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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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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. ]

[torrefied]

What else do you know.

[Come on, girl, don't play.]

You've seen this before, haven't you? Or something like it. You wouldn't bother saying what you did if you hadn't.

[unitas]

[ Admittedly, Sharon wouldn't have said a single thing if Hope hadn't made an announcement. People don't need to know the hows, and the whys. She didn't want to deal with the questions, or the accusations, or face the fact that she might be in the wrong. ]

I have. I lived in it for... [ For years. She was there before she, as Sharon da Silva, ever even existed. She swallows. ] I caused it.

[torrefied]

[That's - hmm. That's not quite the answer Mello expected. He thinks back on an earlier conversation they had, where she insisted he'd change his tune about the things here having the potential to scare him.]

Do you know how to stop it? I'm assuming this wasn't intentional. If you were causing this to happen with an objective of harming us, it wouldn't make sense to get on here and warn us about it.

[There's no judgment in his tone - surprised? This situation is a problem, and Mello is good at solving problems.]

[unitas]

You really shouldn't be making assumptions. [ which is to say: it was intentional. she'd tried to exert more control over who was, and wasn't brought into this reality, but just getting the world to this point was a drain on her. ] I don't want people to get hurt, but something has to be done.

[ and no one else is willing, so she will. ]

[torrefied]

Then I stand corrected.

[OK, now he's judging you.]

What exactly is it you're trying to do?

[unitas]

Anything I can. If I can even just kill Fear, this will have been worth it. [ no, she's really trying to do something here. kill fear. rage. delight. hope. do something to show these gods they're capable of fighting back, of doing more than asking for things, and taking, and hiding. ]

[torrefied]

[Good lord. And some people have accused Mello of being delusional. (Maybe not to his face, but. It's surely happened.) He actually takes a moment to laugh in the face of the absurdity of it all, a deranged, almost-shrill sound.]

Are you honestly that stupid? You're not going to kill Fear. You're feeding him.

[unitas]

Fuck you, at least I'm doing something! [ but they have no control over the city so hopefully no control over the fears that are created. if anything, any of their fear belongs to her. ]

[torrefied]

Funny how your something looks an awful lot like throwing a fucking temper tantrum. Saying you don't want to hurt people and then doing it anyway doesn't absolve you of responsibility for this, especially if you're spreading misinformation on top of everything else.