hadriel | [text/voice]

[Broadcasting may as well be launching this thing into the sky on an exploratory trip to the moon, but in all honesty, it's not like Bigby has ever tried. Not like this. It's weird knowing that you hold something that can connect you to so many people in ways an ordinary phone can't without it being the slightest bit magical, but that's just technology for you. Either he keeps up or he flounders, and floundering in a place like this might as well be laying down to die. A little dramatic, maybe, but the point still stands.]

got a question a couple questions

[—And hoo boy, something tells him he's going to get sore fingers if he sticks with this, so uh. How about— Good, okay. Well, at least he can now safely say that recording with this thing isn't as intimidating as it looks. Small victory. For a few moments after the mic is switched on, Bigby lapses into an uneasy, thoughtful silence before finally and slowly speaking.]

There's no easy way to ask this, but it's been something I've been curious about the longer I've heard people talk about the — "gods", or whatever the hell they are. Magical assholes, sure, but. I get the feeling that for some of you they're a little more than that. [He sounds like he isn't sure if that's a good or bad thing.]

Magic isn't...all that special where I'm from, so to speak. Neither are wars like these where there's no easy way out for anyone and just about everyone's going to be dealt a shitty hand they didn't deserve. What I'm trying to say is that, when you're that scared, you'll wheel and deal just about every which way for a chance to win.

[He says it without much judgment. After all, he's speaking from experience. He'd be a big old hypocrite if he played the disdain card now.]

And what I'm asking is, I guess, how far any of you are willing to take this on their behalf. Even knowing that there's no guarantee they'll send any of us home when this ends, do you still want to take that chance? Or do any of you actually care about them and... [This would be a little more effective if the camera was on, so there's no real way to tell that Bigby is gesturing to his surroundings, save for the little pause he takes.] ...All of this?

[...Wow, he really does suck at articulating himself, huh. Serves him right for rambling.]

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At this point I think it's less a matter of fighting for the gods, and more a matter of choosing the side that has any incentive to keep us alive.

[Which happens to be the gods' side. Lance is not interested in their agenda or them personally, but he is interested in not being horribly murdered ~~again~~ because he's in the way of someone else' goal as he thinks would be the case for the Null.]

Stingy magical assholes with uncontrollable egos versus psychotic robots. Rock, meet hard place.

Pretty much.

[Not exactly the most... Sensitive or clinically accurate assessment, but he can't argue with the general sentiment.]

I'd rather deal with stingy egotists than beings incapable of emotion, however.

[He's dealt with both more than often enough, and he'll take the egotists every time. They're both easier to manipulate and usually less vicious.]

Who wouldn't? You don't see people lining up to talk to their toasters. Those are like cousins to these things, right?

Toasters are typically not murderous.

[That's an important difference.]

Careful. You don't want to give anyone ideas.

True. The appliances here are dangerous enough already without intent.

I would have thought after interjecting in other people's conversations you of all people might have actually thought about the situation. There's much more at risk than just our own lives.

I thought I also made it clear I don't think letting us all be killed is a valid strategy.

[Reading over the responses here, and not just Lance's, quietly simmering aggravating rises to the top again.]

Obviously none of us want that! What continues to astound me is the continued and intentional ignorance of the other lives and other universes being harmed. Why are you, or any of us worth so much more than anyone else who could and will get dragged into this mess!

We're not any better than them in the end. [And the way she says it seems like something else, not the gods or Null.] How many more lives would it be worth, I wonder, just so you could keep living past your time?!

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