accidental broadcast

[withoutasign]

[There's been a break in the rain up on the island, and the SFC broadcasts a stretch of beach, the sand damp and the sky cloudy and dark. That doesn't seem to bother the beach's two inhabitants, a pair of trolls near the water, one with nubby horns and a dark cloak that billows and ripples behind him in the breeze, and another all in yellow, lying down, his head resting against the other's thigh.]

It's hard. I know it is.

[Signless' voice is soft and reassuring. He obviously doesn't realize the device is recording, let alone broadcasting.]

If it wasn't hard, it wouldn't mean anything. Part of the sacrifice is giving up the emotions that are easier, the ones that come more naturally, and letting yourself breathe free again.

[Psii makes a soft noise that the SFC barely picks up and shifts, the bones of his shoulders pinching together on his back, clearly visible under his shirt, and moves a little closer to Signless.]

Being like this, though, you're giving the other person so much power over yourself, letting this desire occupy such large parts of your day, and if you aren't careful, it's going to consume you entirely. Do you remember the fires in the plains on Alternia? When the grass would get so dry, and then there would be a single spark, and the entire prairie would be ablaze? Hatred is like the sun that dries the grass out, and revenge is the spark that starts the conflagration.

[Signless pauses, looking out at the water for awhile before continuing.]

I've struggled with this too, you know. It's very hard for me to think about... about the Empress and what she'll do--what she did, and not want to hate her. But then, that's giving her too much credit. That's giving her more power over my life than she needs. That's what she would want, for me to spend all my time thinking of ways to try and get revenge. [his voice hardens, becomes steely] Not that she doesn't deserve it.

[It evens out again, becoming soft and gentle once more.]

I choose not to live that way, though. I choose to not give her that satisfaction, to not give her what she wants. I choose to forgive, and breathe free and easy.

You want to choose that too.

[OOC: answers can come from Signless or Psii or both!]

Comments

video; either or both, I do not care!

[ex_fintastic398]

Signless?

[ Partly concerned, partly confused, Feferi looks like she's about to say more, then decides against it. She's not even sure anyone was meant to see this. ]

video;

[withoutasign]

[Whoops, where did that voice come from? Signless looks around for a moment, confused, then spots his SFC. He scoops it up and looks down into it.]

Hi, Feferi.

video;

[p2iioniicii2t]

[ Psii sits up and peeks over at the screen.

Oh no. Oh no no no.

Just... hiding his face against Signless. ]

text; filtered to Signless as useless as that is

[aim_exorable]

D --> Your SFC is recording

text; filtered to Signless as useless as that is

[withoutasign]

HUH. SO IT IS.

WELL, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A BIT USELESS WITH TECHNOLOGY.

text; filtered to Signless

[aim_exorable]

D --> You shouldn't leave it out in the open like that
D --> These devices are unreliable

[o8liter8]

Forgiveness is for chumps.

[withoutasign]

IT'S DIFFICULT, NO DOUBT. BUT IT'S WORTH IT IN THE END.

[o8liter8]

All it does is open you up to be hurt ag8in.

[p2iioniicii2t]

IIs two be a chump wrong two you??

[o8liter8]

More like naive.
Why would you want to open up to someone who's just proven they can't 8e trusted with you?

Either/or <3

[replicatedcourage]

What if...

[Sola caught the broadcast on accident. He'd just been browsing the network, tired from the day... no that's not quite right. Tired from the last couple weeks, really. He's heard them mention the Empress before, sometimes with fear, sometimes loathing, never pleasant. He gets the same vibe from it as his personal feelings about Ganondorf, really. Something Bad, with a capital B. So maybe...]

What if the person really does have power over you? Like, by magic. He said he wouldn't use it but he still made me that way, so...

[This may be news to either Troll. He's been fairly tight lipped since Ganondorf showed up in the bubble.]

[withoutasign]

Has someone been bothering you, Sola?

[This is definitely news to Signless, and his brow knits down with concern. Protective Trolldad mode, activate!]

[replicatedcourage]

No! Not him.

[Someone else, but he'd rather not talk about that...]

He just... um... My master from Hyrule kind of...

[Sola finds the desk his SFC is laying on very interesting suddenly.]

He showed up here. He and Zelda and Link all said they'd work together to get out and that Master Ganondorf wouldn't tell me to do anything but he still can and I don't know if he was lying so I've been trying to avoid him but we're all stuck in the bubble and I don't know if I can forever.

[He picks at a bit of varnish on the desk top.]

He made me, so...

[Video]

[devwocean]

Signless...

[Video]

[withoutasign]

Hi, Dualscar. Would you like to come join us?

[Since they've been up here talking about you and everything.]

[Video]

[devwocean]

[On some level that suggestion isn't a surprise, but only because it's coming from Signless]

Wwould that be productivve?

[video]

[unconchonable]

[Yeah Eridan listened to that all, and maybe he's thinking about it, mulling it over.]

So, ewen after all she does to you and those you hold dear, you don't want to hate her; you forgiwe her?

[A pause.]

That's ridiculous.

[And maybe he sounds a little bitter at that, whoops.]

[video]

[withoutasign]

You know, Eridan, I want to forgive her. I do. I don't want to let her have that much power over me and that much influence on my life.

But forgiveness is easy when she's an abstract concept, someone far away that is no current threat to me. If she was here, actively threatening those I love... it wouldn't be cut and dry.

[He shrugs.]

I don't know, to be honest. When faced with it, I really don't know. But I know what I would try to do, and that is to forgive.

in the fleshy-flesh!

[420]

[With as much as it has been raining on the island, Gamzee hasn't been able to spend as much time on the beach as otherwise. Well, he wouldn't mind it so much, but spending too much time out in the rain makes other people fuss at him, and though he doesn't really get it, he doesn't want that. Today though, he had managed to walk all the way over to his little beach crib during an earlier dry spell, chilled there throughout the subsequent shower, and now that it is dry again, he comes wandering back, carrying his sneakers in hand, his bare feet flexing against the sand. Wet sand under his bare feet just reminds him so much of his home before this home that he can't help that last. He doesn't actually get close enough in time to hear Signless' words --but then again with how easily he forgives everything, perhaps they were not meant for him so much-- but when he spots them, he raises one hand in greeting.]

Yo, what's up?

[withoutasign]

[Signless glances up and sees the tall, lanky young troll wandering towards them, and raises one hand in an enthusiastic wave.]

Hi, Gamzee! What brings you out here?

[text]

[bakegarasu]

[... Ouch. This struck too much of a chord to leave it alone.]

How do you forgive someone who is dead?

[He feels stupid after sending it, but he figures Signless can respond or not respond as he feels fit.]

[text]

[withoutasign]

[Of course Signless will answer this!]

THAT CAN BE EITHER THE EASIEST OR THE MOST DIFFICULT TYPE OF FORGIVENESS, BUT ALSO THE MOST CLEANSING. IT DEPENDS ON THE SEVERITY OF WHAT THE PERSON DID.

[bestestfurrend]

Dad? Are you and Mister Psii okay? [The only thing visible on the screen are big wide kitty-troll eyes, and Signless should know well enough by now that she only uses that name for him when she's being particularly affectionate or particularly serious about something.]

[withoutasign]

Yes, little kitten, we're fine. Just having a talk about some things, that's all. [He smiles reassuringly into the camera.]