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guiltrip2023-06-19 11:37 am
killerwaves) wrote in guiltrip2023-06-19 11:37 am
WEEK SIX
WEEK SIX
16 Vacationers
Throughout your time on the island, there's been a steady rhythm; the murders, the trials, the executions, the clean-up afterwards that leave just up remnants for you to remember what was lost. This Monday morning though, things are different. The debris and any biohazards are cleared, but no effort has been made to repair the games at the arcade, or to restock the chemicals and damaged equipment at the laboratory.
Odd.
If you cast your eyes to the sky, you'll also notice that the distortion is also lingering—there's certainly less of it at least, a haze still lingering over the go-karts, one whirlpool lingering out in the sea. It could be worse, surely.
Though there's no new locations for you to take your mind off of all these oddities either. In fact, looking at your device to access the resort map area and scrolling past Kakapo's Nest triggers an error.
There’s one more, slightly more eclectic change: the kittybots, instead of having cute kitty ears and faces, are now without exception round-headed. This would make them look like ordinary robots, but their heads actually now look like a bowl of fish swimming, which occasionally form up into expressions. A change of pace for everything, it seems.
!WEATHER ALERT:
Bulletin:
The current barometric pressure is 29.90 inHg, and is expected to steadily decline over the coming days. Rain and storms are likely in the latter half of the week.
(( OOC: Welcome to endgame week everyone. We'll be running an endgame investigation Friday during our typical investigation timeslot, and Saturday will be endgame proper.The current barometric pressure is 29.90 inHg, and is expected to steadily decline over the coming days. Rain and storms are likely in the latter half of the week.
This week your admins can be contacted Monday and Tuesday only, after that they'll be incommunicado. ))
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But, considering everything that's happened, Merlin absolutely thinks it's reasonable.
...Yet, that's not all. ]
Did I ever say anything about thinking anyone who is with me in the afterlife has 'earned' a return to life based upon turning a new leaf? It really isn't about that at all.
It's simple:
They died, because of the fact that they were brought here and enticed into murder. Consider the next fact that those two threatened to kill someone if people didn't kill each other either. Not that it makes it any better, and some people just killed for the sake of it, but the enemy still goes back to being those two. Those two, who ensured that someone would die every week, for their own designs, instead of trying to work together with us to find another solution.
Don't forget that those two placed someone who poisoned others in your midst. Even his actions were his own, but they engineered that too. They knew the potential consequences, and just didn't care.
Of course, I don't like what they did, and can't stand them. I didn't die peacefully, after all. And of course, I don't like that they hurt people I care about.
But it isn't so black and white.
Doesn't it also come down to facts, Lacus? That they're a threat who need to be eliminated. A stain on humanity who is better off just being wiped out, for your own benefit as well~
So, bottom line is that they're untrustworthy, and need to die. When it comes down to it, killing them ensures everyone's safety, and a resolution, no matter what kind of nice words either birdbrain might have said. Sometimes, killing protects and saves lives as well.
This is a fight worth fighting, so as you said 'if this is what it takes', I ask you:
Will you take up the sword?
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Can you really say it is not about whether or not one deserves to live or die? Can you hang onto that reasoning when you call them a 'stain on humanity' in the same breath?
[ Is it about justice or isn't it? Is it about morals or is it not?
These things are hard to untangle. Lacus doesn't know that she can untangle them even within her own heart. But she can ask questions. Again and again and again, she can pose her questions to the world and wait for an answer.
If Merlin merely said it was about vengeance, this would cease to matter. But it would not ease Lacus' concerns and the turmoil she feels when she thinks of Tomura Shigaraki. ]
Of course I will take up the sword. But I will wield it by my own judgement.
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[ Merlin says brightly, without a trace of any hesitance at all, certain in his convictions, and his logic. After all, he can say it's both or even otherwise, so he keeps it simple, and to the point on that matter. He will gladly embrace this fact, even if some people might think that those things can only coexist separately.
As for Lacus' reply... ]
Hmm, so that's your answer. Well, as long as you're prepared to do so, I don't think I can call you lacking resolve, at least.
I'll be looking forward to seeing you and the others confront those two. And even if we might think differently, I don't think it hurts to have faith in you too.
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Unsure whether or not Merlin can actually see her, she still smiles. ]
I agree. Our goal is the same, and we'll reach it by whoever's method gets us there.
I am placing quite a lot of faith in you as well, of course. You are holding on to people who mean a lot to me - and I'll fight in their name, too.
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[ He just laughs lightly... ]
Mm, I don't quite agree that it will be something that's flexible, when it comes to this sort of thing, to be clear. But...
Humans are, at the end of the day, remarkable creatures, you know. When the time comes, when they need to act, and do what needs to be done...including fighting for their own lives, they'll manage that. No matter what kind of terrible revelations will come upon them.
I happen to believe that despite our differing views, you're one of those humans.
As for your own faith in me, it's definitely warranted. I'm a mage who has existed for thousands of years, so naturally something like revival of the dead is possible for me.
I can only hope that you carry that conviction with yourself in the end...even if it means staining your blade.
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But that last comment makes her expression turn a bit melancholy. ]
My blade is already stained. In this world so marred by bloodshed and revenge, even the idealistic choice may cost a large number of lives. I've been aware of that for a long time, now.
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...But, that too is a symbol of everyone's individuality as well, isn't it? A mark of humanity's free will. Though he has actual disdain for those other two not to view them in a positive light and has not changed his thoughts on the matter, even their ugliness is a sign of their humanity. Light and dark, evil and good, selfishness and selflessness.
Such is the nature of conflict, isn't it? ]
Do you think that it's the easier choice, then? To shed blood because you refused to throw away that part of yourself. Or do you believe that it is a harder decision...to remain as idealistic as you are now, hmmm?
After all, you have grown quite accustomed to it.
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[ It actually gives Lacus pause and she goes quiet as she contemplates. There's been a lot of talk of difficult and easy choices between her and Shigaraki, but this one feels particularly complicated. ]
I think... the hardest part is making the decision itself. Deciding on a path and not knowing what exactly the outcome will be, only that you will not be able to go back on it... That is what I find difficult.
One you're on a path, there is only the next step, and the step after. I'm myself and I can only ever be myself - so no matter which choice of mine blood is being spilled for, I know I'll be recalling it for eternity.
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I've done my own share of having to take lives, even though it's sometimes more of a blur than not. [ Lived too long for that! ] But, naturally, I made sure it wasn't meaningless.
[ A considering hum leaves him, before he offers the next part of his response: ]
Yes...I also think being yourself is important. And though someone can certainly change, they will always remain themselves. Their true nature will show in the end, no matter what kind of face they present.
No matter who they are. But, it seems you know that better than anyone.
I'll be wishing you well in the upcoming days, like the others. Make every moment count~
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[Not that he has any love for either of the overseers-- the opposite, in fact. But he's learned the hard way that there's far more to strength than simply having the power to defeat... and what's more, that death in the name of vengeance isn't always the right answer.]
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I'll see to it that your faith is not misplaced.
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