Re: Mun's Musings on future plots

[general_pitchiner]

Why are you so insistent on using me in the future. It's because of that man you speak of, isn't it? He... isn't me. That may be my body, but that is not me, Mundane.

Do you intend to make me relive that all over again? Losing everything I had? My life, my duty, my... my daughter? Does that really make you happy?

[He shakes his head.]

I do not understand your reasoning, nor will I ever will.

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[rideofthefearlings]

You can deny it all you want, but that does not make it true.

[general_pitchiner]

[He narrows his eyes.]

It is true. I would never stoop down to your level.

[rideofthefearlings]

Don't give me that look, Kozmotis. You haven't even heard my offer yet.

[general_pitchiner]

[Pitchiner stands tall though, narrowing his eyes at the Nightmare King. He even tilts his head back ever so slightly to look 'down' at him accusingly.]

Something tells me I don't wish to hear about anything you have to offer.

(forgive me, Pitch is a very new muse and I'm still getting his voice down!)

[rideofthefearlings]

[ blithely ignoring that ]

What if I could give you the opportunity to rewrite your currently-inevitable fate?

That's alright! No problem at all. <3

[general_pitchiner]

[Nope, still not budging.]

I think I'll pass.

[rideofthefearlings]

Not even to spare her?

[general_pitchiner]

[The general does falter ever so slightly, lips pursed together, his nose wrinkling in a small sneer.]

Why would you even help me in the first place?

[rideofthefearlings]

Because it helps me as well; I never claimed to be altruistic. I leave that to you.

[ he spreads his hands in front of him, not seeming put off by the sneer or the skepticism ]

But I'm not against benefiting you and certainly not her. Surely we can agree on that much?

[general_pitchiner]

How does rewriting my fate help you?

[Kozmotis couldn't figure out what this spirit was getting at. He was a creature of the dark, so the general was on edge already. There must be some kind of catch.]

[rideofthefearlings]

Are you asking out of responsibility or an actual desire to know?

[general_pitchiner]

Just answer the question. [He says sternly, meeting his gaze squarely.]

[rideofthefearlings]

Very well.

[ He'll let Kozmotis have as much control of the conversation as he likes, Pitch is still the one holding the cards. ]

Letting the fearlings take over the way that they did... messy business. It would have been much better to do so under my own control.

[general_pitchiner]

[The general tenses a little at the reminder of the fearlings. They were dreadful things.]

Your control... [Kozmotis still didn't sound convinced. He couldn't trust this being of the dark.]

[rideofthefearlings]

And yours as well. Just think: not pulled away without warning, leaving others to wonder why they were let down by a failure by their most stalwart General... to take control, rather than lose it.

[ His voice takes on a sympathetic tone. ]

To avoid subjecting her to having to live with that burden for the rest of her life.

[general_pitchiner]

Who ever said she lived with any burden?

[His daugther was proud of her father... wasn't she?]

You know nothing of that!

[rideofthefearlings]

[ a significant pause, all playing into the act ]

I see. The others, they never told you.

Well, perhaps it's better you don't know after all. Cherish your ignorance, General.

[general_pitchiner]

[Careful Pitch, there's a rather fierce looking scythe in the General's hand, in which his grip tightens around. He rolls his eyes though.]

And like they told you anything.

[rideofthefearlings]

[ a faint curl of a sneer ]

No, I lived it.

[general_pitchiner]

...What did they say?

[rideofthefearlings]

That she's gone quite mad with it.