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Post by Hope98 on Feb 25, 2005 18:24:49 GMT -5
"Couldn't you find a new hobby that doesn't impact people's lives so greatly? I am not sure what you could do, but there are plenty of hobbies you could try out. You could...take up an instrument, read, paint, collect agates, anything."
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Post by Keitoleinen on Feb 25, 2005 18:28:03 GMT -5
"That's a thought. Rock collecting. That might be fun. I have a big jar in my basement. I could fill it with pretty rocks I find." Keitoleinen replies.
"You know Hope, you're just too good. That means you haven't suffered enough to know what the real world is like. If you are able to live with a shred of hope in life, that means you are out of touch with reality or that, you need to suffer more. Do you know what it is to suffer, Hope?"
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Post by Hope98 on Feb 25, 2005 18:30:03 GMT -5
"Yes...I know what suffering is. I have lost my friends and family over the years. I have seen the suffering in this world. I know suffering."
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Post by Alexander Larson on Feb 25, 2005 18:34:33 GMT -5
Alex sat down. He was pissed but decided to let it blow over.
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Post by Sisulu Cayenne on Feb 25, 2005 18:36:05 GMT -5
So where did you go when you were gone? He asked holding her hand.
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Post by Keitoleinen on Feb 25, 2005 18:38:05 GMT -5
"I'm talking about real suffering. Everyone loses someone. Death is a part of life. That makes a person sad but over time it heals. It isn't personal. I'm talking about something deeper."
Keitoleinen leans against the wall and stares at Hope and Calithin. He crosses his arms and thinks before continuing the conversation.
"I am talking about real and personal suffering. I am talking about being dehumanized, violated, and destroyed by life on a personal level. This isn't the death of a friend or the cries of the hungry. This is something so powerful it is divine."
He smiles to himself.
"Has anyone beaten you to near death? Raped you? Starved you? Tortured you? Made you hate yourself and your life? Have they kicked in your face and thrown your failures in your face? You have never really known suffering have you? Suffering is a thin and meaningless word to you. It is something to justify your "good fight" but it isn't real to you. I could make it less abstract for you. "
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Post by Hope98 on Feb 25, 2005 18:39:32 GMT -5
"I haven't suffered in those personal ways, but I know suffering."
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Post by Keitoleinen on Feb 25, 2005 18:49:56 GMT -5
"Life is designed to make nihilists of us all. You have too many ideas and hopes. You are sheltered and fragile. But it will all change."
Keitoleinen continues the tour, leading them to the upstairs offices.
"I'm sure that Calithin understands what I mean. He is too polite to break up any of those delusions you hold about the world. But he knows how the world really is. Be it something inherant in him or some life experience, he knows better than you do."
He finally takes them to his office.
"And this is my office, where I sit each day and do tedious things."
He sits in his desk.
"It was really nice spending time with the both of you. As you can see, this was not a trap, just a little chat. I like spending time with you Calithin. You appear to be on the side of good, and for a while I believed that. But I am sure that you will come to see that you are just an unknowing avatar of destruction."
"Maybe you already have seen it."
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Post by Hope98 on Feb 25, 2005 18:51:21 GMT -5
"I think I want to go now." I say to Calithin.
This whole experience has been strange and disturbing.
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Post by Keitoleinen on Feb 25, 2005 18:53:34 GMT -5
"By all means, you are free to go. I wish both of you well, and that maybe you can go beyond the second hand suffering."
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Post by Iltanesh on Feb 25, 2005 20:49:51 GMT -5
"What is all this shouting about?" I ask as I walk into the room where Alexander and Swan are arguing.
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Post by Nikolai Smirinaiov on Feb 25, 2005 20:56:48 GMT -5
"Shut it darlin, we have another issue to deal with right now. No need to argue, just attack. And the name's Roth." He stops arguing abruptly and walks over to the strange man. He pokes him on the head with a finger. He doesn't move. He grins and runs around front of the man and raspberries him and makes funny faces at him. He then stops and looks serious all of a sudden. He teleports the man and him out to a frozen wasteland. He then teleports back. "Now then darlin, ready for round 2?" he asks while walking towards her agressively. He begins backing her into the wall and smiles wickedly.
((Cuz big agressive and scaly is gone))
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Post by Kazenara Miyajima on Feb 25, 2005 20:59:14 GMT -5
"Nikol..."Kaze stares as she gets backed into the wall. She drops her naginata. No it wasn't Nikolai, he said his name was Roth. What was she suppose to do.
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Post by Nikolai Smirinaiov on Feb 25, 2005 21:04:13 GMT -5
He backs her into the wall, then reaches his hand out to her neck and lifts her head forcefully. He then kisses her aggressively. He takes his other hand and begins ripping her shirt. He grins wickedly at the thoughts of what was to come. He pulls back and laughs at her. He picks her up by the neck and tosses her onto the bed. Within seconds he jumps on top of her. He begins ripping her shirt more and more.
Suddenly a holy burst of energy sends him flying across the room, landing him flat on his back. He begins to get up, smoking from the attack. He opens his eyes and they are gold again. "Mother f**ker. I warned you. She's my companion and I won't let you harm her." He begins to struggle to get up.
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Post by Alkonost on Feb 25, 2005 21:05:51 GMT -5
I sigh after recieving bassarov's message and teleport after they leave, I may not have wanted to help humans... but this one was personal.
I hear bassarov's plan and watch swan as she leaves before sighing. "... holy powers.... I should have some hidden powers...". I look at memphis before sighing.
*they did come the whole way to my forest to get me, besides... I still owe that bastard...*
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