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madburnout) wrote2020-03-06 07:33 pm
madburnout) wrote2020-03-06 07:33 pm
If I die, if Galo dies, so do every single one of the Burnish! It isn't just us.
... And even that is a small scale compared to what she's faced before.
[which isn't, like, justification for her potentially not giving a damn. agni, who has cared about human lives when the other gods wouldn't, is the last person who'd say, "well, it's not a big enough scope, so boohoo."
but also brilith is very difficult to deal with.
he pauses.]
Though she's never had to deal with other universes before, so I can't say one way or another how it might change things.
... And part of why she prefers death is to forget, but it doesn't sound like that'll be the case here. So... that might help to dissuade her.
[which isn't, like, justification for her potentially not giving a damn. agni, who has cared about human lives when the other gods wouldn't, is the last person who'd say, "well, it's not a big enough scope, so boohoo."
but also brilith is very difficult to deal with.
he pauses.]
Though she's never had to deal with other universes before, so I can't say one way or another how it might change things.
... And part of why she prefers death is to forget, but it doesn't sound like that'll be the case here. So... that might help to dissuade her.
Edited (because it just occurred to me) 2020-03-15 04:21 (UTC)
[I mean, it's not wrong that even the entirety of the Burnish is a small scale. That's the end goal of any genocide. Lio has to think about it for a minute, arms crossed, pacing in a little circle - he isn't really . . . angry at-- Agni? Babo Kim? Whatever name he prefers now. He's just frustrated.]
No-- I . . . don't think you forget. They're still somewhere here. Trapped, like us.
No-- I . . . don't think you forget. They're still somewhere here. Trapped, like us.
Mm. Emphasizing that may help, at least.
And, to think of what will happen in the long run. Regardless of what happens to us, if we don't figure out what's going on, there's nothing to stop this place from taking others in the future.
If it takes certain people, then it really could place entire universes in danger. Ours, especially.
And, to think of what will happen in the long run. Regardless of what happens to us, if we don't figure out what's going on, there's nothing to stop this place from taking others in the future.
If it takes certain people, then it really could place entire universes in danger. Ours, especially.
[Just . . . nodding. This is all so much?]
I'll try.
[ . . . ]
I don't understand any of this. I won't try to pretend to understand your lifespan, or Brilith's, or the workings of this place. We just can't give up right now.
I'll try.
[ . . . ]
I don't understand any of this. I won't try to pretend to understand your lifespan, or Brilith's, or the workings of this place. We just can't give up right now.
[He starts to walk away before he turns back around, arms crossed. He's not very emotionally intelligent, it's taken him a while to get to this point at all.]
. . . What about you? Do you feel the same?
. . . What about you? Do you feel the same?
[y'know, making traumatized kids kill you.]
Hoping to burn out.
Hoping to burn out.
[Is he going by Agni now. I realize Lio has rudely just not asked, since Brilith was the one who told him that name.]
Do not let it go out.
[That's like, a super mean way to say "please do not die."]
Do not let it go out.
[That's like, a super mean way to say "please do not die."]
[Well, he's seen him hangin' in the Drawing Room, so at some point during the day popping in to see if Agni is chillin' in here. Sitting across from him, hands folded in front of him.]
. . . Agni.
[well.]
Do you prefer that? I guess I never asked.
. . . Agni.
[well.]
Do you prefer that? I guess I never asked.
I suppose, but you must have a preference. You are allowed to choose your own name.
[What a weird hill to die on, Lio.]
[What a weird hill to die on, Lio.]
If you insist. Agni is shorter.
[And seems more of a real name. So.]
I . . . wanted to thank you.
[And seems more of a real name. So.]
I . . . wanted to thank you.
You came to speak with me. You shared the things Phoenix wrote. You did not have to do that, so I am thanking you.
[god, all this "sorry" and "thank you" is . . . . . . so hard. It's so much?]
[god, all this "sorry" and "thank you" is . . . . . . so hard. It's so much?]
[Shrugging.]
In my experience, outside of this place, many people do.
[But.]
I think it's different here. Even the people you do not expect are kind. Maybe it was why Blue choose you to arrive here.
In my experience, outside of this place, many people do.
[But.]
I think it's different here. Even the people you do not expect are kind. Maybe it was why Blue choose you to arrive here.
[Well Lio's just . . . stalking around outside, getting that pent up adrenaline off, when he spots Agni by the sunflowers. Wasn't that guy supposed to take a nap.
Well. Wandering over, arms crossed. He doesn't say anything for a minute.]
Well. Wandering over, arms crossed. He doesn't say anything for a minute.]
Edited 2020-03-29 02:18 (UTC)
[agni is not, in fact, taking a nap. instead, he's crouching by the sunflowers, looking sad.]
Don't suppose there's any way to save you guys...
[when he realizes lio's there, he glances at him and. well, i would be lying if i said he didn't manage to look even more tired at the sight, before he turns back to the trampled sunflower patch.
he's not going to run, at least, even if he can't say he wants to talk to lio (or anyone) right now. he knows he doesn't have the right.]
Don't suppose there's any way to save you guys...
[when he realizes lio's there, he glances at him and. well, i would be lying if i said he didn't manage to look even more tired at the sight, before he turns back to the trampled sunflower patch.
he's not going to run, at least, even if he can't say he wants to talk to lio (or anyone) right now. he knows he doesn't have the right.]
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