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[unwieldyfate]

Who: EVERYONE
When: Day 43, afternoon
Where: EVERYWHERE
What: mmmmiiiinnnngleee

[insert afternoon minglings in this post]

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Re: Apartment Q

[madasahero]

So please don't tell me I had good intentions. My good intentions didn't help anyone. Not even Ryner.

[ticking]

[idly trails fingers up your jaw]

But every single human, without exception, is capable of and has shown greater kindness at one time or another in their life than your god has in the last seven thousand years. Even a rapist might bring a girl a flower, and even a murderer might spare a starving child a bit of coin. Even a man like me, who tortures others for my pleasure and has worked to end the human race, can move a hand to put someone out of their misery. Your god will do none of these things. You have never seen it and you never will.

Re: Apartment Q

[slayerofgiants]

[I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY AT THIS POINT.

Looking back at the floor.]

...It appears we both hate ourselves.

[waysmarterthanyou]

Each flip decides the fate of an individual.

[yuetsu]

[ turns his face away, a bit annoyed but. ]

Hm, perhaps. Thank you for the education.

[ cccaannnnn leave now? ]

[ticking]

[holds your arm, studyiiing]

Re: Apartment Q

[madasahero]

[Looking like he is about to cry]

The worst part is that...I don't know what happened. I don't remember. I keep hoping everything ended well. This time. Though the truth is that I don't remember how I arrived here. I don't know what happened to the world, or Ryner.

Please, Wander...There is already so much suffering...

[Reaching out to touch his forehead]

[anklets]

A display of divine providence... then.

Re: Apartment Q

[slayerofgiants]

[Not wincing this time, but closing his eyes.]

Sion. No one would have been able to make that decision.

[why do you have to hate yourself so much?]

Re: Apartment Q

[oi_theoi]

[tightens hir arms a little in a brief hug]

[waysmarterthanyou]

No. A display of awesome power.

[Or maybe it's just a coin and I'm amusing myself at your expense.]

Re: Apartment Q

[madasahero]

[Because I hate death, war and misery and I've been the perpetual cause of them. Because I have always failed to protect what I love the most. :(

Stroking his hair, the gesture so protective it is almost motherly.]

He said he would. He said he would have chosen the world.

[Said with a vague, loving smile.]

Re: Apartment Q

[slayerofgiants]

[That is always so weird because I have only ever known tough love. '-']

Do you think he is really sure of that?

Re: Apartment Q

[madasahero]

[I can give that too. '-'

And you get a shrug.]

He thinks I am stronger than him...because I cannot choose. So he won't let me make myself miserable while I try to save the world like a kid.

Don't ask. I don't understand his logic either.

Re: Apartment Q

[slayerofgiants]

[That is a lot easier to deal with.

B-but it's kind of nice. '-']

I am sorry I said all those horrible things to you.

Re: Apartment Q

[madasahero]

[Just nods this time]

I'm sorry I didn't tell you the truth.

[I kind of suck at telling things.]

Re: Apartment Q

[slayerofgiants]

I...[sighing]

I know.

[I wish things could go back to when I wasn't terribly uncomfortable around you. :(]

Re: Apartment Q

[madasahero]

...Do you wish I didn't?

[I've spent my whole life hiding myself from others. I don't know how this whole telling the truth works. :(]

Re: Apartment Q

[slayerofgiants]

[Wow he wasn't expecting that.

Loooooooooong pause.]

...No.

[because it forced me to put some things in perspective. and realize that you are a strong and awesome person I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY.]

Re: Apartment Q

[madasahero]

[That makes him smile a little]

Are you sure? I'm really bad at it.

Re: Apartment Q

[slayerofgiants]

I am positive.

[Hopefully I can get over my fear of you. '-']

Re: Apartment Q

[madasahero]

[Think of me as a mom that might eat you in your sleep... Wait, that doesn't quite work. '-'a]

I'm glad you told me about your people, and Mono. I'm grateful for your trust.

Re: Apartment Q

[slayerofgiants]

[That doesn't work at all!]

[looking down at the floor again; it sure is interesting today.]

You took me in when I first arrived. O-of course I trust you.

[that thing inside you though. that I don't rust. :/]

Re: Apartment Q

[madasahero]

[It's alright, I don't trust that part of myself either. :(]

...

...I don't know whether you are doing the right thing. Forgiving me, I mean. But...thank you.

Re: Apartment Q

[slayerofgiants]

[earnestly]

Sion, there is one thing about the decisions I have made. Bad or good. I never regret them.

[a pause, as he looks up at him. He looks a bit sad.]

And that includes forgiving you.