.aspects game

[decomposed]

GAME ENDS 4PM PST 8/19

hit me up on slack (utaoutauhito, display is 森 歌) or plurk (sacae) if you have any questions! probably people won't get very injured if at all but there is some chance of getting mauled to a small or possibly significant degree. careful guys

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Re: 2.

[decomposed]

[ nothing happens ]

[decomposed]

Then you may begin with that.

Re: 2.

[rightwingman]

Excuse me...

[tries to go in]

[ofobedience]

[bites his lip, looks conflicted]

Causing harm is what I was created for. Knowing that, if I don't cause harm, aren't I doing wrong?

[it seems to be a genuine question]

Re: 1.

[autorejoin]

Of course not, that's just a precursor. I definitely killed a whole bunch of angels while we were fighting, that's gotta count extra for sins. Is premarital sex a sin? Because let me tell you, I'm not exactly a sex maniac, but I've definitely gotten laid.

[ He's absolutely hedging around the sin he doesn't want to admit out loud at this point. ]

[ofobedience]

[it's too much. it's overwhelming, he's out of his depth and drowning in wave after wave of the beings' suffering and he doesn't know what to do because its endless and someone like him could never console them even if there was a way to do it because he can almost (almost) understand it. Instead all it does is rip a scream right from the bottom of his lungs and up through his chest out of his throat and he'll try, now, to turn and run.

If he can run, his own desperate need to get away will send him further into the forest]

Re: 1.

[decomposed]

[ he's just gonna keep waiting and listening ]

Re: 2.

[decomposed]

[ you end up back out here

you can go back through the ivy door again if you want, tho, it's still there and available ]

[decomposed]

[ a thoughtful noise ]

It is true that in some cases it is appropriate, even necessary, to bring suffering to others, especially for those of us who were ourselves meant for the task. But for us as well, just as there are times when ig is called for, there are also times when it is a grave transgression.

[ofobedience]

Under what circumstances does it count as a grave transgression?

[decomposed]

[ he manages to wrench out of his grip and escape. it's slow to recover from being thrown off, and he manages to get some distance as he goes deeper into the forest, where the leaf-cover becomes so thick that it gets dark, and there are a lot more roots and probably ivy and bushes and stuff underfoot. it makes it hard to run. if he looks behind him, he can still make out enough to discern thdir figure pursuing him, less deterred by the uneven ground given the fact that it's floating

and if he looks back ahead of him oh god there's another one ]

[ofobedience]

[well, fuck. He's just gonna...try lurching off diagonally, away from both of these terrifying beings, but even with his exceptional eyesight it's harder to see in the gathering darkness, and whilst running in a blind panic it's an awful lot more difficult to avoid awkward footing than it may be in a less fear-driven situation.

Eventually he does, unsurprisingly, trip and fall, landing in a thick leafy bush where he immediately curls up in a fetal position because that'll protect him from the wailing specters of suffering, surely...]

Re: 1.

[pashupata]

[ this is literally the worst thing, he freezes up and doesn't answer for a moment ]

. . . Uriel?

Re: 2.

[rightwingman]

What!?

[yes stomping right back inside]

Re: 1.

[decomposed]

There are no witnesses. In this place are you and I alone, Arjuna.

Re: 1.

[pashupata]

. . . why do you want to know my sins?

Re: 1.

[autorejoin]

...I feel as though I'm forgetting something...

[ (He can't remember kidnapping Sara anymore.)

After a moment, Saber sighs and shakes his head. ]

....what I did to my sister definitely counts....

[decomposed]

There are many. The circumstances are essential in consideration of whether it is a greater misdeed to perpetrate it or to cower from the responsibility. But in example, when violence is an act of pettiness, or if it is committed in pursuit of vengeance, self-satisfaction, or personal ambition, in estimation it is almost assuredly wrong to do so.

Re: 2.

[decomposed]

[ NOTHING HAS CHANGED FROM BEFORE, the forest still feels bad and the path is still pretty and appealing ]

[decomposed]

[ touching the bush so much does help him feel better, at least, but yeah it probably won't like, stop the ghouls. but as they close in -- Uriel steps between them and Giovanni, and sets a hand on his arm to console him ]

Are you hurt?

Re: 1.

[decomposed]

You have been haunted by them for all this time, longer even than I have known you. It is the duty for which I was created to address wrongdoings. Do you not think that your soul as well might be relieved of some of the burden?

Re: 1.

[decomposed]

Go on.

Re: 1.

[autorejoin]

Probably that one's the worst of it. My biggest regret.

Re: 1.

[pashupata]

No, I don't.

[ thoughtfully ]

But if you want to know some of them, I can tell you.

[bevoted]

[alright let's take the important looking doors first why not]