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[ During one of the lulls between storms, a certain individual may or may not be losing his mind. Welcome to the network's first anonymous post! What better way of breaking in the function than… drum roll… ]


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Comments

[redsoil]

Respect and pity are irrevocably linked. The respect you crave will force you to prove yourself again, and again to others. And others, still, will find those efforts pitiable.

[hitokiller]

so
you're sayin'...
it's an endless cycle

( that there's no way up, truly. that doesn't sit right with him, his entire existence hinging on... well. )

... i don't buy that
bein' that the ones on top make the rules

[redsoil]

You know. "The ones on top" are subject to a particular order, too. We were not created with freedom of will.

[ everything is cycles within cycles ( in egyptian conceptualism )! ]

Okada Izou, do not be so morose about it! I am someone to whom pity and respect are not mutually exclusive, nor would you need to sacrifice one for the other!

[hitokiller]

fair enough
... and i'm not
morose

( whatever the hell that meant. )

but maybe this would have weight to it if LILITH weren't pullin' our strings with little to answer for
that said, i'm still gonna try living the way i want in spite of 'em

[redsoil]

As I said before, enhancing the lives of Outsiders is my focus.

I would enjoy knowing how it is you want to live. So, Okada Izou — what IS living to you?

[hitokiller]

( me coming back to this like: ig LILITH is okay because we get... employee pizza parties. and a place to sleep. )

livin' to me, is...
being able to eat whatever i want
being able to drink whenever i want
enjoyin' the good life, with money to spare
whatever i couldn't enjoy in life

[redsoil]

[ ok LILITH is not the opp but pizza parties are still LAME ( *buys out everyone's curfew clause* ) ]

You want to be a man of wealth, then?

Ah, but. What you just said... "whatever I couldn't enjoy in life" — you are dead?

[hitokiller]

( thank you, god of osha.

... and izou doesn't miss how he's only felt conflicted about divulging this once. )

that's right
brought back by my awesome deeds and all
fact, if LILITH hadn't stuffed me in a human body
i wouldn't be much more than energy

[redsoil]

[ honestly, he took the working conditions of his soldiers in stride so why not the outsiders

Also, hang on. That sounds familiar to him but he's missing some SERIOUS pieces. ]

So. Your body is human, but your true form is energy? Dead human energy? Like how Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl have human forms wrapped around divine minds, and needed a human form to manifest. Except you are not a divine entity.

I am not saying this is a bad thing, but human souls are not meant to breach the order of life and death like this. LILITH is fxcking around and may find out, if so!

[hitokiller]

? why'd you go and censor yourself
we're all adults here

( mostly. )

but, yeah
sounds about right

( the "not a divine entity" part is just facts, but... also feels like a slight in this context. tch. )