Still too long. It's been happening to you guys all week but having it happen at different times is a little new, too. Can't say I'm a fan. [he shakes his head.]
Wanna sit? [common room, hugo's disaster of a bedroom, wherever. they are still standing.]
[onward and upward they go! once they reach the room, he's going to take a cursory look to see if there's still boxes and everything everywhere before finding somewhere to sit, wherever that may be.]
...some of the others have talked about making sure we know enough about you guys while you're yourselves so we can pull you back. Have any of the Springs started trying?
[jan please tell me he cleaned up the glass at least.]
That's what I thought. [ugggh everyone.] ...that's part of why I wanted to talk to you. I wanted to know what else we can keep for you in order to bring you back when you guys slip. And before you argue this isn't the same as being possessed and us having to kill you. This is the difference between Chad and Hugo.
...I never really asked what that was. I know you did what you had to in order to unseal the god, but was that your goal even before all of that happened?
Taking matters into your own hands seems very important to you. I think maybe that's why I've been having a hard time thinking about the possibility of just killing you if we have to.
...if it comes down to it, and only then. [...he doesn't want to necessarily tap into those little thoughts he's hearing from hugo but he's also thinking this might be the only time he gets any sort of answer.]
he looks like he's thinking about whether he wants to say anything or not, before—]
I told you before that the god's corruption manifested in our world through... symptoms. [...] What I meant was people like me. Our powers are proof of the world's taint.
[he holds up a hand, as dark-elemental energy swirls for a moment, before fading.]
Think of them as an especially strong form of magic, I suppose. The key part is that they typically either torture the wielder to death or drive them to insanity.
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Wanna sit? [common room, hugo's disaster of a bedroom, wherever. they are still standing.]
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[he'll lead taichi up to his room, then.]
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...some of the others have talked about making sure we know enough about you guys while you're yourselves so we can pull you back. Have any of the Springs started trying?
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Not in particular.
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That's what I thought. [ugggh everyone.] ...that's part of why I wanted to talk to you. I wanted to know what else we can keep for you in order to bring you back when you guys slip. And before you argue this isn't the same as being possessed and us having to kill you. This is the difference between Chad and Hugo.
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... You already know one key difference.
[chad isn't fuckin dead]
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[...]
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I feel like...there has to be something else in your life you'd rather remember than just that moment. Anything at all.
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[... so, still adjacent to his death, but that's how it is sometimes.]
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...I never really asked what that was. I know you did what you had to in order to unseal the god, but was that your goal even before all of that happened?
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[i wanted to defy fate.
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[that's how it's always been, and this place won't change that.]
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...what exactly did you mean by defying fate?
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he looks like he's thinking about whether he wants to say anything or not, before—]
I told you before that the god's corruption manifested in our world through... symptoms. [...] What I meant was people like me. Our powers are proof of the world's taint.
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...are you born with your powers? Or are they powers that come up later because of the way the world is?
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Think of them as an especially strong form of magic, I suppose. The key part is that they typically either torture the wielder to death or drive them to insanity.
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...yeah, I don't think I would ever want to let that happen to me either. There isn't any way to stop it besides, like, dying?
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