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varunastra) wrote2017-08-27 07:52 pm
varunastra) wrote2017-08-27 07:52 pm
after the week three execution
[ That sure went from bad to "complete shitshow" fast.
And naturally, that means there's checking up to be done, because seeing ten people die in one morning is exhausting, even for those of them who are (or at least ought to be) more than used to the prospect of "death is here to stay, better learn to get along."
Even if, technically, a lot of their job has just been done for them...
...well, there's no way to come out of that not feeling like crap, and so it's a very tired Serph that approaches Fie at her hut, or on the beach, or wherever the hell it is she's hanging out right now. ]
And naturally, that means there's checking up to be done, because seeing ten people die in one morning is exhausting, even for those of them who are (or at least ought to be) more than used to the prospect of "death is here to stay, better learn to get along."
Even if, technically, a lot of their job has just been done for them...
...well, there's no way to come out of that not feeling like crap, and so it's a very tired Serph that approaches Fie at her hut, or on the beach, or wherever the hell it is she's hanging out right now. ]
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She's probably not asleep, though. ]
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He doesn't say anything yet, though. Just drops to sit next to her. ]
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Well, that's fine. ]
Hi.
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[ Nothing more, quite yet; "are you doing okay" is the kind of question that there's not much point in asking. Of course Fie's not okay. None of them are okay.
And he's not prone to ask stupid questions just to open up the conversation. ]
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... I knew this wouldn't be easy.
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[ And yet, probably no better than anything he could come up with, because it doesn't feel like there are words for how fucked this is. ]
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[ Yeah, she feels it. ]
wow this is super late mea culpa
Is there anything I can do?
[ For her, specifically, not for the cause. Obviously there's something he can do as a Siren, namely "kill somebody and keep this shit moving," but seeing comrades struggle and being unable to do anything to make it easier on them grates at him. ]
wow how dare
[ not that there's a lot of talking going on, but... you know, just having a kind of camaraderie like this. ]
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[ Then again, maybe not. Everyone on this island is fighting their own battle with their situation and all of the baggage that comes with it; theirs is just a different one than most of the others. ]
...no, maybe it would just be different. But no less.
[ Because if nothing else, he thinks they'd still have found something. Fie's easy to be around in a way that most of the others aren't. ]
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Don't die. I don't even know that much about you yet.
[ but there's also no denying that he's probably the Siren she feels the most comfortable with. ]
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But even if that much might be out of their hands... ]
Is there anything you want to know?
[ He's not exactly secretive about his life, after all - he's just also not really given to bringing it up unprompted. ]
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... Were you... born a cannibal?
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[ Megaten is way too weird of a series for that, after all. ]
The world I come from is uninhabitable. Most humans have moved underground to survive, but some still look for ways to return to living on the surface. They engineered a virus to harness the power and survivability of demons, though it also came with the side effect of their appetites.
They tested it by releasing it on my people.
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[ what the hell, even Ouroboros probably isn't that cruel. ]
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The Karma Society are some real douchebags, man. ]
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[ Please say you punched them. ]
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[ So, yeah, pretty much. ]
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Good. What goes around comes around.
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There isn't much in life that is easy.
[ It is what it is! ]
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[ different strokes, different folks, she guesses. ]
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Because Serph is one zen motherfucker. ]
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