pc catchall with connor (tootsiepop)

[requiemed]

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[requiemed]

Can I ask which...?

[kyuu help me the rules post gets edited every week and memory is hard]

[tootsiepop]

All of them, with the sole exception of last week's rule about power usage.

[eli please]

If you're curious about my reasoning behind any particular rule, I'd be happy to explain.

[requiemed]

[Immediately:]

Why do you hate music?

[tootsiepop]

Rachel Berry's midtrial theatrics were not appreciated.

[requiemed]

You didn't have to punish everyone else for it.

[She doesn't actually sound upset, at least.]

[tootsiepop]

Perhaps not, but it would have discouraged anyone else from following in her footsteps.

[pours one out for w2 connor and his lack of empathy.]

[requiemed]

The only thing I brought with me was my guitar, Connor. Do you know how much torture you put me through?

[Now it's clear she's joking, at least.]

[tootsiepop]

No. But you may write a formal complaint if you're inclined to do so.

[requiemed]

I want to talk to your manager.

[tootsiepop]

I would prefer you didn't.

[50% JOKING... 50% serious about this. Do not.]

He didn't take well to the last time someone tried to "speak to my manager" over a rule I created.

[requiemed]

[Oh.]

Can I ask what happened?

[tootsiepop]

Small children tend to become... upset... when adults blame them for actions that are not their own.

[someone please save his god, the toddler.]

[requiemed]

Tell me who it was so I can beat them up.

[She's kidding, probably.]

[tootsiepop]

As generous as your offer is, the majority of them are already dead.

[GOOD RIDDANCE. He's kidding. Maybe.]

[requiemed]

Oh.

[Yikes!]

Well, that's happy.

[tootsiepop]

They'll return at the end of the competition.

[It's fine.]

[requiemed]

...That doesn't make it okay, Connor.

[tootsiepop]

It's something to keep in mind.

[this is a bad conversation to have before dieday, huh.]

[requiemed]

It’s more than a lot of people get.

[She knows that all too well. Still...]

I just don’t want anyone to use that as a justification for hurting people. They’ll still remember after all this, you know? How scared they were right before.

rattles my cage at you for that wholeass tag

[tootsiepop]

Murder is still murder. I won't argue against that.

[He's just a little blase about the idea of dying, when it comes down to it. He has always existed with the expectation of being reuploaded should anything happen to him.]

But if I do remember correctly, Patience said the dead would have the opportunity to forget what happened if they chose to do so. It won't erase the facts, but it... should serve as a small comfort.

[requiemed]

...I guess. It's just - even if it's not permanent, it's awful.

[She pauses for a moment, thoughtful.]

And even beyond the obvious, it feels wrong to take away somebody's chance to get their wish, you know? Some of them are really important.

[tootsiepop]

... I understand your point of view. But remember that this is a competition. Only one god will win, and not everyone can have their wish granted.

[Hm.]

[requiemed]

[She sighs.]

I know. I just wish... people would find less awful ways to compete. You know?

[tootsiepop]

I know.

[Echoing that sigh.]

Ambition said murder was never an obligatory part of this competition... But the chain of deaths can't seem to stop by themselves.

[requiemed]

[As her frown deepens, she nods.]

I wish there was something I could do... Or something that all of us could do.