[network] Event: Long & Lost [NIGHT 217]

[snowblindmods]

it's been so long between the words we spoke
will you be there up on the shore, I hope

[Make sure to note any specific warnings in your subject lines!]

Comments

[bookofnope]

[Beckett snorts slightly.] Me, the worst ever? You have a very limited sense of what evil is. Which is part of why you shouldn't aspire to it.

[rattlingthestars]

Do you think being evil's the only way you can drive people off?

[bookofnope]

Oh, no. You could also be a bitter old man with a plethora of existential issues and a history of biting people's fingers off - except even that didn't work for me, so I'm not sure what you think you can do. [He snorts.] It's much harder to drive people off than you think, lad. Much, much harder.

[rattlingthestars]

Tell that to my old man.

You got really lucky, and Zell's special anyway. I know that, it's just. Sometimes I don't know I know that.

[bookofnope]

Ah, of course. Sins of the father. Join the club.

[He's been nice for too long, clearly it's time to be an ass again.]

It isn't luck. It's just how people are. You'll understand when you're older.

[rattlingthestars]

Sorry to hear that, I guess.

If I have to be as old as you, I'm never going to understand.

[ Walked into that one, Beckett. ]

You sound pretty optimistic about people for ... well, you.

[bookofnope]

Oh, it isn't my club. It's just a very well populated one, here as elsewhere. You'd think there's be a support group.

[This may or may not be a recommendation.]

The difference between telling the unvarnished truth and just being an ass is the recognition that not all truths are bad. Though I leave it to you to ask yourself whether it's optimistic to recognise that even the worst people can keep some people on their side.

[rattlingthestars]

What's a support group?

[ Give it up, Beckett, it's hopeless. ]

Guess you've got a point there. So how do you know that you deserve to have people in your corner, then, even if they're there?

[bookofnope]

The network, I sometimes think. Not a very good one.

[Hello my name is Beckett and I'm trapped in Snowhell with my inner demons? ... no.]

You give up on the question of deserving and trust your friends' judgement. Or you develop some basic self-confidence, whichever comes first.

[rattlingthestars]

Thanks, that answers that question. Not.

[ Damn it, Beckett, explain the future knowledge! ]

Both of those sound like a pain.