus" qualifies to your own perception as an improvement... I mean, whatever floats your boat I guess, but I'm pretty sure in some cities that would legally qualify you as 'kind of insane'.

So, uh... What does that leave? I genuinely don't know. I'm. Sorta new to the whole 'need to have my own motivations' thing, and the Chaotic and Evil subtypes unto themselves don't do a lot for giving me ideas.

Comments

[superstylishsquid]

If they're willing to serve you anyway, wouldn't the mental influence be kinda redundant? I mean, Almighty Leader just gathered up a bunch of villains who were on board with the whole 'conquer Movieland' thing and keeps everyone in check through them knowing it would be a poor short-term investment to disobey him.

Then again, I guess collecting minions that way depends on knowing what your goal is...

[have_hat_will_travel]

Mmm. You might have a point, but for me, since I don't have a higher goal, the rush of knowing I have someone under my spell's the point as much as anything else.

I mean, I could probably put it to actual use somehow, but honestly, just being able to mess with people, maybe prod their inhibitions some and such, is plenty in the short term? People here seem trusting enough that my song worked while fighting the gull, and that's with the majority of them knowing my nature since I've been actively avoiding hiding it. Which honestly is really weird unto itself.

[superstylishsquid]

I can't deny that messing with people is fun. Some of the faces my rival makes when I catch him off guard...classic.

Sounds kinda like you're looking at a current goal of 'avoid getting bored' to me.

text; elevencrows; I'm not doing his coding legend this is century gothic

[founderinglight]

...It seems to me that you may need a bit of help, yourself.

[have_hat_will_travel]

Honestly, you are not wrong. I'm mentally afloat in a situation that has zero relation to anything I've been trained or taught for previously, and have barely had time to learn my kind's inherent culture and the like because my Queen put me to work the moment I was formed. So I'm literally just going with 'okay, did it feel good when I did this' to guess my way through being a Succubus, then controlling for 'what do I do to avoid getting killed for doing it'.

You put that together, and this post's my first conclusion that has an internally complete attempt at logic to it.

[founderinglight]

The problem, I think, is that you're attacking the question from the wrong angle. Motivation is not what you do; it's what you desire.

Goro Akechi

[foolishjustice]

May I ask a question? I'm curious whether you'd like to have people under your command because it's something that appeals to you, or simply because it's how your Queen functions and you're using her as a role model.

Re: Goro Akechi

[have_hat_will_travel]

More column 'A' than 'B'. My Queen runs a vast organization that is almost entirely Succubi, towards ends centered on more power, so, much more grandiose than my desires.

My Queen ends up too busy to do a lot for the individuals under her command, so... Not that I don't think? I'm not on her level anyways...

TEXT; quicksilver80

[photoshooter]

WHY DOES THIS SEEM LIKE A REASONABLE REQUEST TO YOU PEOPLE?!?!?!

threadjacks like burning because fuck it that's what network posts are for

[founderinglight]

It doesn't seem particularly reasonable, I just have a very low bar for "reasonable enough to interact with."

Re: TEXT; quicksilver80

[have_hat_will_travel]

It isn't. I'm aware of that. Perhaps I should never have vocalized it. Hell, I even admitted that anyone who'd agree to such a thing is nigh-assuredly in a severely troubled mental state.

For a typical person, that'd probably be enough to convince oneself, 'maybe I shouldn't use these powers'. As a Succubus, however, the desire to manipulate desire is natural. Which is unto itself screwed up, but, well, demon. Just the fact that I'm asking about this instead of just taking power is a rather strong breach of everything I'm supposed to be.

And yet here I am.

Robin

[matchmakes]

I really don't have any comments on your motives for doing so, but I'm going to have to respectfully ask that you stay out of my head.

[It took a lot of revising to make sure this came across as polite as he could manage. Internally, he's screaming.]

Re: Robin

[have_hat_will_travel]

Noted.

text; Jetshard

[dubiouslychthonic]

o)+ Pidonus, this is neither effective nor endearing

o)+ ALso just to Put it on the LeveL surface where we can aLL see it, I'm not voLunteering

Re: text; Jetshard

[have_hat_will_travel]

Yeah, I get that. This is definitely a case where being open about my nature was a bad idea.

And noted.

user: foxtales

[byanyother_name]

Some people are into that, but I admit I don't think your chances are high here.

Aside from that, I hope you realize that minions are a big responsibility. Particularly when they're held under mental influence, they tend to need attention and care on a regular basis. They can also get into trouble when you aren't keeping an eye on them.

Re: user: foxtales

[have_hat_will_travel]

... You're not wrong?

[And Pidonus hadn't thought nearly that far ahead.]

user: 2718-093molochst

[newlawtolight]

Dear, the first rule of thumb is to not say you're going to strip your employees of their free will. It is a black mark to be avoided.

Sapient beings do value freedom above most things.

[The irony of her own words is utterly lost on her.]

Re: user: 2718-093molochst

[have_hat_will_travel]

I know that already, if the last fourty-six threads haven't been too much of a clue-in.

[Pidonus isn't yet aware of the incident with the hot sauce, thankfully.]

text; Wren

[thoroff]

I'm genuinely curious whether you actually expected to find any takers here.

[Not exactly an alluring pitch even without taking her own Issues into account.]

Re: text; Wren

[have_hat_will_travel]

If I had, I'd be more than a little worried. I wasn't even trying seriously so much as musing aloud.

I'm sure I could have made it a more seductive deal and all were I serious about trying, but as yet... Not much point, you know?

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[stormkingofshepherds]

You'd be surprised what people would agree to if they have no motivation beyond basic survival, and sometimes not even that. [He's thinking of his own depression, when at times it was only with Macy's encouragement and assistance that he could get out of bed to take care of himself.]

Not that I think there's anyone here who's currently that bad.

Re: private

[have_hat_will_travel]

Yeah, that and the more extreme case of repressed suicidal tendencies are what I was talking about. I'm not a therapist by any sane measure, so...

text; danslalune

[riderofcharlemagne]

Even if someone volunteers what if they change their mind!! You can't take away someone's freedom like that!!

[He's too upset to use emojis. You don't deserve them, Pi.]

Re: text; danslalune

[have_hat_will_travel]

Yes, that's in the 'part of the problem' range. My power doesn't offer a particularly obvious way for someone to back out once they've consented to it, except for me cancelling it or me telling them to do something so against their nature the cognitive dissonance makes the influence too obvious.

Normally, my kind aren't supposed to care about that... But I do. Which is weird for my kind...