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[thirdreturned]

Many of you seem to be unhappy.

We don't all necessarily want you to be happy, but acceptance and adaptation to your situation would be a start. The only question that remains is: how?

It is clear to us that your species resolves many issues through communication. Unfortunately, none of us understand the human psyche as clearly as others of your species, and so I leave it to you to communicate with and to help one another.

You may consider this post an open forum in which you can discuss what's been bothering you. In turn, I will conceal your identities, so that you may help one another without preconceived biases. If you'd like to reveal yourselves to one another, the option is there, but unnecessary.

Heal. Recover.

I'll leave you to it.

[[This is an event post for the Never Log In event! Remember, characters are compelled to get things off of their chest here, as well as to help others- and of course, please stay oocly logged in for your comments!]]

Comments

anon

[devotional]

I do not know if I feel joy or sorrow in knowing that someone else shares my plight. The things that I have experienced here are out of my reach on my world, from the breath in my lungs to the people surrounding me.

I thank you for reaching out to me. Know that you are not alone, either, for whatever comfort that may bring.

Re: anon

[pyralisit]

It's something, at least. More comfort than I had an hour ago. Although I must admit, I never expected to have so much in common with the rest of you.

What will you do with your new chances?

Re: anon

[devotional]

It certainly is. I have met many wonderful people here in Hadriel. I consider that another boon from these foreign gods.

I fear I have acted with far too much frivolity already. I have already vowed to see the rest of my loved ones safely back to our world through whatever means necessary, and I suppose the rest of my time spent here will be used to fulfill that promise.

I know not of your circumstances explicitly, but what are you doing with your own opportunities? Comparing notes does not seem like a bad idea.

Re: anon

[pyralisit]

They can't be all bad, I suppose.

The world could do with more frivolity. Don't be ashamed for taking the opportunity to be a little frivolous.

I intend to take full advantage of the opportunities I've been presented with. I may not have earned them, but I will keep them. There isn't a life left for me where I came from. I was dead. My body just hadn't figured that out yet.

Re: anon

[devotional]

I have yet to meet anyone outright cruel. So many people came to my aid when I first arrived... I was fortunate.

My life before now had very little room for frivolity. My aversion to it could very well be hardwired at this point in time, but your words ring true nonetheless. I suppose the world could do with more frivolity, couldn't it...

I do not think this was an instance of "earning." Hadriel's gods saw something in you. Something intrinsic. And we have that much more in common, then. I was pulled here on the brink of death, irrefutable and inescapable. I had made my peace... but Hadriel seeks to undo even that much, I suppose.

I do not wish to sound petulant. But this has been a point of contention for the brief time I have spent here... Though, I am glad to see someone else's perspective on the subject. What was your home like?

Re: anon

[pyralisit]

How fortunate for you. Helpfulness is much less common at home.

If they did see something in me, I don't know what it is. Unless they've a particular taste for beasts, though I suppose we have our uses. There's always a need for something savage. But as I said, my body wasn't dead. The rest of me was. Heart, mind, what have you. I've gained some of that life back here and I am loathe to relinquish it by returning.

Dead. Humanity destroyed it with arrogance. We rose to replace them and rebuild the world they left us with.

Re: anon

[devotional]

People are people, wherever they are. I have come to find that that extends to both their kindnesses and their cruelties.

Beasts...? Forgive my ignorance. I had not considered the possibility that I could be speaking to someone other than human. And that process sounds horrifying. Such a thing is not possible on my star, and I have never heard of such an occurrence. I can hardly blame you for feeling that way, if the process is as traumatizing as it sounds.

I... how terrible. I suppose my statement still stands: people are people, wherever they are. Your kind must be resilient to have flourished in the wake of such destruction.

Re: anon

[pyralisit]

Even so. Our kind aren't so much appreciated by humans. As far as they're concerned, we're the usurpers stealing the world they built from them, never mind that there isn't much of one left.

Monsters can be people too. I was a beast long before I wasn't human. Becoming inhuman only brought it out of hiding.

I watched the one person I cared for die in front of me and I could do nothing to stop it. That has a way of killing a person without touching his body. His soul is ruined forever, though.

We were made to be resilient, I think. Something has to inhabit the world or else it's a grand waste of space.

Re: anon

[devotional]

May I ask what "your kind" is? You needn't answer if you are not comfortable, and I do not wish to pry... I just wonder what it is that would make humans view you with such hostility when you have been nothing but kind to me thus far.

[ At what the stranger says next, Luna finds herself pausing. She hasn't watched the one she loved die, no, but... she has said goodbye to him. More than once. She never realized how much of their time together had been sent saying farewell until now. ]

It sounds unimaginably cruel, having to watch that. I am truly sorry to hear you have had to endure such a thing. My mother gave her life defending my older brother when my kingdom fell... While I cannot claim to know your loss intimately, I feel I can understand it. At least a little bit.

I do not know you at all, stranger, but you have been kind to me when you've had no cause to be. Your resilience of spirit is as evident as it is inspiring.

anon

[pyralisit]

Wraeththu. We were built to replace humanity and they aren't too thrilled with the idea.

To be so blunt about it, yes. It was cruel. Crueler knowing who did it, regardless of whose hands he used, and knowing I will never be able to reach him to give him the same punishment.

Kind? I can think of several who would disagree. I might even be tempted to.

anon

[devotional]

The difference between our worlds is even more evident now; I have never heard of such a species. Who created you and deemed humanity replaceable?

I know not the details of your circumstances past what you have told me, but it sounds as if you've endured unimaginable pain. Was the person who did this one of your own? Or are humans capable of such a thing where you are from, also?

You have been patient and spoken to me at length about my own concerns as well as my questions about yourself. I would think that constitutes as a form of kindness.

Re: anon

[pyralisit]

God, maybe. Humanity destroyed itself. We rose in its place.

He was. Is, I suppose. Regardless of what I saw--what he made me see--he was involved and I know it. But no, humans don't have the same skills we do.

Does it? Others might call it selfish. It's dangerous to call me kind.