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driftfleet2015-04-03 12:27 pm
killedwithlove) wrote in driftfleet2015-04-03 12:27 pm
ACTION! Meeting people!
Who: Cole and anyone who stands still long enough to be talked to
Broadcast: No.
Action: One ALL fleet ships except The Tourist and The Three Twins
When: During the week.
Cole doesn't like the communicators. He finds it too disorientating to talk to people and have that vast distance between them.
Instead, he's setting out to visit each of the ships and meet the people on board. He likes people and he likes meeting and talking with people and he'd far rather do that face to face.
Don't worry. He doesn't take up much space and he takes up no supplies. He just wants to meet people.
But... he gives The Tourist and The Three Twins a wide berth. Fenris had been very clear that he was not to see Cole again and Cole will respect that by avoiding the places he seems to be.
Anyone from those ships will have to be visitors somewhere else to run into Cole.
Broadcast: No.
Action: One ALL fleet ships except The Tourist and The Three Twins
When: During the week.
Cole doesn't like the communicators. He finds it too disorientating to talk to people and have that vast distance between them.
Instead, he's setting out to visit each of the ships and meet the people on board. He likes people and he likes meeting and talking with people and he'd far rather do that face to face.
Don't worry. He doesn't take up much space and he takes up no supplies. He just wants to meet people.
But... he gives The Tourist and The Three Twins a wide berth. Fenris had been very clear that he was not to see Cole again and Cole will respect that by avoiding the places he seems to be.
Anyone from those ships will have to be visitors somewhere else to run into Cole.
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No, I won't be impugning your right to say things either. Maker knows the hypocrisy might suck all the atmosphere out of the room if I did.
[ Impugn is a joke here, meanwhile! Because it's a callback to a previous part of the conversation, you see?
...at least it's not sarcasm. ]
You've never met anyone with a hurt they wanted to keep? [ A little rhetorical, mostly genuine.. ]
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[He knows people aren't the same. And he is getting better about blurting things out.]
No. Some people have small aches, but the ache makes them feel good in some way, so it's not a hurt anymore. It was a hurt, but as it stops hurting, it makes other things. Satisfaction, vindication, vilification. Vengeance.
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This makes...well. Memory, I suppose. I'll hang onto those; some of them were damn hard work to get!
[ On the other hand, the young man isn't actually wrong. If he hadn't loved Kirkwall failure to save it wouldn't throb like a bruise even years later. The sensation is odd; he hasn't talked about the city since.
Vengeance he's just going to leave alone. The immediate association is obvious. ]
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I'm sorry, I was distracted. And I don't think I want to put my finger in your ear.
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He stays with the ship, I'm sorry to say.
[ He's not attached to the cat, you're attached to the cat!! >__> ]
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I wouldn't try and take him away. It would hurt both of you.
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[ This is happening. ]
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He'd tell you. Really. In so many words, or...?
[ In other words, does Cole actually receive the equivalent of language from animals, or just impressions. ]
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Not with words. But everyone and everything will tell you plenty without words.
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A fair point. What's he telling you now?
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[He slides his hand down to oblige.]
People are harder, because they can say one thing and say another.
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[ Hawke knows no such people like that, naturally. He's leaning a little more forward from the counter now; Cole's thought processes are interesting as long as they're not talking about--well, not Hawke. ]
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No other thing does that. Just people.
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[ It costs too much, he thinks. Something for nothing, with people, is so rare as to seem anomalous. ]
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[He ducks his head to let Slay smooch against his cheek.]
Animals have simple needs to make them happy. They're easy to help. I like helping people, but it takes more effort.
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If you're a spirit, then [ he's puzzling this out ]...then Compassion is your purpose. But if you're a person--do you ever think about doing anything else? Ever have--I don't know, off day?
[ He's wondering a little about what Fenris said, that he could earn the right to stop--doing what he does, but he can't imagine doing anything else at this point, or even what else he's for. ]
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I was Compassion. I knew nothing but empathy and helping those who needed me. Now, I'm Cole. I like helping others. I want to help.
But I can feel more than just compassion. I can be angry, without being a demon! I can be curious and want to learn. I can choose to not help someone.
Being a person means feeling different things. Sometimes they're contradictory!
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Most of the time they are. You had it easier as a spirit, I suspect.
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This was how I could help.
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[ It's so difficult being a cynic and an optimist all at the same time. ]
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Being a person isn't easy. But being a spirit is being passive. I couldn't help people, just watch, wait, want to reach out and help. I couldn't help.
I've been a person for... a few years? And it's hard. But it's worth it.
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[ he ...sort of knows how this works, but uh. Cole does not appear to be possessing anyone. ]
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[To be this side? He doesn't know. He never made a decision. It just happened.]