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[versusnurture]

Who: Abigail & open!
Broadcast: Fleetwide!
Action: None unless, you know. You wanna. She's on the Iskaulit I guess.
When: Right meow!

have you ever killed anyone? if you have, are you proud of that?

[It's a thoughtful kind of day.]

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[grounds]

yes and it's complicated

[versusnurture]

that's probably the best answer there is. everything's complicated.

a little proud?

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[avaricious]

plenty

but not the last one

[versusnurture]

why not?

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[heresyandlace]

I'm surprised no one has asked this yet. It seems like the sort of question to have come up by now.

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[versusnurture]

back where i was before, people used to ask stuff like this all the time. it's a good way to learn about people.

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[mortalcoil]

why are you asking

[though he's probably skulking around the Iskaulit somewhere too, let's be honest]

[versusnurture]

why does anyone ask anything? because i want to know.

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[frigidaire]

no but its come close.
i still want to, sometimes.

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[versusnurture]

me too. sometimes. not as often as before, but sometimes.

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[firstrebel]

That's a pretty personal question.

[versusnurture]

that's true. but you also didn't have to respond.

[Bait.]

[mistyday]

Yeah. Bastards deserved it though.

[versusnurture]

[Ooh, she likes this answer.]

what did they do?

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[notmutantbutmiracle]

[At first, Wanda wasn't sure she wanted to respond to this post. Yet, eventually, she does decide to text a response.]

Yes. [A slight pause before a second message follows.] And yes.

[versusnurture]

good.

[That comes immediately.]

some people deserve to die.

[resnipstance]

Yes.

And no.

[versusnurture]

do you wish you could undo it?

[theroadwarrior]

[He doesn't want to necessarily socialize, because he's Max and Max is utterly awful at socializing. But the moment he reads this (and regrets it), his thoughts are all turned-around and plagued by the voices of the past. Ghosts don't exactly try to get him an inch of room to forget what he's done — even if they are all a creation of his own psyche.

So he quiets them with a swift text wth no names attached.]

yes. there's no pride in killing to survive.

once there is, its no longer survival, its hunting.

[versusnurture]

[She likes the anonymous responses. They make her feel more solid, because they prove that other people are afraid, too. So she responds quickly, eagerly.]

it's easy to shift between one and the other, though, isn't it? once you defend yourself for long enough it can start looking like a really nice idea, once the blood gets under your nails enough.

one more here you go

[collegedropout]

[Oh hey Abigail, how's it going.]

I have. Most of them hadn't been so much pride as it had been relief.

SAMMY!!

[versusnurture]

[Pretty good, philosophizing about murder, you know.]

i get that. i've been there. fighting for your life, right?

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[honorbends]

Why would you be proud of that?

[ he had been prepared to kill azula, and he had warned aang he would have to kill ozai, but he would never feel proud of taking that life. even in self-defense. ]

[versusnurture]

good question. why do you think?

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[beardstrokes]

I have killed, in anger and in need. I can't say I've ever been proud of it. It simply . . . had to be done.

[versusnurture]

necessity and pride can't coexist?

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[bloodbiter]

Why would you ask something like that?

permatext

[versusnurture]

why do you think?

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[feathery]

man its kind of surreal how serious people always take this shit when it pops up
it makes me fucking miss the internet
more than i already do anyway

[versusnurture]

and this is my favorite answer.

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[sandhate]

I'm not proud of the act but if I can save others by preventing someone from causing further harm, then yes, I am.

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[droprate]

You first.

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[tallasaking]

Yes and absolutely.

Voice

[monolike]

How- How could anybody be proud of killing someone?

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[child_of_bhaal]

I have, but I wouldn't say I'm proud of it. I'm just...

[She thinks about this for a moment, gathers her thoughts.]

I'm glad I'm alive.

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[survivalistcookbook]

Wow. Remind me to hire you on as a prompt-writer if I ever set up a speed dating event here.

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[slushfund]

Wow, what a grandiose question.
I don't think we covered enough of that in our Q&A session.

[takeabow]

Yeah. And no. I'm not proud. But I'm glad to be alive.

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[reconstitution]

Not any that I wanted to kill.

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[radiantwingedone]

Killed plenty. But the one I would have been most pleased to have done so, I haven't located yet.