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Video 4 - George's room

[the video opens on George, sitting on the edge of her bed with her legs crossed. she looks curious, but also a little sheepish as what she's about to ask is . . . personal.

no, she's not asking for flirting advice again.

that was one time.

stop looking at her like that.

no, this time what she's asking is even weirder]

So, uh, I was kind of wondering. How many people here died before they came here? And how many are now immortal?

I was just. Wanting to know?

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I died before my arrival. It was a necessary sacrifice, one I would gladly make again, if I had to. I'm not immortal by any stretch, but... I'd been revived several times before that final death.

[Not that he remembers all of it. Still, he knows it definitely happened, given how long he was in that war.]

Edited 2018-04-18 05:58 (UTC)

Well. At least you died for a good cause? But, how were you revived? If that's not too personal.

that sounds both confusing and confusing]

Edited 2018-04-19 01:41 (UTC)

[Oh, he definitely knows how weird it all sounds, even given the current situation they're stuck in.]

It's a long story, but I don't mind telling it. I was trapped alongside several others in an unending war. We would fight and die, only to be revived later when a new cycle of the battle began. The only way to end those cycles... was sacrificing myself alongside my allies in one final, permanent death.

...what made that death permanent when compared to the other ones?

It was because of how it happened. If we warriors killed one another, that death was only temporary until the next cycle, but if we were killed by the manikins, it was permanent.

I truly didn't expect to revive again, but instead I ended up here.

Mind if I ask what a manikin is?

I think a lot of people are in those shoes.

Ah, yes, of course, I should have explained. The manikins were terrible creations of our enemy, not truly alive yet having the appearance of life... They were made of some sort of crystal, resembling statues of each fighter involved in that war. They even had our battle skills. Their only purpose was to fight and kill.

Jeez. That had to have been tough, fighting against things that had your own skills. I mean, I'd figure that whatever move you'd try to use, it would be able to come back on it.

Exactly. While it can be an advantage to know your enemy that well... the problem lies in how well they know you, and can match your strength with their own. Not to mention, there were endless copies of these manikins. It was all too easy to end up overwhelmed by them.

So, wait, they had unlimited copies of you guys? That's not fighting fair.

My thoughts exactly. It was cheating on the part of Chaos' forces. They certainly posed enough of their threat on their own, without this additional army of mindless statues. They just wanted to eliminate us all, for good. That was the true purpose of those manikins. I'm just glad we were able to save some of our warriors to live and fight in the next cycle.

Yeah? How many were you able to save?

I saved six warriors in total. It doesn't sound like much, but keep in mind that this was a small scale war, with a dozen or so warriors on each side, give or take. Hence why those extra manikin warriors were especially frustrating to deal with. The enemy truly had strength in numbers.

It might not be much, but those are still six lives that wouldn't be there without you. That's important. Especially since you were fighting with such shitty odds against you.

I never saw what came of it, but I'm hoping that's the case, that they not only lived to see another cycle, but that they also succeeded. They had a chance, though, you're right. That has to count for something.

It could count for a lot? Especially if they won.

I wish there were some way to find out the ultimate outcome of that war, if they did truly win. I guess the only way might be if someone arrived here... not that I would wish this situation on anyone, though. They deserve a break after all of that constant war.

Sounds like it. But it must suck to miss your friends.

I've gotten used to it. That doesn't make it any easier, of course, but... that's how it is. I've accepted it, as much as I can. I hope I'll see them again someday, though.

I guess I'm lucky. I only miss one person from home and there's no way in hell she's gonna show up here.

I wouldn't be so sure. They seem to be capable of bringing anyone here, from any world or point in time. Not that I'd wish for anyone to end up here, of course.

...it would be great to see Betty again. Even here.

It seems that everyone ends up here entirely at random... but who knows. People from the same world have been here at once before. I had someone here from mine for a time.

Yeah? Was it good to see them again?

It was... and it was far better than I realized at the time. I wish I'd made more of her time here, somehow.

[He's been a terrible friend, or so he believes.]

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