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[wouldnotkindly]

You just look for any excuse to get splicers involved in things, don't you?

What is wrong with you?

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[coldestshoulder]

… Just about everything.

[wouldnotkindly]

That's what it seems like, honestly.

[coldestshoulder]

Only "seems like"? You're not certain?

[wouldnotkindly]

Only because I never know exactly what's going on in her head.

[coldestshoulder]

Not much, I imagine.

[wouldnotkindly]

If only. Then maybe this kind of thing wouldn't keep happening.

[coldestshoulder]

"This kind of thing"...?

[wouldnotkindly]

With the splicers.

[coldestshoulder]

...

"Splicers."

[wouldnotkindly]

That's what they're called, yeah.

[coldestshoulder]

Demons?

[wouldnotkindly]

Close enough, really.

[coldestshoulder]

... ... What are you?

[wouldnotkindly]

Me? Uh... Human, if that's what you mean. [Arguably.]

[coldestshoulder]

... Hm. [She doesn't sound particularly convinced.] Are you afraid of them?

[wouldnotkindly]

Well... [Now that's a tough question.] Yeah, but no. Anyone would be, I think, especially when they sneak up on you... But if I'm being attacked by them [as he usually is], I can't let that get to me.

[coldestshoulder]

So you fight them, then...?

[wouldnotkindly]

I don't have a choice, so... Yeah.

If I don't, then I'd die.

[coldestshoulder]

A human challenging a demon...

... You're pretty stupid.

[wouldnotkindly]

It's not as though I'm challenging them when they try to kill me first.

Besides, they're not that tough to deal with. [A beat.] Usually.

[reality_hacker]

My mundane would likely do the same thing with the creatures I knew.

((OOC: The creatures are about the same as splicers/big daddies/etc but they were made by magic rather than science.

examples: [1] [2] [3] ))

[wouldnotkindly]

Good to know I'm not the only one... I guess.

[reality_hacker]

And if you look at our lives objectively as fictional stories there are similar underlying ideas. Such as, power corrupts.

[wouldnotkindly]

... Right. [That's going over his head a bit, but he's not going to let it show.]

Are you saying that's the reason why?

[reality_hacker]

The reason why they are the way they are? Not exactly. The power came first more than likely and then it corrupted their very being. Some were in the Pyxis for centuries with all the time in the world to be corrupted.

[wouldnotkindly]

Pyxis? [Now that's definitely over his head.] That, uh... That sounds rough.

[reality_hacker]

Think of the Pyxis as something somewhat like Rapture. I'm not going to get into the explanation at the moment.

[wouldnotkindly]

[What.]

How do you know about Rapture?

[reality_hacker]

My mundane told me some things about it.

[ryanizing]

That does seem to be a crucial question, doesn't it?

[wouldnotkindly]

[Oh. Hello.]

I guess it does.

[ryanizing]

[IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU, TOO, KIDDO.]

You... don't expect them to change, did you? That would be unquestionably naïve.

[wouldnotkindly]

It never hurts to hope. [Whether he finds it naïve or not.]

[ryanizing]

Once again, you show your childlike tendencies. I had hoped that you would grow out of them, over time.

[wouldnotkindly]

Why should I? So I can be more like you?

[ryanizing]

That was the idea, yes.

[wouldnotkindly]

And what makes you think I even want to be more like you?

[ryanizing]

I never said it was something you wanted.

[reality_hacker]

It is not naïve to think people can change sir. I know people who are from horrible backgrounds who became the closest things I could call friends.

[ryanizing]

People can change, yes. Though, these Mundanes... it's doubtful if they are people at all.

[reality_hacker]

They are. You simply need to think of how a novelist treats a character. They will do what is right for the story, not what is perfect for the character.

[ryanizing]

[There's a pause.] An accurate metaphor, I suppose.

[shrugged]

I dunno, boyo, maybe she just likes to give ya a challenge.

[CLEARLY ATLAS IS ALWAYS RIGHT.]

[wouldnotkindly]

[CLEARLY.]

Look who's talking.

[shrugged]

All right, maybe me too.

[Genial chuckle.]

But you always rise to the occasion, dontcha?

[wouldnotkindly]

It's not like you've ever given me any choice.

[shrugged]

[SIGH. Lad, why you gotta be so difficult?]

And I s'pose I could have just left you all on your lonesome, and you would've done a better job of it.