Myngle

[crittersheep]

WHO: Everyone
WHERE: Wherever
WHEN: Day 77

[ For all your non-rite happenings ]

Comments

Re: Memories

[abandon_hope]

Scarab.

Re: Memories

[spinebuddyandme]

[ Straightens up, losing Ananke's slouch to Scarab's alertness ]

There was insufficient time to provide a warning.

Re: Memories

[abandon_hope]

[ that's never not a little freaky. He hopes Ananke didn't get shoved too hard. ]

That's still pretty rude, buddy.

Re: Memories

[spinebuddyandme]

Understood. Next time I will prioritize a warning and risk a vaporized Ananke.

Re: Memories

[abandon_hope]

...

[ sigh ]

I get that's sarcasm, and you probably didn't have a choice ... you two sure deal with a lot.

Re: Memories

[spinebuddyandme]

We do. It is the life we have chosen as heroes.

Re: Memories

[abandon_hope]

How much of a choice do you two get?

Re: Memories

[spinebuddyandme]

A significant amount. We frequently query each other before engaging in heroic actions. Our decisions are only ours.

Re: Memories

[abandon_hope]

No, I mean ... doing it at all. Is that a choice?

Re: Memories

[spinebuddyandme]

That is a complicated query. In the beginning I was subject to my programming and Ananke's commands, but I made my choice after learning more about The Reach.

No one has ever forced Ananke.

Re: Memories

[abandon_hope]

.... Ananke, you get what I mean, right?

Re: Memories

[spinebuddyandme]

[ Scarab glances away, and his expression melts into Ananke's tired smile when he looks back ]

... It really isn't much of a choice. It's us, or it's no one. There aren't enough heroes to spare any more for El Paso or dealing with The Reach.

But I wouldn't trade this job to anyone else.

Re: Memories

[abandon_hope]

[ hm. well. that is an answer. Kevin nods. ]

Guess that's just how it is.

Re: Memories

[spinebuddyandme]

It's how it is for a lot of heroes, isn't it? That's what makes them heroes.

Re: Memories

[abandon_hope]

... Well, yeah. Basically that.

[ He rubs at his neck. ]

Glad you remember everything at least.

Re: Memories

[spinebuddyandme]

I am too. Even though it was, uh, a lot, it feels...better? Like a big weight's been lifted or something.

Re: Memories

[abandon_hope]

... Is that what it felt like? Having amnesia?

Re: Memories

[spinebuddyandme]

No..... The weight was more about me not taking them. I stopped because I didn't know if I could deal with everything that happens here and everything that I might remember about being a hero.

Re: Memories

[abandon_hope]

Here is ... kind of a lot. Yeah.

Re: Memories

[spinebuddyandme]

Yeah... And I showed up only remembering a peaceful life. It was a big adjustment.

Re: Memories

[abandon_hope]

[ wait. wait. Kevin snaps his head up. ]

Not even any of the Scarab stuff? Being a hero--?

Re: Memories

[spinebuddyandme]

None of it. And neither did Scarab, so it's not like he could fill me in.

Re: Memories

[abandon_hope]

[ hang on while he tries to picture wtf that looks like ]

So - you showed up in a strange pasture - and there was a robot bug in your head who was equally confused?

Re: Memories

[spinebuddyandme]

Yeah. And everyone I talked to was telling me about bone curses or dying or that we couldn't trust anyone but Bluebell. It was a lot.

Re: Memories

[abandon_hope]

Bone curses?