01/17. affliction.

[icingkills]

[ voice ]

I've heard somewhere that sinning is part of the human condition.

It's been a very human week, hasn't it? I don't think it suits me.

[...there's an edge to his voice.]

You should laugh. That was a joke. Sometimes we need them, you know. Or we might go mad.

[OOC: November has been affected all week, he's just been doing a very good

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[slighted_stains]

...but you're not laughing.

[icingkills]

Oh, I'm not worried about going mad. It's the rest of you lot who make me worry.

[slighted_stains]

Then you should be our worry.

[icingkills]

Oh? How's that?

[slighted_stains]

Because if madness fell on you, you wouldn't even worry about its strike.

[icingkills]

I've never needed to worry about it. You'll have to forgive me if it takes me a while to learn.

[slighted_stains]

There is nothing for me to forgive.

[icingkills]

Not if I do go mad from this place's terrible influence?

[slighted_stains]

That qualifies as a tragedy, not an offense.

[icingkills]

Dear me. Is my sanity that valuable to you? I'll keep that in mind.