Waking up at all during Thursday nights must feel like having your own death announced.
[November sure knows a thing or two about being told you'll die, that's for sure]
I suppose that, if you're reliving it right now, you wouldn't mind giving more details about how everything got to this point, would you?
[Tactfulness? No, apparently there's none of that here. He did come here with a purpose. True, he did come because he respects Percy and wanted to visit him, but also because he had questions to ask, yup]
[ eh. tact. who needs it. percy glances over at a small paper bag that was left for him and will pull it close to reach into it and take out the bottle of water. he takes a quiet sip. he blinks once. twice. closes his eyes and then his shoulders slowly go slack.
Were you influenced by anything? Did you suddenly have any unexplained feelings, or felt any suggestions coming to your head?
[November shrugs]
Of course, if you did this because you wanted to and with sound mind then that's alright too. I'm probably one of the few who aren't going to judge you for that.
[What with him routinely killing people without nary a thought of regret]
[ percy looks at him for a long, long time before he finally speaks. ]
Chang Geng and I awoke... and we knew that we couldn't stay. I wasn't sure if it was me... or if it was him at first. Earlier in the evening, we tried to stay awake and stave it off. Tea, a game. But gradually, I could feel it eating away at me, intensifying with every minute. At that point...
[ he shakes his head ]
I wasn't in control. In my mind, everything I had done was right.
[November nods, listening. So that's how the compulsion feels...feeling like everything had been the right thing to do, and therefore taking action to fulfill it. That's really interesting, he thinks. Very intriguing]
I suppose that, by the time Chang Geng was found, the compulsion was gone?
In other words: if it had been your choice, you'd have never done it.
[November shakes his head. He can't decide if all this is the Prism trying to hurt them by proxy because it can't do it by itself. Perhaps that's it. Perhaps it takes control of someone because using someone else's body is the only option]
I wouldn't have. But still... I did it. So I have to own up for those actions. And pay for them suitably. It's... only right. Fair. What is it—balance?
It hardly is fair when what we're doing is playing along the rules set by the Prism.
[November shrugs]
I would suggest killing you here and now instead of letting you have to have to play by its rules, but I doubt Vax would approve -- and neither would you.
[Gotta have a cool fight! The pathos payback is going to be fantastic]
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[November sure knows a thing or two about being told you'll die, that's for sure]
I suppose that, if you're reliving it right now, you wouldn't mind giving more details about how everything got to this point, would you?
[Tactfulness? No, apparently there's none of that here. He did come here with a purpose. True, he did come because he respects Percy and wanted to visit him, but also because he had questions to ask, yup]
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he turns to look him in the eye. ]
What details would you like in particular?
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[November shrugs]
Of course, if you did this because you wanted to and with sound mind then that's alright too. I'm probably one of the few who aren't going to judge you for that.
[What with him routinely killing people without nary a thought of regret]
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Chang Geng and I awoke... and we knew that we couldn't stay. I wasn't sure if it was me... or if it was him at first. Earlier in the evening, we tried to stay awake and stave it off. Tea, a game. But gradually, I could feel it eating away at me, intensifying with every minute. At that point...
[ he shakes his head ]
I wasn't in control. In my mind, everything I had done was right.
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I suppose that, by the time Chang Geng was found, the compulsion was gone?
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[ he flexes his fingers quietly. ] Chang Geng’s death felt like a dream, I couldn’t fathom it to be real, that I’d done it…
It’s like being there in your body. But you’re a passenger, even if the actions are all your own.
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[November shakes his head. He can't decide if all this is the Prism trying to hurt them by proxy because it can't do it by itself. Perhaps that's it. Perhaps it takes control of someone because using someone else's body is the only option]
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I wouldn't have. But still... I did it. So I have to own up for those actions. And pay for them suitably. It's... only right. Fair. What is it—balance?
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[November shrugs]
I would suggest killing you here and now instead of letting you have to have to play by its rules, but I doubt Vax would approve -- and neither would you.
[Gotta have a cool fight! The pathos payback is going to be fantastic]