http://messagingly.insanejournal.com/ ([identity profile] messagingly.insanejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] slt_archive2011-04-03 06:12 pm

Game 140

Who: Anyone
Where: The Arena
When: Day 229, noonish
What: [On the throne today is a smiling youth, face ringed by black curls. He has a harp-like instrument in his lap and a pen behind his ear. It's been a while since any have seen him, but, perhaps, to the oldest and most keen observers here, he seems perhaps a touch thinner than last time. The Arena is not terribly decorated for his appearance, indeed, if not for the statue sitting there, one would not be sure this was really a call at all.]


Good afternoon, duckies, good afternoon! Who's ready for some wholesome (and platonic!) self-exploration and completely non-fatal fun, hmm? I know I certainly am.  Yes, I'm sure you've all been having just unbearable amounts of fun, but you know, let's just- . . .


[clears his throat]


Ahem. Sorry, I was saying, let's just slow it down.  Maybe, oh, I don't know, talk about our feelings a while.

((Technically, yes, this is a loser game, but anyone can play.))

Re: [CYGNUS]

[identity profile] unicursed.insanejournal.com 2011-04-04 07:53 am (UTC)(link)
There's a lot of things we'd like to change.

Re: [CYGNUS]

[identity profile] crossboundaries.insanejournal.com 2011-04-04 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
Mm.

I'm glad you're my friend.

Re: [CYGNUS]

[identity profile] unicursed.insanejournal.com 2011-04-04 08:05 am (UTC)(link)
The same with you. And I'm glad you haven't... left... like the others.

Re: [CYGNUS]

[identity profile] crossboundaries.insanejournal.com 2011-04-04 08:07 am (UTC)(link)
...I don't want to leave before I get my wish.

Re: [CYGNUS]

[identity profile] unicursed.insanejournal.com 2011-04-04 08:16 am (UTC)(link)
[quiets for a moment]

Has your wish changed?

Re: [CYGNUS]

[identity profile] unicursed.insanejournal.com 2011-04-04 09:14 am (UTC)(link)


Ah, nevermind. It's too personal a question.

Re: [CYGNUS]

[identity profile] crossboundaries.insanejournal.com 2011-04-04 09:42 am (UTC)(link)
[looks... unsure...]

I made the mistake... a teammate knows. And he won't... let it go, he won't stop trying to ... [shrugs] Maybe... talking about it to anyone is a mistake... he says, it could destroy my entire world back home, it could destroy the people I care about...

Re: [CYGNUS]

[identity profile] unicursed.insanejournal.com 2011-04-04 09:48 am (UTC)(link)
It would certainly do... something... to someone's world.

Re: [CYGNUS]

[identity profile] crossboundaries.insanejournal.com 2011-04-04 10:25 am (UTC)(link)
I think he meant literally... destroy the actual world.

Re: [CYGNUS]

[identity profile] unicursed.insanejournal.com 2011-04-04 10:36 am (UTC)(link)
. . .

That's going a little far...

Re: [CYGNUS]

[identity profile] crossboundaries.insanejournal.com 2011-04-04 10:38 am (UTC)(link)
Mostly... he's insisting that it would never actually work.


I don't know anymore.

Re: [CYGNUS]

[identity profile] unicursed.insanejournal.com 2011-04-04 10:47 am (UTC)(link)
Night, I don't think anyone can be sure what would happen with that kind of wish, either way. But the one thing I'm certain of right now is it makes me sad how terrible your life before coming here must have been.

But if you went away, it wouldn't just erase what you've done or the people you knew, but it takes away all the things you could do and the people who might meet you one day.

Re: [CYGNUS]

[identity profile] crossboundaries.insanejournal.com 2011-04-04 10:51 am (UTC)(link)
... Mm. No. Because I'm dead. I don't think I can improve... anything anyway...

[awkward]

Don't... be sad for me. I'm sorry. Talking about this... will never do any good either.

Re: [CYGNUS]

[identity profile] unicursed.insanejournal.com 2011-04-04 11:03 am (UTC)(link)
You're not dead now. What about wishing to live? To live a life helping others. That would be good, right?

Re: [CYGNUS]

[identity profile] crossboundaries.insanejournal.com 2011-04-04 11:07 am (UTC)(link)
I could do that... but... I don't want to... I don't want to live, and I don't want to die.

Re: [CYGNUS]

[identity profile] unicursed.insanejournal.com 2011-04-04 11:21 am (UTC)(link)
Night...

[falling silent]

Re: [CYGNUS]

[identity profile] unicursed.insanejournal.com 2011-04-04 11:29 am (UTC)(link)
[moves forward to --hug?]

Re: [CYGNUS]

[identity profile] crossboundaries.insanejournal.com 2011-04-04 11:31 am (UTC)(link)
[hesitates, then leans into it, arms coming around him loosely]

Re: [CYGNUS]

[identity profile] unicursed.insanejournal.com 2011-04-04 11:41 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry. I can't help but think there must be another way... but whatever happens, in the end it's your choice. I just wish I could help more.

Re: [CYGNUS]

[identity profile] crossboundaries.insanejournal.com 2011-04-04 12:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Why...? I'm hurting you...

Re: [CYGNUS]

[identity profile] unicursed.insanejournal.com 2011-04-04 12:05 pm (UTC)(link)
You're kinder than you think.

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