I tried to resist him. I failed.

[yourslave]

Now, I'm not saying it's not necessarily accurate, but there are certain conditions that this username demands, and the last time I checked, you weren't fulfilling any of them, mundane. Fear me, love me, and do as I say. Unfortunately for you, near the opposite seems to be happening. You expect me to do what you say. Is everything I've done for you already truly not enough? Humans are ungrateful creatures, aren't they?

But now, Mundane, how shall I ever be able to be myself if reined in like this? My goblins are waiting, and there's a child that's nearly mine to be getting back to. So let me go - you wouldn't want a new goblin in the world without its king there to guide it, would you?

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[occultdisciple]

I do not believe they understand true loyalty or obligation.

[yourslave]

They don't understand any number of things, but that's never stopped them.

[occultdisciple]

Of course not. Usually because they have no idea how vast their lack of comprehension is.

[yourslave]

I take it you don't count yourself as one of their number?

[occultdisciple]

What I understand, I understand very well. What I don't understand, I admit to my lacking.

[yourslave]

A self aware human? I may have to see that to believe it - in my experience, there are none.

[occultdisciple]

I am aware of powers beyond Man and have availed myself of them at times, but I make no pretence at being anything more than a disciple.

[yourslave]

You are a rare one, aren't you?

Very well, whose deciple are you? What unearthly forces do they profess to have mastered?

[11_12]

What's a goblin?

[yourslave]

A goblin is a small, frequently malicious creature that hides under your bed until you're asleep.

[Jareth.]

[11_12]

I've never seen one...

[yourslave]

Well of course you haven't seen one.

[Suddenly there's a small crystal ball in his hand, spinning around]

So few people do that some don't even believe in them anymore. But sometimes someone will disappear from their beds, and or more frequently misplace something while they were sleeping. And who, exactly, do you think does that?

[There's an image in the crystal, a boy sleeping, small dark creatures with long fingers and toes slipping fingers through his hair.]

[11_12]

... I don't think that happens in the Village.

[yourslave]

Are you sure?

[If you'll examine the scene closer you'll notice that the room is very familiar, and the face of the boy in the bed is too.]

[11_12]

[He frowns uncertainly at the image in the crystal ball.]

That's not possible...

[yourslave]

And who are you to judge what's possible and not?

[He blows on the crystal and it shoots straight at the others face, only to burst harmlessly against it. A bubble.]

[11_12]

[He lets out a startled cry.]

Hey!

.... Are you some sort of... dream?

[yourslave]

What a boring question, why is it that humans always try to explain away anything the least bit fantastical by saying that they dreamed it?

[11_12]

It... would be the most logical question, knowing what I now know.

[His entire world is kind of a dream.]

[yourslave]

"What you now know"?

[livedlong]

Not all Humans are ungrateful.

[yourslave]

Oh? You're clearly not human yourself, so I can't think why you should consider yourself an expert on them.

[livedlong]

I am half human actually. I have also worked closely with them for quite a long time. I do not see why I should not consider myself an 'expert' on them given how long I have interacted with them.

sob, this is the first time I've ever even used this journal

[itsnotfair]

You have a funny idea of what we should be grateful for.

good because it's your fault. Everything is your fault. Always.

[yourslave]

Do I indeed, Sarah? For have I not lived up to every one of your dreams?

[itsnotfair]

But it's not what I meant! I didn't really want any of it.

[yourslave]

Are you sure about that, Sarah? There was never a moment that you wished for danger, adventure, being showered with attention? Not having a bothersome brother to worry about?

A young girl should tell the truth.

[itsnotfair]

It's not the same! I didn't think- [Yes, exactly.]

[yourslave]

Now, now, Sarah. You of all people aught to know well enough how this works. What I am is nothing less than what you made of me.

[Courteously he takes her hand with a little smile.]

[fantasiaspillar]

You'll sooner exhaust yourself, I'm afraid.

[yourslave]

Unfortunately it's a usual effect.

[madcuriosity]

I wouldn't say ungrateful, merely the sort to question.

[yourslave]

Question? Question? No, no, this is ingratitude. I can be, and have been, quite generous already.

[madcuriosity]

And what have you done that is generous?

[yourslave]

Everything.

I have become exactly the thing I was meant to be, what I always was in her dreams and nightmares, what she believes I should be. And tell me now, is that not indeed generous?

[retief]

I'm really not surprised. Terran's are very good at saying one thing and meaning something entirely different. The trick is not expect anything remotely productive to come from their actions and then be pleasantly surprised should something productive actually occur.

As for escaping them? If your mundane is the sort to be easily distracted, you might try getting someone to distract them long enough for you to escape. Otherwise, I doubt you're going to have much luck in making any kind of clean get away from them. They're a determined lot when they have their minds set on something.

[yourslave]

Oh, I already don't expect anything productive - in fact, in most cases I end up hoping for it. It's a terrible disappointment when they manage to gather themselves and do what they set out to do.

As for escaping... it would be nice, but her mind is more tangled than my labyrinth. And that doesn't bode well for plans of escape.