Kino's Heart Game - Session 2

[idolpro]

Somehow,
You feel like you’re about to start
On a journey...
♪💿♪

Comments

Re: “A Winter Tale” ─D─

[quickpersuader]

I thought the answer was obvious from what I said.

[????

How do you perpetually misunderstand them, Rufous???]

Re: “A Winter Tale” ─D─

[thisismagrave]

'I will kill for my own survival' doesn't translate to 'I don't like killing.'

You can not kill because it's a lot of work, it can bring other consequences, I just hate seeing blood and don't care about the life.

That's the part that's weird. Why you're so hesitant to just admit that sort of thing.

Re: “A Winter Tale” ─D─

[quickpersuader]

And then I said it doesn't feel like it makes a difference whether I say it or not. Semantically, it might be different, but it wasn't because I was trying to hide anything.

Re: “A Winter Tale” ─D─

[thisismagrave]

And yet it was still like pulling teeth.

Re: “A Winter Tale” ─D─

[quickpersuader]

I think you're expecting me to think a lot harder about how I word things than I actually do...

Re: “A Winter Tale” ─D─

[thisismagrave]

You're certainly cagey enough for it.

[He sighs.]

Still, the point is...

You're allowed to feel the way you do. Even doing things for survival. Sometimes doing things, even if it doesn't change the situation...still matters if it helps.

Re: “A Winter Tale” ─D─

[quickpersuader]

I know. But saying things out loud isn't one of those, for me.

Re: “A Winter Tale” ─D─

[thisismagrave]

Maybe. But being willing to voice it....

Maybe people will give you options.

Sometimes it takes other people to think there's options. Like when Hermes saved you.

Not always. Maybe not even most of the time.

But sometimes....

Re: “A Winter Tale” ─D─

[quickpersuader]

Can you think of another option here, then?

Re: “A Winter Tale” ─D─

[thisismagrave]

There's always plenty of work to do in winter.

Maybe there isn't another option.

But it doesn't necessarily hurt to ask. Sometimes people surprise you.

Re: “A Winter Tale” ─D─

[quickpersuader]

[They shake their head.]

There isn't any. Not for travelers.

Re: “A Winter Tale” ─D─

[thisismagrave]

They really said that, huh?

Re: “A Winter Tale” ─D─

[quickpersuader]

We can serve a unique role in their society as "heretics," so I assume that's why they don't really want to offer alternatives.

Re: “A Winter Tale” ─D─

[thisismagrave]

What do they even do if you refuse?

Re: “A Winter Tale” ─D─

[quickpersuader]

You fend for yourself in the snow. So... either death by starvation, or freezing.

Re: “A Winter Tale” ─D─

[thisismagrave]

So against mercy killing, but good assigning death to people.

How lovely.

Re: “A Winter Tale” ─D─

[quickpersuader]

Is that surprising to you?

[A soft sigh.]

So? Do you want to do it tomorrow, or should I?

Re: “A Winter Tale” ─D─

[thisismagrave]

No, but it doesn't make me any less disgusted with them.

....I'll do it.

Not going to put it all on you.

[And this is a weird...not-real space. So it doesn't REALLY mean anything if he kills someone.]

[But maybe it means something to Kino.]

Re: “A Winter Tale” ─D─

[quickpersuader]

[There's weariness that shadows their eyes, but at that moment...

...Just a little. It eases things, just a little.]

...I see.

Thank you.

[And then...

There was the sound of a roll of film ending. And beyond it lay...]