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unknownseas2021-02-20 08:28 pm
ltcommandroid) wrote in unknownseas2021-02-20 08:28 pm
it is a funeral.
[Well. That was certainly something.
Emotions are clearly high, so for once, Data steps out of his helper role and takes on the brunt of organizing the after-trial gathering. He's seen enough of them by now to know what's what. He's also seen more than enough in this particular trial to decide that the bar, while possibly being the most logical location, may be distressing to some! So instead, we're gonna do something different. Data will deliver invitations, that sort of look like a computer printed them, to each of the rooms:]
Please come to the ice cream parlor if you would like company at this time.
- Data
[Everybody likes ice cream!
There are no decorations, but there are some snack selections from the buffet and the cafe, depending on what you want, and a tray or two of mixed drinks courtesy of Jimmy Buffett. Data and Parker are both here. If you're sad, you may pet Parker (probably). If you're too depressed to make your own fancy sundae, Data will do it for you (definitely).]
Emotions are clearly high, so for once, Data steps out of his helper role and takes on the brunt of organizing the after-trial gathering. He's seen enough of them by now to know what's what. He's also seen more than enough in this particular trial to decide that the bar, while possibly being the most logical location, may be distressing to some! So instead, we're gonna do something different. Data will deliver invitations, that sort of look like a computer printed them, to each of the rooms:]
Please come to the ice cream parlor if you would like company at this time.
- Data
[Everybody likes ice cream!
There are no decorations, but there are some snack selections from the buffet and the cafe, depending on what you want, and a tray or two of mixed drinks courtesy of Jimmy Buffett. Data and Parker are both here. If you're sad, you may pet Parker (probably). If you're too depressed to make your own fancy sundae, Data will do it for you (definitely).]
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[...
Sigh. He leans a little harder on the rail.]
Well. I suppose it would not be surprising if they treated me better than the people I expected to be on my side. That is how it always ends up being.
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What are they like? The people you've been working for.
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[what's the point in hiding it anymore. it's not like it's going to protect him either way, he imagines.]
I am certain that you recall my description of the monsters in my world.
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[...]
How did you end up working with them?
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[...
He puts his face in his hands.]
I suppose I did, anyway. The king of our country was possessed by the Lord of Shadows, and I was the only one who noticed... I thought I would be the one to expose him and free the king, but in the end, I realized he was offering the better deal after I had been passed over in favor of a former friend.
It was too good to be true, of course.
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Those things often are. But I think it's understandable that you gave into that temptation - it sounds like things with your former friend were very bad, ja?
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[Jasper spends a moment or so trying to think that through.]
I do not even know if they were or if I simply thought they were. I envied his success, certainly, but I also thought that he had cast me aside because I was no longer needed. Sylvando told me otherwise, but I...
[He sighs and shakes his head.]
I wonder how much I perceived was even true.
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[It's not the same situation at all, but that much he gets.]
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Particularly when someone particularly powerful is invested in having you see things their way instead of how they truly are. I... would not be surprised if that was the case.