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[unitas]

[ The room behind her is ensconced in darkness, and only her face and neck are visible, lit only by the cold light of her phone. She's clearly apprehensive, and uncertain, filled with new doubts, and worries.   This is not a post she had ever thought she would have to make, but now, with Hope announcing the safety of the temples (safety that comes with a price, she believes), she has no real choice.  She swallows, suddenly all nerves. ]

I know it's tempting, but... [  Is there any way to say this where people will listen? ] don't use the temples, don't hide in them.  If you have to hide, then pick a building, find a room, and hunker down.  When the Darkness comes, you might have to move, but... [ She licks her lips, expression pained for a moment before she shakes her head, as if giving up on something.  ]

This is for the best.

[ ...Maybe. ]

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[solvethepuzzle]

You know what this Darkness is, then? [His voice is calm, almost eerily so. He has no reason to be anything else yet.]

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[unitas]

[ she's glad someone is calm because she's far from it. panic clings to her heart. ]

I do. [ a pause, and then: ] If you want me to explain it, I... I won't be able to.

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[whichend]

Are you doing the thing you did when I broke your mirror?

[ Arya hides her fear through the cool mask of someone reverting back to their assassin training. ]

But worse this time?

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[unitas]

...I don't want them to have control anymore. [ That would be a resounding yes. She wants people to understand more than anything. ]

permavoice.

[torrefied]

[Mello sounds tense, though he's doing his best to remain calm.]

What do you know?

[If she's speaking authoritatively, she must have some knowledge about what's going on.]

[unitas]

I told you what I know. [ Or enough, so far. ]

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[barbarus]

[ Damen does not know this woman, but he does not at all like the look on her face.

Or the content of her speech. ]

Sanctuary is not something that should be dismissed.

You speak as though you know what it is. How?

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[unitas]

If you hide in their temples you'll just be giving them more power. [ But so few people seem to care about that, that they're just making these gods that cause pain, and suffering more powerful. ] And I know what it is because I did it.

[ There's no pride in that statement, no pleasure, or joy, but rather a sort of shame. She never wanted it to come to this, but she's tired, and something needed to be done. ]

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[thechoiceisyours]

Why shouldn't we go to the Temples? Do you know what's going on?

[This feels a whole lot like when he and Sam had posted to the network about the wendigos; if this is something from Sharon's world then maybe they should listen to her?]

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[unitas]

You realize that just being in there forces you to feel what they want you to, that every time you go in there you just give them more ammunition? [ She's torn between annoyance (hello, these are facts of life please stop giving the gods more power thank you), and just this urge to force an understanding to occur. ] To me, that sounds like a good reason to avoid their shitty temples.

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[lingeringhope]

Stop this at once.

[He sounds exasperated and stressed, and generally not pleased at all.]

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[unitas]

Like you would stop all the shit you've done to us if I asked?

[ this is what you deserve. ]

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[wormintheglass]

And why not? What can you tell me about this?

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[unitas]

The gods force us to feel what they need in those places, and I, for one, am not a big fan of giving them more power. The less they have, the better off we are. [ if she could find a way to kill one of them here, she would take that opportunity without hesitation. any single one of them. ]

And this? [ she motions around her. this oppressiveness. ] There's not a lot I can tell you. There's fog, there's monsters, and when the darkness comes, it's safest inside.

[ just not the temples please ]

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[mismanagement]

What have you done?

[Video]

[unitas]

Something you'll survive.

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[unfollowing]

holy fucking shit

so like, aside from shit getting dark, is there a way to tell when this darkness comes? how long do we have to hide before it gets here?

[Emily has a lot of questions and a good deal of anger, but she's getting the feeling that pissing Sharon off is not a good idea. This is the girl who laughed at Emily's Kuchisake Onna getup, after all.]

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[unitas]

Back home, the cultists set up a siren to warn of the Darkness. They used birds, as well. Birds are sensitive to the Darkness, and will immediately flee the area.

And I don't know. I could warn you all before it arrived, but it would only be a warning of a few seconds.

[ it's likely to start sometime within the continuation of this conversation so long as the rest of her conversations continue on a route that causes her fear, guilt, and rage. ]

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[unitas]

I'm hoping us all. [ really. this isn't about hurting the people here, just the gods. the fact that everyone else is caught is just her poor control over her emotions, and abilities. ]

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[hotspurred]

[Henry narrows his eyes, frowning. There is a sharp edge to his voice, though for now it's undirected.]

How so?

[Because there ought to be some attempt at justification.]

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[unitas]

Aren't you tired of the inaction? [ a city guard? great. a garden? awesome. those aren't any attempts at getting them home. this is a girl that's hurt, and doing what she can with what she's got. ]

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[synthedick]

[The culprit. Nick makes a few notes on his end, but he's generally collected as he responds, despite the fact she's putting civilians in danger. From the sound of her responses to others, it's a case of good intentions gone wrong.]

You do realize that this is going to scare its fair share of people, right?

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[unitas]

Don't we wake up in the morning scared? [ there's a slight waver to her voice. she's getting increasingly emotional. she knows why people are scared. god, fuck, she's scared. of this place. of these people. of herself.

but what scares her the most is the gods and all the control they have. all the control they have and yet they're still stuck here. all the control they have, and they don't even get real explanations, just placation and empty promise. ] Or at least worried what the next couple of hours will bring? What god will fuck with us next? When we'll die, and just be forced back?

[ this is a response to that. this is someone fighting back. even if no one else understands. ] What will Sorrow bring us?

[voice]

[circumitus]

Have no intention of hiding.

[Neither does Rey have any desire to supply the gods with more food than necessary.

[That's it, though. No queries or accusations. Is that really such a surprise?]

[voice]

[unitas]

Don't go out of your way to get hurt. [ aka: i'm sorry, i like you, and you don't deserve this. ]

[voice]

[verinumeri]

[ He's heard enough by now. Monsters, Darkness, Control. Fantastic. No, it doesn't help, but he can't help but sound as irritated as he is. ]

Do you intend for this to last indefinitely? You realize, not everyone can move quickly.

[ There's more than one reason he didn't choose video. Of them: no intention to draw attention to it. ]

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[unitas]

No, no. [ she sounds horrified. that's not her intention, at all. she's not been exactly open, but how is she supposed to be when people don't seem willing to even try to understand. ] I-I wouldn't do that to anyone but my enemies.

[ and, for the most part, none of you are her enemies. yet, anyway. ]

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[amos_moses]

The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.

[Text]

[unitas]

Been there, done that.

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[ushahin]

[There is a very long pause before Ushahin speaks. He's still getting used to it, having only used it to write thus far.]

You know what this is? Good. It is glorious.

[Statistically, there had to be at least one person who would find this fascinating. Nightmares are something Ushahin has intimate experience with. The mad one welcomes this change.]

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[unitas]

I... [ that seems to genuinely surprise her, or startle her, it's hard to tell over her voice. ] W-Why would you think that?

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[scarletcast]

[ Calm, clear: ]

How do you fight it?

[ There are things out there. She hasn't met the one that's meant for her, but Wanda doesn't consider inevitabilities like that. ]

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[unitas]

You fight the monsters the same way you fight any other monsters in the world. [ some of them may have weaknesses, but she doesn't know them. ]

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[fortunefavored]

yeah this is so many shades of not helpful tho

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[unitas]

And what do you think would be helpful?

[ if you say stop it, so help her, she will find you and end you. okay she won't but she'll want to. ]

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[strangelic]

The ends do not justify the means.

[ He just looks sad, honestly. ]

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[unitas]

You don't know anything. [ she knows this wasn't the right thing to do, but sometimes there isn't a right thing to do. ]

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[smited]

[ congratulations, sharon. you are one of the few people cullen will break out the voice function for. ]

Sharon... [ he is Not Happy. ] Tell me you didn't have a hand in this.

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[unitas]

...I'm sorry, Cullen. [ sincere. her intention isn't for people to get hurt, but the monsters here don't seem to care for her intentions. ]

[muscovy]

[He's glad that she's still alive. Someone who almost jumps out of windows very high up can't really be trusted to take care of themselves.

What else she says just seems silly, though.]

Why?

[unitas]

Because I think I can do something. [ you know, get them out of this shit hole. kill a god. she's got a list here of shit she wants to get out of this. ]

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[ampliat]

Okay. I'm biting. Why your way instead of through the temples?

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[unitas]

Because going to the temples just gives them what they want. Personally, I'm not a big fan of giving gods what they want.