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[lawesome]

[through the magic of time shenanigans It has been several hours since Redglare's arrival. Hours she spent investigating, scourging the brochure from top to bottom for every fragment of information, and even checking up on as much of the network as she reasonably could. She's even created a folder of notes on her personal palmtop dedicated to this strange, underwater prison. She is, above all, a professional after all, and it wouldn't do for a member of Alternia's Cruellest Bar to simply run around like a beheaded cluckbeast.

For now, it is time to change the focus of her investigation. Certainly there is much more to be found from investigating the place itself, but it would be a mistake to ignore the people living in it. And Redglare does not make mistakes. She has questions to ask, answers to discovered, and a network to start up, regardless of how long or short her stay may end up being.

She opts for a friendly approach. Catch more flies with honey, after all.]



OH NO! >:[!!!
1 H4V3 F4LL3N 1NTO 4N UND3RW4T3R BUBBL3 4ND 1 C4N'T G3T OUT.
WH3R3 1S TH3 CL3V3R WH1T3 B4RKB34ST TO R3SCU3 M3?
4 BR4V3 KN1GHT TO WH1SK M3 TO S4F3TY SO 1 M4Y SWOON 4MOUNTS TH4T COULD ONLY B3 D3SCR1B3D 4S TRULY OUTR4G3OUS!

H4H4H4, HON3STLY, 1 KNOW 1 D3S3RV3 4 V4C4T1ON FOR MY S3RV1C3S TO TROLLK1ND FOR 4PPR3H3ND1NG TH4T SCOUNDR3L, BUT TH1S W4S NOT WH4T 1 W4S 3XP3CT1NG.
WOULD 4NYON3 B3 W1LL1NG TO H3LP 4 L4DY OUT 4ND 4NSW3R 4 F3W QU3ST1ONS?



Oh no! >:[!!!
I have fallen into an underwater bubble and i can't get out.
Where is the clever white barkbeast to rescue me?
A brave knight to whisk me to safety so i may swoon amounts that could only be described as truly outrageous!

Hahaha, honestly, i know i deserve a vacation for my services to trollkind for apprehending that scoundrel, but this was not what i was expecting.
Would anyone be willing to help a lady out and answer a few questions?

If you want to opt out of me using her text, just comment here.]

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D --> What

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[onlyasign]

DOES THAT SURPRISE YOU? IT REALLY SHOULDN'T.

AFTER ALL, I'M JUST AGREEING WITH YOU.

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D --> The reasons are different, I think

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[onlyasign]

PROBABLY, BUT THE SENTIMENT IS THE SAME.

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D --> I don't think so

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[onlyasign]

REALLY? IF YOU THINK BACK, I'M AGREEING WITH EVERYTHING YOU ONCE SAID ABOUT ME. I WAS AN OPTIMISTIC, NAIVE FOOL WHO LED THOSE HE LOVED MOST INTO RUIN.

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D --> The latter is kind of true
D --> But really
D --> I believe they were rather doomed anyway from the start
D --> Our world does not give many happy endings
D --> They knew the risks in coming with you
D --> And deemed you worth it

D --> But
D --> Your hatred is more self loathing
D --> Directed to all your failures, real or imagined
D --> My hatred is more born from complicated feelings
D --> Thoughts
D --> Perhaps more what you do to me then a result of you yourself

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[onlyasign]

YES. SELF-LOATHING... THAT'S AN ACCURATE DESCRIPTION.

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN WHAT THE EMPIRE WOULD HAVE DONE TO THEM. I SHOULD HAVE HAD A CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR WHEN WE WERE CAPTURED.

DAMMIT. IT WOULD HAVE GONE MUCH BETTER IF I'D HAD A PLAN.

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[aim_exorable]

[Oh thank god, they've veered away from his own feelings.]

D --> I'm not sure what kind of plan you could have made
D --> You were going against the Empire
D --> The disadvantages you had were
D --> Well
D --> many

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[onlyasign]

I KNOW. I WAS A FOOL TO TRY.

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D --> You would have been a fool not to

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[onlyasign]

... WHAT?

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D --> You changed all our lives for the better
D --> Our thoughts
D --> Even if it didn't immediately seem like such
D --> Exile


D --> still hurts
D --> But
D --> Perhaps
D --> Was worth it in the end

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[onlyasign]

DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT?

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D --> If I didn't listen to those words
D --> Then I would have nothing here

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[onlyasign]

YOU COULD HAVE COME TO US, DARKLEER. WE WOULD HAVE ACCEPTED YOU, AND WELCOMED YOU WITHOUT JUDGEMENT.

YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID.

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D --> I couldn't have

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[onlyasign]

...
I KNOW.
I KNOW YOU COULDN'T HAVE, BUT I WISH YOU COULD. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?

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D --> Yes


D --> I would have had to at least bring my squadron with me
D --> I was their leader
D --> And most of the others had already died
D --> It would have been dishonorable to leave them behind

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[onlyasign]

WE WOULD HAVE WELCOMED THEM ALL. WE WOULDN'T HAVE ASKED YOU TO LEAVE THEM BEHIND.

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D --> ...
D --> You know
D --> Despite how you protest and argue
D --> The words you just typed seem very Signless-like to me
D --> Not that I am an expert in the prophet who traveled Alternia
D --> But when you were here, I did cry on your shoulder
D --> So I like to think I know something about you



D --> Kindness was Signless
D --> That is all I know






D --> Along with a regrettable stubbornness streak
D --> That as well

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[onlyasign]

[It's a long time before Sufferer responds. See, he can do awkward pauses too, Darkleer!]

THAT'S NOT WHO I AM ANYMORE.
ALL YOU'RE SEEING IS AN ECHO.
AN ECHO OF WHAT I USED TO BE, AND WHAT I USED TO BELIEVE IN.

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D --> An echo who came to my defense
D --> And then told me I was a good person
D --> And then said he would have welcomed me if I had deserted the Empire
D --> Was it not you who called me out on my denial?

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[onlyasign]

. . . .

STOP IT.

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D --> Stop what?
D --> Remind you that you are still Signless?
D --> No
D --> Take a weapon to my throat, threaten me, despise me
D --> And then I will think of you as Sufferer
D --> Because then it will be truth