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antumbrac2020-01-18 08:03 pm
promittere) wrote in antumbrac2020-01-18 08:03 pm
finer food, but no music
[Well that was...unpleasant, to say the least. Two more deaths, but this time there's the matter of whatever's happening to Seteth as well.
Ignis is trying not to think about it, which means he's thinking about it a lot, which means he spends a few moments pacing and trying to figure out what to do. He thinks back to the party - for as much as you could call it that - that Olivert hosted, and, well... He's not sure how much morale can be boosted, but it's worth a shot, isn't it?
The decorations of the opera house are much simpler this time around, but the food is noticeably better, between the actual operational kitchen and the fact Ignis is much more skilled than Olivert. The food is well made and it even looks delicious from where it's set up, and there's a sign outside the opera house that reads:]
A not as grand feast, for all of us to enjoy.
Attendance is not mandatory, but it might be better than staying alone.
Catered by Ignis Scientia.
[At least there are less rose petals this time.]
Ignis is trying not to think about it, which means he's thinking about it a lot, which means he spends a few moments pacing and trying to figure out what to do. He thinks back to the party - for as much as you could call it that - that Olivert hosted, and, well... He's not sure how much morale can be boosted, but it's worth a shot, isn't it?
The decorations of the opera house are much simpler this time around, but the food is noticeably better, between the actual operational kitchen and the fact Ignis is much more skilled than Olivert. The food is well made and it even looks delicious from where it's set up, and there's a sign outside the opera house that reads:]
Attendance is not mandatory, but it might be better than staying alone.
Catered by Ignis Scientia.
[At least there are less rose petals this time.]
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[His tone makes it kind of clear that he himself couldn't think of anything he'd be less likely to do -- as a general rule, he shows up occasionally for the group to note that he's still alive or for their illustrious hosts to do whatever, kind of like a perpetually displeased street cat.
In light of that, if he hadn't met even weirder humans, he would have spent much more of his time contemplating why these ones continued to try and deal with him on their own merits.]
And I will say it: attempting to stick to each other in a mass like this is simply a fool's errand in a game like this. Living things are weak in body and in mind. Offer them enough, push them far enough, and they will consume each other.
Of course, I'm sure there are many who come simply to keep an eye on their targets.
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[ But what did he know, really? ]
...I don't think that's true for everyone, actually. Sure, humans are susceptible to falling into doing terrible things, but they're not the only ones who are. And while we're at it, just because a living being is capable of doing something horrible doesn't mean they're destined to do that.
For some humans or living beings, they can resist even the most tempting offers, and I think it doesn't do anyone well to be blind of that fact.
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[Maybe he's just being obstinate now? That being said, he didn't deny the whimsical drifter life, might as well become a gothic Polish western (that probably doesn't exist but bear with us here)-slash Victorian horror hobby anime. Sure.]
All living creatures have weaknesses; just because they haven't yet encountered the correct situation to crush their resistance says nothing about destiny or anything of the sort. True blindness is being unwilling or unable to acknowledge that the world is always bigger, crueler, and more inevitable than a single being.
But I suppose you'll continue to do so until you experience it personally. I doubt you'll have long to wait.
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...And no offense, but he also wondered what kind of friends he managed to make back home, if any. ]
And that's why I don't think it's necessarily a given that if you place a 'living being' into a stressful situation that everything will go to plan and that they'll end up turning on another person. Even if there's a high likelihood of that happening.
[ There's a pause though. ]
...First, I'd like to say that maybe you shouldn't really assume what people have experienced. I also don't think I've said anything to indicate that I'm not willing to acknowledge that reality could be cruel or otherwise.
There's more to life and living beings than the weakness of other people, deceit, despair, and cruelty—whether that's from the world or something else. While it's good to acknowledge that these things exist, I don't think that always should be the main focus. It'd be a mistake not to recognize that people can prove to emerge from adversity stronger, and with more powerful bonds between each other than before.
And sometimes that can be enough even in the face of what the world may throw at someone.