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driftfleet2015-02-03 08:40 pm
serpentis) wrote in driftfleet2015-02-03 08:40 pm
Entry tags:
- !mingle,
- allen walker,
- arhen lavellan,
- cecil harvey,
- coil lenn,
- cole turner,
- dorian pavus,
- elim garak,
- emblica,
- felix harrowgate,
- fenris,
- finrod felagund,
- jove lavellan,
- krista kingsley,
- lloyd irving,
- malak,
- michael (michael),
- nelkeila tarid,
- nunnally vi britannia,
- riku,
- robin redbreast,
- sawada tsunayoshi,
- shirley fennes,
- sokka,
- tekhetsio,
- tim drake,
- yamanaka ino,
- zelos wilder (bad end)
[Open Moons Mingle Log]
Who: Anyone and Everyone!
Broadcast: Maybe!
Action: Abeo, Accendo, Adsum
When: 2/3-2/7
[WELCOME TO THE MOONS ENJOY YOUR STAY DON'T GET ARRESTED.]
Broadcast: Maybe!
Action: Abeo, Accendo, Adsum
When: 2/3-2/7
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Like Schwartz...
[But of course he wouldn't know who Schwartz was.]
We fought somebody like that once. She was the incarnation of human weakness, and encouraged people to accept nothingness as an escape from suffering.
["Do you do that?" she almost asks - but that's a little too much like judging him, which isn't the point of her asking.]
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she doesn't need to ask the question. he gets where this is going, and shakes his head.]
No. I don't do that. Suffering is a necessary part of the world, just as important as joy and comfort.
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That's what we thought, too. "It is because joy and pain exist that people are swayed by emotion." It's...Schwartz's opposite told us that. She was a dear friend.
[Grune. Shirley closes her eyes for a second there, missing the woman acutely, and lets the pain wash away naturally. Grune wouldn't want her to be sad, so she smiles instead.]
How strange, that you would sound more like Grune. You certainly don't act like either of them.
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It's strange to me that you even have something to compare to me. I'm used to being... ["alone".] The only thing like me, really.
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[Schwartz had Grune, after all. Nerifes had...some different aspect of itself, at least, in the Fallen Lands, and the Ferines to revere it. Robin doesn't need to say it outright for her to see it might be lonely.]
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[they had different roles, different dominions, but they were still like him... his brothers and sisters... admitting it makes him sad, even though he tries to keep it off his face. it kind of works. he might not realize that him being lonely is an obvious conclusion to her.]
Now it's just me.
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I'm sorry.
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[that seems like the right thing to say. his usual self would be more inclined towards a, "it was a long time ago," "it's all right," "things happen," but Shirley was being honest with him--and fair's fair. he'd like to be honest back.
still, this is Robin, so his mouth quirks up in a little smirk.]
I suppose it's kind of obvious, now, that this isn't my real form?
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[Hey, it doesn't seem so unusual when two of the three gods you're familiar with are human-shaped.]
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[maybe he could have kept that secret... jeez. he chuckles, even if it's light.]
It's pretty scary, so you're welcome to go on not thinking about it...
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[It's only after she says it that Shirley realizes that her words came out a little harsher than intended - sheltering is the last thing she wants out of people, but of course Robin wouldn't know that. She softens immediately.]
...I'm sorry. That wasn't fair of me. You don't need to show me if you don't want to, but please don't feel like you have to protect me. That's only ever caused problems before.
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I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be condescending, I just... I'm used to people far older than you being terrified at the thought.
[he won't show her anyway. he's still shy.]
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[She smiles, and if it seems a little brittle it's mostly because she does still regret the things that led her to this conclusion. Ah, hindsight.]
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[he tilts his head a little... thinking... there are more secrets he could tell, lots of them... but he's not so courageous as that, yet. telling about his true self is a big enough step as it is.]
I think that's the big one. It could make others pretty mad... A creature with control over pain, acting like a normal human...
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[She sighs. Shirley's aware that not everyone thinks that way, and Robin's particular phrasing makes her think of Solon - substituting "creature" for "assassin," anyway. But still.]
As long as that's what you want to do, you shouldn't believe anybody who says you shouldn't.
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...You're right. But it's complicated, sometimes. And I meant it when I said I was shy.
[he offers her a smile.]
This isn't exactly what I expected I'd be talking about today, but thank you.
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And thank you for trusting me. I know it's hard.
[She's feeling pretty good, though, either because of their conversation or because the augment is juicing her up now. Speaking of which...]
Thank you again for helping me earlier, too. I feel better now.
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And you? Where are you going?
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[And with a last nod, she's off.]