2nd Candelabram - Phone

[devilwithananny]

I see. Do things like this happen often? I suppose this place is as dangerous as people say, or sounds like it

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[duck_duck_laser]

I don't see us as having much of a choice. Either we endure it, or we fall.

I know what I plan on doing.

[devilwithananny]

That is the way of a lot of things, miss.

Good. Then do it, as I will as well.

[duck_duck_laser]

...You sound a little young to be ready to endure somewhere like Mayfield.

[That's concern in her tone, rather than skepticism. Oh, the poor kids in this town...]

Will you be alright?

[devilwithananny]

[There's a pause and slight amusement in his voice when he responds. He had been trying to drive away all his amusement, but that was a lost cause.]

I assure you miss, I'll be quite fun. I've gone through hardship before.

Considering the people here...I'd think you have too, have you not?

[devilwithananny]

Life, at its very core, is a challenge. A contest.

You die, or you endure. The choice isn't hard, as I've come to find.

[devilwithananny]

It is how I see it. It is how life is.

Do I?

[forever_cheery]

Oh, they do, even though I haven't been here long but... This sounds really bad. Really... ominous.

[devilwithananny]

Fear does nothing but give them what they want.

You should let it wash away.

[forever_cheery]

Easier said than done when you don't know what they're going to do! I haven't been here long, and mostly what they've done is be ridiculous. But I've heard some pretty scary stories...

[devilwithananny]

Then simply think of the worst thing they can do. The absolute worst.

And you'll find that isn't what they'll do.

[shapechanger]

'Course.

That's the way it's gotta be. It's not as if there's any other choice, anyway.

[devilwithananny]

Precisely.

You sink or you swim. That's all anyone can do.

[shapechanger]

They can crush us, but I hear you just pop up again the next day. So what's the worst that can happen? ...Making me wish I won't wake up again?

Like that's ever gonna happen. I've still got Monkey Master 5 to look forward to.

[devilwithananny]

[He has to stifle a small smile. Any voice of rebellion, or stubborn perseverance, nets his approval.]

They can try, but it takes a certain type of person to be crushed so badly. I doubt many in this town are that type of person.

There's quite a few songs I'd still like to hear. I adore music. That's enough for me.

[nothing_is_grey]

I do not. I will not allow them to drag me into their plots and plans and I will not be lured by anyone else. Everyone else is free to act as they see fit, and I will watch the choices they make. But I will not partake in what I shouldn't.

[devilwithananny]

From the sounds of it, you will not have a choice.

What then?

Will you simply sit and do nothing as you and others are forced through whatever game they have.

[nothing_is_grey]

I will sit and watch while others do as they will, only acting when I must. They have compromised my neutrality once, I will not let them do it again.

[devilwithananny]

A wasted position, to contribute to nothing.