audience: ashlyn

[mygod]

Comments

[mygod]

Personally? Or for all of you?

[killies]

Both, I guess.

[mygod]

If there is something that you want in the world that you do not think that you can achieve with your own hands, this is a fairly painless way to reach it. In the worst case scenario, you are sacrificed eventually, but you are able to still accomplish something in your home. In the best case scenario, you have a terrible two month detour but come out of it with something that is undoubtedly a benefit to you.

[ shrugs ]

I would not do it, because there is nothing I want so much that I would put another person in danger for it when I am so used to being threatened. But my circumstance is specific.

[killies]

So if there was something worth sacrificing yourself and someone else for, this could be a way to do it.

Which is basically what the whole cult is trying to do but on a smaller scale.

[mygod]

In a way.

But it sounds like you're resigned to dying. Maybe both of you will live long, healthy lives. Or maybe you won't be monsters forever and the tie falters. I will admit that since it's so experimental, we aren't clear on all the details...

[ tilts head ]

What is it that you want?

[killies]

I'm not resigned to it. But you have to think about the worst case scenario, especially if someone else is stuck with whatever happens.

I don't want anything, I just want out of here. This is only means to that end.

[mygod]

I don't disagree with you. Weighing the options is important, but if someone else has agreed to the partner bond, it likely means there's something they want so badly that they'd put their life on the line for it too.

[killies]

[ hmm, she hadn't thought of it like that. ]

So if you refuse to partner when someone else wants to, it might be denying them something important.

[mygod]

Yes.

It's a nuanced decision. In the end, you can make your choice as you please.

[killies]

Well, I'll think it over for now. No reason to rush into anything just yet.

What can the other monsters do?

[mygod]

The abilities vary... Though I wouldn't be surprised if you start seeing the effects of them shortly.

[killies]

[ fear ]

Is there any... drawback to using them?

[mygod]

Probably just witnessing the consequences of your actions and regretting them later.

[killies]

Oh. Well mine doesn't really have any consequences.

[ now she is more curious about what other people can do. ]

[mygod]

Then essentially neither do theirs.

It's interesting that you'd say that, though. What if you learn something that you'd hate to hold onto?

[killies]

So they're all pretty equally harmless.

[ interesting... she shrugs. ]

I'm used to that.

[mygod]

I wouldn't say they're all harmless, but it's based on the imagination of the user.

[killies]

[ thinks about this group of people. ]

Oh, good.

[mygod]

[ nods solemnly ]

Your earplugs can be put to use.

[killies]

I just wear them all the time, though.

[mygod]

[ tilts head ]

That bad? Or do you have overly sensitive hearing?

[killies]

Both.

[mygod]

Fair enough.

Then I'd recommend just finding as secluded of a place you can get around here. [ pauses to think about it ] You can go to the garden with the four of us, if you think it'd be far enough.

[killies]

[ that's so... nice... suspicious. ]

... If it gets bad. Maybe.

[mygod]

[ shrugs ]

I don't like talking to or hearing this many people either. You aren't terrible, comparatively.

[ she did not put leeches on them ]