pc catchall with connor (tootsiepop)

[requiemed]

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[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.

[tootsiepop]

So do I. There has to be something that can be done to put an end to this. But we've failed to discover it so far.

[requiemed]

[There's a pause as she debates the best way to answer that, but...]

You don't have to say it like that. You haven't failed any more than the rest of us have.

[tootsiepop]

I am failing at my intended purpose, however.

[requiemed]

You’re doing everything you can. It isn’t your fault other people are assholes, Connor. Seriously.

[tootsiepop]

You're aware my programming disagrees with that statement.

[requiemed]

Maybe your programming could chill for ten seconds and admit that I'm right.

[tootsiepop]

You know that's not how it works, Zoe.

[requiemed]

Yeah, I know. A girl can dream.

[...]

Hey, Connor?

[tootsiepop]

... Yes?

[requiemed]

I know you think you're not doing enough here for people. But - I think you've helped me a lot more than you realize.