testing voice and looking for a group!

[nervosa]

I've never had to be with other people that aren't my friends or mother before.. I don't know how to deal with this! Trying to make me join a group isn't going to make Ragnarok happy either! He's just going to hit me again— my nose! He'll poke me!

This is just asking for trouble and you know it! Please don't go through with this. Handling it will be too hard. A-And—

Ragnarok! Quit pinching my nose! Stop hitting me. I'm bruising! You're going to make me bleed again—

'Then quit your whining. You've dealt with worse!'

You're whining as well! Mun, stop him. Please!

[No can do, Crona. Sorry.]

Comments

[dissectionislove]

I can't direct you to a group, but my students are in various games.

[nervosa]

Without their friends? Don't they like to rely on each other? That doesn't sound great..

[canthandleit]

[She jams the tips of her index fingers together.]

It's not t-that bad, you know? I'm in Holly Heights and I'm okay...even without Ragnarok.

[nervosa]

It sounds even worse. Are you with anyone you know? Being without friends doesn't seem like something I could do anymore.

[strongestcoward]

Just handle it with force!

[nervosa]

I've tried that before. It.. didn't work out too well..

[strongestcoward]

You just need more force! It is effective two hundred percent of the time.

[nervosa]

Two hundred percent? That's—

Isn't there such a thing as too much force..?

[strongestcoward]

Yes, of course. If it is directed at me!

However, no amount of force is too much if it is released at other targets.

[nervosa]

That doesn't seem very fair, especially if you're directing your own force at other people.

A-ah.. Please don't direct force at me. I wouldn't know how to handle that..

[strongestcoward]

Allow me to educate a lowly human such as yourself on two important issues. Well, it's not like you have any choice...

First, 'fairness' is a false concept you should not waste any thought on. Secondly, there is no way to handle the force I possess, so dropping dead right away is the best option.

[nervosa]

Ragnarok wouldn't allow me to drop dead — he's very picky. Rather, if I died, then who knows what would happen to him.

That option.. It's not one I can choose..

[strongestcoward]

That's okay. There are a huge number of other options, you know. You can die from being crushed, from being flayed, from losing your head, from being pierced...

[nervosa]

I suppose you could try, but I still don't know what he would do or have me do.

[strongestcoward]

Can't you decide things for yourself?

[nervosa]

M-Most of the time, yes.. But he likes to beat me up a lot if I do.

[strongestcoward]

You see?

Force!

[nervosa]

Of the worst kind!

[strongestcoward]

Good, bad... What are they? How can you distinguish so freely like that? Who told you that you have the right to decide that? If you're a domestic animal that follows orders because you get hit, then just do as you're told and don't bother thinking.

[nervosa]

You do it too.. Just in a different way than Ragnarok does.

[strongestcoward]

Neither he nor I are the topic of conversation. We are talking about you.

[soundmind]

...You could come where I am, and you would never have to hear from Ragnarok again.

[Maka, no, that's mean. She shakes her head.]

Sorry, but--don't you ever get tired of his bullying?

[nervosa]

A-Ah.. That really sounds like fun.

[ though he doesn't know what he would do without Ragnarok. he'd been there most of his life. ]

All the time. He makes me bleed a lot, but.. I've gotten used to it..

[soundmind]

[Obvs Crona will make new animal friends, ones that won't beat the hell out of them.]

There are lots of different creatures where I am to get to know, they're called Pokemon. They'd protect you and be good friends!

[Ahem.]

That's not something you should have to get used to, you don't deserve treatment like that.

[nervosa]

I don't know.. [ and he's back to gripping his arm. ] I've never had a Pokemon friend before.

[ and he could insert his infamous line, but— ]

No, no, it really is fine. He's been with me since I was a kid - I really am.. okay with it. [ or not. ]

[soundmind]

They're great, and a lot of them are really nice and will protect you when you're out in the wild! Some of them can look a little scary, but they don't mean any harm.

[Hnnn...]

Getting used to it doesn't always mean it's okay...