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madburnout) wrote2020-03-06 07:33 pm
madburnout) wrote2020-03-06 07:33 pm
[He wasn't really judging!]
I don't doubt that's true.
[Still.]
You said what I tried to do was kind. But It was not effective. I didn't help anyone.
I don't doubt that's true.
[Still.]
You said what I tried to do was kind. But It was not effective. I didn't help anyone.
[...]
Don't let one failure bring you down, Lio.
I did what I did because I couldn't find a way to help her, and I decided that I would regret it more if she had killed someone that night, whether because she was free to act or because someone else died trying to stop her.
... But more solutions are opening up now. Aren't we already trying to save Hunter tomorrow?
Don't let one failure bring you down, Lio.
I did what I did because I couldn't find a way to help her, and I decided that I would regret it more if she had killed someone that night, whether because she was free to act or because someone else died trying to stop her.
... But more solutions are opening up now. Aren't we already trying to save Hunter tomorrow?
Do you believe that will work? This antidote?
[ . . . ]
They are experimenting on us. Have done so before.
[ . . . ]
They are experimenting on us. Have done so before.
[He can understand that. But it does feel like the correct time to use the antidote would have been in the time before murder night. Once events are in motion . . .
But he's more distracted by the experiments thing.]
'Frustrating'? It is more than frustration. Where I come from, they capture us, dissect us, experiment on us, and here it is happening again.
But he's more distracted by the experiments thing.]
'Frustrating'? It is more than frustration. Where I come from, they capture us, dissect us, experiment on us, and here it is happening again.
And now it is happening again, and I can do nothing to stop it.
... Battles aren't always won quickly, and the impact of our actions aren't necessarily felt within our lifetimes. The future can seem distant beyond compare, but there's more to the world than the past and present.
And you aren't alone either, Lio. Don't forget that.
And you aren't alone either, Lio. Don't forget that.
[It's a lovely sentiment. But the future seems so short sometimes. Like the whole world is a volcano on the edge of eruption. And he is alone, in so many ways that matter now. Maybe not here, not personally, but . . . He looks at the floor, fists clenching.]
I can only do my best.
I can only do my best.
[WHERE YOU AT MY DUDE
Guess you've got no choice in the matter. Lio is getting more and more frustrated the longer this day goes on. You never realize how close you stand to people when you're all cramped up in a house together. Even a large one? He almost just runs into Babo Kim when he tries to find him - dodging at the last second.]
Watch out.
Guess you've got no choice in the matter. Lio is getting more and more frustrated the longer this day goes on. You never realize how close you stand to people when you're all cramped up in a house together. Even a large one? He almost just runs into Babo Kim when he tries to find him - dodging at the last second.]
Watch out.
[He-- well, he starts to respond, but it seems the thing he was running from is the Weight of Memories. Also the fact that apparently everyone here is gonna see his Traumas.
In fact, Babo Kim will experience one now! For your viewing pleasure.
hm.]
In fact, Babo Kim will experience one now! For your viewing pleasure.
hm.]
[Honestly, Lio wasn't paying attention to whatever Babo Kim just said. He was staring off into space, and seems to snap back to reality when he's addressed.]
Mm. It's the last thing I remember before here.
Mm. It's the last thing I remember before here.
[ . . . ]
. . . I was going to. [But.] As I said, that is the last thing I remember.
. . . I was going to. [But.] As I said, that is the last thing I remember.
[This is the exact problem galo has been working on for weeks, my dude. he is very stubborn about it.]
If he has not released them, I will have no choice.
If he has not released them, I will have no choice.
[Snarling at him - of course he doesn't want to do that? He's spoken enough about how he doesn't kill, but--]
And what about when he massacred us? When he cut us into pieces? When he ordered us frozen and smashed into bits? What about when he burns us to ash for nothing? Maybe they should feel some of that pain. Maybe it's the only way they'll ever understand!
And what about when he massacred us? When he cut us into pieces? When he ordered us frozen and smashed into bits? What about when he burns us to ash for nothing? Maybe they should feel some of that pain. Maybe it's the only way they'll ever understand!
[in response to lio's anger, he's entirely calm, if solemn; perhaps eerily so, considering the attitude he usually puts on.]
... I just think that even if you get what you want in the short term, the future you'll have paved for yourself and the people you want to protect is a very different story.
I said it before—what lies ahead, within your lifetime and after, is longer than you can even fathom right now. [...] But I suppose I wouldn't know.
... I just think that even if you get what you want in the short term, the future you'll have paved for yourself and the people you want to protect is a very different story.
I said it before—what lies ahead, within your lifetime and after, is longer than you can even fathom right now. [...] But I suppose I wouldn't know.
[He understands? He understands and that's why it's so upsetting, why it hurts so much when he tries to think about it.]
You think I don't understand. My whole life-- We Burnish do not kill. Other leaders of the Mad Burnish did, they burned indiscriminately, without reason, but I wanted, needed to be different. I would not be the monster they claimed us to be. We left escape routes, we did not harm anyone we could avoid, we tried to live in peace, but it was never enough.
I don't want to do it.
You think I don't understand. My whole life-- We Burnish do not kill. Other leaders of the Mad Burnish did, they burned indiscriminately, without reason, but I wanted, needed to be different. I would not be the monster they claimed us to be. We left escape routes, we did not harm anyone we could avoid, we tried to live in peace, but it was never enough.
I don't want to do it.
... I know you don't.
That's part of why the idea you'd do it makes me sad—and why I don't understand the fact that even here, when time is effectively paused for you, that you refuse to think of any other possible way.
Do you feel as though making that threat is the only means of control you have over the situation?
That's part of why the idea you'd do it makes me sad—and why I don't understand the fact that even here, when time is effectively paused for you, that you refuse to think of any other possible way.
Do you feel as though making that threat is the only means of control you have over the situation?
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