first one to make that doctor who joke loses

[birdsbirdsbirds]

Who: Everyone! All of you!
Broadcast: Maybe!
Action: Definitely!
When: Anytime during the toxic moon event!

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[boy oh boy, isn't everyone just so excited to explore this... charming... place...?

this is a game-wide mingle and the timeframe isn't super-important, so throw in with whatever you want! play war games, go shopping for gas masks, get lost in the wilderness, hide up in the Iskaulit and refuse to set foot on the moon, anything goes.

here's the main event info post for reference! have fun!]

Comments

[precedented]

No, they are not. Though loss and life walks hand in hand in the desert.

[killedwithlove]

[Cole is quiet for a while. He pulls his knees up to his chest, heels resting on the edge of his chair and chin on his knees.

He virtually vanishes behind legs and hat while he thinks.]

I don't like deserts much. They're quiet. Rough. And there's no nugs.

[precedented]

The desert is not for you.

[ He watches him quietly before turning his gaze away. ]

You'd burn yourself out in such a place.

[killedwithlove]

No.

[He looks at his pale skin.]

Maybe. I don't know if I burn. I don't eat or sleep or drink.

[precedented]

You're not missing much.

[ Leto can still do some of that . . . for now. ]

[killedwithlove]

I don't like eating. I've done it a few times, but I don't like it.

Sometimes water is nice. It feels nice in my mouth.

[precedented]

[ He laughs softly. ]

I have no fondness for water, I'm afraid. Or food.

[killedwithlove]

No. Not now.

Especially not the water. Burn, like acid, like fire, like Blight.

[precedented]

They used to say that running water kept spirits away. There must be some truth to that tale.

[killedwithlove]

I've never heard that.

It isn't true in our world. We just move across it.

[precedented]

It is an old Earth superstition. They have many concerning spirits and ghosts.

[killedwithlove]

But you're not from Earth.

[precedented]

No. But my ancestors were from Earth. I lived on Earth through their eyes.

[killedwithlove]

That must be confusing. Do you forget when you are?

[precedented]

Sometimes. I try not to make a habit out of it.

[killedwithlove]

Why would you make a habit of it?

[precedented]

It's very easy to delve into a different life. A happier life, a more exciting life. My lives are rich and varied. I could be an emperor of Rome or a musician on the streets.

It has its inherent temptations.

[killedwithlove]

... but, you'd be best being you. No one else can be you.

[precedented]

I created myself. When we were in Aather, we have nothing to go by. I reinvented myself as the memories returned.

[ Leto wonders what his true personality was, before the other lives set in at birth. Aather was the only place where he was a child, got to live like a child, but briefly. ]

[killedwithlove]

So did I.

But that doesn't change that you're best being you. Even if you made you.

[precedented]

[ He chuckles, a low deep sound. ]

I doubt there will ever be anyone like me.

[killedwithlove]

No.

But there won't be anyone exactly like anyone else.

You're going to walk the Golden Path. But you're still a person, like other people are people. Unique. Individual.

[precedented]

I won't deny that.

[ He couldn't, anyway. ]

[killedwithlove]

[Cole leans over and wraps a gloved hand around Leto's.]

Everyone is so special, in their own way.

[precedented]

[ He squeezes it gently, aware of his wormskin around his hands. ]

That is what keeps me going.