Etcetera

Myriad Reality

<Snipped quote by Etcetera>

Finished already? I was ready to clock in some overtime for this.

@Stratocracy

You get paid to be here?

Myriad Reality

<Snipped quote by Etcetera>

Well, you already know what I think about that. But we need to dig deeper for it to hit home for you it seems.

@Stratocracy

We've thought through so much, but it's time you faced the real me back up there.
*Points up*
I'll tell you what I came up with next time we meet.

Myriad Reality

<Snipped quote by Etcetera>

Right, but is that the hypothetical you’re getting at when you proposed those two alternatives? I’m trying to make sure we’re on the same page here.

@Stratocracy

No, just thoughts out loud. There's no such thing as thoughts I keep here; you get to hear them all. I need to think up a way for me to win, and him to lose.

Myriad Reality

<Snipped quote by Etcetera>

Uh huh.
*Clears my throat*
What do you mean by that? Are you proposing those as solutions where you hunt yourself?

@Stratocracy

Once she's gone, that's it. It's not time for that choice yet. And no, I can't die when I want to. They're just thoughts, the start of plans.

Myriad Reality

<Snipped quote by Etcetera>

My offer still stands. All I want is for you to be in understanding with yourself, because I’ve listened to part of you that sings a very different tune.
*Arches my back and leans backwards, stretching*
You think he had a thing he cared for? Sounds like he didn’t care for anything, the way you describe him.

@Stratocracy

Her? She's a pet I keep around to nag me.
*Pops my knuckles with a painful-sounding crack*
But you gave me the start of a plan. If I am him, he wins. If I'm not him, I lose. I need a third path.

Myriad Reality

<Snipped quote by Etcetera>

Even if true, there would be the off chance we cross paths.

@Stratocracy

Not a real threat to you. Some of what you say feels like you just want to trick me to not be who I want to be. If that's true, I'll be mad.
*Yawns*
But the hunt. I might find and hunt a thing he cares for.

Myriad Reality

<Snipped quote by Etcetera>

If there’s one thing I don’t doubt that you are, it’s capable.

@Stratocracy

No drive to hunt. Too slow.
*Balances the mug on my nose*
Hunt, huh...?

Myriad Reality

<Snipped quote by Etcetera>

You’ve seen me. I don’t try to hide myself in the real world. You know enough to find me if you wanted.

@Stratocracy

You have too much faith in the real me.

Myriad Reality

<Snipped quote by Etcetera>

That’s not really true is it? You know who I am. You could come try to hunt me down in real life whenever you liked, if you liked. Especially now that we’ve spoken.

@Stratocracy

*Scrunches my lips and eyebrows into a doubtful expression*
I have no clue who you are.

Myriad Reality

<Snipped quote by Etcetera>

Anything is just "since I can" if you're reductive enough about it. It's the substance that matters. Even to a why as trivial as doing things "just for fun."

@Stratocracy

You're all here on a whim is what I mean. In a dream. No stakes.