二十九

[tomo_boshi]

Oh dear. What terrible dreams. I wonder if I'm coming down with something. I don't feel very well at all.

Edit: It seems I've been missing for quite some time. I certainly hope I wasn't missed too much. It sounds like everyone had a most splendid time, though I can't say I'm sorry I missed it. I've been through one illusory death already, and

Comments

[lady_bounty]

Were you in one of those comas I keep hearing about?

[tomo_boshi]

Coma? Do you mean one of those sleeps? I've been through those. But this was different. I believe that I was actually physically removed from the area.

Did you die well?

[lady_bounty]

But you don't remember anything. So... coma, or maybe just drugs, and they took you somewhere. ...I swear they must be doing experimentation. This is so messed up.

...There is no such thing as dying well. There's just dying.

[tomo_boshi]

Experimentation? Do you think so?

And there are some who would beg to differ.

[lady_bounty]

Why the hell else would they do it?

It all amounts to the same. I got shot in the back with a lightning bolt while trying to run for shelter. If I'd been killed firing a gun or leaping to shield a child, I'd still be dead. The only difference is I'd have a scorch mark on my chest instead of my spine.

[tomo_boshi]

One theory I read was that we are their power source, that the Entropi, the Keepers, and that thing which grants our requests are all powered by our own living energy. We are taken to be devoured alive, so to speak. Certainly, I feel drained enough at the moment, but that is only speculation and I don't know if it is true.

I suppose it matters only if you're worried about how you'll be remembered by others.

[lady_bounty]

...God. That's disgusting. I would not be surprised if that were true, it makes a whole lot more sense than this "you've been drafted to fight a war" bullshit.

Oh, right, because if I died fighting back, everyone would remember me as brave, when really I would just be stupid. Not that anyone was around to see. Worrying about how you'll be remembered is a selfish conceit; what do I care what people think of me when I'm dead? I'LL BE DEAD. Which, by the way, reality check, I'M NOT, none of us are, so no one's going to remember this as anything other than their own trauma.

[tomo_boshi]

Then you're not worried, so the point is moot. Personally I've never seen self-preservation as a vice, and you're right: you're just as dead, either way.

[lady_bounty]

...Glad we're agreed on that, then.