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· 8 years ago · Feb 17, 2018, 11:38 AM
1[8/3/2017 3:21:35 PM] *** Benny Fulmer has renamed this conversation to "angel of death" ***
2[8/3/2017 3:21:43 PM] *** Benny Fulmer added Spades Slick ***
3[8/3/2017 3:26:32 PM] Benny Fulmer: [Knock knock.]
4[8/3/2017 3:31:23 PM] Spades Slick: [You open the door extremely quickly.]
5[8/3/2017 3:32:38 PM] Spades Slick: Hello!
6[8/3/2017 3:33:36 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You're a little startled by that, admittedly.]
7[8/3/2017 3:33:40 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...Hello.
8[8/3/2017 3:37:57 PM] Spades Slick: [You giggle a bit.]
9[8/3/2017 3:38:13 PM] Spades Slick: Oh, apologies, apologies! Cicero does not get many visitors, he's excited!
10[8/3/2017 3:39:58 PM] Benny Fulmer: Oh.
11[8/3/2017 3:40:04 PM] Benny Fulmer: [...Boy, you know how that feels.]
12[8/3/2017 3:40:18 PM] Benny Fulmer: I understand.
13[8/3/2017 3:40:25 PM] Benny Fulmer: May I come in?
14[8/3/2017 3:41:31 PM] Spades Slick: Of course!
15[8/3/2017 3:43:24 PM] Spades Slick: [You step aside.]
16[8/3/2017 3:45:12 PM] Benny Fulmer: Thank you.
17[8/3/2017 3:45:39 PM | Edited 3:45:59 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You wander in-dear O this place is cramped. You. Subtly shift yourself slightly smaller.]
18[8/3/2017 3:48:45 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...This is...rather cozy.
19[8/3/2017 3:50:38 PM] Spades Slick: Cicero doesn't need much more than this, he thinks.
20[8/3/2017 3:51:11 PM] Spades Slick: It's usually just him.
21[8/3/2017 3:53:54 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You can't imagine not having enough room to spread your wings, but you're more upset by the thought of him being alone so often. You try not to project too much onto him, though, and you nod.]
22[8/3/2017 3:53:58 PM] Benny Fulmer: I see.
23[8/3/2017 3:54:42 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...I should introduce myself, shouldn't I.
24[8/3/2017 3:55:11 PM] Spades Slick: If you want!
25[8/3/2017 3:56:19 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You nod again, and turn back to him and offer your hand.]
26[8/3/2017 3:56:43 PM] Benny Fulmer: I'm Ahrima.
27[8/3/2017 3:57:57 PM | Edited 4:00:01 PM] Spades Slick: [You take his hand, and pause when you feel its solid. Your smile falters a little bit. You glance up slightly at his very faint halo.]
28[8/3/2017 4:01:45 PM] Spades Slick: ... Cicero thought he saw something.
29[8/3/2017 4:02:39 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You freeze a little bit at that.]
30[8/3/2017 4:03:21 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...I.
31[8/3/2017 4:03:35 PM] Benny Fulmer: Used.
32[8/3/2017 4:03:38 PM | Edited 4:03:48 PM] Benny Fulmer: To be an archangel.
33[8/3/2017 4:04:45 PM] Spades Slick: [Hmmm.]
34[8/3/2017 4:04:48 PM] Spades Slick: An Aedra?
35[8/3/2017 4:04:54 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...Aedra?
36[8/3/2017 4:05:13 PM] Spades Slick: [You look back down at pat his hand. Pat pat.]
37[8/3/2017 4:05:21 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...I can.
38[8/3/2017 4:05:25 PM] Benny Fulmer: Show you what I mean.
39[8/3/2017 4:05:28 PM] Benny Fulmer: If you'd like.
40[8/3/2017 4:06:44 PM] Spades Slick: Cicero wouldn't oppose that.
41[8/3/2017 4:08:36 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You lick your lips nervously, before nodding slightly. After a deep breath, you close your eyes and let your shattered, shadowy halo phase completely into being, and you let your wings materialize and spread to their full wingspan. The tips of their primaries brush the edges of the room.]
42[8/3/2017 4:10:48 PM] Spades Slick: [You get star eyes. You jump up and pet one of his wings impulsively.]
43[8/3/2017 4:11:22 PM] Benny Fulmer: [It's made out of light, so it doesn't really Feel like feathers. Some ink probably drips onto his hand.]
44[8/3/2017 4:11:35 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...Do you like that?
45[8/3/2017 4:12:58 PM] Spades Slick: Oooh....
46[8/3/2017 4:13:21 PM] Spades Slick: [You rub your fingers together. Impulsiveness rises.]
47[8/3/2017 4:14:17 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...It's. Darkness.
48[8/3/2017 4:14:24 PM] Benny Fulmer: Shadow given a liquid form.
49[8/3/2017 4:14:33 PM] Spades Slick: [That Does It For YOu you stick your fingers in your mouth.]
50[8/3/2017 4:15:46 PM | Edited 4:16:00 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You look Deeply concerned and afraid, and open your mouth to say something-]
51[8/3/2017 4:16:48 PM] Spades Slick: [You Actually Fucking Swallow It]
52[8/3/2017 4:16:57 PM] Spades Slick: Oooh that's bitter.
53[8/3/2017 4:17:51 PM] Benny Fulmer: [At first, you're. Too shocked by that to say anything. But after a full two and a half seconds-]
54[8/3/2017 4:17:55 PM] Benny Fulmer: You.
55[8/3/2017 4:18:02 PM] Benny Fulmer: You're going to get.
56[8/3/2017 4:18:12 PM] Benny Fulmer: Very sick- where's Dumaya.
57[8/3/2017 4:21:15 PM] Spades Slick: Cicero is sure he will be fine.
58[8/3/2017 4:21:51 PM] Spades Slick: But if Feathers is worried, the doctor should be a few doors away!
59[8/3/2017 4:22:00 PM] Spades Slick: [You sit back down on your bed.]
60[8/3/2017 4:23:03 PM] Spades Slick: Cicero has had a lot of experience with darkness and void, for sure!
61[8/3/2017 4:26:27 PM | Edited 4:26:55 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You bite your lip. You'll ask him about that after you deal with this, but for now... if he's experienced with the stuff...
62
63You pull out a silver needle and one of your strange threads.]
64[8/3/2017 4:26:33 PM] Benny Fulmer: One minute.
65[8/3/2017 4:28:14 PM] Spades Slick: Cicero has time to spare!
66[8/3/2017 4:28:48 PM] Benny Fulmer: Not with darkness poisoning.
67[8/3/2017 4:30:42 PM] Benny Fulmer: [That's all you say, though, and your eyes shine brightly. You start. Sewing into existence the chemical structures and biological matrices that make up a certain kind of flower.]
68[8/3/2017 4:31:11 PM] Spades Slick: [You lean back and watch him.]
69[8/3/2017 4:34:17 PM] Benny Fulmer: [It really does take only a minute, maybe even half of one. You certainly had plenty of time to practice. As soon as it's done, you let go of the needle and thread, which float in the air alongside the flower, and you sigh as you close your eyes. Your shoulders slump slightly. But you shake yourself out of it, and you put your sewing supplies back in your pocket, and pick up the flower, before walking over to him and holding it out to him.]
70[8/3/2017 4:34:22 PM] Benny Fulmer: Here.
71[8/3/2017 4:34:25 PM] Benny Fulmer: Eat this.
72[8/3/2017 4:42:45 PM] Spades Slick: [You take it very carefully, and examine it.]
73[8/3/2017 4:43:28 PM] Benny Fulmer: I promise it isn't poison. You already poisoned yourself. I have no reason to do it again.
74[8/3/2017 4:51:03 PM] Spades Slick: [You sniff it before biting it.]
75[8/3/2017 4:53:19 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You breathe out a sigh of relief.]
76[8/3/2017 4:53:29 PM] Benny Fulmer: Alright, now after a few moments, you'll sort of...
77[8/3/2017 4:53:33 PM] Benny Fulmer: Cough up. The darkness.
78[8/3/2017 5:01:51 PM] Spades Slick: [You nod, and sit for a moment or two, before leaning forward and coughing.]
79[8/3/2017 5:03:10 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You fold down one of your wings so any darkness he coughs up will just. Land on it. You'll probably just absorb it back in, or find something to put it in.]
80[8/3/2017 5:05:29 PM] Spades Slick: [You keep coughing.]
81[8/3/2017 5:05:54 PM] Benny Fulmer: [...That's. Not good. It didn't look like he'd had that much.]
82[8/3/2017 5:14:04 PM] Spades Slick: [You grip the edge of the bed with your other hand. You just. Keep coughing.]
83[8/3/2017 5:17:16 PM] Benny Fulmer: [Oh. Oh geez. Fuck. You bend down swiftly, placing one of your hands on his wrist.]
84[8/3/2017 5:17:23 PM] Benny Fulmer: T-try to breathe. A little bit.
85[8/3/2017 5:18:51 PM] Spades Slick: [You try to suck in a breath, but it just makes you cough harder. You rub your throat, like there's something in it.]
86[8/3/2017 5:19:16 PM] Benny Fulmer: [Okay, that's good. Almost there.]
87[8/3/2017 5:19:26 PM] Benny Fulmer: Change of plans. Just. Cough as hard as you can.
88[8/3/2017 5:21:43 PM] Spades Slick: [You do just that, and after a few hard coughs, and a dark ball, somewhere between a ping pong ball and a tennis ball, splats onto the floor. You wheeze.]
89[8/3/2017 5:22:43 PM | Edited 5:23:00 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You stare at it, wide-eyed, then back at him, then back at the darkness, then back at him- you. You don't have any idea what to say, except, after a few moments-]
90[8/3/2017 5:22:51 PM] Benny Fulmer: B-breathe. Breathe.
91[8/3/2017 5:23:43 PM] Spades Slick: [You keep rubbing your throat, and suck in a few wheezy, shaky breaths.]
92[8/3/2017 5:25:05 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You gently rub his arms, hoping that'll help soothe him.]
93[8/3/2017 5:26:52 PM] Benny Fulmer: Take. Take your time.
94[8/3/2017 5:26:55 PM] Benny Fulmer: Recovering from that.
95[8/3/2017 5:27:22 PM] Spades Slick: [You lean back.]
96[8/3/2017 5:27:28 PM] Spades Slick: Cicero feels...
97[8/3/2017 5:27:33 PM] Spades Slick: Very. Empty.
98[8/3/2017 5:27:40 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...
99[8/3/2017 5:27:51 PM] Spades Slick: [You stare down at the blob on the floor.]
100[8/3/2017 5:28:07 PM] Benny Fulmer: Right, that.
101[8/3/2017 5:28:17 PM] Benny Fulmer: That doesn't surprise me, but.
102[8/3/2017 5:28:34 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You gently pick up the blob of darkness.]
103[8/3/2017 5:28:45 PM] Benny Fulmer: This is still. Too much. For someone of your size.
104[8/3/2017 5:28:59 PM] Spades Slick: Cicero isn't alone though.
105[8/3/2017 5:29:02 PM] Benny Fulmer: Frankly, you. Shouldn't-
106[8/3/2017 5:29:09 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...
107[8/3/2017 5:29:15 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You close your eyes for a second.]
108[8/3/2017 5:29:25 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...You're not alone.
109[8/3/2017 5:30:08 PM] Spades Slick: [You look up at him.]
110[8/3/2017 5:30:27 PM] Benny Fulmer: That...that explains how you're alive, then.
111[8/3/2017 5:30:33 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You open your eyes again.]
112[8/3/2017 5:30:47 PM] Benny Fulmer: Most of that didn't belong to you.
113[8/3/2017 5:31:09 PM] Spades Slick: [You nod earnestly.]
114[8/3/2017 5:32:06 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You hold the blob in one hand, narrowing your eyes at it slightly.]
115[8/3/2017 5:32:19 PM] Benny Fulmer: Most of the bad stuff didn't belong to you.
116[8/3/2017 5:33:29 PM] Spades Slick: [You stare at it again. You look confused, and also slightly scared.]
117[8/3/2017 5:33:42 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...Don't be afraid. This won't hurt you anymore.
118[8/3/2017 5:34:34 PM] Spades Slick: Cicero is supposed to keep that from him.
119[8/3/2017 5:34:39 PM] Spades Slick: Not... Not the other way around!
120[8/3/2017 5:35:57 PM] Benny Fulmer: If no one's protecting you, you won't be able to protect him.
121[8/3/2017 5:36:12 PM | Edited 5:36:44 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You're speaking a little absentmindedly. You fold down one of your wings again, and set the blob down on it. Essentially using your wing as a tiny table. You then take out one of your threads, and pull it taut before using it to cut the blob in half. It falls into two halves - they don't look different, but they feel different.]
122[8/3/2017 5:36:50 PM] Spades Slick: [You looked distraught, but now you look contemplative.]
123[8/3/2017 5:37:11 PM] Benny Fulmer: There we go.
124[8/3/2017 5:37:15 PM] Benny Fulmer: One half for you...
125[8/3/2017 5:37:39 PM] Benny Fulmer: -For both of you.
126[8/3/2017 5:37:40 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You gently give him one of the halves.]
127[8/3/2017 5:37:45 PM] Benny Fulmer: Just hold it for now.
128[8/3/2017 5:38:07 PM] Spades Slick: [You take it very carefully.]
129[8/3/2017 5:38:22 PM] Benny Fulmer: Alright. And...
130[8/3/2017 5:38:33 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You have nowhere to safely keep it for now, so.]
131[8/3/2017 5:38:37 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...One half for me.
132[8/3/2017 5:38:54 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You close your eyes, and the other half just. Dissolves into your wing.]
133[8/3/2017 5:43:19 PM] Spades Slick: [You nod slightly, and watch it vanish.]
134[8/3/2017 5:43:46 PM] Benny Fulmer: Alright. Now...
135[8/3/2017 5:44:11 PM | Edited 5:44:27 PM] Benny Fulmer: Let's see, what's the best way for you to get that...back in you, safely.
136[8/3/2017 5:44:58 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...I suppose you could let it slowly seep into your hands. It won't stain.
137[8/3/2017 5:47:26 PM] Spades Slick: That sounds like a good idea to Cicero.
138[8/3/2017 5:51:54 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...You can squeeze it a little, if you'd like. That's probably safe.
139[8/3/2017 5:52:15 PM] Spades Slick: [You nod, and do that.]
140[8/3/2017 5:52:33 PM] Spades Slick: -Oooh, that has a good squish.
141[8/3/2017 5:53:10 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You smile a little.]
142[8/3/2017 5:53:27 PM] Benny Fulmer: The less malicious darkness does have a...pleasant feel to it, to some.
143[8/3/2017 5:53:45 PM] Spades Slick: [Squishsquishsquish]
144[8/3/2017 5:54:20 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...Do you have any questions for me?
145[8/3/2017 5:54:26 PM] Benny Fulmer: We were a bit.
146[8/3/2017 5:54:29 PM] Benny Fulmer: Interrupted.
147[8/3/2017 5:55:13 PM] Spades Slick: Oh! Right, right.
148[8/3/2017 5:57:19 PM] Benny Fulmer: It's alright. I understand.
149[8/3/2017 5:57:42 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You smile again, in a similar way to how you did before.]
150[8/3/2017 5:59:19 PM] Spades Slick: Cicero wants to know... If you aren't Aedra, what are you?
151[8/3/2017 6:00:13 PM] Benny Fulmer: An archangel, as I said.
152[8/3/2017 6:00:38 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...But since you might be unfamiliar with that concept, I think I ought to ask you what an Aedra is.
153[8/3/2017 6:01:24 PM] Spades Slick: [You nod.]
154[8/3/2017 6:03:50 PM] Spades Slick: Aedra created Mundus! Old old Immortals who became the ancestors of all non-Beast races.
155[8/3/2017 6:04:05 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...
156[8/3/2017 6:04:18 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You look a little. Taken aback.]
157[8/3/2017 6:04:31 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...Go...go on.
158[8/3/2017 6:06:11 PM] Spades Slick: The original Eight Divines gave parts of themselves to create Mundus.
159[8/3/2017 6:06:50 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You. Bite your lip, but nod.]
160[8/3/2017 6:07:19 PM] Spades Slick: Cicero has heard many stories of how that happened. Either persuaded, or tricked.
161[8/3/2017 6:07:58 PM] Spades Slick: Oooh, you should certainly speak with The Madgod!
162[8/3/2017 6:08:07 PM] Spades Slick: He was there!
163[8/3/2017 6:08:37 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...
164[8/3/2017 6:08:56 PM] Benny Fulmer: Why don't. You just keep telling me more about this.
165[8/3/2017 6:09:57 PM] Spades Slick: If you want! But Cicero is certain He could tell you more.
166[8/3/2017 6:10:18 PM] Benny Fulmer: I'm sure he could.
167[8/3/2017 6:11:08 PM] Spades Slick: [Quiet giggle.]
168[8/3/2017 6:11:26 PM] Spades Slick: Some of the Aedra withdrew before Mundus was finished though! They became stars.
169[8/3/2017 6:13:11 PM | Edited 6:13:39 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You bite your lip again. No stars in the darkness.]
170[8/3/2017 6:13:32 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...I see.
171[8/3/2017 6:15:01 PM] Benny Fulmer: What are...
172[8/3/2017 6:15:05 PM] Benny Fulmer: The Aedra like?
173[8/3/2017 6:17:33 PM] Spades Slick: No one knows!
174[8/3/2017 6:17:46 PM] Spades Slick: Not for certain at least.
175[8/3/2017 6:17:56 PM] Spades Slick: They're up for interpretation.
176[8/3/2017 6:18:27 PM] Spades Slick: The only ones Cicero can recall are the head deity, Akatosh, and the missing deity, Lorkhan.
177[8/3/2017 6:20:42 PM] Benny Fulmer: What are those two like, then? 
178[8/3/2017 6:21:08 PM] Spades Slick: Akatosh is the dragon god of Time. He's only been seen once, and even then, only as an avatar.
179[8/3/2017 6:22:14 PM] Benny Fulmer: I see. 
180[8/3/2017 6:22:57 PM] Benny Fulmer: And Lorkhan?
181[8/3/2017 6:23:47 PM] Spades Slick: Lorkhan gave Himself to create Mundus. He's the bones, in a sense.
182[8/3/2017 6:24:38 PM] Spades Slick: Sithis, dear wonderful Sithis, instructed him to destroy the universe.
183[8/3/2017 6:24:51 PM] Spades Slick: The Aedra had enslaved everything Sithis had made.
184[8/3/2017 6:25:59 PM] Benny Fulmer: [Your face falls at that. Almost crumbles.]
185[8/3/2017 6:27:13 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...Destroying everything is never the answer. 
186[8/3/2017 6:27:37 PM] Spades Slick: Well.
187[8/3/2017 6:27:59 PM] Spades Slick: The Aedra were very upset at His creation of Nirn.
188[8/3/2017 6:28:13 PM | Edited 6:28:39 PM] Spades Slick: So they banished Him to exile and tore out His heart!
189[8/3/2017 6:28:33 PM] Spades Slick: They couldn't destroy His heart, though. It was the literal Heart of the World.
190[8/3/2017 6:29:46 PM] Spades Slick: It was buried it in Nirn. It has a very physical presence.
191[8/3/2017 6:30:34 PM] Spades Slick: But! It was destroyed in the Third Era, by a mortal.
192[8/3/2017 6:30:43 PM] Spades Slick: The only kind of person really who could have done so.
193[8/3/2017 6:30:56 PM] Spades Slick: Cicero thinks it's very ironic.
194[8/3/2017 6:33:17 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...Well. 
195[8/3/2017 6:33:54 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You give a little sad "hah".]
196[8/3/2017 6:34:14 PM] Benny Fulmer: I suppose I have more in common with your Aedra than I thought. 
197[8/3/2017 6:34:43 PM] Spades Slick: Which is why Cicero was so confused.
198[8/3/2017 6:40:49 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You fold your wings back in front of you, and up from them spring simple projections - like silhouettes, made out of light. For now, there is only a cross-legged figure with a serene smile.]
199[8/3/2017 6:43:34 PM] Benny Fulmer: This...is O.
200[8/3/2017 6:45:23 PM] Spades Slick: Oooooh.
201[8/3/2017 6:45:31 PM] Spades Slick: [You lean forward and sorta. Poke it.]
202[8/3/2017 6:48:18 PM] Benny Fulmer: [His finger goes through it, slightly disputing the light around it.]
203[8/3/2017 6:49:07 PM] Benny Fulmer: He created me, and all the other angels, to help him create the world. 
204[8/3/2017 6:49:51 PM | Edited 6:50:08 PM] Benny Fulmer: [The projection shows O pulling other forms with wings and halos...out of himself, and they stand beside him, before starting to weave things themselves.]
205[8/3/2017 6:51:18 PM] Spades Slick: [You nod.]
206[8/3/2017 6:54:42 PM] Benny Fulmer: I helped him for...what felt like both a long time and no time at all. I was happy and content in my work.
207[8/3/2017 6:55:02 PM] Benny Fulmer: [The projections of all angels but one flicker away.]
208[8/3/2017 6:55:17 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...And then I met...
209[8/3/2017 6:55:43 PM] Benny Fulmer: [Another angel flickers into existence.]
210[8/3/2017 6:55:50 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...Him. 
211[8/3/2017 6:56:34 PM] Spades Slick: [You sit up.]
212[8/3/2017 6:58:20 PM | Edited 6:59:12 PM] Benny Fulmer: He was beautiful, and alluring, and talented.
213[8/3/2017 6:58:53 PM] Benny Fulmer: [The new angel creates things with a great deal of fervor, flinging them happily into the world.]
214[8/3/2017 7:00:28 PM] Spades Slick: Oooh...
215[8/3/2017 7:27:55 PM] Benny Fulmer: And his beauty, allure, and talent...
216[8/3/2017 7:29:22 PM] Benny Fulmer: [The first angel - you - starts creating things with almost as much speed and intensity as the other, but instead of flinging its creations every which way, they seem to land closer and closer to the other angel.]
217[8/3/2017 7:29:29 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...in turn, inspired me. 
218[8/3/2017 7:31:52 PM] Spades Slick: [You nod.]
219[8/3/2017 7:33:10 PM] Benny Fulmer: But this was...
220[8/3/2017 7:33:26 PM] Benny Fulmer: Not the intended use of my gifts.
221[8/3/2017 7:33:57 PM] Benny Fulmer: Creation had never been meant to be for anything but it's own sake. 
222[8/3/2017 7:34:36 PM] Benny Fulmer: And yet here I was, exhausting my talents, to impress another.
223[8/3/2017 7:34:51 PM] Benny Fulmer: [The angel representing you grows more and more tired.]
224[8/3/2017 7:36:56 PM] Spades Slick: Isn't that still creation?
225[8/3/2017 7:37:49 PM] Benny Fulmer: It is, but. Not in the way O had intended.
226[8/3/2017 7:38:24 PM] Benny Fulmer: But we're not there yet. 
227[8/3/2017 7:40:19 PM] Benny Fulmer: The...other angel, and I, grew closer.
228[8/3/2017 7:40:30 PM | Edited 7:41:06 PM] Spades Slick: [You nod.]
229[8/3/2017 7:43:40 PM] Benny Fulmer: [The projected angels do just that.]
230[8/3/2017 7:44:02 PM] Benny Fulmer: One day, I finally confided in him that my efforts had been for his sake. 
231[8/3/2017 7:44:38 PM | Edited 7:44:45 PM] Benny Fulmer: That I had become transfixed by him.
232[8/3/2017 7:50:56 PM] Spades Slick: [Another nod, you scoot closer to watch.]
233[8/3/2017 7:53:33 PM] Benny Fulmer: And so I confessed it to him...
234[8/3/2017 7:54:54 PM] Benny Fulmer: [The projection of you kneels, and the words "I'm a slave to your eyes" dance above the figures.]
235[8/3/2017 7:55:02 PM] Benny Fulmer: I had fallen in love. 
236[8/3/2017 7:58:23 PM] Spades Slick: [You smile at that. Warmly.]
237[8/3/2017 8:00:48 PM] Benny Fulmer: In each other we found our missing piece.
238[8/3/2017 8:01:46 PM] Benny Fulmer: We understood each other in a world built on rules we felt restricted and chained by.
239[8/3/2017 8:02:15 PM] Benny Fulmer: [The projection shows you two talking and creating things together.]
240[8/3/2017 8:02:49 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...But I felt wrong disobeying my creator. 
241[8/3/2017 8:03:16 PM] Benny Fulmer: I wanted to be good.
242[8/3/2017 8:03:25 PM] Benny Fulmer: I wanted to do what he pleased. 
243[8/3/2017 8:03:39 PM] Benny Fulmer: So I met with O-
244[8/3/2017 8:04:51 PM] Benny Fulmer: [The projection shifts entirely to show you kneeling in in front of O, who floats cross-legged.]
245[8/3/2017 8:06:03 PM] Benny Fulmer: -and told him how I felt, pleading him for guidance. 
246[8/3/2017 8:09:21 PM] Spades Slick: [Another nod. You hope this doesn't go the way you think it will.]
247[8/3/2017 8:11:27 PM | Edited 8:11:42 PM] Benny Fulmer: After hearing my troubles, he raised his head and replied expressionless -
248[8/3/2017 8:12:01 PM] Benny Fulmer: [The words appear as projections as you sing them.]
249[8/3/2017 8:12:14 PM] Benny Fulmer: Dream with your eyes closed.
250[8/3/2017 8:12:28 PM] Benny Fulmer: Try and pluck the pearl from your bones.
251[8/3/2017 8:21:13 PM] Spades Slick: ...
252[8/3/2017 8:21:16 PM] Spades Slick: What?
253[8/3/2017 8:23:31 PM] Benny Fulmer: I was as confused as you. 
254[8/3/2017 8:24:46 PM] Benny Fulmer: Defeated and more frustrated than before, I left O's presence and retreated to my lover, not knowing what to do. 
255[8/3/2017 8:25:08 PM] Benny Fulmer: [The projection shows. That, basically.]
256[8/3/2017 8:27:33 PM] Benny Fulmer: In the end, his comfort - his brightness and warmth - gave me the spark I needed for my most ambitious project, and my response to O's cryptic message. 
257[8/3/2017 8:28:45 PM] Benny Fulmer: [The projection shows you setting up a blueprint.]
258[8/3/2017 8:29:16 PM] Benny Fulmer: I would prove to him, and to everyone who criticized the misuse of my talents, that I deserved the gifts I had been given. 
259[8/3/2017 8:29:43 PM] Spades Slick: [You look hopeful. Maybe this goes well.]
260[8/3/2017 8:29:47 PM] Benny Fulmer: I would open their eyes.
261[8/3/2017 8:30:19 PM] Benny Fulmer: [Your projection begins weaving something, excitedly, passionately.]
262[8/3/2017 8:30:31 PM] Benny Fulmer: I would change the world. 
263[8/3/2017 8:30:36 PM] Benny Fulmer: I would invent...
264[8/3/2017 8:30:52 PM] Benny Fulmer: [Your projection holds up a lamp.]
265[8/3/2017 8:30:56 PM] Benny Fulmer: Light. 
266[8/3/2017 8:31:43 PM] Spades Slick: ... There was none before then?
267[8/3/2017 8:32:08 PM] Benny Fulmer: There were things that could give off light. Fire. Lightning.
268[8/3/2017 8:32:13 PM] Benny Fulmer: But the world was unlit.
269[8/3/2017 8:32:53 PM] Benny Fulmer: Nothing had been invented that would flood the world and illuminate the beauty of creation.
270[8/3/2017 8:33:06 PM] Spades Slick: [You were about to say that sounded nice, but.]
271[8/3/2017 8:37:14 PM] Benny Fulmer: [The projection shows you whizzing about creation, setting up lamps everywhere - along the ground, on posts, hanging from wires in the sky.]
272[8/3/2017 8:37:37 PM] Benny Fulmer: I made enough to fill the whole world with them.
273[8/3/2017 8:37:57 PM] Benny Fulmer: [Your projection settles on the ground, and stares up at all the lamps.]
274[8/3/2017 8:38:16 PM] Benny Fulmer: After I was done, I looked up at what I had created.
275[8/3/2017 8:38:32 PM] Benny Fulmer: Nearly satisfied with the work and passion I had devoted to it.
276[8/3/2017 8:38:53 PM] Benny Fulmer: Nearly.
277[8/3/2017 8:39:09 PM] Benny Fulmer: But the recognition I had truly craved never arrived.
278[8/3/2017 8:39:45 PM] Benny Fulmer: [Your projection grows more frustrated, searching the streets.]
279[8/3/2017 8:40:11 PM] Benny Fulmer: Caught up in my own arrogance, I cried out for my voice to be heard.
280[8/3/2017 8:40:15 PM] Benny Fulmer: For my talents to be praised.
281[8/3/2017 8:40:28 PM | Edited 8:41:14 PM] Benny Fulmer: [Your projection flies up, and words appear as you say them.]
282[8/3/2017 8:40:28 PM] Spades Slick: [You aren't sure how that's arrogant.]
283[8/3/2017 8:41:28 PM] Benny Fulmer: LET MY UNIQUE, DEFT HANDS BE KNOWN! I screamed.
284[8/3/2017 8:41:54 PM] Benny Fulmer: And above it all, I saw O.
285[8/3/2017 8:42:10 PM] Benny Fulmer: My teacher, my creator, and my guide.
286[8/3/2017 8:42:42 PM] Benny Fulmer: I flew down to him, waiting to hear what he would say about my latest accomplishment.
287[8/3/2017 8:42:56 PM] Benny Fulmer: [The projection shows you descending to him.]
288[8/3/2017 8:43:16 PM] Benny Fulmer: But O...
289[8/3/2017 8:43:32 PM] Benny Fulmer: [The face of O's projection splits into a grin.]
290[8/3/2017 8:43:37 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...simply smiled.
291[8/3/2017 8:44:43 PM] Spades Slick: ...
292[8/3/2017 8:48:11 PM] Benny Fulmer: Even more outraged than before, I flew away from the people I knew and the light I had created.
293[8/3/2017 8:48:33 PM] Benny Fulmer: [Your projection speeds away, towards places less and less densely populated.]
294[8/3/2017 8:49:12 PM] Benny Fulmer: I wanted to brood and sulk in the darkness.
295[8/3/2017 8:49:58 PM] Benny Fulmer: Alone.
296[8/3/2017 8:51:14 PM] Benny Fulmer: [Your projection stops short at a corner between two neighboring buildings. It sits down in the corner and curls up in a ball.]
297[8/3/2017 8:51:48 PM] Benny Fulmer: But many creatures lived their lives in the dark, thriving long before my invention of light.
298[8/3/2017 8:52:25 PM] Benny Fulmer: One of them...
299[8/3/2017 8:52:41 PM] Benny Fulmer: [A spider settles down on your projection's shoulder.]
300[8/3/2017 8:53:04 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...crawled up my arm, and asked me to lend him my ear.
301[8/3/2017 8:54:57 PM] Spades Slick: Your spiders can talk?
302[8/3/2017 8:56:08 PM] Benny Fulmer: They can.
303[8/3/2017 8:57:59 PM] Benny Fulmer: This one, in particular, had quite a lot to say.
304[8/3/2017 8:58:39 PM | Edited 8:58:58 PM] Benny Fulmer: [The projection zooms in on the spider. Once again, the words appear as you say them.]
305[8/3/2017 8:59:07 PM] Benny Fulmer: "I've heard so much about you."
306[8/3/2017 8:59:18 PM] Benny Fulmer: "Is it true?"
307[8/3/2017 8:59:27 PM] Benny Fulmer: "They say you're gifted..."
308[8/3/2017 8:59:34 PM] Benny Fulmer: "I see a scared kid."
309[8/3/2017 8:59:54 PM] Benny Fulmer: "They don't appreciate you."
310[8/3/2017 8:59:57 PM] Benny Fulmer: "But I do."
311[8/3/2017 9:03:35 PM] Spades Slick: [You sit up again.]
312[8/3/2017 9:04:32 PM] Benny Fulmer: "It hurts so bad, doesn't it?"
313[8/3/2017 9:04:38 PM] Benny Fulmer: "With a knife in your back like that."
314[8/3/2017 9:04:44 PM] Benny Fulmer: "Tell you what."
315[8/3/2017 9:04:54 PM] Benny Fulmer: "I've got an idea for you."
316[8/3/2017 9:05:17 PM] Benny Fulmer: "If people won't thank you for your lamps now..."
317[8/3/2017 9:05:43 PM] Benny Fulmer: "Maybe they'll feel more grateful if they're not around anymore."
318[8/3/2017 9:07:04 PM] Spades Slick: [You slouch back down again.]
319[8/3/2017 9:10:58 PM] Benny Fulmer: "Take all your lamps, Ahrima, and tear them down." 
320[8/3/2017 9:11:16 PM] Benny Fulmer: "Break them into pieces." 
321[8/3/2017 9:12:04 PM | Edited 9:12:10 PM] Benny Fulmer: "Don't leave them anything but dust and shards - no, better, bring the remains back to me. We'll figure out what to do with them."
322[8/3/2017 9:13:01 PM] Benny Fulmer: "You'll be respected. They'll have no choice but to understand just how important you are. You'll finally be in control."
323[8/3/2017 9:13:48 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...
324[8/3/2017 9:13:57 PM] Benny Fulmer: And torn apart by bitterness and grief...
325[8/3/2017 9:14:02 PM] Benny Fulmer: I believed him.
326[8/3/2017 9:14:37 PM] Spades Slick: [You Don't Like Where This Is Starting To Go]
327[8/3/2017 9:15:49 PM] Benny Fulmer: [Barayas hops off your projection's shoulder, and then your projection flies off and starts picking up lamps and throwing them to the ground with reckless abandon.]
328[8/3/2017 9:16:22 PM | Edited 9:16:52 PM] Benny Fulmer: Every single lamp I'd made, I set out to tear from its hold and smash upon the ground.
329[8/3/2017 9:17:15 PM] Benny Fulmer: In my rage, all I could see was the lamp in front of me.
330[8/3/2017 9:18:18 PM] Benny Fulmer: I took down another after another after another, channeling all the passion I'd previously put into creating them...into destroying them.
331[8/3/2017 9:18:40 PM] Benny Fulmer: And in my self-absorbed rampage...
332[8/3/2017 9:19:08 PM] Benny Fulmer: [Your voice gets quieter. Your projection finally stops, and turns to look at the ground below.]
333[8/3/2017 9:19:42 PM] Benny Fulmer: It took me so long to realize I'd set the whole world ablaze.
334[8/3/2017 9:21:43 PM] Spades Slick: ... The whole thing?
335[8/3/2017 9:22:04 PM] Benny Fulmer: All of it.
336[8/3/2017 9:22:12 PM] Benny Fulmer: Everything everyone had ever created.
337[8/3/2017 9:22:18 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You sound like you're about to cry.]
338[8/3/2017 9:23:27 PM] Benny Fulmer: Scorched, immolated, and reduced to nothing but ash.
339[8/3/2017 9:24:05 PM] Spades Slick: ...
340[8/3/2017 9:24:11 PM] Spades Slick: [You. Pat his hand. Gently.]
341[8/3/2017 9:28:06 PM] Benny Fulmer: (...The one I loved couldn't even look me in the eye.)
342[8/3/2017 9:28:54 PM] Benny Fulmer: [The projection shows the crowd around you receding, as you fall to your knees, surrounded by a wasteland.]
343[8/3/2017 9:33:51 PM] Spades Slick: [Your hand recoils slightly.]
344[8/3/2017 9:33:53 PM] Spades Slick: -Stop.
345[8/3/2017 9:34:33 PM] Spades Slick: [Your hand wavers, and rests on your knee.]
346[8/3/2017 9:34:38 PM] Spades Slick: Stop.
347[8/3/2017 9:35:08 PM | Edited 9:35:19 PM] Benny Fulmer: [The projection fizzles out. Your head hangs.]
348[8/3/2017 9:35:19 PM] Spades Slick: Cicero already knows how these things end.
349[8/3/2017 9:36:12 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...
350[8/3/2017 9:36:45 PM] Spades Slick: [You stare at the floor and rub the back of your shoulder.]
351[8/3/2017 9:37:04 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...There's one good thing that came out of it.
352[8/3/2017 9:48:55 PM] Spades Slick: ... What's that?
353[8/3/2017 10:02:53 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...
354[8/3/2017 10:03:07 PM] Benny Fulmer: To understand it best, you'd need to hear about.
355[8/3/2017 10:03:13 PM] Benny Fulmer: Exactly what happened to me. 
356[8/3/2017 10:03:35 PM] Benny Fulmer: It...explains why I'm like some of your Aedra.
357[8/3/2017 10:05:13 PM] Spades Slick: ...
358[8/3/2017 10:05:22 PM] Spades Slick: [You take a deep breath.]
359[8/3/2017 10:05:24 PM] Spades Slick: Ok.
360[8/3/2017 10:05:27 PM] Spades Slick: Cicero's ready.
361[8/3/2017 10:07:02 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You nod, and bring up your projection again, slowly. It still shows you alone.]
362[8/3/2017 10:07:11 PM] Benny Fulmer: After what I'd done...
363[8/3/2017 10:07:25 PM | Edited 10:16:23 PM] Benny Fulmer: The people cried out for me to be punished for it. 
364[8/3/2017 10:07:54 PM] Benny Fulmer: An easy choice was soon made. 
365[8/3/2017 10:08:05 PM] Benny Fulmer: Toba the Tura would decide my fate. 
366[8/3/2017 10:09:25 PM] Benny Fulmer: [The projection does a 180Â° turn, to show a mountainous figure that now stands before you. He's huge compared to you - a hundred of you could fit inside of him, easily.]
367[8/3/2017 10:10:01 PM] Spades Slick: [You blink at it, before drawing your knees up to your chest.]
368[8/3/2017 10:15:37 PM] Benny Fulmer: He told me of the destruction I'd caused, that I was a wicked soul who deserved no mercy. 
369[8/3/2017 10:15:45 PM] Benny Fulmer: I agreed. 
370[8/3/2017 10:16:39 PM] Benny Fulmer: From there my fate was simple:
371[8/3/2017 10:17:17 PM] Benny Fulmer: [Your projection's halo is broken by an oversize hand,  turning it into the shattered crown Cicero saw it as earlier.]
372[8/3/2017 10:17:32 PM] Benny Fulmer: I was crowned King of the Darkness. 
373[8/3/2017 10:18:00 PM] Benny Fulmer: Everyone else would leave the wasteland I had created. 
374[8/3/2017 10:18:09 PM] Benny Fulmer: But I would remain, in exile. 
375[8/3/2017 10:18:30 PM] Spades Slick: [You swallow hard when you hear that.]
376[8/3/2017 10:28:17 PM] Benny Fulmer: Days and nights passed.
377[8/3/2017 10:29:01 PM] Benny Fulmer: I could hardly tell, in the monotone land of the Dark. 
378[8/3/2017 10:29:42 PM] Benny Fulmer: I did nothing but weep.
379[8/3/2017 10:30:38 PM] Spades Slick: [This is hitting uncomfortably close to home.]
380[8/3/2017 10:31:07 PM] Benny Fulmer: Finally, after what felt like an eternity, I fell asleep. 
381[8/3/2017 10:31:36 PM] Benny Fulmer: It was dreamless, for a while. 
382[8/3/2017 10:31:39 PM] Benny Fulmer: Empty. 
383[8/3/2017 10:32:20 PM] Benny Fulmer: [The projection reflects this.]
384[8/3/2017 10:32:33 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...But then I heard a voice. 
385[8/3/2017 10:32:38 PM] Benny Fulmer: Two voices. 
386[8/3/2017 10:32:52 PM] Benny Fulmer: Calling my name. 
387[8/3/2017 10:34:51 PM] Spades Slick: [You perk up a little at this.]
388[8/3/2017 10:35:14 PM] Benny Fulmer: One was the Oracle. 
389[8/3/2017 10:35:45 PM] Benny Fulmer: A being who could, by turns, see and alter fate.
390[8/3/2017 10:36:40 PM] Benny Fulmer: His existence was on a plane beyond ours, and his interaction with our world was limited to these sorts of liminal communications. 
391[8/3/2017 10:37:50 PM] Spades Slick: [This sounds familiar to you.]
392[8/3/2017 10:40:40 PM] Benny Fulmer: The other voice I heard...
393[8/3/2017 10:40:50 PM] Benny Fulmer: Was my lover's.
394[8/3/2017 10:41:05 PM] Spades Slick: ...
395[8/3/2017 10:41:23 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You're a little softer now, but not as much as you were before.]
396[8/3/2017 10:41:31 PM] Spades Slick: [You draw yourself back into a slump.]
397[8/3/2017 10:41:46 PM] Benny Fulmer: They told me they had been wrong. 
398[8/3/2017 10:42:07 PM] Benny Fulmer: I wasn't the only one to blame for the destruction of the world.
399[8/3/2017 10:43:17 PM] Benny Fulmer: It was the fault of everyone who had failed to support me. Who had let our world treat creativity as something to be taken for granted. 
400[8/3/2017 10:45:15 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...And hearing... him say that...
401[8/3/2017 10:45:30 PM] Benny Fulmer: Made me realize. 
402[8/3/2017 10:45:39 PM] Benny Fulmer: It was true. 
403[8/3/2017 10:47:49 PM] Spades Slick: [You look back down at the floor. Where the blob was earlier.]
404[8/3/2017 10:48:35 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...It was too late for things to return to the way they were before. 
405[8/3/2017 10:49:17 PM] Benny Fulmer: The world had already been separated into the Light and the Dark, and I had been permanently forbidden from leaving my kingdom. 
406[8/3/2017 10:49:37 PM] Benny Fulmer: But they told me there was still hope. 
407[8/3/2017 10:49:44 PM] Benny Fulmer: That there was always hope. 
408[8/3/2017 10:50:09 PM] Spades Slick: [You stare back at your knees.]
409[8/3/2017 10:50:13 PM] Benny Fulmer: That in the future, someone could make the two halves whole again. 
410[8/3/2017 10:50:27 PM] Benny Fulmer: They wanted to create a prophecy. 
411[8/3/2017 10:51:19 PM] Benny Fulmer: I had never considered poetry or prose to be my purpose, but hearing their words filled me with equal parts anger and hope. 
412[8/3/2017 10:52:20 PM] Benny Fulmer: I interrupted the Oracle with what I wove to be the first line of our omen.
413[8/3/2017 10:53:23 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You sing your decree, and as you do, your projection illustrates your words. Your voice echoes strangely, like there's more to it than vibrating air.]
414[8/3/2017 10:53:44 PM] Benny Fulmer: Every creation is pulled from a boundless hole of perception,
415[8/3/2017 10:54:02 PM] Benny Fulmer: Doomed to endure the flaws of its fountain,
416[8/3/2017 10:54:17 PM] Benny Fulmer: The boy will one day cross the mountains.
417[8/3/2017 10:59:42 PM] Spades Slick: ... Who's that?
418[8/3/2017 11:03:32 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...I didn't know, when I was saying it. 
419[8/3/2017 11:03:58 PM] Benny Fulmer: But they took it, and we wove it into our divine narrative. 
420[8/3/2017 11:04:25 PM] Benny Fulmer: One of my distant descendants, and one of my lover's, would one day meet. 
421[8/3/2017 11:04:41 PM] Benny Fulmer: A child of the Light, and a child of the Dark. 
422[8/3/2017 11:05:45 PM] Benny Fulmer: Their love would reunite the divided land. 
423[8/4/2017 3:34:54 PM] Spades Slick: [Small nod.]
424[8/4/2017 3:35:57 PM] Spades Slick: ... Do you know how it turned out?
425[8/4/2017 3:36:04 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...No.
426[8/4/2017 3:36:16 PM] Benny Fulmer: They bid their farewells, and the dream ended.
427[8/4/2017 3:36:41 PM] Spades Slick: [You're quiet for a moment.]
428[8/4/2017 3:37:07 PM] Spades Slick: -OH!
429[8/4/2017 3:37:16 PM] Spades Slick: [You sit right up.]
430[8/4/2017 3:37:24 PM] Spades Slick: Cicero knows who would know!
431[8/4/2017 3:37:34 PM] Benny Fulmer: [Your head practically snaps up.]
432[8/4/2017 3:37:37 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...
433[8/4/2017 3:37:39 PM] Benny Fulmer: You do?
434[8/4/2017 3:37:47 PM] Spades Slick: He does!
435[8/4/2017 3:38:06 PM] Spades Slick: Ooh, Cicero is sure you two will get along!
436[8/4/2017 3:38:25 PM] Benny Fulmer: I-
437[8/4/2017 3:38:33 PM] Benny Fulmer: I can do anything to get along with him if-
438[8/4/2017 3:38:39 PM] Benny Fulmer: If he'll tell me what happened.
439[8/4/2017 3:39:07 PM] Spades Slick: Oh, nonsense, he's a wonderful fellow. Befriends everyone who's here!
440[8/4/2017 3:40:07 PM] Spades Slick: Here, here!
441[8/4/2017 3:40:18 PM] Spades Slick: [You jump up and grab Ahrima's hand.]
442[8/4/2017 3:40:35 PM] Benny Fulmer: [Oh- oh- okay. You. Stand up quickly.]
443[8/4/2017 3:40:40 PM] Benny Fulmer: You- you'll take me to him?
444[8/4/2017 3:41:37 PM] Spades Slick: Of course!
445[8/4/2017 3:42:22 PM] Spades Slick: [You practically drag him out of your room and down the hallway.]
446[8/4/2017 3:43:17 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You hold onto his hand tightly. You feel like you're learning to walk again for the first time. You don't even. Say anything. You're feeling everything at once.]
447[8/4/2017 3:43:58 PM | Edited 3:44:37 PM] Spades Slick: [You come to a stop at a very plain, non-descript gray door. You knock a few times, and rock on your heels.]
448[8/4/2017 3:44:33 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You're not sure how you feel about its non-descriptness, but. You wait silently. Anxiously. Excitedly.]
449[8/4/2017 3:44:57 PM] Spades Slick: [It takes a few moments, but the door swings open.]
450[8/4/2017 3:45:05 PM] Spades Slick: Oh, good, he's here!
451[8/4/2017 3:46:29 PM] Benny Fulmer: [...Whoever this is has telekinesis, apparently, and you're not sure how you feel about that either. You carefully take a step inside, still holding his hand-
452
453...That's. Your senses feel. Dimmed. What's going on.]
454[8/4/2017 3:47:40 PM] Spades Slick: [You are as Happy As A Clam]
455[8/4/2017 3:47:59 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...Hello?
456[8/4/2017 3:48:15 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You. Cautiously step in further.]
457[8/4/2017 3:56:25 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [You sort of just. Slide out of a shadowy wall with a small wave.]
458[8/4/2017 3:56:44 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ HELLO.
459[8/4/2017 4:01:02 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You suck in a sharp breath when he speaks, but. Most of it is just out of surprise.]
460[8/4/2017 4:01:18 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...Cicero. Said I should speak with you.
461[8/4/2017 4:08:18 PM] Spades Slick: [You're Grinning.]
462[8/4/2017 4:08:32 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ AH, YES, I CAN IMAGINE WHY.
463[8/4/2017 4:10:49 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [A table and chairs appear.]
464[8/4/2017 4:10:58 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ PLEASE. TAKE A SEAT.
465[8/4/2017 4:11:22 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You...reluctantly let go of Cicero's hand, and sit.]
466[8/4/2017 4:11:41 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...Might I...know who I'm speaking with?
467[8/4/2017 4:17:32 PM] Spades Slick: [You take a seat.]
468[8/4/2017 4:17:56 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ DOCTOR WING DINGS ASTER. BUT PLEASE, CALL ME GASTER.
469[8/4/2017 4:18:14 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [A hand appears infront of Ahrima, to shake.]
470[8/4/2017 4:20:10 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You take it, carefully, and shake it. You try to hide the fact that the texture of it is all too familiar to you.]
471[8/4/2017 4:20:39 PM] Benny Fulmer: Nice to meet you, then, Gaster.
472[8/4/2017 4:20:50 PM] Benny Fulmer: I am Ahrima.
473[8/4/2017 4:21:00 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [The hand vanishes shortly after he shakes.]
474[8/4/2017 4:21:19 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ I KNOW. I DIDN'T WANT TO ALARM YOU, THOUGH.
475[8/4/2017 4:21:38 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...What do you mean by "you know"?
476[8/4/2017 4:22:31 PM] Spades Slick: [You're vibrating a little. Excite.]
477[8/4/2017 4:23:15 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ THE SAME REASON YOU'VE YET TO PICK UP ON MY SOUL, OR ANY RESIDUAL SENSE.
478[8/4/2017 4:24:01 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ I AM A VERY PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION OF THE VOID. AS PHYSICAL AS ONE CAN BE.
479[8/4/2017 4:24:28 PM] Spades Slick: It's how he knows what happens!! He knows everything.
480[8/4/2017 4:25:03 PM] Benny Fulmer: [The look on your face goes from "wary" to "petrified".]
481[8/4/2017 4:25:07 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...I...see.
482[8/4/2017 4:26:21 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ DON'T WORRY. I'M NOT GOING TO JUDGE, AND I'M NOT GOING TO PRY.
483[8/4/2017 4:26:34 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ I'M NOT HERE FOR THAT.
484[8/4/2017 4:27:48 PM] Benny Fulmer: Right.
485[8/4/2017 4:28:10 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You want to take him at his word, you really, honestly do, but your guards certainly don't go down.]
486[8/4/2017 4:28:17 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ I'D RATHER YOU THINK OF ME AS A FRIEND. BUT I UNDERSTAND IF YOU ARE WARY TO DO SO.
487[8/4/2017 4:29:24 PM] Benny Fulmer: I...will try, as much as my wariness will let me.
488[8/4/2017 4:29:39 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You don't want to offend him but O Almighty you are afraid.]
489[8/4/2017 4:30:09 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ ... WOULD YOU PREFER IF I REARRANGE MYSELF IN A DIFFERENT MANNER?
490[8/4/2017 4:30:22 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ SOMETHING LESS DRIPPY.
491[8/4/2017 4:32:39 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...I don't want to trouble you with that.
492[8/4/2017 4:32:56 PM] Benny Fulmer: You needn't change your shape for my sake.
493[8/4/2017 4:39:31 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ IT'S NO TROUBLE FOR ME. I WANT YOU TO BE COMFORTABLE SPEAKING WITH ME.
494[8/4/2017 4:40:31 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...As long as it won't cause you any pain or discomfort. But it's still up to you.
495[8/4/2017 4:45:40 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ NOT AT ALL.
496[8/4/2017 4:45:55 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [You pause, and look like you're concentrating.]
497[8/4/2017 4:46:00 PM] Spades Slick: (He's a skeleton.)
498[8/4/2017 4:47:03 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You nod. There were certainly skeletal creatures in the Dark, so he'll probably still look Familiar, but less...hauntingly so.]
499[8/4/2017 4:48:19 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [You slowly shift up into what you used to look like, albeit, with more cracks in your skull, and holes in your hands.]
500[8/4/2017 4:49:41 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...Are you finished with your transformation?
501[8/4/2017 4:50:03 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ I AM. JUST A SIMPLE REARRANGING OF MOLECULES AND THEIR STRUCTURE.
502[8/4/2017 4:50:47 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ BEFORE WE BEGIN, THOUGH-
503[8/4/2017 4:50:57 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ WOULD YOU LIKE SOME TEA?
504[8/4/2017 4:51:57 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...I don't need it, but if the custom will make our conversation more pleasant, I won't deny you.
505[8/4/2017 4:59:58 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [A pot appears with cups. And sandwiches, next to Cicero.]
506[8/4/2017 5:00:17 PM] Spades Slick: ...
507[8/4/2017 5:00:41 PM] Spades Slick: [You take one. Very slowly.]
508[8/4/2017 5:00:50 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...You can eat all of them, Cicero.
509[8/4/2017 5:01:15 PM] Spades Slick: [You take the rest very quickly.]
510[8/4/2017 5:01:50 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [You laugh quietly.]
511[8/4/2017 5:04:19 PM | Edited 5:04:28 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You gently pick up the teapot and pour yourself some.]
512[8/4/2017 5:04:30 PM] Benny Fulmer: Thank you.
513[8/4/2017 5:05:11 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [Once he's done, a hand pops up to pour yourself a cup.]
514[8/4/2017 5:05:19 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ NOT AT ALL.
515[8/4/2017 5:05:44 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You take the teacup and sip it- ...this. This tastes perfect. What the Fuck]
516[8/4/2017 5:08:15 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ WHAT DID YOU WISH TO SPEAK ABOUT?
517[8/4/2017 5:08:22 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [Sip.]
518[8/4/2017 5:09:26 PM] Benny Fulmer: [...Right. You. Set your teacup down.]
519[8/4/2017 5:09:44 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...What is the...
520[8/4/2017 5:09:50 PM] Benny Fulmer: Extent of your omniscience?
521[8/4/2017 5:11:00 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ I'M NOT SURE THERE IS A LIMIT TO IT.
522[8/4/2017 5:11:31 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You bite your lip.]
523[8/4/2017 5:11:44 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...And...
524[8/4/2017 5:11:50 PM] Benny Fulmer: You said you wouldn't pry.
525[8/4/2017 5:12:03 PM] Benny Fulmer: But does that mean you can choose not to...
526[8/4/2017 5:12:16 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You close your eyes.]
527[8/4/2017 5:12:22 PM] Benny Fulmer: Look into someone's past?
528[8/4/2017 5:12:45 PM] Benny Fulmer: Or...does your knowledge come to you...regardless of whether you wish it to or not?
529[8/4/2017 5:13:05 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ THE MOST I CAN DO IS NOT ACKNOWLEDGE IT.
530[8/4/2017 5:13:31 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ AND THAT'S WHAT I PREFER.
531[8/4/2017 5:13:48 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ IF SOMEONE WISHES TO TELL ME THEIR PAST, THEY CAN.
532[8/4/2017 5:14:15 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ IT'D BE A TERRIBLE INVASION OF PROVACY FOR ME TO THROW IT IN THEIR FACE.
533[8/4/2017 5:14:24 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ NOT TO MENTION RUDE.
534[8/4/2017 5:14:54 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You gulp, harder than you'd like, and nod.]
535[8/4/2017 5:15:11 PM | Edited 5:15:17 PM] Benny Fulmer: So there's no need for me to explain myself.
536[8/4/2017 5:20:25 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ IF YOU WANT TO TELL ME SOMETHING, YOU CAN.
537[8/4/2017 5:20:42 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ BUT FOR THE MOST PART... NO.
538[8/4/2017 5:21:13 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ I KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW, AND I KNOW WHAT LED UP TO THAT QUESTION.
539[8/4/2017 5:21:35 PM] Benny Fulmer: Do I even need to ask it?
540[8/4/2017 5:22:14 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ IF YOU WANT TO.
541[8/4/2017 5:22:36 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...
542[8/4/2017 5:22:59 PM] Benny Fulmer: What happened to the children of our prophecy?
543[8/4/2017 5:23:30 PM] Benny Fulmer: What happened to the world after I finally found my rest?
544[8/4/2017 5:23:46 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You're very quiet. Just above a whisper.]
545[8/4/2017 5:25:07 PM] Spades Slick: [You pat his hand very gently.]
546[8/4/2017 5:25:22 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE? OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR?
547[8/4/2017 5:25:57 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...
548[8/4/2017 5:26:04 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You take Cicero's hand.]
549[8/4/2017 5:26:07 PM] Benny Fulmer: I.
550[8/4/2017 5:26:12 PM] Benny Fulmer: I'll hear it. First.
551[8/4/2017 5:26:18 PM] Benny Fulmer: I'll tell you if I change my mind.
552[8/4/2017 5:26:46 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [You nod.]
553[8/4/2017 5:27:33 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ THE BOY DID CROSS THE MOUNTAIN. HIS NAME IS ADAKIAS.
554[8/4/2017 5:27:45 PM] Benny Fulmer: [Well, never mind.]
555[8/4/2017 5:27:48 PM] Benny Fulmer: Show him to me.
556[8/4/2017 5:30:06 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [You nod, and four of your hands come together and make a screen with the wall. A picture of a boy appears with black sclera. They look very bright, despite that.]
557[8/4/2017 5:31:03 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You start tearing up, already. You squeeze Cicero's hand a tiny bit tighter without meaning to.]
558[8/4/2017 5:31:07 PM] Benny Fulmer: (He's beautiful.)
559[8/4/2017 5:33:43 PM] Spades Slick: [You silently agree, and squeeze back.]
560[8/4/2017 5:33:55 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ HE HAS AN OLDER BROTHER, PALLIS.
561[8/4/2017 5:34:38 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [The image moves, showing Pallis, who  is looking in Adakias' direction. He looks altogether much more harsh and commanding, but his eyes are soft.]
562[8/4/2017 5:36:06 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You see the marks on Pallis's face and a part of you crumbles, silently. Your own face has looked like that more times than anyone could possibly count.]
563[8/4/2017 5:36:16 PM] Benny Fulmer: (My children.) 
564[8/4/2017 5:36:40 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ THEY WERE BOTH TOLD THE PROPHECY AS CHILDREN, AS A FAIRY TALE.
565[8/4/2017 5:37:06 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [The image shifts again. They're young, now, and Pallis is reading to Adakias.]
566[8/4/2017 5:37:14 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ THEY BOTH BELIEVED IN IT.
567[8/4/2017 5:37:55 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ BUT PALLIS WAS THE HEIR.
568[8/4/2017 5:38:11 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ HE HAD EXPECTATIONS TO MEET, AND LESSONS TO LEARN.
569[8/4/2017 5:38:51 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [It shows them aging. Adakias remains starry-eyed, while Pallis' demeanor grows darker.]
570[8/4/2017 5:39:16 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ ADAKIAS DID NOT HAVE THESE EXPECTATIONS UPON HIM. NOT AS STRICT AS THE ONES UPON HIS BROTHER, ANYWAY.
571[8/4/2017 5:40:13 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You can only imagine how long it must have been for your sins to become the stuff of legend, but that quickly becomes the least of your worries. You can feel your heart sink, watching Pallis.]
572[8/4/2017 5:40:50 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ THE TOWNSPEOPLE LABELED ADAKIAS AS A DREAMER, A FOOLISH ROMANCE-SEEKER.
573[8/4/2017 5:41:19 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [It goes to the scene from The Exit. Adakias is explaining himself to the townpeople and Sangara.]
574[8/4/2017 5:42:43 PM] Benny Fulmer: [There are undercurrents here that you know all too well. Your expression turns pleading.]
575[8/4/2017 5:43:03 PM] Benny Fulmer: Please- please tell me his heart wasn't hardened by their arrogance.
576[8/4/2017 5:43:13 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ NO.
577[8/4/2017 5:43:44 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ IN FACT, PALLIS CAME, TO TRY AND LESSEN THE TOWNSPEOPLE'S BLOWS, WITHOUT OUTRIGHT TELLING THEM TO CEASE OR ELSE.
578[8/4/2017 5:45:51 PM] Benny Fulmer: What happened then?
579[8/4/2017 5:45:55 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You sound almost panicked.]
580[8/4/2017 5:46:49 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ ADAKIAS STATED HE WOULD LEAVE. TO FIND THE LIGHT THE PROPHECY SPOKE OF.
581[8/4/2017 5:47:26 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ PALLIS, WHO HAD PROTECTED ADAKIAS ALL HIS LIFE, FELT BETRAYED THAT HIS BROTHER WOULD LEAVE HIM SO SUDDENLY.
582[8/4/2017 5:47:51 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [The scene changes. You were meant to rule the Dark, I was meant to see the Sun. ]
583[8/4/2017 5:53:26 PM] Benny Fulmer: [No no no no no no no no no. Your other hand balls into a tight fist.]
584[8/4/2017 5:53:41 PM] Benny Fulmer: Did Adakias escape?
585[8/4/2017 5:55:52 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ HE DID. BUT PALLIS FOLLOWED SHORTLY AFTER, LIKE HE SAID HE WOULD DO IF ADAKIAS LEFT.
586[8/4/2017 5:57:02 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You bite your lip.]
587[8/4/2017 5:57:47 PM] Benny Fulmer: Keep going.
588[8/4/2017 5:58:31 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ ADAKIAS DID FIND THE SUN. HE MADE IT TO THE LIGHT.
589[8/4/2017 5:58:57 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [The scene changes. It shows Adakias climbing the mountain, and seeing the Light.]
590[8/4/2017 5:59:59 PM] Benny Fulmer: [Upon seeing the Light, you start. Crying. Completely.]
591[8/4/2017 6:00:39 PM] Benny Fulmer: (Even just that is a victory.)
592[8/4/2017 6:05:35 PM] Spades Slick: [You squeeze his hand again.]
593[8/4/2017 6:06:24 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ HE SOON MET THE PRINCESS, ANHURA.
594[8/4/2017 6:07:11 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [Adakias is coming upon a pond. Anhura is sitting near the water.]
595[8/4/2017 6:08:01 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You start sobbing in earnest when you see her. You can see him in her.]
596[8/4/2017 6:09:04 PM] Spades Slick:  âœ‹ [Adakias moves up to her, slowly. Their eyes lock, and understanding passes over both of their faces.]
597[8/4/2017 6:09:11 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ SHE, TOO, BELIEVED IN THE PROPHECY.
598[8/4/2017 6:12:18 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You hiccup sharply when you hear that.]
599[8/4/2017 6:12:31 PM] Benny Fulmer: (They did it.)
600[8/4/2017 6:12:42 PM] Spades Slick: [You slide the teacup over to Ahrima's hands.]
601[8/4/2017 6:12:46 PM] Benny Fulmer: (They- they found each other.)
602[8/4/2017 6:12:56 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ THEY DID. AND ADAKIAS WANTED TO MARRY HER ON THE SPOT.
603[8/4/2017 6:13:03 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ BUT HE NEEDED THE KING'S PERMISSION.
604[8/4/2017 6:13:19 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [Adakias is walking up to the king, with Anhura.]
605[8/4/2017 6:14:25 PM] Benny Fulmer: [The king is giving you a Bad vibe, but you can't tell if that's just from your baggage surrounding fatherhood or not.]
606[8/4/2017 6:14:34 PM] Benny Fulmer: (...What...what did he say?)
607[8/4/2017 6:14:50 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ HE BELIEVED ADAKIAS WAS AFTER RICHES.
608[8/4/2017 6:15:15 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [Anhura is pleading their case. The King looks unconvinced. Adakias looks distraught.]
609[8/4/2017 6:15:39 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ THE KING COULD SENSE THAT ADAKIAS WAS NOT FROM THE LIGHT.
610[8/4/2017 6:18:32 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You get. Very, very angry at that. Very, very fast. You manage not to squeeze Cicero's hand any tighter, but you bang your fist on the table.]
611[8/4/2017 6:18:41 PM] Benny Fulmer: THAT'S THE FAULT OF MY SIN, NOT HIS! 
612[8/4/2017 6:19:12 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ HE MADE HIS OWN PLEA. [ All we have is love, my King. ]
613[8/4/2017 6:19:55 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ THE KING WAS STILL NOT CONVINCED. THE TWO DECIDED TO BE MARRIED, IN SECRET.
614[8/4/2017 6:21:27 PM] Benny Fulmer: [Your face still subtly shows anger, but it's eclipsed by your worry for the new couple.]
615[8/4/2017 6:21:34 PM] Benny Fulmer: Where did they go?
616[8/4/2017 6:21:55 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ BEFORE THEY COULD DECIDE, THE PRINCESS BECAME SICK.
617[8/4/2017 6:22:06 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ DARKNESS POISONING.
618[8/4/2017 6:22:40 PM] Spades Slick: [Oh.]
619[8/4/2017 6:22:58 PM] Spades Slick: [You. Squeeze Ahrima's hand.]
620[8/4/2017 6:23:00 PM] Benny Fulmer: [Your face drains of color.]
621[8/4/2017 6:23:13 PM] Benny Fulmer: (N-no.)
622[8/4/2017 6:23:45 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ ADAKIAS KNEW WHERE TO TAKE HER.
623[8/4/2017 6:24:11 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [It changes again. Adakias is holding Anhura, and speaking to the Bawaba bros.]
624[8/4/2017 6:25:48 PM] Benny Fulmer: (...Holy the Sea.)
625[8/4/2017 6:26:07 PM] Benny Fulmer: Who- who was there?
626[8/4/2017 6:26:39 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ TWO BROTHERS. THEY AGREED TO TAKE THE COUPLE OVER THE SEA, TO THE ONLY DOCTOR WHO KNEW HOW TO TREAT POISONING AS SEVERE AS ANHURA'S.
627[8/4/2017 6:28:03 PM] Benny Fulmer: [...Doctor.]
628[8/4/2017 6:28:11 PM] Benny Fulmer: What doctor?
629[8/4/2017 6:28:44 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [They're at a shack now. It looks unlivable.]
630[8/4/2017 6:28:49 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ DOCTOR DUMAYA.
631[8/4/2017 6:28:57 PM] Spades Slick: [You sit up. You know that name.]
632[8/4/2017 6:29:21 PM] Benny Fulmer: [Your. Eyes go wide.]
633[8/4/2017 6:29:31 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...D-
634[8/4/2017 6:29:34 PM] Benny Fulmer: Dumaya? 
635[8/4/2017 6:29:41 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ YES.
636[8/4/2017 6:30:00 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [Inside the shack. Sure enough, it's Dumaya.]
637[8/4/2017 6:31:04 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You look. Incredulous.]
638[8/4/2017 6:32:08 PM] Benny Fulmer: What...did he...?
639[8/4/2017 6:32:33 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ THE DOCTOR WAS IN A PLAYFUL MOOD. HE AGREED TO HELP, ON SUSPICIOUS CONDITIONS.
640[8/4/2017 6:33:32 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [It shows Dumaya speaking. He keeps touching their faces, but clearly for nothing else but a reaction.]
641[8/4/2017 6:33:43 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ HE WANTED... IMMUNITY.
642[8/4/2017 6:34:08 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ A DOCTOR OF HIS PERSUASION OBVIOUSLY BREAKS MANY LAWS.
643[8/4/2017 6:34:26 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...
644[8/4/2017 6:34:45 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ IN BOTH THE DARK, AND SURPRISINGLY, THE LIGHT.
645[8/4/2017 6:36:21 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You'll. Have to talk to Dumaya later, about what he might have done, but. For now, you're more concerned for Adakias and Anhura.]
646[8/4/2017 6:36:29 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...Did they agree?
647[8/4/2017 6:36:46 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ THEY DID. THEY BOTH HAD THE DIPLOMATIC POWER.
648[8/4/2017 6:37:05 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [It shows them shaking hands with Dumaya. He gets to work. There's Spiders.]
649[8/4/2017 6:38:01 PM] Spades Slick: [They look a lot like the spider Ahrima showed you, you think.]
650[8/4/2017 6:38:26 PM] Benny Fulmer: [Your free hand Grabs the edge of the table. You freeze in. A combination of anger and fear.]
651[8/4/2017 6:39:17 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [They seem to be helping Dumaya, though, rather than hindering.]
652[8/4/2017 6:40:24 PM] Benny Fulmer: [They're still. Spiders. You. Don't like seeing them. You try to focus on Dumaya instead but it's nearly impossible.]
653[8/4/2017 6:40:41 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ THE DOCTOR WAS SOON DONE.
654[8/4/2017 6:41:06 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [Dumaya carries the concoction over to Anhura. She takes a deep, deep breath of the fumes coming off of it.]
655[8/4/2017 6:42:00 PM] Benny Fulmer: [When the spiders are gone, you have just enough presence of mind to. Close your eyes. And take a few deep breaths.]
656[8/4/2017 6:42:11 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...C-continue.
657[8/4/2017 6:42:40 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ SHE WAS CURED NEAR INSTANTLY.
658[8/4/2017 6:43:06 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You breathe a heavy, deep sigh of relief.]
659[8/4/2017 6:43:28 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ ... PALLIS FOUND THEM SHORTLY AFTER.
660[8/4/2017 6:44:57 PM] Benny Fulmer: [F u c k. Your face is one entirely of Fear.]
661[8/4/2017 6:46:33 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [The door bursts open. Pallis looks furious. Adakias and Anhura stand there, shocked. Dumaya runs from the room.]
662[8/4/2017 6:47:17 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ PALLIS HAD BEEN FOLLOWING THEM, AND HEARD THAT THEY HAD FALLEN IN LOVE.
663[8/4/2017 6:48:10 PM] Benny Fulmer: [No no no no-]
664[8/4/2017 6:48:12 PM] Benny Fulmer: No.
665[8/4/2017 6:55:53 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ HE WANTED PROOF OF THEIR LOVE. THAT ANHURA WASN'T TOYING WITH HIS LITTLE BROTHER.
666[8/4/2017 6:56:14 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [He draws a dagger.]
667[8/4/2017 6:56:28 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ BEING RAISED IN THE DARK, A CULTURE OF VIOLENCE.
668[8/4/2017 6:56:50 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ HE ONLY KNEW ONE WAY TO PROVE IT.
669[8/4/2017 6:57:57 PM] Benny Fulmer: No, Pallis, Pallis, no, no, please-
670[8/4/2017 6:58:17 PM] Benny Fulmer: [Your free hand actually lets go of the table and reaches out towards the screen.]
671[8/4/2017 6:59:35 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ THE COUPLE, ONCE AGAIN, MAKES THEIR PLEA.
672[8/4/2017 7:00:09 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ BUT PALLIS, PALLIS KNEW HOW TO USE HIS WORDS.
673[8/4/2017 7:02:05 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [ I understand how you can love a man of true soul, why don't you just ask him, where he spent his youth? ]
674[8/4/2017 7:02:31 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ ADAKIAS HAD NOT TOLD ANHURA WHERE HE WAS FROM.
675[8/4/2017 7:04:33 PM] Benny Fulmer: [Your expression just shatters.]
676[8/4/2017 7:04:43 PM] Benny Fulmer: It's not his fault, Pallis- Anhura- you know this-
677[8/4/2017 7:05:04 PM] Benny Fulmer: You're all the same, there's no difference- you can't do this to each other! 
678[8/4/2017 7:05:41 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [Adakias takes Anhura's hands. Anhura please listen, I really can explain. I meant to tell you sooner, it's been gnawing at my brain. ]
679[8/4/2017 7:07:31 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You just let out a broken sob.]
680[8/4/2017 7:07:43 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ ANHURA BELIEVED HIM.
681[8/4/2017 7:08:12 PM] Benny Fulmer: [And another one. You barely have the presence of mind to wipe your eyes.]
682[8/4/2017 7:09:23 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ BUT PALLIS WAS ENRAGED. THIS STRANGER WAS STEALING HIS LITTLE BROTHER, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF HIS TRUSTING NATURE AND NAIVETE.
683[8/4/2017 7:09:56 PM] Benny Fulmer: (Pallis-) 
684[8/4/2017 7:10:05 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹  [ I'm sure that she would care to hear your acumen, as to how your presence is the reason she is sick! But I suppose it's in vain since her life is ending... ]
685[8/4/2017 7:10:23 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹  [He gets his dagger ready.]
686[8/4/2017 7:10:42 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹  [ ...When I thrust this blade into her heart athumping! ]
687[8/4/2017 7:11:13 PM] Benny Fulmer: Pallis, no! 
688[8/4/2017 7:12:16 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹  [Adakias says the same thing. Brother, no! He jumps in front of Anhura. Pallis looks down and sees his dagger in Adakias' side, near his lung.]
689[8/4/2017 7:12:38 PM] Benny Fulmer: -NO! 
690[8/4/2017 7:12:39 PM] Spades Slick: [You squeeze Ahrima's hand tightly.]
691[8/4/2017 7:13:32 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You shriek at the top of your lungs. This was supposed to be their happy ending. You feel paralyzed, and utterly, utterly helpless.]
692[8/4/2017 7:13:35 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹  [Adakias looks frozen. Anhura screams. Pallis is white as his suit.]
693[8/4/2017 7:14:21 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹  [He falls. Pallis guides him to the floor, shakily. He's crying, dark black drops.]
694[8/4/2017 7:15:13 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You're speechless. Your crying is silent, now. You're numb with shock.]
695[8/4/2017 7:15:48 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹  [Pallis begs for Adakias to live. Adakias looks peaceful, staring at him, and at Anhura.]
696[8/4/2017 7:16:41 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹  ADAKIAS BEGGED THEM TO LISTEN TO HIM.
697[8/4/2017 7:16:51 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹  [ Live for your love every day. ]
698[8/4/2017 7:17:24 PM] Spades Slick: [That makes you shrink up into your chair a little. You stuff a sandwich into your mouth to try and ignore the feeling.]
699[8/4/2017 7:18:21 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You. Squeeze Cicero's hand, just barely, but you have. No strength left in you. Your whole body slumps slowly.]
700[8/4/2017 7:18:50 PM] Benny Fulmer: A-Ad-da-k-kias-s...
701[8/4/2017 7:20:17 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹  [Pallis and Anhura grip his hands, sobbing. Adakias smiles at them, weakly, before slowly going limp.]
702[8/4/2017 7:21:35 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You hang your head. All of that hope. All of that love. And that was the price they paid, in the end.]
703[8/4/2017 7:22:18 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹  ... BUT.
704[8/4/2017 7:22:36 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹  ANHURA WAS NOT WILLING TO LET HIM GO WITHOUT A FIGHT.
705[8/4/2017 7:22:41 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹  AFTER ALL.
706[8/4/2017 7:22:47 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹  THERE WAS A DOCTOR PRESENT.
707[8/4/2017 7:23:03 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹  [She rises to her feet, and her eyes look like fire. She stalks out of the room.]
708[8/4/2017 7:23:34 PM] Benny Fulmer: [Your head doesn't quite. Snap back up. But it raises back up. Slowly, and bit by bit.]
709[8/4/2017 7:25:00 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹  [She's dragging Dumaya back out. Fix this, she says, and maybe this mess won't get blamed on you. You are, after all, the most likely suspect. Dumaya looks nervous, but then nods. Previous deal, he says. Previous deal, she says.]
710[8/4/2017 7:26:04 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹  HONESTLY, HE HAD NO REAL CHOICE IN THE MATTER. BUT HE WAS STILL GOING TO GET HIS BARGAIN, AND THAT WAS ENOUGH.
711[8/4/2017 7:26:19 PM | Edited 7:26:40 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹  [Dumaya lifts Adakias onto the table, and gets to work. Pallis is still in shock, staring at his hands, and the pool of blood he's sitting in.]
712[8/4/2017 7:27:20 PM] Benny Fulmer: [Hope hesitantly, cautiously, slowly returns to your eyes.]
713[8/4/2017 7:29:17 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹  [Anhura spares him a glance, and drapes a blanket over his shoulders. Adakias spoke of his brother all the time, she says, and as much as I don't like you, he does. Pallis cries harder.]
714[8/4/2017 7:30:46 PM] Benny Fulmer: [Your free hand draws up to your chest and clutches at your heart.]
715[8/4/2017 7:31:35 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹  THE DOCTOR REVIVED ADAKIAS FIRST, AND GOT TO WORK PATCHING HIM UP.
716[8/4/2017 7:32:05 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹  A SACRIFICE WAS ALWAYS NECESSARY TO BRING DOWN THE MOUNTAINS, BUT IT NEVER SAID THE SACRIFICE HAD TO STAY DEAD.
717[8/4/2017 7:32:44 PM] Benny Fulmer: [And that makes your heart start beating in earnest again.]
718[8/4/2017 7:34:23 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹  [Dumaya works tirelessly. He knows what he's going to get for his work. Slowly, the colour returns to Adakias' face. Long after that, his eyes flutter open.]
719[8/4/2017 7:35:14 PM] Benny Fulmer: [It's like the life returns to your eyes.]
720[8/4/2017 7:35:26 PM] Benny Fulmer: He did- he did it! 
721[8/4/2017 7:36:30 PM | Edited 7:37:08 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹  [Anhura is weeping with joy. Pallis looks happy, but despondent. Like he feels he shouldn't benefit from this. Dumaya backs away from the couple, towards Pallis.]
722[8/4/2017 7:47:00 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...Do they...
723[8/4/2017 7:47:12 PM] Benny Fulmer: Are they happy? 
724[8/4/2017 7:47:19 PM] Benny Fulmer: In the end? 
725[8/4/2017 7:47:29 PM] Benny Fulmer: [Your face is Pleading him to say yes.]
726[8/4/2017 7:47:34 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹  THEY ARE.
727[8/4/2017 7:47:45 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹  ADAKIAS AND ANHURA RULE, TOGETHER, OVER THE NEW WORLD.
728[8/4/2017 7:56:17 PM] Benny Fulmer: [At long last, you smile. It starts small, at first, but it grows with each second that passes. When it reaches its widest, your chest hiccups briefly. You have hardly any tears left, but you do cry a little - this time, though, from joy.]
729[8/4/2017 7:56:37 PM] Benny Fulmer: (They- did it.)
730[8/4/2017 8:22:05 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹  THEY DID.
731[8/4/2017 8:23:00 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹  [The scene changes. Adakias and Anhura have a proper wedding. Pallis is standing by himself, but he's clearly happy for the couple. He looks a little jealous, even. But not in a bad way.]
732[8/4/2017 8:27:24 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You cry a little harder. You actually finally manage to remember that Cicero Exists, Too, and you look over at him. You don't say anything, but your eyes say everything. Look. That's my kid. I'm so proud of him.] 
733[8/4/2017 8:28:41 PM] Spades Slick: [You smile at him, and pat his hand again. You look bittersweet.]
734[8/4/2017 8:31:16 PM] Benny Fulmer: [...You see the bittersweetness, so you pull his chair closer to you, and put a hand on his shoulder.]
735[8/4/2017 8:31:31 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...And the divided lands...
736[8/4/2017 8:31:38 PM] Benny Fulmer: Became one again. 
737[8/4/2017 8:35:29 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹  THEY DID.
738[8/4/2017 8:35:48 PM] Spades Slick: [You lean into him as much as you can.]
739[8/4/2017 8:38:43 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You wipe your eyes with your free hand.]
740[8/4/2017 8:40:31 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...I couldn't be more proud of them. 
741[8/4/2017 8:51:18 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ THEY DID GOOD.
742[8/4/2017 8:53:23 PM] Benny Fulmer: They fixed the mess we made. 
743[8/4/2017 8:54:00 PM] Benny Fulmer: They brought back the world we'd always wanted for them. 
744[8/4/2017 8:54:38 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ I THINK THEIR DOCTOR MIGHT BE HERE.
745[8/4/2017 8:54:50 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ OR, RATHER, YOUR DOCTOR.
746[8/4/2017 8:55:03 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ THERE'S TWO DUMAYA'S HERE, IS WHAT I MEAN TO SAY.
747[8/4/2017 9:10:17 PM] Benny Fulmer: [...You blink.]
748[8/4/2017 9:10:30 PM] Benny Fulmer: He...he's here? 
749[8/4/2017 9:11:20 PM] Spades Slick: [Even You sit up at this.]
750[8/4/2017 9:11:35 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ HE IS, BUT HE'S NOT QUITE AS STRONG AS THE OTHER ONE IS.
751[8/4/2017 9:11:41 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ NOT IN A PHYSICAL SENSE.
752[8/4/2017 9:12:03 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ HE HAS A HARDER TIME HOLDING ONTO WHERE HE'S AT.
753[8/4/2017 9:25:36 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You bite your lip.]
754[8/4/2017 9:26:12 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...Is...there any way someone can let me know if there's a time when I can speak with him? 
755[8/4/2017 9:27:32 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ I CAN DO THAT FOR YOU.
756[8/4/2017 9:29:38 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR?
757[8/4/2017 9:29:45 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [You take another sip of tea.]
758[8/4/2017 11:00:44 PM] Benny Fulmer: [...You think for a moment.]
759[8/4/2017 11:00:49 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...
760[8/4/2017 11:00:57 PM] Benny Fulmer: The one I loved. 
761[8/4/2017 11:01:03 PM] Benny Fulmer: What...
762[8/4/2017 11:01:15 PM] Benny Fulmer: What happened to him? 
763[8/4/2017 11:04:38 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [You pause, before setting your cup down.]
764[8/4/2017 11:04:49 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ HE THOUGHT OF YOU ENDLESSLY.
765[8/4/2017 11:05:11 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ HIS CREATIONS WERE SPECTACULAR, STILL, BUT OVER TIME, THEY LOST THEIR LUSTER.
766[8/4/2017 11:05:17 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ THEIR SPARK.
767[8/4/2017 11:05:36 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ HE LEFT, AND DRIFTED TO SLEEP MUCH THE SAME WAY YOU DID.
768[8/4/2017 11:05:58 PM] Spades Slick: [You draw your knees up a little more.]
769[8/4/2017 11:08:39 PM] Benny Fulmer: [...You squeeze Cicero's arm.]
770[8/4/2017 11:08:57 PM] Benny Fulmer: (I wish...I could have seen him.)
771[8/4/2017 11:09:04 PM] Benny Fulmer: (One last time.)
772[8/4/2017 11:10:30 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ I CAN SHOW YOU, BUT...
773[8/4/2017 11:10:46 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [You glance at Cicero.]
774[8/4/2017 11:10:55 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ LATER.
775[8/4/2017 11:10:59 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You shake your head.]
776[8/4/2017 11:11:10 PM] Benny Fulmer: (No, no, I...)
777[8/4/2017 11:11:26 PM] Benny Fulmer: (Not just to see him, but to have been able to.)
778[8/4/2017 11:11:37 PM] Benny Fulmer: (Talk. To him.)
779[8/4/2017 11:11:38 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [You nod.]
780[8/4/2017 11:11:57 PM] Benny Fulmer: (Tell him how...how sorry I was for...)
781[8/4/2017 11:12:13 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You just. Hang your head.]
782[8/4/2017 11:12:23 PM] Benny Fulmer: (I ruined us.)
783[8/4/2017 11:12:36 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [A hand appears to rub his back.]
784[8/4/2017 11:13:54 PM] Benny Fulmer: (...Did he at least...know how I felt?)
785[8/4/2017 11:14:01 PM] Benny Fulmer: (Did he guess?)
786[8/4/2017 11:14:14 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ HE DID.
787[8/4/2017 11:14:32 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ I CAN SPEAK WITH YOU ABOUT IT LATER, IF YOU WISH, IN MORE DETAIL.
788[8/4/2017 11:17:42 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You look over at Cicero and nod.]
789[8/4/2017 11:18:00 PM] Benny Fulmer: (...Right. Yes.)
790[8/4/2017 11:18:24 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...Cicero, do you want to talk about something else? 
791[8/4/2017 11:19:19 PM] Spades Slick: [You look up.]
792[8/4/2017 11:19:56 PM] Spades Slick: ... Cicero isn't sure what to talk about.
793[8/4/2017 11:20:00 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...
794[8/4/2017 11:20:10 PM] Benny Fulmer: How are the sandwiches? 
795[8/4/2017 11:23:50 PM] Spades Slick: -Oh! They're actually very good.
796[8/4/2017 11:23:58 PM] Spades Slick: Cicero thinks you should try one.
797[8/4/2017 11:27:45 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...If you want me to, I will. 
798[8/4/2017 11:27:57 PM] Benny Fulmer: What's in them, exactly?
799[8/4/2017 11:28:46 PM] Spades Slick: [You hand him one.]
800[8/4/2017 11:28:57 PM] Spades Slick: Honey comb, in this one.
801[8/4/2017 11:29:06 PM] Spades Slick: And some kind of jelly.
802[8/4/2017 11:30:00 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You nod, a little bit, before holding it up and taking a bite.]
803[8/4/2017 11:30:14 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...Very sweet. 
804[8/4/2017 11:37:08 PM] Spades Slick: Cicero loves it.
805[8/4/2017 11:39:35 PM] Benny Fulmer: I...suppose I like more variety of flavor. 
806[8/4/2017 11:39:52 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You didn't really know that about yourself until now.]
807[8/4/2017 11:40:06 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...But it's very tasty, nonetheless. 
808[8/4/2017 11:41:29 PM] Spades Slick: [You nod, and eat another honey sandwich.]
809[8/4/2017 11:42:15 PM] Benny Fulmer: [You take another small bite of yours.]
810[8/4/2017 11:42:26 PM] Benny Fulmer: ...Thank you for everything, Gaster.
811[8/4/2017 11:43:47 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ NOT AT ALL. I ONLY WANT TO HELP.
812[8/4/2017 11:44:13 PM] Benny Fulmer: Still, I'll gladly repay you however you'd like. 
813[8/4/2017 11:55:28 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ [You shake your head.]
814[8/4/2017 11:55:45 PM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ A FRIEND, IS ALL I ASK, AND I KNOW YOU'RE STILL WARY.
815[8/5/2017 12:02:46 AM] Benny Fulmer: ...Not...nearly as much, anymore. 
816[8/5/2017 12:03:05 AM] Benny Fulmer: It would be wrong of me not to trust you after you've done so much for me. 
817[8/5/2017 12:03:27 AM] Benny Fulmer: I may not be able to read your soul, but. I know your intentions are good. 
818[8/5/2017 12:03:42 AM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ YOU CAN READ IT. I JUST DON'T HAVE IT.
819[8/5/2017 12:03:53 AM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ YOU'D HAVE TO ASK CHARA.
820[8/5/2017 12:04:40 AM] Benny Fulmer: ...
821[8/5/2017 12:04:47 AM] Benny Fulmer: I see. 
822[8/5/2017 12:05:18 AM] Benny Fulmer: I'll only do that if you have no qualms with it, though. 
823[8/5/2017 12:09:06 AM] Spades Slick: âœ‹ NOT AT ALL.
824[8/5/2017 12:09:35 AM] Benny Fulmer: [You nod.]
825[8/5/2017 12:09:40 AM] Benny Fulmer: Alright.