10th Partridge [(anonymous?) Voice/Action]

[my_yoke_broke]

[One thing that's always a bad idea to do: give a tree man something that is typically fine for humans.Case in point, just about anything they stuck him with during his stay with the Malnosso. Yeah, it's one thing to have to deal with cells-hello, unpleasant memories-but dealing with drug poisoning, too? This day couldn't get any more hideous for

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[Voice]

[semper_cogitans]

[Robert recognizes Ian's voice, and this question strikes a chord in him. He has always had trouble finding acceptance himself, and... well, something bad happened to him. But it was his own fault in that case.]

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I... I think that one would have to... consider the overall picture. Look at the prevailing trends and ratios.

... Not everything, I would think, leads to something good... b-but, but perhaps there is a t-trend overall for positivity. At least... at least in some senses.

... One bad person or event does not invalidate the entirety of them.

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[my_yoke_broke]

[Likewise, he knows who you are without looking.]

Unfortunately... It's a little more than one event or bad person.

[Voice]

[semper_cogitans]

In that case it gets more difficult... It is hard to draw a line sometimes, between what is "good" and what is not.

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Being accepted can be difficult. Sometimes, it feels like absolutely nobody accepts you. And that is a vile feeling...

[Softly:] I cannot claim to have ever experienced m-much in the way of discrimination. But I am lucky... I know people who have, and it is abominable. It should never be tolerated... but in some places it is...

... The only thing to do is to not allow others to judge your worth. You have worth, you are a person; other people can perhaps tell you otherwise, and perhaps take away your rights, but your personhood is something that... th-that cannot be taken away. It is something... integral to you, as a sapient being.

... And... p-perhaps, by thinking that - and by finding o-others who think that, because others do exist - then... then you can start to change things.

... Th-that... that seems to be more or less how it has worked.

I am s-sorry I cannot be... a better assistance in this regard.

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[my_yoke_broke]

["and by finding others who think that..."

That certainly reminds him of someone important to him.]

[Written]

[antlioncyclone]

Experiencing bad things doesn't mean that the good things never happened. And it works the other way, too - good things don't cancel out bad things.

You have to take everything that you know, figure out what you want, and take the path that leads you to it. Otherwise you're just wandering around without getting anywhere.

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[my_yoke_broke]

[Heh, but wandering around without getting anywhere is his job in life, you know.]

you have a goal? instead of wandering i mean...

[Written]

[antlioncyclone]

It doesn't have to be something that you can name, and it doesn't have to stay the same forever. You can have a goal to "witness wondrous things", or to "find peace with the world", and it can be just as powerful as any other goal in driving your life forward.

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[my_yoke_broke]

peace in the world... thats a pretty great goal aint it?

ive been waiting for that for a while. hopefully the waitingll pay off

[voice]

[magicwarding]

[Roji actually knows this feeling all too well. He decides to address the subject of "people" first. His voice is very calm as he speaks.]

When it comes to people, I try to consider their means for acting so horribly. Maybe they are so conflicted that they don't realize they're in the wrong. Maybe they're doing the horrible things for a good cause, but going about it in a very wrong way.

[He has to do this all the time, battling ghosts (and people) who may seem horrible at first...]

I think everyone can realize their wrongdoings and take responsibility for what they have done. I feel like that is a big step toward making things right again. [And this applies to Roji himself, of course.] Sometimes...it just takes others a lot longer to do that.

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[my_yoke_broke]

... Does it normally take people hundreds of years to see what they've done wrong?

[seriously, humans are really bad at lagging on things.]

[voice]

[magicwarding]

... Sometimes. And I guess, sometimes even that isn't enough.

[He really doesn't want to admit that some people are just plain evil. Even the 800+ year old Teeki from his world couldn't be changed.]

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[my_yoke_broke]

....

That sucks.

[xelhes]

[Man, she hates doing written responses, but it's a topic she really doesn't want to talk about with a stranger. At the same time, this sounds way too close to what she's gone through to not reply. She has plenty of time to think on it as she carefully ensures that the camera is obscured and very slowly prints to try to minimize the signs of her normal writing. The disguised writing isn't perfect -- for one, there's still more loops and curls than normal printing -- but she hopes it will make it less likely for her to be recognized by people she hasn't talked to about this.]

Sometimes, the only good that comes out of it is when it is done.

[my_yoke_broke]

[More writing! Can't a guy with an awful fever have a moment without straining his eyes? ;;

...

But still, he replies in the usual shaky handwriting (from bad penmanship and fever combined, more than likely.]

thats really sad, isnt it?

[Makes me kinda' weepy, even. ;u;]

its hard to look forward to the end of it when it never really ends
things like to stick with you years later, it feels like...

[xelhes]

[She might switch to voice if he asked! But since she doesn't know that the shakiness is caused by more than bad penmanship, she'll continue writing for now.]

In that way, I guess they're never really over, some of them. But you can find new things. Something that good can come out of.

[She taps the edge of her page, thinking, and before he can finish straining his eyes over what she's written, she adds.]

I know that doesn't always make up for it.

[my_yoke_broke]

[And it makes him sadder, to think about this; coming from a war-torn place, he can only imagine all the awful things people went through... only to have it be their final moments. They never got the chance to find new, good things like him.

In that regard... he finds himself incredibly fortunate.]

i dont spose they do

but

[...]

but the good things always do seem so worthwhile, huh?

[Private place-holdery type situation]

[goldenglasses]

Acceptance is always possible. [He hopes.] It's just a slow process sometimes as we all learn how to get along with each other.

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[my_yoke_broke]

Always possible...?

[He said that himself, quite a few years back. But...]

Every time I get close to that, it seems to float further away...

[Private] Trying to think smart while dying from heat. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HARD THIS TAG WAS

[goldenglasses]

I admit, it's not an easy thing. Everyone is at least a little afraid of the unknown, it's just a matter of learning to work around it and with each other. Eventually when things are explained better and become not so new it will be easier.

Re: [Private] lol B)

[my_yoke_broke]

... Do you really think there'll be a time where everyone's accepted?