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outdistanced) wrote2025-02-17 01:23 pm
outdistanced) wrote2025-02-17 01:23 pm
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[ catch him in halloween whoville squinting at a skeleton's t-shirt. why are they wearing clothes. ]
Trick or treat candy...?
[ and then it moves and he jumps back a bit like a startled cat. in fact, he sprouts cat ears specifically for this moment. ]
Wha?!
Trick or treat candy...?
[ and then it moves and he jumps back a bit like a startled cat. in fact, he sprouts cat ears specifically for this moment. ]
Wha?!
What th-
[Anything else he was going to say is cut off by a violent sneeze as he suddenly sprouts beautiful and undeserved angelic wings from his back. Like the "be not afraid" six pair kind.]
[Anything else he was going to say is cut off by a violent sneeze as he suddenly sprouts beautiful and undeserved angelic wings from his back. Like the "be not afraid" six pair kind.]
[ HOW there's no mirror here ]
I didn't just sprout those because of a sneeze, you freak!
I didn't just sprout those because of a sneeze, you freak!
That doesn't normally happen when I sneeze therefore it can't be freakish.
[RUDE!]
[RUDE!]
That wasn't what I-- ugh, nevermind. You can still be a freak for other reasons.
[ ANYWAY. eyes the skeleton. ]
Wonder why these things have candy. It's not like they can eat it.
[ ANYWAY. eyes the skeleton. ]
Wonder why these things have candy. It's not like they can eat it.
Really? How so? What reasons?
[Staring at Lawrence clearly more invested in understanding his freakish nature!
Side glance at the skeleton and shrugs.]
Maybe it's something they did when they were alive?
[Staring at Lawrence clearly more invested in understanding his freakish nature!
Side glance at the skeleton and shrugs.]
Maybe it's something they did when they were alive?
[ nope! he is pointedly ignoring that! his ears are already changing back to normal, boo. ]
Didn't think bones could remember what they did when they lived.
Didn't think bones could remember what they did when they lived.
The body used to house a soul. Maybe some remnants remain.
[Anyway-
Trying to reach up and touch the ears! Personal space be damned. He's really short though so maybe no dice.]
[Anyway-
Trying to reach up and touch the ears! Personal space be damned. He's really short though so maybe no dice.]
Maybe, but– Hey! [ LEANS BACK ] What’re you doing?!
And you suddenly have, like, ten wings! That's also weird!
[ however he does reach up to touch his ears like what do you mean they were weird ]
[ however he does reach up to touch his ears like what do you mean they were weird ]
[Sitting outside the bathroom, looking gray in face and resting his forehead on his knees.]
[ BUDDY.... mood though, laurence isn't looking so hot, either. he's not kaworu's biggest fan by any means - thinks he's a weird little dude - but no one should have to suffer today's hell alone. ]
Today sucked, didn't it.
[ voice still a bit hoarse as he kneels beside kaworu. ]
Today sucked, didn't it.
[ voice still a bit hoarse as he kneels beside kaworu. ]
[No one should be his fan so that's totally understandable. Probably why he starts a little when Laurence pays him any mind. He sniffs a little and nods.]
My head hurts.
My head hurts.
Mine, too. No one should be stuck having to make decisions like this. It's messed up.
And no one should be forced to kill against their own will. The decision would feel differently if we knew they had decided their own fate.
[Blurgh just gonna rest his head on his knee. It feels like it's throbbing to the heat of his pulse.]
[Blurgh just gonna rest his head on his knee. It feels like it's throbbing to the heat of his pulse.]
Edited 2025-02-23 05:33 (UTC)
No. If it was really for those stupid apples, it'd be different, but... I don't think anyone would admit to that, anyway.
Even if they did, the apples are at least understandable. They exist to tempt base desires. Not everyone can resist.
So is self-defense. So is hypnotism or mind control or whatever's going on with Mr. Hawke and Mr. Yuan - it just doesn't tell us why someone would make them kill others. Unless it really is just to test our morals, which would be even more messed up.
It makes sense, doesn't it? It forces our hand. If everyone who killed did it for an apple, we might understand their motivations but also understand punishment for their perceived crimes. If people kill against their will... do we punish them all the same? Does the intent matter if the outcome is the same?
[Usually, he loves talking this sort of philosophy but this time he just sort of mumbles his train of thought before leaning his head against the wall, looking a little sick.]
[Usually, he loves talking this sort of philosophy but this time he just sort of mumbles his train of thought before leaning his head against the wall, looking a little sick.]
Maybe. But I don't think anyone should have to die for some kind of test. And they said this whole thing was supposed to be about reflecting on our own mistakes, not who gets to live or die.
Then I'm not sure why I'm here, I wasn't ever really allowed room for mistakes. [He's never done anything wrong and anything bad that happened to him is someone else's fault!! He tilts his head.] And even still, most people have made mistakes. How are there so few here if the point is to reflect?
[ snorts. ]
Everyone has made mistakes.
I don't know. They said it was the first time they've done something like this, so it could be a test run, and we're the guinea pigs.
Everyone has made mistakes.
I don't know. They said it was the first time they've done something like this, so it could be a test run, and we're the guinea pigs.
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