sticksandbones | Netbook

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[Do you know what's depressing? Someone being unable to light up the netbook with glitter text because his magic's been shut off. Instead you get whatever this is.]

["No one murder anyone until I test a theory."]

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PLEASE DO NOT TEST ANY THEORIES.

I respect your angle kid, but let the morally dubious ex-god with low empathy take a crack at this nonsense to see if it's a scam or not. Better me than someone else!

Or nobody could do this.

What if it is a scam and we manage to find some other way without you rushing into making bad choices?

Then we chalk this up to being a failed experiment where we discovered it was a scam and move on. Now there will be no question, no worries of "what if".

I have enough to gain from this if it isn't a scam, so it's worth the gamble.

What about what you could lose?

I've spent ten THOUSAND years locked in a dark, windowless prison without a body. If this insect manages to take more from me than THAT, then frankly, I'll be impressed!

...Your concern is misplaced but, I suppose I do appreciate it. How strange.

At least take some time to think about it. Please.

Even if you've been through a lot already, that doesn't mean you should throw your life away without even giving another option the chance. Joshua's planning on going to the library to see if there's any information that could help there.

[...what?]

[When has anyone ever said anything like that to him before? It's almost laughable. This person doesn't know the things he's done, the horrors he's wrought. If this were Earthbread, there would be cheering for his death. He is offering to be useful and he's being told to stop? When before the moment he did not preform his purpose, they had-]

[...]

Alright, don't get your undies in a twist. I'll wait a little before doing my little experiment.

[It's a lie. He's still going to go do it, but for now he can reassure him so he doesn't get more upset than he already sounds.]

[He'd probably be more annoyed at him acting like it's no big deal, but he's too relieved that he's actually managed to convince someone to listen to him.]

Thank you. Please try and convince other people who think this our only choice as well if you can.

[He almost feels bad about lying but really, he'll feel better knowing he agreed, right? This lie is a kindness from him.]

No promises, I'm not exactly someone people like to listen to!