OPEN: We Vow To Keep Pressing Forward

[hextechhead]

WHO: Jayce Talis and you
WHAT: Jayce is new, come meet him!
WHERE: Cadens and the Horizon
WHEN: April, will add event stuff later





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[monomachy]

Diana had hear similar stories of inequality among people, both in her own world and here in this one. She thinks of Sameer, who wanted to be an actor, but was "the wrong color," and instead became a soldier. Of Chief, whose people lost everything to Steve's, and went to war to make a profit. All of it was so wrong, but she doesn't yet know how to make it right. Her people's edict seems simple on the surface, but the longer she's spent among men, the more she's realized that it isn't so at all.

And Jayce, the way he talks about his Piltover and the Undercity, helps her believe that he's right; once people see the inequalities, truly see them, they will want to help fix it. How could they not? There is only so much those in power can benefit from keeping others below them before something in the system breaks. And Diana has studied politics enough to know that such a break would be catastrophic for all sides.

"You cannot simply give someone power and expect everything to right itself." Her voice is gentle, but there's true belief in her words. Not to immediately shoot his idea down, but it sounds like a way to just enflame the tension between the two cities. "Your heart is in the right place," she assures him. He clearly cares a great deal, and she admires that. She isn't trying to deter him from his cause. "But a solution must have some advantage to both sides, else discontent will fester."

Diana smiles, kindness and affection diffusing her expression despite only having known him a short time. "I am glad you chose to confide in me." The sentiment is genuine. This is what Amazons are for, after all. It's what Diana has prepared to do her entire life: help guide others towards finding solutions to their problems, and to becoming their best selves.

[hextechhead]

There were a lot of problems to solve and of course Jayce just threw himself into the situation as soon as he got the authority to. The Council gave him that job, which was genuinely a stupid idea for someone who had no experience at all, and they'd mostly been ignoring it until then. Maybe they thought he'd change nothing substantial, only catch the people in trouble and be the end of it. As time went and he grew in power, he still had his eye on changing things, rooting out corruption. But the fact is, Jayce thought he could fix everything, and he definitely can't. One person can't. It was always going to end badly.

"I knew it was a long shot, that Piltover would be okay with the drastic change, but I felt like something had to be done. Things had to change. Progress wasn't happening fast enough. They weren't going to let the Undercity have power naturally." Humans don't live for centuries, he told Heimerdinger, before they kicked him off the Council. Jayce is young and bold and arrogant in this way, he wanted to take aciton, push what he saw as right. Now he wonders if he will ever get it right.

He messed up. His intentions had been good but he didn't act correctly. Now they're going to struggle more because of it. Jayce feels a lot of responsibility and guilt for all of it. "I know we just met, I have a tendency to latch onto people quickly, I appreciate your kindness." He has remarkable self-awareness about his flaws!

He pulls open the door to Mag's Inn and gestures inside. It's a nice place that has essentially become Summoned central. "I think it's pretty much all Summoned who live here at this point, with a few exceptions. The owner is really kind."