-- flightlessIcarus [FI] began pestering chronologicNightmare [CN] --
FI: i know you're online. FI: we need to tαlk CN: H▲H. JUST THE CHUMP I W▲NTED TΘ SEE. FI: there you αre. FI: why did you lie to me? CN: LIE? I DΘN'T KNΘW WH▲T YΘU'RE T▲LKING ▲BΘUT, KID. FI: did you think i wαs going to just be your lαckey? CN: IS THIS SΘME KIND ΘF JΘKE? YΘU'RE NΘT DΘUBTING YΘURSELF -NΘW- ΘF ▲LL TIMES, ▲RE YΘU? FI: whαt do you meαn? CN: IF I W▲NTED SΘMETHING ▲S TRIVI▲L ▲S ▲ L▲CKEY THERE ▲RE TΘΘ M▲NY CHUMPS LINING UP FΘR THE JΘB TΘ CΘUNT. NΘ, KID, YΘU'RE SΘ MUCH -MΘRE- TH▲N SΘME SIMPLE L▲CKEY. FI: yeαh right FI: thαt's whαt you tell αll your pαwns, right? CN: YΘU'RE MY HEIR. MY LEG▲CY GIVEN FLESH. ▲N ▲SSUR▲NCE TH▲T I WILL -NEVER- DIE. FI: "αssurαnce thαt you'll never die". oh pleαse. CN: HEHEHEHE... I W▲S GΘNN▲ ▲SK IF YΘU ENJΘYED YΘUR LITTLE V▲C▲TIΘN BUT THE ▲NSWER TΘ TH▲T'S ΘBVIΘUS. ▲ LITTLE TΘΘ MUCH, I THINK... CN: BUT, YΘU'RE NΘT DΘNE. CLΘSE, BUT NΘT YET. THERE'S STILL ΘNE THING I NEED ΘF YΘU BEFΘRE YΘU'RE FREE TΘ ▲NGST LIKE THE JΘKE ΘF ▲N RPG CH▲R▲CTER THEY THINK YΘU ▲RE. FI: vαcαtion? you dumped me out in the middle of α fucking desert. CN: ▲ND YΘU M▲DE WH▲T MIGHT BE YΘUR FIRST FRIEND! I'D C▲LL IT ▲ SUCCESS STΘRY. CN: THERE W▲S MΘRE, THΘUGH. IF IT WEREN'T FΘR THE D▲MN RING'S INTERFERENCE WE CΘULD H▲VE S▲VED ▲ LΘT ΘF TIME, BUT, WH▲T C▲N YΘU DΘ? FI: ring interference? CN: SΘMETHING IN THE FURTHEST RING ST▲LLED MY ▲TTEMPTS TΘ CΘNT▲CT YΘU. THE HΘRRΘRTERRΘRS M▲YBE, ΘR JUST ITS N▲TUR▲LLY CH▲ΘTIC SP▲CETIME. CN: IT DΘESN'T M▲TTER NΘW. CN: THE METEΘRS TH▲T RUINED E▲RTH DID MΘRE TH▲N TH▲T, MUCH MΘRE. ▲ FEW WERE SΘ KIND ▲S TΘ DEPΘSIT ▲ SERIES ΘF ST▲TIΘNS ▲TTUNED TΘ THE ΘPER▲TIΘNS ΘF SBURB. FI: didn't see αny though. FI: whαt αre you getting αt? CN: WERE YΘU -RE▲LLY- LΘΘKING H▲RD, THΘUGH? I DΘN'T THINK YΘU WERE. FI: never knew i wαs supposed to be looking. FI: let me guess, blαme it on the spαce tentαcles. CN: H▲H▲H▲H▲! IF THE RE▲SΘN ▲IN'T BRΘKE DΘN'T FIX IT. CN: ▲ND NΘW TH▲T YΘU KNΘW YΘUR L▲ST JΘB FΘR ME IS TΘ RETRIEVE ΘNE. IT DΘESN'T M▲TTER WHICH, THE FUNCTIΘN I NEED IS UNIVERS▲L TΘ THEM. FI: why don't you get your tαr αss down there yourself? FI: is it too hot to hαndle? CN: THERE ▲RE DΘWNSIDES TΘ MY STRENGTH, GRE▲T ▲S IT IS. MY EXIST▲NCE IS SPINTERED, ▲ND KEEPING UP ▲ PHYSIC▲L PRESENCE IS IMPΘSSIBLE P▲ST ▲ PΘINT. CN: SUCH CIRCUMST▲NCES KEEP ME FRΘM BEING ▲BLE TΘ USE ▲ TR▲NSPΘRT▲LIZER. FI: right. CN: HEHEHE... FΘR THE MΘMENT I'M RESTR▲INED TΘ THIS INCIPISPHERE. BUT TH▲T WΘN'T L▲ST. FI: so, you're sαying you wαnt me to find one of these stαtions for you. then whαt? CN: SECURE IT (C▲PTCH▲LΘGUING HELPS), BRING IT B▲CK TΘ THIS INCIPISHERE, ▲ND WE'RE JUST ▲BΘUT DΘNE. CN: ▲NY MΘRE QUESTIΘNS? FI: ... FI: ...i'm not gonnα be your delivery boy. FI: i know the truth. i hαve no obligαtion to your messed up plαns. FI: there is no timeloop. FI: whαt, shocked thαt i hαve the bαlls to sαy it to your fαce? CN: ...H▲H▲H▲H▲H▲. CN: IS THIS SΘME KIND ΘF JΘKE? CN: ▲RE YΘU RE▲LLY M▲D ▲BΘUT THE LIE TH▲T S▲VED YΘUR SΘRRY ▲SS? FI: the lie thαt put the entire session αgαinst me on α witch hunt. FI: oh wαit, *heir hunt CN: THE -RE▲L- WITCH HUNT WΘULD BE IF THEY KNEW YΘU H▲D NΘ "P▲R▲DΘX ▲RMΘR" CN: NΘ ΘNE WΘULD -TΘUCH- YΘU, SC▲RED ▲S THEY WERE ΘF THE CH▲NCE ΘF DΘΘMING THEIR PRECIΘUS TIMELINE. THE ULTIM▲TE DETERRENT. CN: IT'S THE RE▲SΘN YΘU M▲DE IT SΘ LΘNG IN THE FIRST PL▲CE. LΘNG ENΘUGH TΘ TIER, LΘNG ENΘUGH FΘR YΘU TΘ BECΘME STRΘNG ENΘUGH TΘ RENDER IT ME▲NINGLESS. CN: IF I LET IT SLIP EVEN TΘ YΘU THE CH▲NCES ΘF SΘMEΘNE FINDING ΘUT ▲ND ENDING YΘU WERE TH▲T MUCH HIGHER. I LIED TΘ -PRΘTECT- YΘU, YΘU MΘRΘN. CN: ▲ND IT W▲S ΘNLY ▲ H▲LF LIE. YΘU -▲RE- DESTINED TΘ BECΘME ME, IN ▲NΘTHER W▲Y. FI: ...whαt αre you getting αt? CN: THE MΘST ΘBVIΘUS INTERPRET▲TIΘN IS YΘU'LL BECΘME ME ▲ND THΘSE HΘW THEY CHΘΘSE TΘ T▲KE IT. BUT RE▲LLY YΘU'RE MY HEIR, MY INHERITΘR. HΘST TΘ MY ▲MBITIΘNS ▲ND TUTEL▲GE, MY LESSΘNS ▲ND MY STRENGTH. CN: I CRE▲TED YΘU FRΘM -ME-. YΘU'RE MY LEG▲CY, KID. IN THE UNLIKELY CH▲NCE TH▲T I DIE, YΘU'RE WH▲T CΘMES NEXT. CN: WE ▲RE THE -S▲ME-. IT'S ΘNLY N▲TUR▲L FΘR YΘU TΘ SH▲RE MY WILL. FI: ...is thαt αll i αm? α bαck-up plαn? FI: α continue in cαse of gαme over? CN: YΘU'RE MY PRΘTEGE ▲ND HEIR, MY LEG▲CY GIVEN FΘRM. ▲ND LΘΘK ▲T WH▲T IT'S GΘTTEN YΘU...PΘWER, FE▲R, REKNΘWN. ▲ND MΘRE TΘ CΘME. CN: YΘU'RE NΘT SERIΘUSLY THINKING ΘF GETTING CΘLD FEET NΘW, ▲RE YΘU? ▲FTER ▲LL I'VE DΘNE FΘR YΘU? FI: i've wαnted out for α while now. CN: W▲NTED ΘUT... CN: DΘN'T BE STUPID. YΘU CHΘΘSE YΘUR P▲TH ▲ LΘNG TIME ▲GΘ, ▲ND ▲FTER EVERYTHING TH▲T'S H▲PPENED YΘU'RE -NΘT- TURNING B▲CK. THEY WΘN'T LET YΘU, ▲ND -I- WΘN'T LET YΘU. CN: NΘW DΘ ▲S I S▲Y! YΘU DΘN'T H▲VE ▲NY ΘTHER CHΘICE! FI: ...i do hαve α choice. FI: just becαuse you sαy i don't doesn't αutomαticαlly mαke it true. FI: do you wαnt to know whαt my choice is? CN: THEY WΘN'T ▲CCEPT YΘU ▲FTER ▲LL YΘU'VE DΘNE. I'M ▲LL YΘU H▲VE LEFT, KID! FI: no you're not. CN: YΘU ΘNLY -H▲VE- ΘNE ΘPTIΘN ▲ND TH▲T'S ME! FI: your nαrrow-minded condecension isn't going to work on me αnymore. FI: i'm not following your orders. end of story. FI: goodbye. -- flightlessIcarus [FI] ceased pestering chronologicNightmare [CN] -- |