Reference:2007-09-12 Dr. Watson gives a speech on guilds and the bahro

A day after Dr. Watson's return to the Cavern during the events of Deception, he delivered a prepared speech in the Community Room of the Blabbity's Bevin.

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(09/12 23:36:20) Chat.log started...
(09/12 23:37:31) Dr. Watson: I've prepared a speech. I will not be taking questions, unless I have time after the speech.
(09/12 23:38:06) Reteltee: Shh, please guys, let's be a good audience and listen with our eyes, not our hands
(09/12 23:38:36) Dhelayan: Please take your seat, so that mr. watson can start. thanks
(09/12 23:39:03) Dr. Watson: OK. I think we've watied long enough.
(09/12 23:39:13) Wardred: Quite Please...
(09/12 23:39:25) Dhelayan: Yes
(09/12 23:39:36) Dr. Watson: Yes, please keep chatting to a minimum. Thank you.
(09/12 23:40:07) Dr. Watson: Let's begin.
(09/12 23:40:18) Dr. Watson: Good afternoon.
(09/12 23:40:34) Dr. Watson: I've been asked for my advice on many issues wince my recent return.
(09/12 23:40:59) Dr. Watson: I reallly haven't had time to get caught up on everything that 's been happening here,
(09/12 23:41:20) Dr. Watson: but I sat down this morning and attempted to come up with some kind of statement
(09/12 23:41:37) Dr. Watson: on the issues that have been brought to my attention.
(09/12 23:41:47) Dr. Watson: First, the Guilds.
(09/12 23:42:25) Dr. Watson: I've been told that here are folks who are very upset that the DRC are attempting to follow the D'ni lead in taking
(09/12 23:42:54) Dr. Watson: steps to re-form the Guilds. They say that the Guilds are "bad", that
(09/12 23:43:07) Dr. Watson: they inevitably lead to Pride.
(09/12 23:43:31) Dr. Watson: The Guilds are not inherenlty bad in and of themselves.
(09/12 23:44:06) Dr. Watson: Those who blame "the Guilds" for the Fall of D'ni have not understood Yeesha's words
(09/12 23:44:14) Dr. Watson: and have missed her point completely.
(09/12 23:44:51) Dr. Watson: The Guilds provided stability and structure for the D'ni culture, which allowed their civilization to thrive for tens of thousands of years.
(09/12 23:45:33) Dr. Watson: The problem with the Guilds in D'ni history is the same thing that's the problem here in the Cavern today: people.
(09/12 23:45:43) Dr. Watson: More sepcifically: our Pride.
(09/12 23:46:15) Dr. Watson: The very lesson that Yeesha has repeatedly attempted to teach us.
(09/12 23:46:43) Dr. Watson: We already have our own prolbems of Pride. We haven't needed the Guilds for that.
(09/12 23:47:28) Dr. Watson: If things are going to be different this time around, it's up to all of us, including you Explorers, to choose to be more responsible than the D'ni were at the time of the Fall.
(09/12 23:47:58) Reteltee: me thinks the Dr. has an excellent point
(09/12 23:48:13) Dr. Watson: Just as the Bahro are finding our right now with their newly-found freedoms - it all comes down to the choices we make.
(09/12 23:48:40) Dr. Watson: Frankly, from what I've been hearing, ther are many Explorers who are not ready for this responibility.
(09/12 23:49:14) Dr. Watson: And if their influences are allowed to taint the new Guilds, all our efforts are sure to fail again.
(09/12 23:50:01) Dr. Watson: What's the alternative? Learn to work together. Stop complaing when things are not exactly as you'd like them to be.
(09/12 23:50:20) Dr. Watson: Stop bickering amon yourselves.
(09/12 23:50:29) Dr. Watson: Stop choosing to divide yourselves.
(09/12 23:50:44) Dr. Watson: There is much more at stake here than our egos.
(09/12 23:51:16) Dr. Watson: You do have the ability to choose to work together.
(09/12 23:51:22) Dr. Watson: Make that choice.
(09/12 23:51:48) Dr. Watson: AS for the Cavern, I was asked yesterday if we should all leave the Cavern, so let me clarify my position.
(09/12 23:52:34) Dr. Watson: /Shout When the Restoration first began, what seems like decades ago, I gave another speech.
(09/12 23:52:50) Dr. Watson: in that sppech, I explained that I felt "Called" here.
(09/12 23:53:18) Dr. Watson: /Shout I said that this Cavern was meant to be inhabited, and that it was our intent to make it habitable once again.
(09/12 23:54:19) Dr. Watson: (oops, repeating) I said that this Cavern was meant to be inhabited, and that it was our intent to make it habitable once again.
(09/12 23:54:54) Dr. Watson: I was convinced of it. I was sure that the warnings of Atrus did no apply to those of us from the Surface.
(09/12 23:55:05) Dr. Watson: I no longer believe that is the case.
(09/12 23:55:39) Dr. Watson: But do not misunderstand me. I am still drawn here, but now I'm drawn to learn the lessons that this Cavern has to teach me.
(09/12 23:55:57) Dr. Watson: But I will apply those lessons elsewhere.
(09/12 23:56:37) Dr. Watson: No longer is it my goal to restor this place with the hope of reinhabiting it. That is where the DRC and I differ in our opinions.
(09/12 23:57:03) Dr. Watson: Of course, I'm perfectly willing to admit that it may turn out that I am wrong; that they are right.
(09/12 23:57:17) Dr. Watson: Should we leave, then?
(09/12 23:57:53) Dr. Watson: No. I think that would be just as grave an error. As I said, this Cavern still has much to teach us.
(09/12 23:58:05) Dr. Watson: But what of the Bahro?
(09/12 23:58:28) Dr. Watson: the conflict that is going on all around us here in the Cavern and in many of the Ages?
(09/12 23:58:58) Dr. Watson: I've been asked why the "bad" Bahro are attacking us. Is it because they think we're the D'ni?
(09/12 23:59:34) Dr. Watson: no, I don't think that's the case. In fact, after hearing of the destruction in Negilahn from Douglas Sharper,
(09/13 00:00:12) Dr. Watson: I think it's clear that the BAhro who have chosen to become bent on destruction are completely indiscriminate about what they destroy.
(09/13 00:00:38) Dr. Watson: What did the animals around the pods ever do to the Bahro? They clearly weren't killed for food.
(09/13 00:01:12) Dr. Watson: It seems to be destruction simply for the sake of destruction. Cruelty for the sake of cruelty.
(09/13 00:01:32) Dr. Watson: they seem to do it just because they can.
(09/13 00:02:18) Dr. Watson: And the Bahro who killed Wheely, from the description of events that Michael has given me, specifically kept her alive wheil she was trapped.
(09/13 00:02:49) Dr. Watson: My only conclusion from that behavior is that it was studying her or toying with her.
(09/13 00:03:28) Dr. Watson: shout which immediately brings to mind the many Bahro who received a very similar treatment from a D'n man who lived in Noloben named Esher.
(09/13 00:03:59) Dr. Watson: which immediately brings to mind the many Bahro so received a very similar tratment from a D'ni man who lived in Noloben named Esher.
(09/13 00:04:46) Dr. Watson: I'm told the Bahro even specifically attempted to say the word "noloben" before it attacked her.
(09/13 00:05:19) Dr. Watson: But what can we do about the "bad" bahro? No much. for now, we are protected.
(09/13 00:06:01) Dr. Watson: the "good" bahro protecting us have created a grand deception for our peace of mind - an illusion that all is well here in the Cavern and the Ages.
(09/13 00:06:41) Dr. Watson: We now know that his is not the case, but how much longer will their prot4ection last?
(09/13 00:07:02) Dr. Watson: A week? A month? a year? a decade? a century?
(09/13 00:07:13) Dr. Watson: I have no idea.
(09/13 00:07:33) Dr. Watson: Funny thing about prophecies... they don't always come with an expiration date.
(09/13 00:07:52) Dr. Watson: But we have been told that "Destruction is coming."
(09/13 00:08:17) Dr. Watson: I believe specifically that that destruction is coming to the Cavern, but I could be wrong about that,too.
(09/13 00:08:55) Dr. Watson: it is entirely possible that the "destruction" is a great deal larger than that.
(09/13 00:09:22) Dr. Watson: Either way, we need to use the time we are being given to "Find a way. Make a home."
(09/13 00:09:36) Dr. Watson: How can we do that?
(09/13 00:09:45) Wardred: Please allow the Doctor to continue with out destractions.
(09/13 00:10:00) Dr. Watson: That's where the Guilds come in. We have got to work together.
(09/13 00:10:26) Dr. Watson: It will not happen overnight. It will likely take many years, in fact.
(09/13 00:10:47) Dr. Watson: But I believe the Guilds are the key.
(09/13 00:11:48) Dr. Watson: Yeesha has already been to hundreds of Ages, looking for something, anything, that might help to end the Bahro conflict, or, at the very least, help to protect us from it in case there comes a time when the "good" Bahro are no longer able to.
(09/13 00:12:30) Dr. Watson: As time passes, it grows increasingly unlikely that anything is going to be found in an Age the D'ni have or had access to.
(09/13 00:12:53) Dr. Watson: And so, we are going to need new Ages at some point.
(09/13 00:13:18) Dr. Watson: There are those among the Explorers who may eventually be able to assist in that regard.
(09/13 00:13:18) Pryftan cheers
(09/13 00:13:19) Justin cheers
(09/13 00:13:28) Songe cheers
(09/13 00:13:31) April Ryan claps her hands
(09/13 00:13:32) Sam Byard: atrus !you met him ! he can write one !
(09/13 00:13:33) Verbal: Yes!
(09/13 00:13:34) William Clark cheers
(09/13 00:13:38) Alysa cheers
(09/13 00:13:40) Dakro sighs
(09/13 00:13:43) Dr. Watson: That is the direction I believe we must take.
(09/13 00:14:04) Dhelayan: Please be quite, thanks.
(09/13 00:14:31) Dr. Watson: The Guilds (and even the Explorers who are not interested in joining a Guild) will have to work together: writing, maintaining, mapping, and exploring those new Ages.
(09/13 00:15:13) Dr. Watson: It is a grand undertaking. And much of it depends on you Explorers, and how well you choose to work together.
(09/13 00:15:37) Dr. Watson: Will we be up to the challenge?
(09/13 00:16:12) Dr. Watson: That definitely remains to be seen. I hope we are.
(09/13 00:16:21) Dr. Watson: Thank you for your kind attention.
(09/13 00:16:29) Prometheus claps his hands
(09/13 00:16:31) Rheanna claps her hands
(09/13 00:16:33) Zen6219 claps his hands
(09/13 00:16:33) Dakro claps his hands
(09/13 00:16:33) Prodigal claps his hands
(09/13 00:16:33) leeloo claps her hands
(09/13 00:16:33) Renyaloth claps his hands
(09/13 00:16:37) velvetam claps her hands
(09/13 00:16:37) Explorer1 claps his hands
(09/13 00:16:37) Eric Wolfe claps his hands
(09/13 00:16:37) |Shem| hears a resounding YES thoughout the whole of the cavern.
(09/13 00:16:37) Ryam claps his hands
(09/13 00:16:37) Reteltee: Thank
(09/13 00:16:37) Kimmie claps her hands
(09/13 00:16:37) Lizz claps her hands
(09/13 00:16:37) Yuko Hoon claps her hands
(09/13 00:16:37) Songe claps her hands
(09/13 00:16:39) Headless Monkey Boy: Thankyou Dr Watson
(09/13 00:16:39) kengehr2785 claps his hands
(09/13 00:16:39) D'n Alor claps his hands
(09/13 00:16:39) Mar'ith claps his hands
(09/13 00:16:39) Mar'ith: Thank you Dr. Watson
(09/13 00:16:39) Frisky Badger: thank you for the info Dr Watson
(09/13 00:16:40) Dhelayan: Thankyou Mr.Watson
(09/13 00:16:40) --=V4iLiN=-- claps his hands
(09/13 00:16:40) Parker Solem-Sevier claps his hands
(09/13 00:16:40) Alysa claps her hands
(09/13 00:16:40) Paulll50 claps his hands
(09/13 00:16:41) [Moderator]Zedra claps her hands
(09/13 00:16:41) -MO'gli- claps his hands
(09/13 00:16:41) janaba claps her hands
(09/13 00:16:43) Old Watashi: Thank You Sir
(09/13 00:16:43) Verbal: If we're not we'll give it adamn good try!
(09/13 00:16:43) Tai'lahr claps her hands
(09/13 00:16:44) LaReh claps his hands
(09/13 00:16:44) keladonian claps his hands
(09/13 00:16:44) Ayli claps her hands
(09/13 00:16:45) Aethon claps his hands
(09/13 00:16:45) William Clark: thank you for your time Dr. Watson!
(09/13 00:16:46) Verbal claps his hands
(09/13 00:16:46) Wiz claps his hands
(09/13 00:16:46) Reteltee: Thank you Dr.
(09/13 00:16:46) TCT Stellaflora claps his hands
(09/13 00:16:46) Stephen C. claps his hands
(09/13 00:16:46) April Ryan claps her hands
(09/13 00:16:47) Justin cheers
(09/13 00:16:47) Dalken Starbyne claps his hands
(09/13 00:16:47) SadeCrow claps her hands
(09/13 00:16:48) Colorado claps her hands
(09/13 00:16:49) Darkling claps his hands
(09/13 00:16:50) Josh claps his hands
(09/13 00:16:52) Jishin: Thank you, Dr. Watson.
(09/13 00:16:52) MacNeacail claps his hands
(09/13 00:16:52) Ti'chelle claps her hands
(09/13 00:16:52) |Shem| cheers
(09/13 00:16:53) Clarissa claps her hands
(09/13 00:16:54) Zen6219 claps his hands
(09/13 00:16:54) karandara cheers
(09/13 00:16:55) Altydwarber claps her hands
(09/13 00:16:55) Jishin claps her hands
(09/13 00:16:56) Dalken Starbyne cheers
(09/13 00:16:56) Explorer1 claps his hands
(09/13 00:16:57) William Clark claps his hands
(09/13 00:16:58) kengehr2785 claps his hands
(09/13 00:16:58) Aya Brea claps her hands
(09/13 00:16:59) Veralun: Thanks Dr Watson
(09/13 00:16:59) Prodigal does a dance
(09/13 00:16:59) Justin: Thank you sooo much
(09/13 00:16:59) janaba cheers
(09/13 00:17:00) Zen6219 claps his hands
(09/13 00:17:01) Darkling cheers
(09/13 00:17:01) Wiz claps his hands
(09/13 00:17:02) Verbal claps his hands
(09/13 00:17:03) ireenquench bows
(09/13 00:17:03) TCT Stellaflora: mya I take a picture for the ARchiver Dr?
(09/13 00:17:05) Whilyam claps his hands
(09/13 00:17:06) April Ryan thanks you very much!
(09/13 00:17:07) Old Watashi claps his hands
(09/13 00:17:08) Mar'ith cheers
(09/13 00:17:09) Niika: I hope people think long and hard about what you've said Mr. Watson. Thaks you
(09/13 00:17:09) Justin: your words are Insirational
(09/13 00:17:14) Kimmie cheers
(09/13 00:17:15) Alysa smacks her head
(09/13 00:17:15) Annick thanks you very much!
(09/13 00:17:18) William Clark cheers
(09/13 00:17:20) Sc1234freak: One questions, we we be receiving any more contant?
(09/13 00:17:20) Tai'lahr: Thank you, Dr. Watson.
(09/13 00:17:21) Volki cheers
(09/13 00:17:24) Zen6219 cheers
(09/13 00:17:24) Richi claps his hands
(09/13 00:17:28) Whilyam: Very wise words, Dr. ... and LONG overdue.
(09/13 00:17:28) Dhelayan: will yo answer some questions Dr. Watson?
(09/13 00:17:31) Alysa: that was embarrasing. D:
(09/13 00:17:33) Testy_live cheers
(09/13 00:17:38) [Moderator]Zedra: May I and DMom offer out moderation services?
(09/13 00:17:38) Skulls cheers
(09/13 00:17:42) Ti'chelle dog claps paws.
(09/13 00:17:47) William Clark cheers
(09/13 00:17:49) Alysa: yes, Dr. Watson, that was the most insightful thing I've heard from anyone yet!
(09/13 00:17:55) Eric Wolfe: Oh no, the moderation police are here.
(09/13 00:18:00) Desert Eagle claps his hands
(09/13 00:18:02) Jimbo is not interested in creating nobility among explorers
(09/13 00:18:04) TCT Stellaflora: Dr Watson, My I have a picture for the ARchiver publication?
(09/13 00:18:11) Sc1234freak: Dr,my only question,will be be receiving any more contant?
(09/13 00:18:19) janaba: lol Eric
(09/13 00:18:21) Wardred: If all are silent, the Doctor may answer some questions.
(09/13 00:18:34) Explorer1: That,s not his job Sc
(09/13 00:18:39) Whilyam: Silence please.
(09/13 00:18:48) Dr. Watson: Feel free, Stellaflora.
(09/13 00:18:55) TCT Stellaflora: Thank you
(09/13 00:19:12) Songe wants to ask a question
(09/13 00:19:19) Sc1234freak: Dr, my only question, will we be receiving any more ages?
(09/13 00:19:31) Eric Wolfe: Sc1234: Weren't you listening?
(09/13 00:19:37) Niika: Watson doesn't give out ages
(09/13 00:19:38) Amun Aten: No, Eric, he wasn't.
(09/13 00:19:41) Pryftan: Dr. Watson, what would you say to those who have been driven from the Guild concept by Kadish's bones and the fear of our own hubris?
(09/13 00:19:45) Frisky Badger: He doesn't work for the DRC anymore Sc
(09/13 00:19:46) TCT Stellaflora thanks you very much!
(09/13 00:20:00) William Clark wants to aska question
(09/13 00:20:09) Sc1234freak: I just got here
(09/13 00:20:17) --=V4iLiN=--: I would still like to see and start a communaction with them, we need those who are protecting us a little more than just hearing them.
(09/13 00:20:22) Sc1234freak: missed the whole thing
(09/13 00:20:27) Prodigal starts throwing water bombs at anyone wanting to ask questions
(09/13 00:20:30) --=V4iLiN=--: the bahro
(09/13 00:20:36) Wardred: Dr. Watson, could you tell us where you are going?
(09/13 00:20:40) William Clark is soaked
(09/13 00:20:46) --=V4iLiN=--: or Reylimah
(09/13 00:21:00) Songe puts up her umbrella
(09/13 00:21:11) Frisky Badger: the Bahro are not the same as the relyimah!
(09/13 00:21:18) Renyaloth cringes
(09/13 00:21:21) Alysa: Love the hat, Dr. Watson. :D I get so jealous of the DRC's outfits...especially Victor Laxman's jacket.
(09/13 00:21:27) --=V4iLiN=--: kewl a kadish mating het
(09/13 00:21:33) --=V4iLiN=--: hat
(09/13 00:21:34) Mar'ith wishes he hadn't left his umbrella on Phil's Relto
(09/13 00:21:41) Dr. Watson: Thank you, Alysa.
(09/13 00:21:55) Jacet Cyber: Should we distroy or lock up thei link to Esher
(09/13 00:22:00) -MO'gli-: Vahkro instead of Bahro
(09/13 00:22:09) Eric Wolfe: Will you be wearing Yeesha's shirt now, Dr.?
(09/13 00:22:22) William Clark: who do I PM to get a question in he loop?
(09/13 00:22:26) --=V4iLiN=--: oh Caould you Pleease turn the 'Wall' back on in gareseen please
(09/13 00:22:37) --=V4iLiN=--: Dr. Watson
(09/13 00:22:42) Reteltee: You say you beleive the Guilds are the future, a sentiment echoed by Nick White....can you tell us Dr. how we should endeavor tomake these Guilds different than those of the D;ni
(09/13 00:22:45) Frisky Badger: again, Dr. Watson is not part of the DRC anymore
(09/13 00:22:54) Dr. Watson: Unfortunately, the drawback of the nice Myst hat is that I'm not allowed any other clothing, so no.
(09/13 00:22:55) Songe: who heard the Barho say "noloban" ?
(09/13 00:23:09) Eric Wolfe laughs
(09/13 00:23:11) Parker Solem-Sevier: What are you a doctor of?
(09/13 00:23:15) Maurus: Doctor, you have given us quite a big responsibilty. How should we live up to this? How will we be ready?
(09/13 00:23:29) Jishin: And to add on to Maurus, what can we do Right Now?
(09/13 00:23:40) Jacet Cyber: Wheele
(09/13 00:23:44) William Clark: Doctor, how does Yeesha/ Atrus/ the Releeshanians/ Bahro view us? will they establish contact with us?
(09/13 00:23:52) Dr. Watson: Your choices, Maurus. Free will is an incredible gift.
(09/13 00:23:53) Pryftan: Dr. Watson, should we at the Guild of Writers be focussing on writing some sort of defense Age? Is there any way to do something like that?
(09/13 00:24:00) --=V4iLiN=--: hey could open up a shop witht the guild of shop keepers and sell those hats to explorers!!
(09/13 00:24:24) Alysa: then Dr. Watson would feel less special. :D Let's let him have it...
(09/13 00:24:31) --=V4iLiN=--: could sell lots of things
(09/13 00:24:46) Prodigal is running out of water bombs
(09/13 00:24:53) Sc1234freak: Who is winning the Bahro war?
(09/13 00:24:58) Mar'ith is glad
(09/13 00:25:04) Frisky Badger: not the good guys :(
(09/13 00:25:15) Reteltee: Well, thank you so much for your time Dr. Watson...don't let the crowd get to you ;)
(09/13 00:25:16) Dr. Watson: Thanks again for your attention. Consider my words.
(09/13 00:25:48) ...Chat.log stopped.