Hm...

[electronicly]

Perhaps... I am grateful for the last two curses, in the end. Though discomforting to be affected by, they gave me an idea of who to watch provided a great deal of insight into the nature of the citizens and how what this City brought to the surface compares to what is truly there. It may be so, it may not be so. I'm not under the compulsion to say

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[whofelltoearth]

You should have more respect for the secrets of others.

[electronicly]

I never said I was going to share them, memorize them, or use them in any way beyond noticing the differences in tone and concerns from what is normally seen.

Is it really that disrespectful to comment on that not all secrets match what the owner seems to be like and how great the contrast between surface and reality is?

[whofelltoearth]

People are complicated. You can never know everything about one.

It's never a good idea to look for things beyond the superficial. Frequently you won't like what you find.

[electronicly]

Indeed, they are. It’s impossible to fully know anyone other than oneself, but not impossible to know pieces.

It would be impossible to know anything for certain about anyone, even one’s own family or even oneself, if one doesn’t look a little deeper than just what is shown to the public. The surface is frequently what people want to be seen as which does not have to be related at all to how someone really is. There are traits and people I dislike, the same could be said by almost any human; disappointment from willingly finding out hurts less than the sudden shock of someone turning out to be drastically different than what they seem- especially at critical times or if the realization was that there was more darkness than light within them. I… I don’t think it’s possible to truly know, accept, hate, or even love someone until what they keep within as well as show the world is seen. The truth can be unpleasant, it can hurt, but it would be worth it in the end. It must be.

[urbandev]

While I see your point, they were also... rather uncomfortable for many of us.

[electronicly]

Which is why I don’t intend to memorize the secrets or repeat them, only how small or great the difference is interests me.

Hm… So far, you’re the second who seems to be saying I ought not to have paid even that much attention to what was said. I wonder if someone who has nothing to hide can really judge the value of a secret or the effect of it being known…

[urbandev]

I'm not saying that, exactly. I certainly see the value of complete transparency in some cases.

At the same time, I feel some of us keeps secrets for other reasons than purely malicious ones.

Also, that was the most intensely uncomfortable 24 hours I've ever spent. Is every curse like that?

OOC: Oops, sorry. XD

[electronicly]

Ah, I misunderstood, then.

Embarrassment seems like it would be high up there, too, now that I think about why instead of what… I’ll apologize, if I’m embarrassing you and it would help you feel a little less so. I promise I do have manners, even if I don’t always seem to.

Some curses are, some aren’t. I spent a day as a ferret due to a curse that turned people into animals, and that was actually pretty fun since I used to wonder what it was like to be that size; I also liked the one where everyone was story characters. There are a couple curses that you were lucky to miss: one was when people thought they were “Immortals” and attempted to behead each other in the streets, and another was one were ghosts appeared to try to talk people into changing their ways.

[OOC: It’s ok, that happens sometimes.]