[teneka, video; night | open]

[viiinote]

[Axel shows up over the PORTAL, yes, wearing his mask like a good boy, before his voice can be heard. He doesn't sound too amused, but there is a hint of it somewhere if you listen closely.]

With everything that's happened lately, I'm startin' to think that you all need more practice.

[Idly he snaps his fingers to create a few red sparks in

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[godscomplex]

I didn't know you could do that.

[viiinote]

There's a lot people don't know.

[godscomplex]

But isn't that what people are? Secrets?

[viiinote]

Yes.

[godscomplex]

Then, by that, you are not all that surprising.

[viiinote]

If I were a person.

[godscomplex]

If you're not a person, then what are you?

[viiinote]

Nobody.

[godscomplex]

... Nobody?

[viiinote]

That's right.

[godscomplex]

But, you're right here, talking to me.

[viiinote]

And yet I shouldn't, because I was never meant to exist.

[godscomplex]

We all have purpose, whether or not we believe so. That doesn't make you a "Nobody". We are, who we are and what we are. There's ... nothing we can do or say to change it.

[viiinote]

[Chuckles] No one ever wants to accept it, do they. [Pause, then,]

I wasn't born with a purpose, a reason, or even a place to belong. By my World's definition, that makes me a Nobody and next to nothing. Commit that to memory.

[godscomplex]

[Just, flashes of people in a dark room looming over a little boy.]

We aren't what they tell us, we aren't at all!

[viiinote]

You are what you tell yourself you are. [Hm. Interesting.]