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"Lucrezia dear, would you and your new friend like to join us for cards?"

Having returned onto the ship with the gains of impetuous shopping, Stheno watched as the new person was introduced and began one of the most tedious of chats in the history of Alvada.

"This conversation is going everywhere fast."

"Hello, Stheno Euryale. Glad there are more handsome gentlemen coming on board." She briefly waved to the newcomer before turning her attention to a parting remark for Lucrezia.

"Lucrezia darling, tell me if you need anything else. Dye and such. I'll be around the ship."

Poor girl. I hope she takes my ou- But unfortunately she'd be of no use to Lucrezia, as she was too distracted to notice Elanore's ambush until the last minute.

"Goodness El, you startled me. I was so wrapped up in helping pluralize Lucrezia's wardrobe contents that I didn't notice you."

"Oh that little thing." Stheno waved away Elanore's concern, as much as she appreciated it. "The priest took care of it superbly. If the scar remains I can always try whipping something up to hide it later. Thank you for the concern. That, and for blasting where that stab-happy woman stood to smithereens."

what does the scouter say about his privilege level? 

IT'S OVER WHITE CISHET ABLE MALE BILLIONAIRE WITH A DOCTORATE IN A STEM FIIIIIEEEELD!!!

It's been happening fine but technological improvements have only accelerated the development of inequity by introducing new means by which elites (in Capitalism, those with the means to everything: capital) may subvert more democratic measures for guaranteeing their own influence. This was seen during the Industrial Era and the initial deskilling of work (from artisans to assembly line efficient production requiring a large pool of wage laborers) and again when globalization allowed commodification of workers to take place on a... well.. global scale and begin to escape the meager social benefit they were providing to nation states (taxes) as well as escape the ability to be regulated. Ideologically following that was the increasing practice of demanding an improvement in "business climate" to compete with the labor pools and other opportunities introduced by the new technologies which made globalized capitalism possible - as well as the development of the financial sector and some of the problems we saw come to a head during the 2008 crash.

Even in some of the examples you listed, such as utilizing intellectual wage labor, still depend on introducing more people into the system, but that's just a continuation of the creation and furthering of the "New Class" of knowledge-based labor which served as an intermediary after early capitalism began its first changes. Like before, these problems will only grow more extreme. I mean, if you want to get silly with the imagery we could be facing Mecha Nixon/Super Koch, or go Eclipse Phase and have armies of Koch forks - forks who can supply their own arms, supplies, building materials...

Right now there is at least some interdependence still that requires the elites to keep their elaborate systems of ideological control in place. If they develop (and control) the technology that might no longer be the case. And that's not an indictment against technology progress (since it'll happen in any case) but rather a reminder that we should really clean the house before the future is ready to move in and add another source of messiness.

Move to 22-X and grab the tome from the dude.

"I've found the-" Mordecai snatches the Nightosphere from Klessen

"Yes, that."

S31, visit house. pray for loot

"HEY URDIE! GET THE DAMNED DOOR!" "You get it! I'm still cooking breakfast you lazy bags of pig dung!" "Urrgghh.. fine."

A middle-aged man whose eyes look worn answers the door while scratching his rear, at least until his eyes go wide upon seeing his visitor.

"Wha-wha-wha-wh..." He then seems to suddenly notice his lord, then the bandits, then his lord.

"Hold the bacon Urdie, we've gotta save the village first!"

Two Village Hunters have joined the battle!






XP 67/100
Party Gold: 420

Stheno purchases the 50gp bolt of cloth Lucrezia was interested in.

"All yours."

"I was hoping that you would know more. From the size it appears to be I want to say there's enough for at least two, depending on how much cloth you wanted to invest into each dress."

Breathing a sigh of relief Stheno jingles the pouch of coins.

"It's not much, but it should be enough for a simple dress." A thought occurred to her however.

"Unless you would rather make one yourself? I'm not sure whether your tailoring extends beyond puppet-making. We could purchase the raw materials and I can provide some dyes and together we can make you something lovely."

"Nnnrgh.. Very well. I suppose it's important enough, and I'll be supporting another follower of Undine out here."

Stheno sighs as she reaches into her pouch and looks at her entire stock of Chamomile as if she's about to sell her only child.