Level 13 (Phone)

[abravelikehero]

Is it... is it mean to um, to lock someone in a closet? Not a normal person but... um, someone who might have been normal but isn't now? Though she was never really normal. It seems kind of mean but the drones are really creepy, and kids are easy enough to deal with but....

This doesn't seem like a proper hero thing to do, but I'm uncomfortable

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[strike_you_out]

We always tied up our drones in the basement.

[Voice of dissent, right here.]

[abravelikehero]

That's... that's just a bit to close to true villainy than I'm willing to go....

[strike_you_out]

You could mercy-kill them.

[abravelikehero]

What!? NO WAY! I can't do that!

[strike_you_out]

[Does he hear you getting squeamish?]

Why not? It's easy. They don't fight back... much.

[abravelikehero]

That's horrible! E-even if they're strange they still live and breath! That... something like that is something a villain would do! Even... even a Final Boss!

[strike_you_out]

[A Final what, now...? The emotional response only seems to amuse him and illicits a quiet snort.]

They breathe, but do they really live?

[abravelikehero]

O-of course they do, they're just similar to NPCs.

[strike_you_out]

How do you know they don't suffer inside?

[abravelikehero]

I....

E-e-even so killing is not the answer!

[strike_you_out]

If I had to live that way, I'd want to die.

[He says this casually but it's true.]

[abravelikehero]

I don't think I could kill someone, especially when they're like that. I think they come back too, that would just be really cruel.

[strike_you_out]

So let them live brainwashed forever.

[abravelikehero]

Now I feel no matter what I do is the wrong choice.

[strike_you_out]

[Slugger smirks on the other line. It's been fun messing with you.]

There's always the basement.

[abravelikehero]

[It's not hard to do that.]

That's too survival horror.