[Voicetesting] x-posted to dear_player

[renkylo]

No.

I am not conflicted.

I know my path and I will remain steadfast to it.

I will not stray.

[His tense body language may say otherwise.]

Comments

[renkylo]

My mun is misguided in thinking I can be something I do not want to be...

I was not talking to you.

[passingthrough]

If you say so. What does this mun of yours think you can be?

[renkylo]

They want me to listen to the Light... But they want to torment me, I am sure of it. They want me to be more grey. They want me to remain conflicted, I think.

[passingthrough]

Lights are usually more of a looking at thing than a talking to thing.

Also, you just said remain conflicted when you started by saying you weren't conflicted so it sounds like you're a little conflicted about being conflicted.

[renkylo]

..... It is difficult when you are being pulled in different directions.

[passingthrough]

You mean being a person? Yeah, it's rough.

So, I'll bite. What's pulling you in different directions?

[renkylo]

[He takes a deep breath, not thinking or caring that this may not make any sense to her.]

The Dark and the Light.

[passingthrough]

The dark and the light what?

[renkylo]

Sides, of course. I can feel them both... I have to push the Light back.

[passingthrough]

Right, of course. [Frowning.] Why do you have to push the light back?

[renkylo]

.... I don't want it. I want to be free of that. I need to follow the path of the Dark Side, like my... like Darth Vader before me.

But I will do more than follow in his footsteps.

[passingthrough]

You are being super vague. What does the dark side entail? Black eyeliner?

[renkylo]

It is impossible to explain to those who do not feel the Force.

[passingthrough]

Is this a new age-y kind of thing?

[renkylo]

What? Well, I suppose this could be considered a New Age...

[passingthrough]

Okay, what is the force and why can't I feel it?

[renkylo]

It is only for a select few to use but it is an energy and a power that connects all things in the galaxy.

[passingthrough]

Oh, a cosmic or elemental ability. [Just going to relate it back to mutant powers.] So why does the light side scare you so much?

[renkylo]

[More tension. He almost seems offended.]

I am not afraid.

[His eyes betray his nervousness, though.]

[passingthrough]

Don't know how I could have confused that. [Other than the part where you seem afraid of it.] Then what's wrong with it?

[renkylo]

Do I really need to explain that?

[So evasive.]

[passingthrough]

Only if you want to be understood.

[renkylo]

I can't explain it to others in any way that you would truly understand.

[passingthrough]

Kind of high and mighty. If I walk through someone and they want to know how I did it, I can at least give them an answer whether they know what to do with it or not.

[renkylo]

Walk... through someone?