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[lunadickery]

[What a fine evening this is to be spending outdoors! Scenic piles of snow gracing the midwestern farmscape, countless stars twinkling in the clear winter sky, a red moon hanging low on the horizon, flaming mistletoe, a masked and costumed man with a crossbow standing on a roof

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[crosshisheart]

...

Are you kidding?

[crosshisheart]

Yes.

[lunadickery]

[...IS THIS A TRICK?]

The justice that so many speak of is false and frail, unable to protect or punish anyone. I am here to pass judgment on the evil of this world and give them what they deserve.

[crosshisheart]

And what do they deserve?

[lunadickery]

Release from the darkness that consumes them.

[crosshisheart]

Killing them won't release you from yours.

[lunadickery]

[Way to hit where it hurts]

I am merely obeying the voice of Thanatos.

[crosshisheart]

The god of death isn't going to make you feel better.

[lunadickery]

That is irrelevant. My purpose is to destroy the darkness of this world.

[crosshisheart]

You can't. And the world's not as dark as you think it is.

[lunadickery]

How naive. Being unable to see the darkness does not mean it does not exist.

[crosshisheart]

[touches his chest absently]

I see it just fine. But you can't fight fire with fire it doesn't work.

[lunadickery]

The source can be extinguished.

[crosshisheart]

Do you want to destroy the world?

[lunadickery]

I do not commit senseless slaughter; I only pass down judgement to criminals.

[crosshisheart]

You said you could extinguish the source. The darkness you're talking about is present in everyone, every human can be amazing or terrible they all have that potential. Wanting to end the darkness is wanting to end humanity, and wanting to end humanity is wanting to end all the good they're capable of too.