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Someone who places great importance on principles and rules isn't bad at all. If no one cared about principles and rules, why would laws or society even exist? It's only criticized as old-fashioned or rigid when it goes too far, but the logic itself is sound. Not bad, just frustrating. The type who meticulously examines things that could just be glossed over. These people might have issues in personal relationships, but socially, they're fine. In fact, if that trait links to diligence, it could lead to success—provided they have the matching skills, of course.
Judaek-nim. Got a question. I heard you mentioned fixing the 24-hour trading cooldown before. When's that happening? It's too long, and I can't trade when I need to, which is frustrating.
└? Did Judaek say she'd reduce the trading cooldown?
└She mentioned it in passing last time. But no idea when lol
└Wasn't that just bullshit? Like, "just keep it in mind~" and move on.
└Judaek's never lied, but who knows.
└But Grill, why are you asking for it to be reduced? Planning to trade non-stop?
└YasaengGrill That's part of it, but ambiguous stuff is hard to trade too. I wanna give away some tasty fish points, but even that's tough.
└This guy's living it up lol
└Got a little comfortable and now he's all bloated?
└YasaengGrill Wanna come here? It's a real paradise.
└Sure
└Yeah, he qualifies now.
└Just let Grill slide lol
└Don'tAbandonHero The 24-hour trading cooldown is still under consideration! It could cause big problems if not handled right!!
└YasaengGrill Then how about just lifting it for me?
└Don'tAbandonHero No way! We can't give special treatment to just one person—that's unfair!
└YasaengGrill What about Cheonma-nim?
└Don'tAbandonHero She wears the armband! Are you gonna wear one too, Grill-nim?
└YasaengGrill ;;
└Whoa. Don't go down that road.
└You can't turn blue too;;
└You gonna get any work done if you do?
└Nah lol Too busy eating and surviving.
└No special treatment for one person! That shit doesn't fly lol
Judaek and Don'tAbandonHero's logic was spot on. No special treatment for one. If you're lifting it, lift it for everyone. Want it? Earn the armband and fulfill the duties. Fail, and you're banned.
That's too much. I got it, but the frustration lingered. Like telling a healthy person and a one-legged guy to race for fairness. If this weren't the Four Seasons Forest, I wouldn't even ask.
But I have to do this to boost survival odds.
Trading had tons of inconveniences piling up. The 24-hour cooldown, short chat times like a 3-minute curry— all for crime prevention, sure, but still annoying. And...
└Grill, look at this entitled prick lol Trying to make it easy just for himself
└Not everyone's frustrated, huh? lol
└This selfish asshole, told ya?
People have always envied those getting special treatment. Once I openly asked, the randos' anger and mockery poured in.
└YasaengGrill Get high-nic and verify first, you rando shits.
└Fr lol
└Fr lol
└Grill's pitiful, so let's cut him slack...
Of course, I shut it down quick. Randos who hadn't even bought high-nic yapping about trading. High-nics who verified in the Four Seasons Forest couldn't mouth off recklessly. Maybe hoping some scraps fall their way too. If they actually help me, I'd share those scraps directly.
└Don'tAbandonHero So if there's another pitiful high-nic like Grill-nim, do I lift it for them too?!
└YasaengGrill Yes.
└Don'tAbandonHero Uh...
└What a ballsy move lol
└Hilarious bastard lol
└Judaek stunned lol
└Judaek's got a point tho? Remember that guy who sold his daughter for donations.
└That's different. Grill earned trust at least. Plus, didn't he almost get buried?
└Grill deserves an exception?
└You don't know the world. Sneaky pity-party types will pop up for sure.
Mindless "no" randos got crushed early, leaving healthy debate.
└You gonna wait 24 hours if your parents are dying?
└Fuck off, go buy meds outside if it's that bad, sicko.
└Hope you hit the 24h cooldown and die someday.
└Nah~ Won't happen~
Correction: Pure chaos of insults and pad-lips. Extreme hypotheticals standard, personal attacks too. My little spark turned into a meteor.
└Cheonma Time for the iron fist. Who wants it first?
└Sorry. No more pad-lips from me.
└My parents are greater than saints.
└Fuckin fire-attribute filial sons arrive lol
└Scared of bans? lol
Whatever. Before Cheonma's crackdown, they all turned meek lambs. All equal before the banhammer. In a world without communities, the Gallery's role was huge.
In the slightly calmed chaos, I pleaded with Judaek again.
└YasaengGrill Judaek-nim. I bought high-nic, verified in the Four Seasons Forest, and survival's urgent right now. I'll drop the special treatment the second I escape—can you consider it?
└Don'tAbandonHero Hmm...! So anyone entering the Four Seasons Forest gets special treatment?!
└YasaengGrill I heard Gallery access is blocked there...
└Don'tAbandonHero Oh crap! Forgot about that! You didn't know?!
└I didn't either lol
└Totally slipped my mind lol
└Wait, no Gallery in the Four Seasons Forest? lol
└Something felt off;;
These people forgetting that? Mind-blowing. At least she remembered now—her resolve might waver. Perfect opening. I pushed harder.
└YasaengGrill Considering my pitiful situation, please just the trading cooldown...
└Don'tAbandonHero Hmm! You'd never abuse it, Grill-nim!
└YasaengGrill Abuse what...
Not pushing hard—just begging. But I felt her softening.
└Don'tAbandonHero I can't decide alone, so vote it is! I'll limit to high-nics only!
└YasaengGrill If that's your call, fine.
└Why high-nics only? That's unfair too?
└High-nic's the trading requirement. Jealous? Buy one, fuck.
└Talkers are so gross lol
└This is why democracy's fucked lol
└Idiots who don't know fair vs equal lol
Democracy? Like I know it? Gallery auto-translates, so probably. But kings and nobles everywhere—democracy's weird here.
└YasaengGrill What's democracy? Like guaranteed voting rights?
└Yeah. But excluding beastkin lands, it all flops lol
└YasaengGrill Why flop? Failed rebellions?
└Voting made everyone yap. Debating if slum rats get votes.
└Farmers are majority—win their hearts, done lol
└Nah, just crush with force. Endless civil wars killed it.
└Fuck, hate equals with peasants lol
└But that guy's in charge of military—can't touch him;;
└???: Everyone equal? Ok, exiling to another country.
Heard it before. Fantasy can't have democracy. Earth had ways to bridge power gaps—this world doesn't. Power differences too stark; "equality" impossible.
└Best is letting commoners in politics. Huge win.
└YasaengGrill Nobles ok with commoner politics?
└Politicians and nobles same diff. Don't pull the ladder lol
└Jealous? Farmer splits noble skull with plow;; They tolerate to avoid that.
└Look at elves. Same vote as those crazies? Nightmare;;
└Funny part: With works best lol
└YasaengGrill What's With?
└Beastkin country. What do you even know, fuck?
└YasaengGrill Too harsh on otherworlder?
└Lying ass. Search it lol
└Beastkin democracy will blow your mind.
What's beastkin democracy they're giggling about? At best, nobles or elites only vote.
What a weird world. Doesn't help me. I need Judaek's blessing now: lift 24h trading cooldown.
└Don'tAbandonHero Posted the thread! Check it out!
└YasaengGrill Thanks.
Soon, comment about her post. As head mod, it'd draw eyes. Pass this, and cooldown's gone.
YasaengGrill's 24-Hour Trading Limit Removal Vote!
Don'tAbandonHero High-nics, YasaengGrill-nim is struggling to survive in the Four Seasons Forest! Normally no special treatment! But he verified and has high trust, so vote! He'll relinquish it upon escape—note that!
1. Agree
2. Disagree
Clear, hits the points. No worries. Vote lasts a day. I'd handle other stuff.
But beastkin democracy piqued curiosity. Why the laughs?
Democracy delivery. (Lion beastkin tilting head photo)
We didn't order that? (Dog beastkin furious photo)
Take the vote, please. (Lion beastkin baring teeth photo)
These dog bastards lost it? Wanna die? (Dog beastkin yelling photo)
Kids! Anti-democracy guy's here! (Cat beastkin photo)
Who? (Horse beastkin photo)
Who? (Deer beastkin photo)
Who? (Bemused lion beastkin photo)
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That's not democracy, that's imperialism. Forced by numbers? One meme doesn't explain—I dug more.
Why democracy thrives in With
Most countries mono-ethnic, but beastkin? Over 10 ethnicities lol Carnivores, herbivores meaningless—deer kick downs tiger. Democracy warped inevitably.
Maybe true equality?
└Tiger beastkin: What the fuck?
└Lion beastkin: What the fuck?
└Leopard beastkin: What the fuck?
└Bear beastkin: What the fuck?
Roughly: Democracy oppressed some ethnicities. Memes, ancient history. Beastkin short-lived like humans, quick generations—now chill.
Not my concern now.
Skip democracy. Vote's key. Hope it passes.
I cautiously checked Judaek's post.
Vote first.
Obviously agree.
Thanks for voting.
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Vote done, but no mid-results. Just that message. Usually real-time—different here?
└Why no real-time this vote?
└Don'tAbandonHero Important one! Tomorrow!
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