"The guilds offer housing, medical treatment, funding, etc., to its members so long as they abide by their guiding principles."
Six began to pour the tea. Green tea, to be exact.
"The Guardian Alliance's guiding principle is that power must be used selflessly. Meanwhile the Society of Villainous Reformation believes in freedom from responsibility. On the surface, it seems to be divided into a guild for heroes and a guild for villains if you want to use those terms, but it's not that simple."
He set the teapot down and pushed the first mug over to Sakura.
"The Alliance seeks to protect this world from threats from within and without. A noble cause, but they have a habit of marketing their members on social media. Theoretically, this is supposed to boost the general public's confidence in Metas, but it also attracts those who only want to make a name for themselves."
He started pouring his own mug.
"The Society believes that someone is only obligated to use their powers for personal benefit. It publicly runs a rehab facility for former criminals and to help keep troubled young Metas from going down the same path. However, because their guiding principle promotes selfishness, they do end up providing resources to those who'd cause trouble though they keep their members from attempting anything like triggering the Apocalypse."
He set the teapot down again, picking up his mug.
"The third option is to go it alone, but unless you have skills that can transfer over to the civilian sector, it can end up being the much harder row to hoe. I'm a member of the Alliance because my skills don't carry over to civilian life that well and I need the benefits that being part of a guild would grant me. It has the added boon of being similar enough to the organization I worked for back on my world that if anybody else from there shows up, they'll likely be drawn to it." He shrugged. "Mutual exploitation."
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"The guilds offer housing, medical treatment, funding, etc., to its members so long as they abide by their guiding principles."
Six began to pour the tea. Green tea, to be exact.
"The Guardian Alliance's guiding principle is that power must be used selflessly. Meanwhile the Society of Villainous Reformation believes in freedom from responsibility. On the surface, it seems to be divided into a guild for heroes and a guild for villains if you want to use those terms, but it's not that simple."
He set the teapot down and pushed the first mug over to Sakura.
"The Alliance seeks to protect this world from threats from within and without. A noble cause, but they have a habit of marketing their members on social media. Theoretically, this is supposed to boost the general public's confidence in Metas, but it also attracts those who only want to make a name for themselves."
He started pouring his own mug.
"The Society believes that someone is only obligated to use their powers for personal benefit. It publicly runs a rehab facility for former criminals and to help keep troubled young Metas from going down the same path. However, because their guiding principle promotes selfishness, they do end up providing resources to those who'd cause trouble though they keep their members from attempting anything like triggering the Apocalypse."
He set the teapot down again, picking up his mug.
"The third option is to go it alone, but unless you have skills that can transfer over to the civilian sector, it can end up being the much harder row to hoe. I'm a member of the Alliance because my skills don't carry over to civilian life that well and I need the benefits that being part of a guild would grant me. It has the added boon of being similar enough to the organization I worked for back on my world that if anybody else from there shows up, they'll likely be drawn to it." He shrugged. "Mutual exploitation."