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[secretofthefox]

Who: Sol and Cinnamon
When: Day 173, Morning
Where: Inside a Book
What: Akasha's Review Lesson

Comments

Questions for Akasha

[secretofthefox]

[I'm making this a top-level in case they exist.]

DISCUSSION

[barehands]

Re: DISCUSSION

[barehands]

[she's not saying anything just yet, taking deep breaths and trying to calm herself down]

Re: DISCUSSION

[secretofthefox]

[Well, he knows from last time that it's gonna be useless, but

he's gonna Fire Punch the wall in frustration.]

Asshole!

[Also there's a fox next to him who is not attacking the wall this time because he knows it's useless, but.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[barehands]

I-Is that going to do anything?

Re: DISCUSSION

[secretofthefox]

It'll make me feel better.

Not really.

Fine, it can let me pretend it'll make me feel better about this.

Re: DISCUSSION

[barehands]

[a pause]

I-I don't... know what we should do.

Re: DISCUSSION

[secretofthefox]

[He closes his eyes briefly and takes a breath in, a breath out.]

...If our offer isn't good enough, I'm taking the death.

Re: DISCUSSION

[barehands]

W-What? No, you don't have to do that!

Re: DISCUSSION

[secretofthefox]

I'm not letting you die, okay? Besides, I've had worse.

Re: DISCUSSION

[barehands]

But I don't... I don't have anything they would want, so I can't do that much to protect you...

Re: DISCUSSION

[secretofthefox]

So I'll offer something. And then if it's not good enough for that sadist, it'll be my own fault.

Re: DISCUSSION

[barehands]

No, it'll be her fault. But... Shouldn't I be taking the risk since I don't have anything to offer?

Re: DISCUSSION

[secretofthefox]

No! I... If you died, and I couldn't do anything to stop it, I'd never be able to forgive myself.

Re: DISCUSSION

[barehands]

But I don't want you to die, either!

Re: DISCUSSION

[secretofthefox]

I'm okay with dying myself, though!

Re: DISCUSSION

[barehands]

But - you shouldn't be! And I... It's scary, really scary, but if we just come right back...

Re: DISCUSSION

[secretofthefox]

That's why I'm okay with it. It hurts, but that pain ends. And compared to some other stuff I've been through... To me, just dying, here, isn't that scary.

But it is for a lot of people, so I don't want you to go through it.

Re: DISCUSSION

[barehands]

[pausing, deciding how to word this]

...Whenever these games happen, I can never do anything to help, you know? I can never make anyone safe. Compared to everyone else here, I'm really weak, so... Even if it's scary, I don't want to be a coward if I could help instead!

Re: DISCUSSION

[secretofthefox]

You offering yourself up to die instead wouldn't help anyone, though...

[...Fiere isn't going to disagree with his human's inability to accept her dying, but he can try to help.]

...As long as it's ours to give, is the rule, right? Last time, I didn't see all of them, but Tan gave his fire, Sakura gave his ability to swim, Ventus gave the bench he came here with, and Zelos' friend gave up his humanity I think?

I'm not sure, but I think... it doesn't matter so much what it is, as long as it's important to the giver. I mean, what use would someone's species be to an Echo?

Re: DISCUSSION

[barehands]

It would mean you wouldn't die no matter what.

...All I have is my memories of my siblings, and the friends I've made here. But I would rather die than forget Paul and Carrie.

Re: DISCUSSION

[secretofthefox]

Watching you die wouldn't help. And neither would you giving up memories, so don't even think about it!

[Is that a little distress at even the concept of the second one...?]

...What I was getting at was, maybe there's something else? Like... I dunno, if it was me, I could offer up my fur, and its ability to grow back for some amount of time. I'm not much of a fox if I'm not fluffy, right?

Offer

[secretofthefox]

Hey, Akasha, or whatever your name is. Listen up, 'cause I'm only gonna say this once.

Our offer is, my voice for a week, and her voice and sight until someone quests for them back from you.

That's it. And if that's not good enough for you, I'll be the one to die.

...Also, for the record? Banning Christmas is still stupid, and the governments in that game were stupid. But killing people is even more stupid, and I was wrong to think that maybe you had a decent side.

[If it were just Sol's half of the offer, for him it would be a 5 - he doesn't want to give anything to Akasha in the first place, and not being able to talk seems like a pain in the butt, but ultimately there are many other things that he'd be less willing to give than his voice.

If it was just Cinnamon's offer, meanwhile, it would be a 9 for him - he doesn't want her giving anything up for him at all, and the fact that she's not putting a time limit on it means that someone's going to have to quest, and yeah maybe he's a little petty when it comes to questing for the Murder Echoes. But senses can be lived without, even if it's a huge hassle, which is the only reason why it's not a 10.

Taking both and averaging them, his score is a 7.]

Re: Offer

[barehands]

[Her overall rating is a 9 - going without her voice means that she won't be able to properly comfort everyone who's hurt after this, which is very important to her. Losing her sight adds another point to the score.]

Re: Offer

[cardless]

[Congratulations! Your offering was ACCEPTED.]

[The words “We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.” appear on the ground before you in glowing green, bursting into a magic circle which engulfs you both in light. Whatever you chose to sacrifice is gone (unless you stipulated that you would do it yourself, in which case the necessary implements will appear before you), and if it was a body part the circle isn’t kind enough to make it painless, even if it does make sure you don’t bleed out.]

[Once it’s done, a glowing portal appears before you, letting you finally leave the book.]