I never had powers back home, and while we didn't exactly have Darkness monsters, we did have other dangers. Trolls mostly, but we had knights and patrolmen to keep them out of the village.
Here we have Darkness shielding, which is supposed to be pretty reliable - [ Though it's failed on more than one occasion. ] Coping - I consider them the same as any other danger I'd face back home. And, well, by trying to learn ways to protect myself in the event something did happen. There are people here who'll teach you the sword, or that ... "gun" if you can get one.
I guess it's a little different, if you had creatures to worry about back home. [Trolls. F-fff.] There was nothing like this at home. The worst I'd heard of was human crime, never anything .. supernatural.
Well. Not counting the last few months before coming here, but.
It's the nearest way I can think of it - the only way to really make sense to me. I have to remind myself I can't really climb up onto the roof and watch the stars, or go out for a walk at night anymore. At least not without taking a lot of precautions.
Even looking out the window it's a little creepy, seeing things flying past the window and knowing they aren't bats or birds or something. The protection on the house is pretty decent, and I don't live alone, so that helps too. Having someone else in the house, I mean.
[She nods; oh there were times she missed watching the stars. Now it just seemed like a waste of time, as much as she dreamed of them.]
No- No I live with a few people. It's still pretty quiet though, they're all kind of capable in the whole defend-yourself department. It kind of amplifies how ... I guess weak, is the easiest way to put it. I'm hopeless against any sort of monster.
I've not been around long enough to know how it works here, but where I'm from? Most people turn a blind eye to the things that go bump in the night and leave it to the people who know enough about it pick up the slack.
I stay inside, to be honest. I've already been attacked once, I really don't want to repeat that. [pause, because he even stayed inside when someone he loved was lost while other people went out looking and that makes him feel like a coward] Are you okay?
[after a moment] I'm Blaine. I apologize if it seemed as if I was being too forward, but this whole 'monsters in the darkness' thing is pretty new to me. They don't have anything like that in my reality.
ALWAYS SURE PRIVATE;paterelohimJuly 17 2011, 21:43:00 UTC
Being uncomfortable, feeling helpless and like there's nothing you can do against the darkness. It's always hard on the normal people in all the stories. I accepted that we're living a shitty sci-fi fantasy a long time ago.
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Here we have Darkness shielding, which is supposed to be pretty reliable - [ Though it's failed on more than one occasion. ] Coping - I consider them the same as any other danger I'd face back home. And, well, by trying to learn ways to protect myself in the event something did happen. There are people here who'll teach you the sword, or that ... "gun" if you can get one.
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Well. Not counting the last few months before coming here, but.
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Even looking out the window it's a little creepy, seeing things flying past the window and knowing they aren't bats or birds or something. The protection on the house is pretty decent, and I don't live alone, so that helps too. Having someone else in the house, I mean.
Do you live alone?
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No- No I live with a few people. It's still pretty quiet though, they're all kind of capable in the whole defend-yourself department. It kind of amplifies how ... I guess weak, is the easiest way to put it. I'm hopeless against any sort of monster.
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Yeah- [Oh, that was quick.] I mean, kind of. Just a little unnerved tonight, I guess.
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