93 The scapegoat 2 (1/2)
Having to deal with a single person was a bit unexpected but it made things a lot easier. All of my precautions did not turn out for nought though as I still could use them. Their first special NPC, free on the house.Though that NPC a lot more special than a lot of them could anticipate.
Calling him the eye-catcher is a very fitting nickname if I say so myself. He has a lot of eyes and he catches your attention. As the voices inside of head were complaining about my bad naming sense, I looked at those newly raised NPCs and began to speak.
”I know this situation must be scary after all the pain you had to undergo, but I would advise you to run away now.”
All I saw were empty faces staring at me as If I had just said the most ludicrous words that every came through their ears. Who knows what was going through their mind anyway. There were only a few principles remaining after they have been ”hired” by those players.
First, they tend to listen to every order of their specific master obediently. Second, even if they tried to resist. they were physically unable to stop their body from moving. Third, death seems to work as an absolvement from their fate, though it is still unclear if the death of their owner results has the same effect.
The rest of them is unknown and quite frankly of no concern to me either way. Why should I try to understand something that I neither have any interest nor any relationship with? All I need to know is how to control them and make them do whatever I want, that is all I need.
” This kind of advice may sound sketchy coming from the one who just brutally murdered your master.But I was given this order to train us. How else could I even kill your Master, if not for him letting me succeed? ”
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I could see their changed expression after hearing my words. Yeah, how could someone as lowly as they kill their renowned master? Their worldview could not allow any other explanation. This must have been the intention of their master, all part of his big plan.
He was willing to go so far just for their sake. They were likely vowing to do their utmost to repay him and now they were just staring at me, waiting for me to convey the mission they had to carry out.
I could tell them everything I wanted to and they still would try to accomplish it. Just by adding do it for your master any task given to them becomes viable.
Take your own life, your master needs your blood to succeed. Murder you closest friend, he plans on betraying your master, you have to save him.Eat dirt, your master needs to know what happens to you. Get naked and only wear this cowboy boots, you master needs to see this to relieve some pent-up stress.
Though I sadly did not need them to do any of those wishes. I did not even have cowboy boots I could use. Its the sad state of affairs that I can not even afford to do things like this. But looking at my current body there was one thing I had to do.
” Please hand over some of your clothes, I can not fulfil my mission while not wearing any clothes.”
I have no idea why those NPCs would trust the words of a naked homicidal maniac, who appeared out of thin air. But apparently, a nude murderer was no part of concern in their eyes. Had my previous streaking behaviour taken its influence into their psyche? I had a bad premonition that my weird behaviour has left its traces in those NPCs.
After successfully gaining some clothing to wear. I could finally start to create a path for my escape.
” Run away from here as far as possible and try your best to hide. This is very important to the future success of your master. But you will have to stay for a bit longer.” I pointed at my creation.
” There is not much time left. RUN, RUN.RUN”
Those NPCs dispersed and ran away as fast as their legs could carry them. So far so good now I just had to set up my insurance and then I can disappear for good. My creation looked at me eagerly, expecting the reason for him to stay longer than the rest of his companions.
” You noticed it as well right?”
A serious expression underlining the importance of the upcoming words that were about to leave my mouth. I could see how his face got a lot more focussed after hearing those words. His mind must be racing, thinking about what I might be talking about.
” As of now is taking care of every one of us. This dependence is a huge burden he has to carry. We can not rely on his goodwill forever. We have to find a way to lift the weight off of his shoulders. ”
Establish a problem, a threat that was looming over their heads. A strategy to create a feeling of dread and urgency.
” We can't continue to act like this. We need to unify under a person, everyone can trust. What we need is a leader.”
Propose a solution, but use vague polarizing terms to invoke a response on emotional level.
” A leader is someone responsible for realizing the orders of the master in his stead. Right now our master is doing everything on his own. It would be much easier for our master if he just had to give one order.”
Dispel any doubts by delivering sound arguments. Using the master, I stress the importance of this solution.
” The leader needs to be someone everybody can look up to. Someone capable, someone who can see the bigger picture. They just followed the order but did not even think twice about their master while doing. You, on the other hand, thought about your master directly not singlehandedly about his orders”
You are different than the rest, you are something special. The same old strategy used in those movies for teens. Give them a purpose, indicate that they are something. Make them feel good about themselves. Because they are something special, someone, with a meaning. If life was just that easy.
” Your master needs someone like you. How could he trust those, who just blindly follow?”
Strengthen the idea festering in his mind. Create a big distinction, that elevates him from the masses. Suggesting only he can take up the role of a leader.
” But those people would not begin to trust you, just because your Master would tell them to. Distrust and envy would follow and you could not lead them in that state.”
Dampen his expectations, to showcase how important and severe the situation is.
” Trust like this has to be earned. ”
Delivering the obvious conclusion to my question just serves to make it easier for him to digest the information.
” Everything has been taken care of, all of your companions have been prepared to receive a leader. The traitors that killed their master have fled. All you have to do is take up the mantle.”
Now by unveiling the ”real” plan, he should see what role he has to play. But I will make it a bit easier for him. After all, I do not want him to think too deeply about this issue. I don't need facts I need feelings.
” Deceiving them was necessary to make the death of their Master believable. They would not trust you unless you lead them to avenge the death of your master. ”
He could only nod after hearing all of this information though he had yet to realize one thing. This facade was not realistic yet. I need to give him an alibi, for the time when he supposedly talked to the crowd of NPCs and then did not react to the orders of the players.
This leaves me with no other choice, then to stage their rebellion and add a lot more details than previously imagined.