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[dynamic_may_lee]

I decided on this a long time ago... I will always sacrifice myself for others if it calls for it. That's the sort of choice a superhero has to make.

[beatssuperpaper]

Commendable. Not many would say so straight away, and then be willing to go through with it.

[dynamic_may_lee]

Just what I do.

[beatssuperpaper]

As a hero.
You sound almost like a female version of Keiichi.

[stardust_legacy]

... Already made the choice.

[beatssuperpaper]

As many did, in this place. So, how did it turn out for you? In a way that caused regret?

[stardust_legacy]

Don't know. Probably never will.

[beatssuperpaper]

Oh, I see. That is a shame.

[muffled_noises]

I'd sacrifice my own life for the people I cared about...but to get out alive? One random person.

[beatssuperpaper]

If so, you are indeed like most living in this place. With the exception that most build up a facade, pretending they could never hurt others for their own sake.

[muffled_noises]

I set people on fire for a living; I can't even try to pretend I wouldn't do that.

[beatssuperpaper]

Quite an interesting occupation. A soldier, I take it?

[darker_alice]

A random person.

No reason to have one I trust yet, and such sacrifices were necessary in my world as well.

[beatssuperpaper]

Oh, that must have been an interesting world.

[darker_alice]

It was fairy violent and dangerous if that's what you mean.

[beatssuperpaper]

Among other things, I was refering to that possibility, yes.
To some, 'May you live in interesting times' may be a curse. To others, the curse is the threat of the opposite.

[wristsniper]

I could sacrifice someone in order to get home. But I would want to choose who it was.

As far as to save everyone else in, say, the world... I would sacrifice the one I love before I would sacrifice myself.

Then again, sacrifice is usually just the "noble coward's" way out.

[beatssuperpaper]

What if you couldn't choose, and if it could be anyone - those you respect, just like those you wish were dead?

As for the sacrifice - what makes you say that? The implication that self sacrifice is simply one way to run away from the consequences and fallout of the struggle?

[wristsniper]

My decision would depend on the situation, in that case. It would be tactical.

Self-sacrifice and martyrdom can actually be problematic in a situation like this. Easily misunderstood and misconstrued. People can be stupid animals, after all.

[beatssuperpaper]

Oh, that people are animals is something they demonstrate quite often in this town, judging by how easy the town has it to manipulate some into killing others.