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thirdreturned) wrote in hadriel2016-09-01 10:17 am
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It's time for another poll to revive one of our allies. As there are only three of them remaining, your choices will be limited moving forward.
Tranquility is the last god to be optioned to you. He is an architect and he was instrumental in creating the city that you all live in. He is agreeable to a fault, but pleasant enough to be around, if that's the sort of thing you value. When he sees the state of disarray that the city is in, I have no doubt that he'll prioritize clearing the streets and perhaps offering methods of faster transportation in place of your flimsy legs.
Confusion has been an option since the first revival. I see little need to discuss her merits when my associates have done it already, but I have been asked to be thorough, so- she is the creator of the labyrinthine tunnels around the city and knows how to navigate them better than anyone else. She is quick to action, true to her word, and would likely give you a way to find one another if you became lost in the tunnels or elsewhere.
Love is your final option and is difficult to pin down. In short, I would summarize both Love's personality and actions as jovial, charismatic, and complex. A hot springs may seem like an unnecessary luxury, but Love would enjoy giving you things to make you more openhearted and accepting of both yourself and others.
This poll will close in a week's time. I will accept some questions. Choose wisely.
Tranquility is the last god to be optioned to you. He is an architect and he was instrumental in creating the city that you all live in. He is agreeable to a fault, but pleasant enough to be around, if that's the sort of thing you value. When he sees the state of disarray that the city is in, I have no doubt that he'll prioritize clearing the streets and perhaps offering methods of faster transportation in place of your flimsy legs.
Confusion has been an option since the first revival. I see little need to discuss her merits when my associates have done it already, but I have been asked to be thorough, so- she is the creator of the labyrinthine tunnels around the city and knows how to navigate them better than anyone else. She is quick to action, true to her word, and would likely give you a way to find one another if you became lost in the tunnels or elsewhere.
Love is your final option and is difficult to pin down. In short, I would summarize both Love's personality and actions as jovial, charismatic, and complex. A hot springs may seem like an unnecessary luxury, but Love would enjoy giving you things to make you more openhearted and accepting of both yourself and others.
This poll will close in a week's time. I will accept some questions. Choose wisely.
Poll #17648 Fourth god resurrection
This poll is closed.
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 59
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 59
Who to revive?
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[They're being facetious, but that's fine. He can be facetious too.]
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[Their conversations really did slip from one side to another. Hadriel was the longest Chara had ever chatted with Sans personally and it was...weird. Interesting, but very weird.]
Perhaps you should consult some books. It may help.
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Hard to not let them get to him when he knows everything they do here is, potentially, permanent.]
sounds like work.
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One thing I recommend however, is to have a good narrator.
[Sticky red designed to grab people's attention and make a point. True, they've used it for less important things, but Sans' smart. He should know a hint.]
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course.
narrators don't get enough credit.
they're the thing holding it all together.
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It may not come to surprise you but I am fond of tragedies. There's a certain quality in those books that most others do not possess. And everyone can relate. There is always some sort of tragedy, from history to one's own personal life that people can relate to.
But I feel obliged to suggest that you start with something smaller. Fluffy Bunny, perhaps?
[The jab is a distraction and they'll laugh if it works.]
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Both variables present. In every iteration, maybe?
It's something to think about.
That last statement is another snipe on their part, nothing more. It stings, sure, but he can ignore it. He's ignored worse. Shrugged off an injury bisecting him sternum to ribcage, quite literally. I mean, he died immediately after, but he played it off like a champ. Which is the important thing.]
i'm a fan of comedies myself.
but dark humor tends to be a staple of those anyway.
and here i was thinking you'd be a fan of fear's scary stories.
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Fear's stories lack what I look for. Unless there's hope there's no point. Being Hopeful until death takes it all away from them is a staple.
There is a human who wrote things I believe you may like, if I can remember his name. I wonder if this place has any books?
[Chara is a bit on the nose with a few comments here, but again, it's not like it matters.]
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maybe pick up something by kafka. i think you'd like him.
[Sans had liked him, for reasons utterly beyond him. The man's writing was grim and unsettling and difficult to get out of his head. Maybe that was why. Because it felt, a little bit, like it might stick in his skull with a bit more permanence, because who could forget the strangeness of a man becoming a bug and gradually losing his sense of self?]
like hope in you stories, do you?
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Thank you for the recommendation.
It's common in books for them to receive a hopeful, happy ending. Families reunite, friends become lovers and the dog turns out to not have been mauled by the creature in the basement.
Hope makes the world better and the tragedy stronger. For things to stick and for the future of others.
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do you prefer hope, or realism?
[Do you prefer that olive branch, extended by someone gently pleading for you to remember him before he pulls the rug out from under you, or do you prefer to simply be slammed through with a line of femurs outright?
Just kidding. You don't get that choice.]
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It doesn't matter. That choice has already been made.]
It is realistic to not put much stock in hope and it's hopeful to assume reality would be kind. It depends on the path you take and your determination.
[It's a non-answer as usual.]
What about yourself? Hope or realism?
[Or should they expect a non-answer themselves?]
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neither.
i prefer a good joke.
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[It took him the near the destruction of the Underground to pick a path and go. It must have gotten so quiet near that end.
Part of the curiosity he gives, they suppose. The silence they wanted was different.]
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[Yeah, that sounds pretty bonely too. Not that he's sympathizing, but - maybe accessing an avenue through which he could sympathize?]
text; cw for suicidal ideation
* You feel it beating.
* And it makes you sick.]
Yet I can say it's still me. I will always be myself. It is hard to feel lonely when you are never alone. They are here.
[It's no secret who Chara means.]
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i guess you guys really are a team.
[Which is both enlightening and...disturbing. To put it bluntly, really fucking disturbing. He doesn't know the nature of that relationship, whatever it is, but it's clear that a lot of who and what Chara is - it hinges on the kid. On Frisk.
On them being here.]
no subject
But they're not going to say that.]
They are my partner. But they are nothing like me.
[So don't worry. There's a difference between curiosity gone wrong and Chara.]
I think I will go out and see if there are any books around. See you later Sans.
[Because this was walking backwards down a path they don't want to go.]
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see you around, kid.
[Cripes but talking to them always takes about eighty-five percent of his processing power. He didn't even reveal that subtle advantage of now knowing their name. Should he have done that?
Nah. Time to sleep for like a week.]