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[theweakhavepurpose]

[The video opens on a pile of wood, sticks, shrubbery, and chunks of what might have been siding, all piled into a very obvious pyramid surrounded by rocks.]

So everything has sucked recently. Back home in Montana, when shit got rough we'd always get together and have a big bonfire. Get drunk, make s'mores, all that stuff. It didn't make things better but at least you forgot about it for a little while.

Worth a try right?

[He sounds like he's honestly asking. He's trying really hard to be positive for once.]

I've got some graham crackers, chocolate, and other things for roasting. No marshmallows though so if anyone wants to come through in the clutch it would be appreciated.

I'm lighting this up tonight at dusk, so if you want in, be there. I've only got so much to burn and it might not last more than an hour or two.

((OOC: Feel free to use this like a log and make top levels and do action things. Go forth and get some bonfire mingling on!))

Comments

[theweakhavepurpose]

No but.. honestly I don't think there's a lot we can do about it.

Or I can't anyway. I'm not even sure I could get close enough to shoot her without being vaporized or set on fire.

[unphase]

Ugh! I know. I know. I just hate feeling so helpless.

And I know there's nothing I can do. Plus, we all saw how well that popsicle thing worked out.

[theweakhavepurpose]

It was nice while it lasted though.

[he enjoyed popsicle Caedra.]

[unphase]

It sure was. A whole month of peace and quiet and no kill-crazy demons running amok?

[she sighs deeply]

The important part is that you're all right. And--and so is everyone else.

[theweakhavepurpose]

Are they though? Seems like a lot of people got killed.

That's gotta fuck with you.

[unphase]

[oh nass, WHY DID HE HAVE TO SAY THAT? she's trying to stay outwardly calm, but it's a struggle]

Yeah. Yeah, a lot of people got killed. And it does.

[theweakhavepurpose]

[He wants to ask, but he won't. Because he's not emotionally prepared to console anyone who went on a murder spree. He'll likely break down himself.]

Maybe they'll all show up and get some marshmallows. Won't fix it but at least it's something.

[unphase]

[it wasn't her who went on a murder spree. she just happened to see the tail end of one and couldn't do anything to save them]

That would be nice. [she rubs her arms with her hands for warmth] I wonder how many people died?

[theweakhavepurpose]

I'd guess quite a few. Could probably ask Hope, I'd think he'd be keeping track.

Or put it on the network, though I'm not sure many would admit to having killed anyone.

[He sure wouldn't.]

[unphase]

I can't ask him. We don't exactly get along.

[said with no small amount of heat] Caedra would. She'd brag about it.

[theweakhavepurpose]

Yeah but she probably doesn't keep track. I don't think she cares enough for that.

I've never talked to Hope, is he a jackass?

[unphase]

That just makes it worse. That they don't even register to her. That they're just one more kill.

He's a total jackass. And condescending. I hate that.

[theweakhavepurpose]

She enjoys it in the moment, and then forgets about it. At least that's what I assume if she's anything like the people I knew back home who were all about killing all the time. A brief moment of fun and then it's over.

Eugh. Makes it worse when you can't even punch him in his smug face.

[unphase]

That just makes it worse, that killing is so meaningless.

Oh, I know. I would definitely love to try it, but he'd probably poof into a sparkly glowcloud the second I took a swing.

[theweakhavepurpose]

He should let us all get one punch in. It's not like he can feel it. Or even if he can it's not his real face anyway.

It'd be good for morale.

[unphase]

[she laughs and grins at him. way to turn her frown upside down, Pratt]

It would be! Just one punch from each of us and maybe a little trash-talking, too. With all that we've been made to put up with, he has it coming.

[theweakhavepurpose]

Just some friendly hazing by the underlings. Happens all the time. He should get used to it.

[This is a good idea, someone tell Hope about it.]

[unphase]

Yeah, and really, if he's a god and all, he should be able to take it. It's not like we're asking him to butt-chug a keg of beer.

[...which yes, stupid people still do even in the 30th century]

[theweakhavepurpose]

And if he was actually a god he should be able to do that too. Turn it into water in his stomach or make it vanish or something.

[He's mildly amused that some things about people be dumb never change.]

I wonder how we can bring this up to him.

[unphase]

Exactly! Then we'd have proof of real power, not just this head-sprocking business.

[never, ever, ever will change. she's been to enough nightclubs and fraternity parties to be able to attest to that]

Does he have a Suggestions Box? [she winks]

[theweakhavepurpose]

Comment cards.

[He grins.]

3/10 would not recommend this place to a friend.

[unphase]

Exactly!

[she giggles]

I don't know, I have some teammates back home who could really be more in touch with their emotions. A month or six here ought to do the trick. For them, 8/10, would recommend to remove the stick from their asses.

[theweakhavepurpose]

We can use this like community service. Do three months of Hadriel to teach self sufficiency and how to not be a stuck up jackass.

It'd probably work. Come here and atone for shit.

[unphase]

[she laughs] You realize that I'd be sending every founding Legionnaire here, right? Leading to a leadership vacuum and who would be there to take the reigns? [she taps her index finger to her lips playfully] Hmmmm, I wonder...

[theweakhavepurpose]

I fully commend this plan. And then when they come back and you have seniority you can make them do your paperwork and go on all the mundane boring patrols that you don't want to do.