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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. ]

Comments

[synthedick]

Then you can't have been here long. We come from all kinds of worlds, and what applies in one might not apply here. And even if it did, chances are the gods will just bring her back. Then she'll be mad at them and whoever shot her.

[torrefied]

[It's true; he's only been here about a month and a half. But that's not an important part of the conversation at the moment.]

Hope's the one who has to bring her back, and he's clearly not happy with her either, so I'm pretty sure I can talk him into holding off on it, at least until some sort of restraint is devised. She's already mad at the gods, and I honestly don't give a shit if she's mad at me.

[synthedick]

You should leave the talking to someone who'll think about the consequences of what they say before they go running their mouth.

[torrefied]

And you should think twice about assuming you have the right or the authority to tell me what to do, because you don't.

[synthedick]

At least I've done some thinking. That's more than you can claim.

[torrefied]

I'm going to say this one more fucking time, and if you still can't get it through your thick skull, I'm hanging up, because I have precisely zero interest in endlessly repeating myself. I have given this situation exactly as much thought as necessary. Thinking is what I do - it's what I spent my entire childhood in training for, and it's what I've done every day of my life since - thinking, assessing, making decisions. Don't assume you know anything about me, or what my thought processes are like.

[synthedick]

[Probably a good thing Mello hangs up, since Nick was about to do the same, and he had another sassy retort up his sleeve. Kids People who are only arguably adults and robot dicks these days.]