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truthget

[Voice (morning) / Action (evening)]

Oct 03, 2011 01:20

[Voice - Locked from Al, Winry, Gracia, and Elicia]

This might seem like a weird question, but I need to ask.

A lot of people - kids, even - act like they're fine with death and killing. The draft taught me that much. And around here dying doesn't even seem to matter because you just come back anyway. Is that what makes it- [Not okay, he can't ( Read more... )

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[Action] itsaxingthing October 3 2011, 14:13:08 UTC

[Ling could talk about all this death business, but he's more intrigued by this fire later on. That is to say, at some point, Ling will be sitting on one of the logs roasting a sausage. OUT OF NOWHERE.]

Wow, a campfire between friends. It sure was nice of you two to invite me! [OH WAIT THEY DIDN'T.]

[Action] truthget October 4 2011, 00:46:57 UTC

[Edward damn near falls off the log at the announcement, brows lifting before he glances over at Al. SERIOUSLY HOW THE HELL DOES HE DO THAT.]

I don't remember inviting anyone else.

[It's not exactly "go away", though- Ling's arrival isn't a bad distraction by any means.]

[Action] itsaxingthing October 4 2011, 01:10:54 UTC

[Bluntly:] It must have slipped your mind.

[Action] truthhides October 4 2011, 01:22:32 UTC

[ if i had a heart, it would have had an attack.

ed, you get a shrug. he can't figure it out either. : ( makes him wish he had ninja powers. ]

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[Voice] 4starsavior October 3 2011, 14:14:05 UTC

[Goku figures he can help out with one of those questions - he's got experience with dying, after all!]

Well, dying's painful at first, but once you get to the afterlife, there's lots of people who you can train with until your friends wish you back! [...Actually, he's probably the worst person you could ask for when it comes to answering those questions.]

[Voice] truthget October 4 2011, 00:48:27 UTC

[O... kay that is nothing like he expected when he asked that question...]

...What? "Wish you back"?

[Training in the afterlife? What the hell kind of world is this guy from?]

[Voice] 4starsavior October 4 2011, 02:09:35 UTC

Yep! In my world, they've got these things called the Dragon Balls, and they summon a dragon who grants wishes when you bring all of 'em together!

[...And realizing that some worlds wouldn't have Dragon Balls...] ...Oh, and even if you can't be brought back from the afterlife, you get to see anyone you knew who died, as long as they were really good people.

[Voice] truthget October 5 2011, 03:06:10 UTC

[That........ he can't even...

...that's just unfair, okay.]

Wh...

[Seriously? Balls bring people back to life? Seriously?]

What're the conditions for who can or can't be brought back?

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[Written] godbent October 3 2011, 16:15:33 UTC

[You know she was not going to reply to this until she saw everyone else's replies and once again, Luceti is full of muscle heads who think about things in a combat oriented way. Thus, deciding not to voice it and instead write (possibly disguising herself and therefore whatever bias Ed might pull against her or he might take for her being against him-]

Not all worlds function as "kill or be killed." Luceti might, but even then you have a personal choice about how you handle things. I don't think there's anything wrong with that- I couldn't kill someone either.

[Written] truthget October 4 2011, 00:50:57 UTC

[Ooh, how mysterious. Okay, he'll bite.]

That kind of thinking seems to earn you the disdain of those who can, and do, kill around here.

[And that's a fair bit of what bothers him, too- the assumption that sparing someone's life makes one weak.]

[Written] godbent October 4 2011, 00:52:09 UTC

It can. But unless they're a psycho who kills people for weakness or something like that it doesn't mater.

[She pauses, and then pens in-]

However, you're also risking more by fighting without killing during the drafts. I've known people who have pulled it off, but their capturing wasn't very effective and some people see it as a liability.

[Written] truthget October 5 2011, 02:12:51 UTC

I know that. And others have made it pretty clear by finishing off the enemies I leave behind. I still can't agree with that way of thinking, though.

[Doing it that way just feels dirty, though not any more abhorrent than just offing the enemy in a fair fight.]

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[voice] redheaded_rock October 3 2011, 18:10:20 UTC

It's not something I'd ever thought about before I ended up in Luceti. Even then, it's something I try not to think about. [A pause and then, hesitantly:] Maybe acting like they're okay with it is some sort of defense mechanism?

[voice] truthget October 4 2011, 00:53:17 UTC

Maybe. I don't think that's something I could just fake, though...

[voice] redheaded_rock October 4 2011, 04:20:56 UTC

I'm not sure I could either, but the mind is capable of a great many things, good or bad.

[voice] truthget October 5 2011, 03:07:37 UTC

Humans are pretty incredible. They can overcome plenty of horrible things, if it's necessary for them to continue forward.

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[Voice] ledbythewind October 3 2011, 18:37:05 UTC

... not all of us are all right with it.

[Voice] truthget October 4 2011, 00:54:01 UTC

I never said that everyone was.

[Voice] ledbythewind October 4 2011, 18:22:59 UTC

Isn't it better that way?

[Voice] truthget October 5 2011, 03:08:18 UTC

I'd be happier if nobody was, but... I'll take what I can get, I guess.

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