Never getting his honor restored

[honorthenreason]

Don't act like putting me anywhere is getting me out of that prison of a city. You wouldn't be doing me any favors; I'd just end up in a different city that's trying to squeeze the last drop of happiness out of me.

It doesn't matter where you put me, anyway—I won't be able to go home either way.

Comments

[gainedacoupon]

Isn't that a positive look on things, Lee.

[honorthenreason]

What's there to be positive about?

[gainedacoupon]

Well, you get to come out and stretch out your legs! Plus you might get placed somewhere nice.

[honorthenreason]

I'm leaping for joy.

[gainedacoupon]

I can tell! You're practically bouncing on your feet.

[tinfoil_angel]

I'm going to tell you now, you have to make your own happiness.

[honorthenreason]

I've tried. Believe me, it doesn't work.

[tinfoil_angel]

You have to take joy in the simple things and no matter how much you may think you don't need it, rely on your friends.

[honorthenreason]

I don't exactly have anyone I could call a friend.

And how is it you older people are always able to find "joy" in simple things? It doesn't work that way for people my age. My brain isn't wired to think "Hey, I should enjoy this cup of tea because I might not wake up tomorrow!"

[polyturtle]

My mun says "you'd be perfect in Kon Ran then!"


Ignore her, please.

[honorthenreason]

A place where everything you've experienced ends up being... a dream? Is that right?

[polyturtle]

That would be the place.

[honorthenreason]

And how is that place working out for you?

[bindsthedead]

There are games where you can return to your own world. But not all games are so terrible, I think.

[honorthenreason]

Don't tell me you've had good experiences?

[bindsthedead]

A few. I've made friends, at least.

[honorthenreason]

More than you have in your own world?

[everlastingturmoil]

You have no happiness in you.

[honorthenreason]

[ OH, GO GET ARRESTED. ]

You sound bitter.

[ So does he. ]

[hotheadedsavior]

[Have an Avatar popping in and looking down at you from... a rooftop that suddenly appeared? Yes, that is what it seems to be.]

It's not all that bad. Like the others have said - some places let you stay in your world and move on with your life. And, if you end up in someplace different maybe that will be good - you can start over and have a new life.

[honorthenreason]

[ GEEZE DON'T JUST APPEAR ON MAGICALLY APPEARING ROOFTOPS LIKE THAT. Aside from the minor start, he seems pretty calm standing so close to the Avatar. Mostly because the Avatar he's used to chasing is twelve and bald and goofy. Also, not a woman. ]

I already started over and I hate it. I don't want to make a new life in Ba Sing Se or anywhere else. I'm tired of being a refugee. No matter where I go, it's going to be the same. Sure, the imaginary four walls keeping me confined will be different, but I'll still feel like a prisoner.

[aragami]

Then fuck home, go wherever ya want. What's so good about a place where you can't be happy?

[honorthenreason]

There's only one place I want to go, but it's impossible to go there if I want to stay alive for very long.

[aragami]

Why? They trying to kill you or something?

[honorthenreason]

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