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plotrevised) wrote2024-09-25 12:29 am
plotrevised) wrote2024-09-25 12:29 am
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Court Inbox
[ phone | text | action | etc. ]
[ phone | text | action | etc. ]
[.......... wait.]
Maybe I just want some entertainment? I've indulged you with stories and the like, haven't I?
Maybe I just want some entertainment? I've indulged you with stories and the like, haven't I?
[moving to sit next to him]
Stories don't have to be just something you've read or anything like that. That's a bit narrow, and I know most archetypal stories, anyway.
Stories don't have to be just something you've read or anything like that. That's a bit narrow, and I know most archetypal stories, anyway.
If I knew that, I wouldn't bother asking. I'd just seek it out.
Oh. I guess so...
[Well fuck he doesn't know what to say. He's not good at coming up with entertaining things that aren't sexual. What even kind of story is he supposed to tell? He didn't exactly have a childhood where stories featured. It was all survival and blood. Dokja said it didn't have to be a normal story but...??]
Um... I might not be smart enough to be entertaining.
[Well fuck he doesn't know what to say. He's not good at coming up with entertaining things that aren't sexual. What even kind of story is he supposed to tell? He didn't exactly have a childhood where stories featured. It was all survival and blood. Dokja said it didn't have to be a normal story but...??]
Um... I might not be smart enough to be entertaining.
Academically intelligent isn't the only "smart" there is. If that was the case, people like me wouldn't have been tormented by bullies for having "stupid" interests growing up.
[JUST SAYING. but then swiftly moving on like he didn't just show that old wound,]
And you just said it? You're cunning and underhanded. Practiced with it. It's not a bad thing to be devious, so long as it's beneficial. And even then, it's not like I could judge.
[he can be devious af]
[JUST SAYING. but then swiftly moving on like he didn't just show that old wound,]
And you just said it? You're cunning and underhanded. Practiced with it. It's not a bad thing to be devious, so long as it's beneficial. And even then, it's not like I could judge.
[he can be devious af]
[He keeps learning new things lately. Like Anaxa revealing there are books on sex and what has he missed by not being interested in reading??
And now apparently it's possible to only have a bare bones education and still be "smart". What is the world even coming to.]
...Huh.
You know it's weird to me to think of someone being bullied for being into books.
What kind of devious are you then?
And now apparently it's possible to only have a bare bones education and still be "smart". What is the world even coming to.]
...Huh.
You know it's weird to me to think of someone being bullied for being into books.
What kind of devious are you then?
The kind who has tricked people into having to kill him a few times.
[... rests his hands on those legs.]
It wasn't a hobby. It was just the only way to get to the end I wanted to see.
It wasn't a hobby. It was just the only way to get to the end I wanted to see.
One where no one had to be sacrificed.
... it was unrealistic. Someone still died, and someone still had to sacrifice themselves in order to maintain that reality.
... it was unrealistic. Someone still died, and someone still had to sacrifice themselves in order to maintain that reality.
... I said it was an unrealistic expectation.
The familiar acted the way she did because she was overcome with existential despair and deemed that it was better for all life to end than to endure the suffering of existence. Hermes accepted and supported her decision, and took action to make sure she could not be stopped in time.
I cannot tell you what Hermes was thinking, but it is possible he believed his troubles would not be taken seriously. This troubling possibility is something I have been considering quite often of late, as no citizen of Amaurot should have to feel they cannot speak up about their views.
As I told you, Hermes was not moved from his post as a solution to his problems. Had anyone been aware how much he was suffering, he would have been offered therapy at the very least. I understand that is not sufficient in your opinion, but altering systems based on the preferences of a single individual is not how government is typically run. Had Hermes been outspoken about his beliefs, or had others come forth to say they shared them, that would have been another thing.
I would ask you not to make further assumptions about what thoughts I have or have not entertained, but perhaps that would be too much of a challenge.
I cannot tell you what Hermes was thinking, but it is possible he believed his troubles would not be taken seriously. This troubling possibility is something I have been considering quite often of late, as no citizen of Amaurot should have to feel they cannot speak up about their views.
As I told you, Hermes was not moved from his post as a solution to his problems. Had anyone been aware how much he was suffering, he would have been offered therapy at the very least. I understand that is not sufficient in your opinion, but altering systems based on the preferences of a single individual is not how government is typically run. Had Hermes been outspoken about his beliefs, or had others come forth to say they shared them, that would have been another thing.
I would ask you not to make further assumptions about what thoughts I have or have not entertained, but perhaps that would be too much of a challenge.
[well.
... when you have Thoughts about Why Hermes Might Have Gone Along With It and it involves knowing that his concerns about whether or not "the familiar" would be seen as an individual entity with her own conscious and pain due to lack of a soul, BUT... you, for once, do recognize there's no point in pointing that out.
there is a bunch of start and stop of typing though before a message is sent:]
Thank you for answering those questions. It does clarify some things.
And I will apologize for my assumptions. I know I am a difficult personality to deal with, so I don't blame you for being angry.
... when you have Thoughts about Why Hermes Might Have Gone Along With It and it involves knowing that his concerns about whether or not "the familiar" would be seen as an individual entity with her own conscious and pain due to lack of a soul, BUT... you, for once, do recognize there's no point in pointing that out.
there is a bunch of start and stop of typing though before a message is sent:]
Thank you for answering those questions. It does clarify some things.
And I will apologize for my assumptions. I know I am a difficult personality to deal with, so I don't blame you for being angry.
I am considering going to the theater to have our bond removed.
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