stigmateyes | (no subject)

[ If you had paid visit before, you might notice that where you start seems fairly familiar. But since most of you haven't… the first thing you'll notice is red. Dark red all around you. The sky, the ground—everything is red. It's impossible to make out anything among the color. But if you attempt to stare at any particular space for too long, you'll discover it pulses, flows.

And then there is a laugh that you are probably very acquainted with by now, only this time it’s LOUDER, wracking inside your skull. ]

FOOLISH WORMS! THIS IS MY DOMAIN NOW. YOU SHALL ALL PERISH. TORN ASUNDER. NOTHING LEFT.

[ Well then. ]

((Join #eyesontheprize if you can for coordination and easy communication.

Also, I futzed up by not putting up a mingle header. If you show up late and want to talk to Alpha in addition to/instead of the second NPC, let me know. I doubt many people really want to talk to Alpha though... ))

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From:

stigmateyes

[ And there's that electricity again!

maybe nothing is better... ]

From:

shednotearsformagic

[....oh god damn shounen tendencies.]

[I AM COMING DOWN THIS WELL.]

What dumb things is he going on about?!

From:

antreegonist

Owww-- he thinks it's not worth it to keep fighting and losing stuff! So he just wants to lose it all without fighting anymore!

From:

shednotearsformagic

Is he...

For crying out loud, is he really being that stupid? And why ow, what is he doing?

From:

antreegonist

He's turning his feelings into electricity!?

*I DON'T KNOW MAN*

From:

shednotearsformagic

Jeeze....

Ryner, take it from someone who did it for seventeen years. Loss hurts a lot less then never letting anyone close!

From:

stigmateyes

[ it can't... ]

From:

shednotearsformagic

Yes, it can. [Climbing down slowly.] You can lie and convince yourself it's fine, but in the end, all you are is empty and hurting all the time. You become desperate for any relief, but it won't come.

And in the end, you can only become a monster.

That is the life of someone with no one to lose.

From:

stigmateyes

[ You are getting zapped!

I already am... ]

From:

antreegonist

*climbing down as well, zapping or no zapping*

No, you're not! You've got a lot of weird and complicated stuff going on, but you're still a person, and you're still yourself! Listen to your friends!

From:

shednotearsformagic

[Screw the pain. I am still climbing and gritting through it.]

If you were a monster, you wouldn't even admit how scared you are of the pain. If you were a monster, you wouldn't realize you are one.

It's only a person who can come to that kind of conclusion.

Edited Date: 2014-02-24 12:09 am (UTC)

From:

stigmateyes

[ Yeah, this is getting pretty intense! Fear, refusal, panic, loss... all that good stuff.

It doesn't matter... it's never long... ]

From:

antreegonist

*down*

Really? These feelings aren't long? You had some of these the last time I came through here, Night! How long have you been holding on to them, letting them build up like this?

Stop lying to yourself, and to us! Don't just give up and get smothered! That's no way to live!

From:

shednotearsformagic

[SCREW YOU, FEELINGS, THIS IS WHY I COMPARTMENTALIZING.]

[Fuuuuck fear though. Ignore it, ignore it, ignore it, focus on SELF CONFIDENCE AND ANGER AT STUPID FRIEND.]

Just because a person leaves doesn't mean their influence is gone. Just because they aren't there doesn't take away all the good things they did. Does it hurt to lose? Yes. But if we didn't connect in the first place, those happy times wouldn't have existed at all.

And that happiness is worth the pain. Otherwise it wouldn't hurt.

From:

stigmateyes

[ More electricity but... weaker...

And you can hear Lafra's cry a bit louder.

... worth it... ? ]

From:

antreegonist

*. . . quieter, almost conversational now*

Don't you remember them? Friends and the people you love leaving for a while . . . doesn't erase the times you shared, at all.

From:

stigmateyes

[ I remember everyone...

Birdsong gains even more volume. ]

From:

shednotearsformagic

Didn't it make you happy? To know there were people you could care for. People who can look at you and see someone they want to be with.

People to smile and laugh with. People who it was okay to be a fool and hurt with and know they would still be there for you. Because to them, you were worth it. And to you, they were someone to trust enough to be that vulnerable too.

There's nothing that can really compare to that happiness, is there? Even the pain pales in comparison.

Edited Date: 2014-02-24 12:34 am (UTC)

From:

stigmateyes

[ No, there isn't...

The well starts to brighten slightly with a purplish light...

And that ground gives that familiar lurch. ]

Shut up! None of that matters!

From:

antreegonist

Just because that jerk says it doesn't matter, that doesn't make it true at all! Remember, Night!

From:

shednotearsformagic

Why should you listen to someone who wants to destroy everything anyway? He's pretty biased.

We just want you to be happy, Ryner. To be happy and safe, that's why we're here. Because you're our friend and we want to help you. We won't give up on you, so don't give up on us.

From:

stigmateyes

[ you won't give up...

The purple light illuminates Lafra trapped under a stone at the bottom on the well. She is also made of purple fire rather than red-gold. It seems the resistance forcing them out of the well has died down as well. ]