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Dagny ([personal profile] dagnyology) wrote in [community profile] futurology2016-05-14 07:00 pm

VIDEO -> TEXT. UN: DAGNY.

[ Dagny's face appears on the network. Behind her are snowy plains, where small gnomes are jumping and playing. Her face is flushed from the cold, but she smiles. ]

Hello! I hope you're all doing well! The Timeline has finally computed your mission objective — sorry it took so long! Sometimes he gets a little slow. Now, I know he may seem— different, but he's always been correct! Just... ah, be careful when talking to him? He's a learning machine, and all he really knows is about missions, so sometimes he says some strange things when he goes off topic. But don't worry! He tries his best. I'll connect you to him now.

TIMELINE.EXE IS PROGRAMMED TO RELEASE MISSION PARAMETERS. MISSION OBSERVATION IS COMPLETE AND RESULTS FOR MISSION: Nalawi ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Hello World ( ゚▽゚)/ Take the hassle and confusion out of the
Mission,
Try this One Weird Trick!

To help NALAWI, you will need to DEFEAT the GODDESS NALANNI so the energy can return to the world.* In doing so, the people of NALAWI will LOSE THEIR POWERS but the world will continue on. If this objective is not reached, NALAWI will BURN OUT PREMATURELY.

*NOTE FROM TIMELINE.EXE: Giant squid of the Sea, too
2 or 0 Not 1! Thank you


[OOC NOTE: This will serve as an IC discussion post. The OOC discussion post is here!]
agrizzlysin: (and all i got was this stupid helmet)

[personal profile] agrizzlysin 2016-05-21 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
Because our sins have fatal consequences.

[And since Ban has made up his mind to go off and kill some goddesses, this is pretty darn relevant.]

He's going to kill someone. Or die. And it has nothing to do with you. [King waves a hand dismissively.] That's just how terrible people say goodbye.
winces: (( seventy-five ))

[personal profile] winces 2016-05-21 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ it has nothing to do with you.

she doesn't think there is a sentiment crueler than this, but she knows, just as well, that she has no business feeling stung by it. the words are harsh, but they are true, and it's a truth olivia needed to hear in this moment. perhaps even for a while now.

there is still so much she doesn't know about ban. and king. and the handful of other people within alastair who have so easily managed to affect her life, who have thus far evaded every attempt she's made to return the favor. will she ever know enough?

is it even her place to?

she lets out a brief, helpless sound. tears prick at the corners of her eyes, shoulders lifting in a gesture that feels as hopeless as this conversation. ]


I don't know what I'm supposed to do, [ she admits in a tiny whisper. it has nothing to do with her, but to sit back and do nothing still felt incredibly wrong. ]
agrizzlysin: (not anymore she doesn't)

[personal profile] agrizzlysin 2016-05-21 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
You're supposed to get ready for what happens next. You don't have to agree with any of it, but you have to survive it at the very least.

[Which is, more or less, what Ban's trying to say. Just less douchey.]

You're... a pretty decent healer, right? What else can you do?
winces: (( fifteen ))

[personal profile] winces 2016-05-22 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ but what if, she wants to ask, what if what happens next is not something she can stomach?

perhaps that's the point.

perhaps there are some battles she shouldn't even attempt to fight. ]


I can dance. [ she laughs at herself, a hollow, choked sound. ] I can sing. I have a sword and I have a lion cub.

[ she shrugs her shoulders helplessly.

she has nothing. ]
agrizzlysin: (this is how many brain cells you have)

[personal profile] agrizzlysin 2016-05-22 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
[King doesn't miss a beat. If all that amounts to nothing, then King has negative assets right now.]

So you're light on your feet, have excellent rhythm, can project your voice, and consistently train your body.
winces: (( fifteen ))

[personal profile] winces 2016-05-24 01:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ she opens her mouth, ready to protest, but finds she doesn't have much of one after all.

quietly, she withdraws, looking mildly petulant. ]


...you're giving me too much credit.
agrizzlysin: (but what if merlin and ban outfit swap)

[personal profile] agrizzlysin 2016-05-25 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
You're saying you can't step in whenever someone's injured and get them someplace safe?
winces: (( twenty-seven ))

[personal profile] winces 2016-05-31 01:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ she sputters. ]

O-Of course I can..! I'd never leave someone if I could help it!
agrizzlysin: (my entire life is a practical joke)

[personal profile] agrizzlysin 2016-06-02 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
So scour the battlefield for injured, and make sure they survive until you can get them to Sieglinde. It sounds like that's what would fit you best.
winces: (( forty ))

[personal profile] winces 2016-06-05 12:37 pm (UTC)(link)
But I—

[ there she is, ready to protest again. ready to insist upon her uselessness, to reassert herself into this space that she has come to resign herself to.

but he makes a point. and, more than that, he's working so far to make it in the first place that olivia stops long enough to realize the crueler thing would be to disregard it — not for her sake, but for his.

and so she quiets, and a tiny smile curls at her lips. ]


...Thank you, King. I guess you're right.
agrizzlysin: (bitch i'm the fairy king)

[personal profile] agrizzlysin 2016-06-13 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
Of course. [He puffs up, just a tiny bit. Admidst all this chaos, he allows for a quick taste of humor.] Unlike some people, I actually think before I open my mouth.
winces: (( twelve ))

[personal profile] winces 2016-06-14 09:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[ it actually brings a little smile to her lips. ]

I guess I do have a bad habit of that, [ she concedes, in the same playful tone. whether or not he really means to talk about her, she doesn't mind taking a jab at herself anyway. ]
agrizzlysin: (you wish your weapon was this fluffy)

[personal profile] agrizzlysin 2016-06-16 07:13 am (UTC)(link)
[He'd been talking about Ban, but oh well. Her smile is something of a victory at least.]

Habits can be broken.

[Something he's been repeatedly telling himself for a while now.]
winces: (( twenty-six ))

[personal profile] winces 2016-06-18 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
...that's true. Especially with some help.

[ nudge nudge ]
agrizzlysin: (so happy for you i could cry)

[personal profile] agrizzlysin 2016-06-22 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe we can talk about that... after the battle ends.
winces: (( twenty-four ))

[personal profile] winces 2016-06-22 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
...I'd like that.

Thank you, King.
agrizzlysin: (boxers or briefs?)

[personal profile] agrizzlysin 2016-06-24 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
I owe you at least this much. It's fine.
winces: (( twenty-two ))

[personal profile] winces 2016-06-24 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
You don't really...
agrizzlysin: (get a room ban i'm trying to angst)

[personal profile] agrizzlysin 2016-06-27 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
[But if he doesn't say something like that, it means he cares about a human, and that's not cool, Olivia.]

...Until then.
winces: (( seventy-seven ))

[personal profile] winces 2016-06-27 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[ omg not u too, king ]

Take care, King.