Player event in Animus.

[shadowmessianic]

Thank you for the icons. When will I finally come out?

[A week, dear.]

Good. He needs to acknowledge I exist.

Comments

[technologic]

[Oh hey this happened in one of my other games before

Best way to describe her reaction: ]

[shadowmessianic]

Hi, April.

[He doesn't... seem malicious?]

[technologic]

Um, h-hi... Aleph?

[Still so very, very wary.]

[shadowmessianic]

How's it going?

[technologic]

Ah, um, alright, considering how things are in the tower... Why're your eyes yellow?

[shadowmessianic]

I am a Shadow. It's sort of what we do.

[technologic]

[And now she just took a few steps away from him.]

I'm not sure what a Shadow is, but it doesn't sound good.

[shadowmessianic]

Not at all. A Shadow is the real self, without pretending to be anything else or denying your own issues. Wouldn't you say that's a good thing?

[technologic]

I... guess. But what if the issues are violent or destructive? It's not good then if the Shadow lashes out at people... [There's clearly no reason related to her why she's saying this. Really.]

[shadowmessianic]

That's not my problem. Do I have to be concerned with that?

[technologic]

[. . .]

... No, you don't. But you can't claim that Shadows are a completely good thing if they might go and try to maul people.

[shadowmessianic]

Nothing is a completely good thing. No choice is completely right.

[technologic]

I know that. But it's still something that makes me consider that Shadows aren't something we want around, helpful or not.

[shadowmessianic]

So you want me to leave.

[technologic]

It's up to you, since you aren't causing any harm, as far as I know.

[shadowmessianic]

I just want to be normal. That's all I need.

[technologic]

... But because you're the Messiah of your world, you can't be...

[shadowmessianic]

I didn't ask to be the Messiah. Nobody gave me a choice in the matter.

[technologic]

... We don't ask for a lot of things in our lives, but they happen whether we like it or not.

[shadowmessianic]

Why do I keep going along with it? I wish I could just let someone else take care of everything.

[technologic]

I don't know, why haven't you done that?

[shadowmessianic]

He doesn't even want to acknowledge me.

[technologic]

Well, we don't tend to want to acknowledge our issues, even if it's a bad idea to do that.

[shadowmessianic]

He should know better.

[technologic]

From what I've seen, hiding issues is something a lot of people do. He's still a person, after all, despite his title.

[shadowmessianic]

-that's true.

[technologic]

... You seem a bit surprised.

[shadowmessianic]

I didn't expect you to agree with me.

[technologic]

Well, did you expect me to say 'he's the Messiah he should know better' or something? He's still a person at the end of the day, after all.

[shadowmessianic]

That's what everyone else does. Nobody ever stops and asks if I need a break. No one stops and asks if I'm okay with what I'm being told to do.

[technologic]

And that's stupid. And it's part of the reason why I insist that he doesn't do anything for me... I'm kinda in the same situation, so I know what it feels like.

[shadowmessianic]

Thank you. You're a good person.

[technologic]

... Huh? [Welp, she wasn't expecting that.] ... It's nothing you need to thank me for.

[shadowmessianic]

My thanks are genuine.

[technologic]

I... But... [She sighs quietly.] ... Y-you're welcome...

[shadowmessianic]

When you see him, tell him not to be so stupid, all right?

[technologic]

Ah, so we're changing the roles a bit then? [Since April tended to be the stupid.] But all right, I'll tell him. And I'll also tell him to sit down and take a break every once in a while.

[shadowmessianic]

[Shadow Aleph smiles and disappears, probably off to stalk regular Aleph somewhere.]