[They arrive holding Lucas's lightly bloodied note in one hand, and using a cane with the other. They sound a little exasperated, ignoring how pleased their crow is as it hops on their shoulder.]
[THE :BEN: ENERGY INCREASES STOP LAUGHING U LIL SHIT BIRD he's tired.]
Hellions... [JUST REPEATING THAT LIKE HELLO. He thinks the crows are rude but certainly not worse than, say, a cult full of lunatics. He's fine enough with these violent birds.
But!! He will follow along, yeehaw.]
To be honest, I wasn't aware that the crows were something we would have to suffer through. [He just assumed they'd deliver notes NORMALLY.] So simple conversation may seem like an unfortunate exchange for blood.
[HELP the crows would be the first to get voted off the island. Also this is such a funny response DON'T JUST SAY YOU AND YOUR CONVERSATIONS.]
It's only a little, at least. [He's lost so much more to the fucking leeches. They have taken so much of his blood. He keeps getting leeched and he barely even goes into the leech water THE LEECHES ARE JUST THERE EVERYWHERE HE GOES HE'S TIRED OF THE LEECHES.]
Is it such a terrible thing to have a conversation for the sake of conversation? You don't need to plan your words out on the basis of whether you believe they'll be found interesting or not.
[Enjoy your Bible full of leeches and river full of leeches and town full of leeches. Leeches and small talk.]
It's not terrible. I don't feel one way or another about it. [They are not terribly awkward, just unfriendly. Which is worse.] But conversations usually have motives. I doubt you're actually talking to me without any intent at all.
I'd rather know why than pretend we're getting to know each other for fun.
[He will enjoy only one of the things on this list and it's not any of the ones with leeches thanks.]
"Getting to know another person for fun" is an intention in and of itself, isn't it? [BE FRIENDLIER. GET SOCIALIZED.]
There's a little less room for "fun" in a situation like this, but my intention really isn't any more complex than just gaining a better understanding of the people we'll essentially be working with over the next couple of months, regardless of the outcome.
Now I feel as though you'll pass judgment on me if I don't have good questions to ask you.
[WHO THE HELL TREATS GET TO KNOW YOU CHATS AS A GAME OF 20 QUESTIONS. He's going to hit every NPC with a brick except Pesto who has done nothing wrong.]
You're so quick to change your answer, that only makes me feel less certain...
[HE'S GONNA BE JUDGED!!!!! AGAIN!!!!! These bitches are so judgmental and for what.]
But that sounds fair enough, I suppose, even if it's quite outside of a natural conversational flow. Hm... Let's see. [Now he has to THINK OF QUESTIONS??? Instead of just SHOOTING THE SHIT?? This is actually fine for him but i aki am ready to hit you with a frying pan for making me think in an audience thread]
How much of your time have you given to this group? I find it hard to believe they would let just anyone babysit their forty-someodd sacrifices.
[Desperately hoping they truly just let whoever do it.]
[They do not 'shoot the shit?' Their conversational style is nearly hostile?
They do not seem to judge this question.]
We volunteered, because very few cultists want to babysit forty-some sacrifices. Usually, we would be your overseers to prevent anything like mass rebellion.
[Maybe if you shot more shit you wouldn't have ended up in a CULT.]
I see... So they would have taken any volunteer, essentially?
[This seems foolish but it's foolishness that will potentially benefit him, considering it put some miscreant traitors in charge of them instead of actual enthusiastic cultists, so he won't judge.
The question has him frowning, though.]
I've had words project, yes.
[Over the top of his clothing, since he is dressed like a nun, almost fully covered.]
Here and again, yes. Not much in the way of assignments, and nothing that required so much bloodshed. I think it is natural to gravitate towards people who share the same sort of boundaries as you, especially in a place like a cult.
It's rather strange to go from little bloodshed to the killing of nearly forty people... But there's something to be said about groups of people and the things they can work themselves up to doing.
[GAZING INTO THE MIDDLE DISTANCE not literally but the energy of someone who wants to.
Also FINE I GUESS, perhaps they will catch a little word hovering above his shoulder which simply says Nadia.]
Are there that many people with differing boundaries in something like a cult?
It wouldn't surprise me if they'd shed more blood prior to our joining. Rituals just take time to prepare.
...But yes, when no one has any reservations, people can drive each other to new, awful depths. Many of the others insisted on blood ceremony. I would not expect an ounce of mercy from them.
I wouldn't expect mercy from anyone who would think it a good idea to bring children to harm, regardless of their insistence on anything else. [He's so big mad about this even though Karma is insane.
THAT SAID he looks a little surprised by the sudden mention of that name and reflexively glances down at himself like WORDS?? INK BETRAYAL?? But he doesn't see SHIT what the fck. So, with a somewhat hesitant look:]
[They are so right to be disdainful over this even if it's the only brief break in their otherwise disaffected demeanor...]
Sacrifice of innocent people is unacceptable regardless, but the easy involvement of children speaks to the sort we're dealing with.
[He's gonna get his brick out and start hitting. That said, he'll glance down at his traitor shoulder as best he can which is still difficult but at least not as impossible as trying to see your own back. Things he did try.]
...She herself is neither. [THAT'S HIS BABY SISTER THE BEST GIRL IN THE WORLD.]
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Did you get hurt already?
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My apologies. I did try to keep the blood from falling on the paper, but it was a bit difficult... Your friends are somewhat aggressive.
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They are not my friends. They are hellions. Come with me.
[They walk through some gaps in the fog.]
What is so important to discuss that you suffered the crows.
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Hellions... [JUST REPEATING THAT LIKE HELLO. He thinks the crows are rude but certainly not worse than, say, a cult full of lunatics. He's fine enough with these violent birds.
But!! He will follow along, yeehaw.]
To be honest, I wasn't aware that the crows were something we would have to suffer through. [He just assumed they'd deliver notes NORMALLY.] So simple conversation may seem like an unfortunate exchange for blood.
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...You and your conversations.
[Stop talking to people.]
I don't have anything interesting to share with you. Nothing worth the weight of blood, anyway.
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It's only a little, at least. [He's lost so much more to the fucking leeches. They have taken so much of his blood. He keeps getting leeched and he barely even goes into the leech water THE LEECHES ARE JUST THERE EVERYWHERE HE GOES HE'S TIRED OF THE LEECHES.]
Is it such a terrible thing to have a conversation for the sake of conversation? You don't need to plan your words out on the basis of whether you believe they'll be found interesting or not.
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It's not terrible. I don't feel one way or another about it. [They are not terribly awkward, just unfriendly. Which is worse.] But conversations usually have motives. I doubt you're actually talking to me without any intent at all.
I'd rather know why than pretend we're getting to know each other for fun.
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"Getting to know another person for fun" is an intention in and of itself, isn't it? [BE FRIENDLIER. GET SOCIALIZED.]
There's a little less room for "fun" in a situation like this, but my intention really isn't any more complex than just gaining a better understanding of the people we'll essentially be working with over the next couple of months, regardless of the outcome.
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Sorry, I don't believe that. But ask your questions, may as well stop talking in circles.
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[WHO THE HELL TREATS GET TO KNOW YOU CHATS AS A GAME OF 20 QUESTIONS. He's going to hit every NPC with a brick except Pesto who has done nothing wrong.]
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I won't. Well, no, I might. [They changed their mind in about .5 seconds.] But if you ask something I don't want to answer, I won't.
And when I feel like it, I'll ask you something, too.
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[HE'S GONNA BE JUDGED!!!!! AGAIN!!!!! These bitches are so judgmental and for what.]
But that sounds fair enough, I suppose, even if it's quite outside of a natural conversational flow. Hm... Let's see. [Now he has to THINK OF QUESTIONS??? Instead of just SHOOTING THE SHIT?? This is actually fine for him but i aki am ready to hit you with a frying pan for making me think in an audience thread]
How much of your time have you given to this group? I find it hard to believe they would let just anyone babysit their forty-someodd sacrifices.
[Desperately hoping they truly just let whoever do it.]
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They do not seem to judge this question.]
We volunteered, because very few cultists want to babysit forty-some sacrifices. Usually, we would be your overseers to prevent anything like mass rebellion.
My turn. Have you had any ink surface up?
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I see... So they would have taken any volunteer, essentially?
[This seems foolish but it's foolishness that will potentially benefit him, considering it put some miscreant traitors in charge of them instead of actual enthusiastic cultists, so he won't judge.
The question has him frowning, though.]
I've had words project, yes.
[Over the top of his clothing, since he is dressed like a nun, almost fully covered.]
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Basically. The four of us work well enough together, so they didn't think anything of it.
[Is any ink visible, Aki. I don't care about spoilers, stop caring about spoiling.]
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So you've worked together before, then? On projects presumably less sacrifice-intensive...
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Here and again, yes. Not much in the way of assignments, and nothing that required so much bloodshed. I think it is natural to gravitate towards people who share the same sort of boundaries as you, especially in a place like a cult.
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[GAZING INTO THE MIDDLE DISTANCE not literally but the energy of someone who wants to.
Also FINE I GUESS, perhaps they will catch a little word hovering above his shoulder which simply says Nadia.]
Are there that many people with differing boundaries in something like a cult?
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...But yes, when no one has any reservations, people can drive each other to new, awful depths. Many of the others insisted on blood ceremony. I would not expect an ounce of mercy from them.
[Anyway. Bluntly,]
Who is Nadia?
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[HE THINKS EVERYONE SHOULD STOP LETTING CULTS EXIST. Perhaps explode them.]
I wouldn't expect mercy from anyone who would think it a good idea to bring children to harm, regardless of their insistence on anything else. [He's so big mad about this even though Karma is insane.
THAT SAID he looks a little surprised by the sudden mention of that name and reflexively glances down at himself like WORDS?? INK BETRAYAL?? But he doesn't see SHIT what the fck. So, with a somewhat hesitant look:]
Nadia is my younger sister.
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...There are many children here.
[KARMA IS INSANE BUT HE IS SO BABY. They very, very lightly tap his shoulder to indicate where the word is.]
Is she a regret, or a fear?
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Sacrifice of innocent people is unacceptable regardless, but the easy involvement of children speaks to the sort we're dealing with.
[He's gonna get his brick out and start hitting. That said, he'll glance down at his traitor shoulder as best he can which is still difficult but at least not as impossible as trying to see your own back. Things he did try.]
...She herself is neither. [THAT'S HIS BABY SISTER THE BEST GIRL IN THE WORLD.]
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[Dryly asked.]
Her circumstances must be one or the other. Or both.
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Sacrifice is best avoided, of course, especially with greed being a driving factor behind it.
[Anyway speaking of avoiding things THAT'S HIM, AVOIDING RESPONDING TO THIS STATEMENT.]
A name itself is really rather vague... I've seen very detailed sentences, by comparison.
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Oh, you're evasive for someone who looks to talk to people.
[No, Death is being rude. Don't ask about someone's sad anime sister.]
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