"Mm. Love is something most beings crave desperately. I would suggest offering that instead of offering suffering, as most beings do everything in their power to avoid that. You've got the carrot and the stick concept backwards." It lifts its newspaper again. "At least, according to what the shadows tell me. Nasty things, work for anyone they like without conditions or qualms."
"I'm not offering suffering, I'm threatening suffering if they don't comply. Entirely different things, I assure you." It responds. "I just don't understand why they value this 'love' so much."
"It doesn't matter. They want it, so offer it to them. It's that simple. Leverage weakness."
"Hmm... alright, I'll try." It says, not sounding sure about whether that would work. "I suppose I thought treating them like one of the shadows that work for me would be attention enough."
"Your son. Stroth's son." He sighs. "Did you even name me, Sparrow?"
He tilts his head, keeping the gun in his hand but walking closer "My son died befer I even got the chance ta meet 'em. If yer them... if yer them... I'm sorry I wasn't strong enough ta save ya." He sits down next to them, genuinely meaning it.
He doesn't look up from the soft feline. "I've been in Hell for hundreds of years. I checked the news, and evidently it's only been a couple weeks or maybe even days since I died up here." He listens to the cat purring, silent for a bit. "I met my mom a bit earlier. She didn't like me. I even brought her the corpse of her last boyfriend. I thought she hated that guy, but it only made her attack me."
He looks down at the ground, dropping Rosemary out of his hands "I... I can't believe I didn't know, I'm sorry... I'm sorry I didn't know, I'm sorry I couldn't do anythin'. Stroth... she's probably just shocked... Is it okay if I hug you? I know... I don't deserve ta... I just... I'm sorry."
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Local Jokester, Viber, Doctor, and Therapist, I do my best to make your day better, and if I fail I'll try again tomorrow.
'Nothing is beautiful because it lasts.'
'War does not decide who was right, but only who is left.'
It is cat like in features and tries to bat her away weakly
*Naturally, what else would anyone do?*
She is far too strong for it to bat her away so easily "It ain't gonna be that easy. Yer comin' with me." She picks them up and goes back to the cave with them.
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Local Jokester, Viber, Doctor, and Therapist, I do my best to make your day better, and if I fail I'll try again tomorrow.
'Nothing is beautiful because it lasts.'
'War does not decide who was right, but only who is left.'
It is cat like in features and tries to bat her away weakly
*Naturally, what else would anyone do?*
She is far too strong for it to bat her away so easily "It ain't gonna be that easy. Yer comin' with me." She picks them up and goes back to the cave with them.
It hisses, clawing at the earth
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Ye old creator of characters
Tortured poet and writer
This mortal body is expendable, I will be released from my binding soon.
It is cat like in features and tries to bat her away weakly
*Naturally, what else would anyone do?*
She is far too strong for it to bat her away so easily "It ain't gonna be that easy. Yer comin' with me." She picks them up and goes back to the cave with them.
It hisses, clawing at the earth
She puts them on the ground outside of the cave "I know ya can talk, Omori told me."
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Local Jokester, Viber, Doctor, and Therapist, I do my best to make your day better, and if I fail I'll try again tomorrow.
'Nothing is beautiful because it lasts.'
'War does not decide who was right, but only who is left.'
So spend your hours on What you think I've done wrong I know I'm in your mind I've been here way too long I want to spend my life With those who've done me right Your heart is frozen over I'm a four-leaf clover
It is cat like in features and tries to bat her away weakly
*Naturally, what else would anyone do?*
She is far too strong for it to bat her away so easily "It ain't gonna be that easy. Yer comin' with me." She picks them up and goes back to the cave with them.
It hisses, clawing at the earth
She puts them on the ground outside of the cave "I know ya can talk, Omori told me."
It snaps at her
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Ye old creator of characters
Tortured poet and writer
This mortal body is expendable, I will be released from my binding soon.
"It doesn't matter. They want it, so offer it to them. It's that simple. Leverage weakness."
"Hmm... alright, I'll try." It says, not sounding sure about whether that would work. "I suppose I thought treating them like one of the shadows that work for me would be attention enough."
"Shadows are good for menial tasks or ones where you're there to keep an eye on them, but they lack the intelligence and capability to do more. If you haven't noticed, more intelligent creatures have more complex needs. Love is a common one, and it drives the weak and feeble to serve their betters, so long as their betters offer something resembling that love in return. It's how I keep my more intelligent minions in line. I convince them that I care about them, and they convince themselves that they care about me."
He doesn't look up from the soft feline. "I've been in Hell for hundreds of years. I checked the news, and evidently it's only been a couple weeks or maybe even days since I died up here." He listens to the cat purring, silent for a bit. "I met my mom a bit earlier. She didn't like me. I even brought her the corpse of her last boyfriend. I thought she hated that guy, but it only made her attack me."
He looks down at the ground, dropping Rosemary out of his hands "I... I can't believe I didn't know, I'm sorry... I'm sorry I didn't know, I'm sorry I couldn't do anythin'. Stroth... she's probably just shocked... Is it okay if I hug you? I know... I don't deserve ta... I just... I'm sorry."
The towering faux-humanoid stares at the cat for a bit, before setting it on the ground and giving it a nudge, silently insisting it explore the house. "You may."
He doesn't look up from the soft feline. "I've been in Hell for hundreds of years. I checked the news, and evidently it's only been a couple weeks or maybe even days since I died up here." He listens to the cat purring, silent for a bit. "I met my mom a bit earlier. She didn't like me. I even brought her the corpse of her last boyfriend. I thought she hated that guy, but it only made her attack me."
He looks down at the ground, dropping Rosemary out of his hands "I... I can't believe I didn't know, I'm sorry... I'm sorry I didn't know, I'm sorry I couldn't do anythin'. Stroth... she's probably just shocked... Is it okay if I hug you? I know... I don't deserve ta... I just... I'm sorry."
The towering faux-humanoid stares at the cat for a bit, before setting it on the ground and giving it a nudge, silently insisting it explore the house. "You may."
He slowly, and steadily wraps his arms around them. beginning to softly cry into their shoulder, his grip growing tighter and tighter around them, closing his eyes "I do love you... even though I haven't met you till today."
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'Nothing is beautiful because it lasts.'
'War does not decide who was right, but only who is left.'
*Ah yes, hug the 9 foot tall eldritch horror*
It is cat like in features and tries to bat her away weakly
Ye old creator of characters
Tortured poet and writer
This mortal body is expendable, I will be released from my binding soon.
"Hmm... alright, I'll try." It says, not sounding sure about whether that would work. "I suppose I thought treating them like one of the shadows that work for me would be attention enough."
Former Spider Queen of the Spider Guild, and friendly neighborhood scheming creature.
"Made by spiders, for spiders, of spiders."
My pronouns are she/her.
Web Weaver of Everlasting Narrative! (title bestowed by Drummer)
He looks down at the ground, dropping Rosemary out of his hands "I... I can't believe I didn't know, I'm sorry... I'm sorry I didn't know, I'm sorry I couldn't do anythin'. Stroth... she's probably just shocked... Is it okay if I hug you? I know... I don't deserve ta... I just... I'm sorry."
Local Jokester, Viber, Doctor, and Therapist, I do my best to make your day better, and if I fail I'll try again tomorrow.
'Nothing is beautiful because it lasts.'
'War does not decide who was right, but only who is left.'
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12WUcdu6YBH2USIcmf48FCnLwDh_mGHZJZYZWwLLRzhA/edit?tab=t.0 (For when I'm gone.)
*Naturally, what else would anyone do?*
She is far too strong for it to bat her away so easily "It ain't gonna be that easy. Yer comin' with me." She picks them up and goes back to the cave with them.
Local Jokester, Viber, Doctor, and Therapist, I do my best to make your day better, and if I fail I'll try again tomorrow.
'Nothing is beautiful because it lasts.'
'War does not decide who was right, but only who is left.'
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12WUcdu6YBH2USIcmf48FCnLwDh_mGHZJZYZWwLLRzhA/edit?tab=t.0 (For when I'm gone.)
It hisses, clawing at the earth
Ye old creator of characters
Tortured poet and writer
This mortal body is expendable, I will be released from my binding soon.
She puts them on the ground outside of the cave "I know ya can talk, Omori told me."
Local Jokester, Viber, Doctor, and Therapist, I do my best to make your day better, and if I fail I'll try again tomorrow.
'Nothing is beautiful because it lasts.'
'War does not decide who was right, but only who is left.'
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12WUcdu6YBH2USIcmf48FCnLwDh_mGHZJZYZWwLLRzhA/edit?tab=t.0 (For when I'm gone.)
(hello again)
So spend your hours on
What you think I've done wrong
I know I'm in your mind
I've been here way too long
I want to spend my life
With those who've done me right
Your heart is frozen over
I'm a four-leaf clover
It snaps at her
Ye old creator of characters
Tortured poet and writer
This mortal body is expendable, I will be released from my binding soon.
"Shadows are good for menial tasks or ones where you're there to keep an eye on them, but they lack the intelligence and capability to do more. If you haven't noticed, more intelligent creatures have more complex needs. Love is a common one, and it drives the weak and feeble to serve their betters, so long as their betters offer something resembling that love in return. It's how I keep my more intelligent minions in line. I convince them that I care about them, and they convince themselves that they care about me."
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
Awake, impure, divine
Breathgiver of the Strugels
She bops it on the nose again, sitting next to them.
Local Jokester, Viber, Doctor, and Therapist, I do my best to make your day better, and if I fail I'll try again tomorrow.
'Nothing is beautiful because it lasts.'
'War does not decide who was right, but only who is left.'
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12WUcdu6YBH2USIcmf48FCnLwDh_mGHZJZYZWwLLRzhA/edit?tab=t.0 (For when I'm gone.)
It tries to push her away
Ye old creator of characters
Tortured poet and writer
This mortal body is expendable, I will be released from my binding soon.
"Stop tryin' that or I'll hug ya as tight as I can." She threatens.
Local Jokester, Viber, Doctor, and Therapist, I do my best to make your day better, and if I fail I'll try again tomorrow.
'Nothing is beautiful because it lasts.'
'War does not decide who was right, but only who is left.'
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12WUcdu6YBH2USIcmf48FCnLwDh_mGHZJZYZWwLLRzhA/edit?tab=t.0 (For when I'm gone.)
It frowns, curling up in the opposite of Olivers corner
Ye old creator of characters
Tortured poet and writer
This mortal body is expendable, I will be released from my binding soon.
The towering faux-humanoid stares at the cat for a bit, before setting it on the ground and giving it a nudge, silently insisting it explore the house. "You may."
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
Awake, impure, divine
Breathgiver of the Strugels
She begins to make something for all of them to eat, the smell of delicious food filling the cave.
Local Jokester, Viber, Doctor, and Therapist, I do my best to make your day better, and if I fail I'll try again tomorrow.
'Nothing is beautiful because it lasts.'
'War does not decide who was right, but only who is left.'
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12WUcdu6YBH2USIcmf48FCnLwDh_mGHZJZYZWwLLRzhA/edit?tab=t.0 (For when I'm gone.)
Oliver eyes the monstrosity, hugging his plushie tight.
The creature snarls at him
Ye old creator of characters
Tortured poet and writer
This mortal body is expendable, I will be released from my binding soon.
He slowly, and steadily wraps his arms around them. beginning to softly cry into their shoulder, his grip growing tighter and tighter around them, closing his eyes "I do love you... even though I haven't met you till today."
Local Jokester, Viber, Doctor, and Therapist, I do my best to make your day better, and if I fail I'll try again tomorrow.
'Nothing is beautiful because it lasts.'
'War does not decide who was right, but only who is left.'
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12WUcdu6YBH2USIcmf48FCnLwDh_mGHZJZYZWwLLRzhA/edit?tab=t.0 (For when I'm gone.)
Merabelle flashes her own fangs "HEY! BEHAVE!" She shouts, at the creature, before looking to Oliver "It's okay, dear."
Local Jokester, Viber, Doctor, and Therapist, I do my best to make your day better, and if I fail I'll try again tomorrow.
'Nothing is beautiful because it lasts.'
'War does not decide who was right, but only who is left.'
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12WUcdu6YBH2USIcmf48FCnLwDh_mGHZJZYZWwLLRzhA/edit?tab=t.0 (For when I'm gone.)
It glares at Oliver, growling a bit.
Oliver just stares blankly
Ye old creator of characters
Tortured poet and writer
This mortal body is expendable, I will be released from my binding soon.
Merabelle walks over and gives them both a kiss on the forehead before going back to cooking "Hey, both o' y'all come try this."
Local Jokester, Viber, Doctor, and Therapist, I do my best to make your day better, and if I fail I'll try again tomorrow.
'Nothing is beautiful because it lasts.'
'War does not decide who was right, but only who is left.'
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12WUcdu6YBH2USIcmf48FCnLwDh_mGHZJZYZWwLLRzhA/edit?tab=t.0 (For when I'm gone.)