talking with a friend about webcomics turned into this

[dicey]

W8 a second.

You mean Hanna ISN'T a 8oy's name?

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[vestigiaflammae]

I dunno. They really do need help! I mean, those guys they're trying to fight totally control the minds of everybody who's not on this one island. Like, the whole world except them.

That's what they say, anyway.

[dicey]

Boo hoo hoo, some kidnappers need help! I wouldn't care. If I were in that situation, I'd just band everybody together, take them hostage, and make them show us how to work the machines.

[vestigiaflammae]

Yeah, and then maybe they'd just send us all back into a volcano and grab a bunch of other people instead.

[dicey]

You could probably make sure they didn't.

[vestigiaflammae]

Sure we could, if we had anybody who really knew how to work the time machines. Except we don't, so even if they were sending us back into molten lava we wouldn't have a clue.

[dicey]

Take them with you, wherever you go. That way if they're killing you guys they're killing themselves! I bet they wouldn't do that.

[vestigiaflammae]

I don't know.

I mean... maybe we could threaten them into it, or whatever, but.

One of us already killed an officer of theirs for trying to use mind control on us, and they didn't even send him home. I don't think they're that scared of getting killed.

[dicey]

So use that against them! You can do that, right?

[vestigiaflammae]

Use what? You mean, them not being scared?

[dicey]

Nah, use them not doing anything when you retaliate. If they didn't punish that one guy, maybe they wouldn't punish other people who fought them.

[vestigiaflammae]

Yeah, maybe.

[Hesitating.]

I don't want to kill anybody, though.

[dicey]

What if you didn't have a choice?

[vestigiaflammae]

I guess I'd figure it out or something.

[dicey]

You seriously would never kill anyone? No matter what?

[vestigiaflammae]

Maybe if I really had to? Like. If I had to save somebody, or... you know, something like that.

I don't know if I would or not, I've never even killed monsters before, okay?

[dicey]

Wow, seriously?

[vestigiaflammae]

[Prickle.] Yeah, seriously!

[dicey]

You really were a lot different when you were a kid.

[vestigiaflammae]

Yeah, well, I've probably got a lot more chances to fight monsters when I'm grown up. Like those Heartless things, or whatever. It's pretty quiet at home, that's why.

[He hesitates -- does he want to ask if that means he kills people, besides having no heart and not being friends with Isa anymore?

No. No, he really doesn't.]

[dicey]

Do you have your cool fire powers, at least?

[vestigiaflammae]

Fire powers? Seriously?

[dicey]

I guess that's a no, then!

They're pretty awesome, but I haven't had neeeeeeeearly enough chance to see them in person. You threw one of your weapons at me once, though!

[vestigiaflammae]

I don't have any kind of stuff like that. -- What did I throw a [Pause.]

Hey, you mean one of these?

[he'll just be busting out his four-pointed Frisbees with a firey bomb face blazoned on the front.] Do I still use these?

[He's hoping something's the same, because he's starting to be convinced that Future Him is a gigantic jerkface.]

[dicey]

Kind of the same idea, but more badass!

[vestigiaflammae]

So why'd I attack you with it? Were we sparring or something?