Lyra and Maskwraith

[19:03] <Lyra_Bel> "I'll take a break when I'm done. Just gotta get the Abyss outta the way so I can beat the Queen. Then I'll rest."
[19:04] <doomed_nick> rest AFTER THE QUEEN?! oh dear you have no idea do you?!
[19:05] <doomed_nick> we basically all died during the KING
[19:05] <doomed_nick> we couldn't handle the queen!
[19:05] <doomed_nick> we didn't win
[19:05] <Lyra_Bel> That's because you've still got the Abyss.
[19:05] <doomed_nick> well... there's also the personal relationships conflicts... inner problems... this faerzen not helping me out... and you
[19:06] <doomed_nick> you.
[19:06] <Lyra_Bel> Me.
[19:06] <doomed_nick> really... could we sit down? my legs are killing me
[19:06] <doomed_nick> ughhh... having electricity run trough you most of the day doesn't do good for your body
[19:07] <Lyra_Bel> Go for it.
[19:07] <doomed_nick> well... as i was saying... YOU
[19:07]  * Lyra_Bel scribbles a chair behind her to sit upon
[19:07]  * doomed_nick sits on the ground crosslegged
[19:07] <doomed_nick> youyouyouyouyou.
[19:07] <doomed_nick> its just... incredible
[19:07] <Lyra_Bel> S'not my fault what happened to you
[19:08] <doomed_nick> you arent much of the... sociable kind... are you?
[19:08] <doomed_nick> well... yeah... its juan's fault
[19:08] <doomed_nick> somehow
[19:08] <Lyra_Bel> Look
[19:09] <doomed_nick> really lyra, you fucked up a lot of stuff back then in our timeline
[19:09]  * doomed_nick decaptchalogues a broken and dented shield
[19:09] <doomed_nick> looks familiar?
[19:09] <Lyra_Bel> ...
[19:09] <Lyra_Bel> Not.  My.  Fault.
[19:10] <doomed_nick> yes it was my dear. not entirely, but you drove him into it
[19:10] <doomed_nick> you completely drove him into his death... alex is going to do whatever you tell him to...
[19:10] <doomed_nick> tell him to jump a bridge because it'll help the "mission"
[19:10] <doomed_nick> he'll do it
[19:10]  * doomed_nick decaptchalogues another different broken shield
[19:11] <doomed_nick> i saw it happen many times...
[19:11] <Lyra_Bel> How?
[19:11] <Lyra_Bel> What ARE you?
[19:11] <doomed_nick> a little gift i got from... juan
[19:11] <doomed_nick> im NICKOLAI
[19:11] <doomed_nick> NICK
[19:12]  * doomed_nick laughts
[19:12] <doomed_nick> well... A nick. not the one that should be here... make sure to not to mention this to him... he would totally freak out
[19:14] <doomed_nick> there's like.... what. a bunch of discarded realities where everything went to shit? this one is pretty nice... the right one to be exact. nick is somewhere on prospit kissing the fuck out of faerzen and alex may or may not get a dragon.
[19:14] <doomed_nick> but you are here.
[19:15] <doomed_nick> you need to have quite the talk with the rest of us.... even though we are in the middle of this mess, it still means we can relax
[19:15] <Lyra_Bel> Getting us out is what I'm doing.
[19:15] <doomed_nick> otherwise... you would end up like a ball of stress.
[19:15] <Lyra_Bel> And that starts with the queen.
[19:15] <doomed_nick> or you would go insane.
[19:15] <doomed_nick> no it doesn't
[19:16] <doomed_nick> the queen is too big of an asset to handle now
[19:16] <Lyra_Bel> "asset"?
[19:16] <doomed_nick> this is a game of chess...
[19:17] <doomed_nick> yeah... the queen is a powerful piece... but you cant attempt to take it in the first turn
[19:17] <Lyra_Bel> That's not what I'm doing
[19:17]  * doomed_nick licks his bloodstained arm
[19:17] <Lyra_Bel> If this is chess, and she's a queen
[19:18] <Lyra_Bel> Then I'm not playing to get rid of her
[19:18] <doomed_nick> hah. what is that... the "every move would fuck you up, so you dont move" method?
[19:18] <Lyra_Bel> Zugzwang
[19:18]  * doomed_nick stands up
[19:18] <Lyra_Bel> Which is where the queen is.
[19:19] <doomed_nick> that's a good point... yes
[19:19]  * doomed_nick aproaches lyra
[19:19]  * Lyra_Bel dismisses the chair and starts backing up again
[19:20] <doomed_nick> i must admit i had forgotten how much of a cold strategist you were
[19:20]  * doomed_nick keeps aproaching
[19:20] <Lyra_Bel> I'm not strategic.  I'm an idiot.
[19:21] <Lyra_Bel> Remember?
[19:21] <Lyra_Bel> The Fool?
[19:21] <doomed_nick> the fool?
[19:21]  * doomed_nick starts laughting again
[19:21] <Lyra_Bel> Reversed
[19:21] <Lyra_Bel> Blake.
[19:21] <doomed_nick> ...perhaps... perhaps not
[19:22]  * doomed_nick decaptchalogues a shortsword and pins lyra's dress into the ground
[19:22] <doomed_nick> 1
[19:22]  * doomed_nick proceeds to mockingly stab the ground with a bunch of other swords
[19:22] <doomed_nick> 2
[19:23] <doomed_nick> 4
[19:23] <doomed_nick> 5
[19:23] <doomed_nick> 3
[19:23] <doomed_nick> do you know where this is going?
[19:23] <Lyra_Bel> ...
[19:23] <doomed_nick> im still missing a few
[19:23] <Lyra_Bel> Ten.
[19:23]  * doomed_nick stabs closer to lyra
[19:23] <Lyra_Bel> The ten of swords.
[19:23] <doomed_nick> 6
[19:23] <doomed_nick> exactly
[19:23] <Lyra_Bel> You're gonna erase me.
[19:24] <Lyra_Bel> Gonna break me so hard there's no coming back.
[19:24]  * doomed_nick does a fucking pyrouette and stabs the ground with the remaining swords
[19:24] <doomed_nick> break you?
[19:24] <doomed_nick> nah... i did that to the lyra that refused to be helpful
[19:24] <doomed_nick> its your blood anyways
[19:24]  * doomed_nick licks the bloodstained arm anyways
[19:24] <doomed_nick> *again
[19:25] <Lyra_Bel> Right
[19:25] <doomed_nick> anyways... im not here to erase you, you bitch
[19:25] <Lyra_Bel> Ripped out my heart and made me eat it.
[19:25] <Lyra_Bel> Screw you for that, by the way
[19:25] <doomed_nick> yep.
[19:26] <Lyra_Bel> Other-me deserved a better way to go
[19:26] <doomed_nick> thanks :)
[19:26] <doomed_nick> that's the only thing you deserved at that point
[19:26] <Lyra_Bel> Ouch
[19:27] <Lyra_Bel> See, that's where things start to hurt me
[19:27] <doomed_nick> you have to let go sometimes
[19:27] <Lyra_Bel> The idea that I would ever have made it to the point where something like that is what I deserved
[19:27] <doomed_nick> things happen. so what?!
[19:27] <doomed_nick> hahahahahahhaha!
[19:27] <Lyra_Bel> I'm mostly ticked off at you, though
[19:28] <Lyra_Bel> You had to go and give me the stupidest death ever
[19:28] <Lyra_Bel> Come on!
[19:28] <Lyra_Bel> It's LAME!
[19:28] <doomed_nick> ...the term is most frequently used to describe a strategy in chess whereby one player is forced to make a move they do not wish to make
[19:28] <doomed_nick> stupidest death?
[19:29] <doomed_nick> c'mon. i reserved those for the others
[19:29] <doomed_nick> i gave you the "flashiest" demise, girl
[19:29] <Lyra_Bel> If that's the best one there was
[19:29] <Lyra_Bel> Then I think that says more about you than it does about me
[19:30] <doomed_nick> you sort of grew into me after a while. we were good friends for a while
[19:30] <Lyra_Bel> And then you ruined it all with the lamest murder ever
[19:30] <doomed_nick> if i werent like 8 years older than you i would hug you right now
[19:31] <Lyra_Bel> I appreciate it
[19:31] <doomed_nick> because you really need it
[19:31] <Lyra_Bel> I do not need a hug.
[19:31] <doomed_nick> it wasn't the lamest murder
[19:31] <doomed_nick> petrus just had his throat slit
[19:31] <Lyra_Bel> I stand corrected
[19:31] <doomed_nick> yes you do. and not from me
[19:31] <Lyra_Bel> You have managed to surpass even your own failure
[19:32] <Lyra_Bel> You aren't all that good at the Darkest Timeline stuff, are you?
[19:32] <doomed_nick> thanks. i exist for the sole purpose of not existing
[19:32] <doomed_nick> not really... not that much, actually, im tired...
[19:32] <doomed_nick> i havent slept in weeks
[19:32] <Lyra_Bel> Aww, you poor thing
[19:32] <Lyra_Bel> Nothing goes right for you, eh?
[19:32]  * doomed_nick makes a mock frown
[19:33] <doomed_nick> yeah... nothing did
[19:33] <doomed_nick> anyways... do you still want to kick the dragon girl?
[19:33] <Lyra_Bel> Who?
[19:33] <doomed_nick> your server player
[19:33] <Lyra_Bel> Oh, her
[19:33] <Lyra_Bel> Meh
[19:33] <Lyra_Bel> I don't even really care anymore
[19:33]  * doomed_nick grips the handle of one of the swords and removes it from the ground
[19:34] <doomed_nick> but do you?
[19:34]  * doomed_nick throws the sword away
[19:34] <Lyra_Bel> No.  I very emphatically do not.
[19:34] <Lyra_Bel> She's probably dead anyway
[19:34] <doomed_nick> and why is that?
[19:34] <doomed_nick> she indeed is
[19:35] <Lyra_Bel> Totally called it
[19:35] <doomed_nick> yep, you quite did
[19:35] <Lyra_Bel> Can't even let me have that much
[19:35]  * doomed_nick grips and releases another sword
[19:35] <doomed_nick> what do you fear lyra?
[19:35] <Lyra_Bel> Hmm
[19:35] <Lyra_Bel> Lemme think
[19:36] <Lyra_Bel> Dying in as stupid a way as poor other-me did, for one thing
[19:36] <doomed_nick> you are not getting it.
[19:36] <Lyra_Bel> If you're gonna kill someone, at least be creative about it
[19:36] <doomed_nick> she is not relevant
[19:36] <Lyra_Bel> No, YOU'RE not getting it
[19:36] <doomed_nick> let her go
[19:36] <Lyra_Bel> Listen to me!
[19:36] <doomed_nick> i am listening
[19:37] <doomed_nick> go ahead.
[19:37] <doomed_nick> i want to see what else you have to say
[19:37] <Lyra_Bel> You're the darkest Nickolai.  The ultimate evil version.  The one everything happened to, the one where nothing went right, the wretch, the sufferer
[19:37] <Lyra_Bel> Since this game just loves letting me pick names for my enemies, let's call you Maskwraith
[19:37] <doomed_nick> well... yeah, im keeping it cool in here.
[19:37] <doomed_nick> good name
[19:37] <doomed_nick> i like it
[19:37] <Lyra_Bel> Of course you do, I'm obviously fantastic at picking names for stuff
[19:38] <doomed_nick> you indeed were back then too
[19:38] <Lyra_Bel> My point is, if there's an ubersatan Nick, then there's another world or alternate dimension or whatever, where the same thing happened to me.
[19:38]  * doomed_nick removes another sword from the ground
[19:38] <doomed_nick> yep. same timeline
[19:38] <doomed_nick> somehow
[19:38] <Lyra_Bel> A me who's a lot stronger than you are.
[19:38] <doomed_nick> HA!
[19:38] <doomed_nick> ...sorry...
[19:39] <doomed_nick> go ahead
[19:39] <Lyra_Bel> Don't apologize, just THINK!
[19:39] <Lyra_Bel> I've got as much access to the Abyss as Nick does.  I have the pen, and Regent, and I'm a whole lot more *creative* than you are, too
[19:39] <Lyra_Bel> I mean come on, you made me eat my own heart?
[19:39] <doomed_nick> abyss abyss abyssabbyss abyss
[19:40] <Lyra_Bel> I can add functioning BODY PARTS!
[19:40] <Lyra_Bel> Give you whole new senses, just for me to assault them using whatever medium I choose
[19:40] <doomed_nick> great. seems like quite a dealbreaker
[19:40] <Lyra_Bel> Carve out your eyes and replace them with my own versions
[19:40] <Lyra_Bel> Bombard you with the regents so even your mind isn't a safe haven
[19:40]  * doomed_nick decaptchalogues a brown pen  and draws some demon horns on himself
[19:41] <doomed_nick> i have killed a bunch of them
[19:41] <doomed_nick> anyways....
[19:41] <Lyra_Bel> I'm not done.
[19:41] <Lyra_Bel> I could fill in any scars I leave, permanently brand you as my *canvas*, my sounding board for every sick little concept that pops into my head.
[19:42] <doomed_nick> then go fucking ahead
[19:42] <doomed_nick> make me proud. its not like i wasnt going to offer art lessons to you
[19:42]  * Lyra_Bel blinks
[19:42] <Lyra_Bel> Wh-what?
[19:42] <doomed_nick> well... he is
[19:43] <doomed_nick> nick is still sleeping in the gas station
[19:43] <doomed_nick> refine your art or something
[19:43] <Lyra_Bel> No
[19:43] <Lyra_Bel> No, you don't get to do that
[19:43] <Lyra_Bel> You can't just show up, threaten a bunch of vague garbage, then say "oh by the way this other dude will help you"
[19:43] <doomed_nick> we arent getting nowhere in here are we?
[19:44] <doomed_nick> its because the other dude its not... "me"
[19:44] <doomed_nick> you get that? this is the good timeline
[19:44] <Lyra_Bel> Not from my point of view
[19:44] <doomed_nick> right now
[19:44] <doomed_nick> things get better
[19:44] <doomed_nick> eventually
[19:44] <Lyra_Bel> I don't believe you
[19:45] <doomed_nick> why not?
[19:45] <Lyra_Bel> Because that's not how it works
[19:45] <doomed_nick> i could show you
[19:45] <Lyra_Bel> You could try.
[19:45] <doomed_nick> do you want to see some happy stuff or not?
[19:46] <Lyra_Bel> ...
[19:46] <Lyra_Bel> Fine
[19:46] <doomed_nick> really, there's even a reality were we win the game and you marry-- nope. spoilers
[19:46] <Lyra_Bel> Come on.  We both know that's not going to happen.
[19:46] <doomed_nick> hah.
[19:47] <doomed_nick> dont bet on it. i have a daughter anyways.
[19:47]  * Lyra_Bel frowns in confusion
[19:47] <doomed_nick> well... there are many versions of her
[19:48] <doomed_nick> you know how time works
[19:48] <Lyra_Bel> What does that-?  Never mind
[19:48] <Lyra_Bel> I think I do.
[19:48]  * doomed_nick grips and de-sticks more swords from the ground
[19:48] <Lyra_Bel> Doubt I got the specifics down, based on how Sabath works
[19:48] <Lyra_Bel> But I think I do
[19:48] <doomed_nick> imagine evergrowing roots of a tree
[19:49] <doomed_nick> and make it twice as complicated
[19:49] <doomed_nick> that's time
[19:49] <Lyra_Bel> 'Kay
[19:49] <doomed_nick> alright... do you want to see nice stuff?
[19:49]  * doomed_nick extends hand
[19:49] <Lyra_Bel> If it exists, sure
[19:49]  * Lyra_Bel takes hand
[19:50]  * doomed_nick pulls lyra close and fiddles around with a... watch thing, you arent sure what it is
[19:51] <Lyra_Bel> Seriously?  Your time machine is a vortex manipulator?
[19:51] <doomed_nick> <you find yourself on a house... everyone seems to be sitting around a bunch of couches and there's snacks and everything, are they... watching a movie? why the fuck would they do that?! they have a queen to kill!>
[19:51] <doomed_nick> it's juans
[19:51]  * doomed_nick fiddles around with the thing some more
[19:52] <doomed_nick> <there's an scene where an... older lyra is just sitting around reading something, people walk around a house and one rather tall guy that looks like alex aproaches to quickly kiss her cheek>
[19:53] <doomed_nick> so romantic
[19:53] <Lyra_Bel> You can't be serious
[19:53]  * doomed_nick fiddles around with the thing some more
[19:53] <doomed_nick> <you return to the crystal room thing>
[19:54] <doomed_nick> yep. that was a thing. somewhere, in a reality
[19:54] <doomed_nick> as possible as you matching with the troll girl, or the fat one
[19:54] <doomed_nick> or the mafia dude
[19:54] <Lyra_Bel> Who?
[19:54] <doomed_nick> or even faerzen
[19:54] <doomed_nick> sigh...
[19:54] <doomed_nick> tarane, byron, juan, faerzen
[19:54] <doomed_nick> the other players. you'll get to know them eventually
[19:55] <doomed_nick> well... im sure you already know them by this point
[19:55] <doomed_nick> some of them?
[19:55] <Lyra_Bel> Eh
[19:55] <Lyra_Bel> A handful
[19:55] <doomed_nick> that's good
[19:55] <doomed_nick> so... tell me. what was ridiculous about that scene where the tall guy kissed you?
[19:56] <Lyra_Bel> There's no way I'd stand for that
[19:56] <doomed_nick> its obvious you wont
[19:56] <doomed_nick> no one forced you into anything! that's just a... possibility
[19:56] <doomed_nick> i could show you the same scene with EVERYONE
[19:57] <doomed_nick> well... some things change, that's for sure. but... you know where im going from
[19:57] <Lyra_Bel> You can make up something at random, basically
[19:57] <doomed_nick> not really
[19:57] <doomed_nick> it somehow has to make sense
[19:57] <Lyra_Bel> Well that one didn't
[19:57]  * doomed_nick shrugs
[19:58] <doomed_nick> neither does the one where i kiss you
[19:58] <Lyra_Bel> Yes.  That's also not a thing that could happen.
[19:58] <doomed_nick> but... that's besides the point
[19:58] <Lyra_Bel> No, I think it sums up the point pretty cleanly
[19:58] <doomed_nick> the point is... stuff happens, stuff comes to an end, and you have to accept it or some bullshit like that
[19:58] <Lyra_Bel> You could be showing me anything at all
[19:59] <doomed_nick> not really.
[19:59] <Lyra_Bel> In that infinity, there's gotta be something that convinces me to listen to you
[19:59] <doomed_nick> no there isn't
[19:59] <Lyra_Bel> And why not?
[19:59] <doomed_nick> the only thing that does convince you is yourself
[19:59]  * doomed_nick takes lyra and fidgets with the time thing some more
[20:00]  * Lyra_Bel is quiet
[20:00] <doomed_nick> <you see this older nick brutaly ripping apart your chest and taking the heart out from it. and after a few moments he begins jamming it down your... well... her mouth>
[20:01] <doomed_nick> <you find yourself back in the crystal place>
[20:01] <doomed_nick> no one wants that to happen
[20:01] <doomed_nick> and im probably not the right person to... talk about it
[20:01] <Lyra_Bel> ...
[20:01] <doomed_nick> in fact, im the worst person to talk about this sorts of things
[20:02] <Lyra_Bel> That poor kid...
[20:02] <doomed_nick> kid?
[20:02] <doomed_nick> you still off talking about me?
[20:02] <Lyra_Bel> Or adult.  Or whatever
[20:02] <Lyra_Bel> I think it was s'posed to be Alex
[20:03] <doomed_nick> value. fucking. yourself.
[20:03] <Lyra_Bel> Did he know?
[20:03] <doomed_nick> yes.
[20:03] <doomed_nick> he tried to kill me for it
[20:03] <Lyra_Bel> What?  No, not the heart thing
[20:04] <Lyra_Bel> Though I'm sure he figured I'd do the same for him
[20:04] <doomed_nick> ...
[20:04] <Lyra_Bel> Which I would have, of course
[20:04] <Lyra_Bel> The other scene.  With the... book
[20:04] <doomed_nick> oh?
[20:04] <Lyra_Bel> Did he know?
[20:04] <doomed_nick> ...did he know what?
[20:05] <doomed_nick> that you wouldn't kiss back?
[20:05] <Lyra_Bel> ... Sure.  Let's go with that.
[20:05] <doomed_nick> well...
[20:05] <doomed_nick> its...  hard to explain how that timeline went
[20:06] <doomed_nick> specially since its basically doomed in first place
[20:06] <Lyra_Bel> Try anyway
[20:06] <doomed_nick> i cant. i wasnt there to see it happen
[20:06] <Lyra_Bel> Go back and find out
[20:07] <doomed_nick> im not saying that you should go and kiss alex or something and everything will be fixed.
[20:07] <doomed_nick> i cant
[20:07] <doomed_nick> that's not how this thing works
[20:07] <Lyra_Bel> You said you wanted me to see something happy
[20:07] <Lyra_Bel> Tell me if he knew
[20:07] <doomed_nick> atleast not this one
[20:07] <doomed_nick> well... what do you want to see?
[20:08] <Lyra_Bel> I want to see if he- forget it.  Not important
[20:08] <doomed_nick> im just visiting anyways
[20:08] <doomed_nick> is it not important?
[20:08] <Lyra_Bel> Not important enough to waste time on.
[20:09] <doomed_nick> take time on little details
[20:10] <Lyra_Bel> Just show me something else
[20:10] <doomed_nick> you are either removing swords... or gaining some right now
[20:10] <Lyra_Bel> Does it matter?
[20:10] <Lyra_Bel> We both know I'm heading towards ten either way
[20:10] <doomed_nick> not really...
[20:10] <doomed_nick> right now
[20:10] <doomed_nick> you are at 8
[20:11] <Lyra_Bel> Okay
[20:11] <Lyra_Bel> So?
[20:11] <doomed_nick> you... know what that means?
[20:11] <Lyra_Bel> Oblivion
[20:11] <Lyra_Bel> A loss so completely utter than it makes nothing else matter at all
[20:11] <doomed_nick> not really
[20:12] <Lyra_Bel> Well then Pact lied to me
[20:12] <doomed_nick> its not really oblivion if you imposed it upon yourself
[20:12] <doomed_nick> it may seem like there's no way out
[20:13] <doomed_nick> perhaps its not a... "move and you lose" situation
[20:13] <Lyra_Bel> What, no
[20:13] <Lyra_Bel> Dude, pay attention
[20:13] <Lyra_Bel> The queen's in Zugzwang
[20:13] <Lyra_Bel> I'm winning
[20:13] <doomed_nick> but is she?
[20:14] <Lyra_Bel> Yes
[20:14] <Lyra_Bel> Yes she is
[20:14] <doomed_nick> :)
[20:14] <doomed_nick> that's determination. right there
[20:15] <doomed_nick> that's something good
[20:15] <Lyra_Bel> ...
[20:15] <Lyra_Bel> Seriously?
[20:15] <doomed_nick> yep. just get some chill time. soon
[20:15] <doomed_nick> and everything will be fine
[20:15] <Lyra_Bel> We've been over this
[20:15] <Lyra_Bel> I'll do that after I deal with Abyss
[20:15] <doomed_nick> everyone deserves to rest once in a while... you have had quite the... QUITE the journey
[20:16] <doomed_nick> you can do it before dealing with it
[20:16] <doomed_nick> abyss is going nowhere
[20:16] <Lyra_Bel> The issue isn't really Abyss so much as getting to it before I next get to Derse
[20:16] <doomed_nick> then dont go to sleep yet
[20:17] <doomed_nick> nick will wake up in a few hours... you could discuss it with him and you would talk to the maks right there
[20:17] <Lyra_Bel> I don't want to talk to Nick
[20:17] <doomed_nick> why not?
[20:18] <Lyra_Bel> Because then I'll end up taking Abyss and making another stupid deal with it
[20:18] <doomed_nick> ...then dont make a deal
[20:19] <Lyra_Bel> We both know I don't have the kind of self-control needed to do that
[20:19] <doomed_nick> anyways... you should just need to realize you have CHOICES
[20:19] <doomed_nick> you do have it
[20:19] <doomed_nick> you simply dont see it yet
[20:20] <doomed_nick> im just going to go... we are not going to get anywhere this way
[20:20] <Lyra_Bel> Please don't
[20:20] <doomed_nick> my words will be of no use anyways
[20:20] <doomed_nick> ...
[20:20] <doomed_nick> excuse me?
[20:20] <Lyra_Bel> I said... please don't go
[20:21] <doomed_nick> well then. im not going
[20:21] <Lyra_Bel> Just... just once.  Show me something happy that could really happen
[20:21] <doomed_nick> what do you want lyra?
[20:21] <doomed_nick> ...
[20:21] <Lyra_Bel> I want to see us win
[20:21] <doomed_nick> come. take my hand again
[20:22]  * doomed_nick extends hand
[20:22] <Lyra_Bel> I want to see it's possible
[20:22]  * Lyra_Bel takes hand
[20:22] <Lyra_Bel> Please.
[20:22]  * doomed_nick sighs
[20:22]  * doomed_nick fiddles with the thing
[20:23] <doomed_nick> <you see yourself and other people standing on... floating lilypads... there seemed to be a war in here... but everything is calm now>
[20:23] <doomed_nick> there we go. we won
[20:23] <Lyra_Bel> This is it?
[20:23] <doomed_nick> boring stuff happens after this
[20:24] <Lyra_Bel> Fine, forget the boring stuff
[20:24] <Lyra_Bel> But at least tell me they're happy
[20:24] <Lyra_Bel> Nobody died to make this possible
[20:24] <Lyra_Bel> Nobody broke
[20:24] <doomed_nick> exactly.
[20:24] <doomed_nick> want to know why lyra?
[20:24] <Lyra_Bel> Why?
[20:25] <doomed_nick> because we did it as a team... we eventually sat down as a big weird family and planned against the king
[20:25] <doomed_nick> <you find yourself back in the crystalized room>
[20:26] <Lyra_Bel> The king.
[20:26] <doomed_nick> well... I didn't... but... they did.
[20:26] <Lyra_Bel> Hey
[20:26] <Lyra_Bel> Dude
[20:26] <Lyra_Bel> Don't be like that
[20:26] <doomed_nick> oh... you wanted to see the queen?
[20:26] <Lyra_Bel> Don't care about her
[20:26] <Lyra_Bel> Look
[20:27] <Lyra_Bel> Show me your world
[20:27] <doomed_nick> ...
[20:27]  * doomed_nick fiddles with the thing
[20:27] <doomed_nick> ill show you my room...
[20:27] <doomed_nick> its the first point i had... saved in there
[20:28] <doomed_nick> <you find yourself in a dark room, stacks of papers sit around desks and in the middle of the room there's a young man strapped to a chair with cables all over him, there's a woman taking notes>
[20:29] <doomed_nick> there we go... my room, isn't it cozy?
[20:29] <Lyra_Bel> Let me guess
[20:29] <doomed_nick> <you see the cables light up as the man is shocked, a guttural scream comes from his throat>
[20:29] <Lyra_Bel> That's Faerzen, trying to understand what's wrong with you
[20:30] <doomed_nick> <you find yourself back on the crystal room>
[20:30] <doomed_nick> she gave up long ago...
[20:30] <doomed_nick> she still does it for some reason
[20:31] <doomed_nick> the nick in this line is basically fixed already
[20:31] <doomed_nick> alright.
[20:31] <doomed_nick> can i go now?
[20:31] <doomed_nick> i got places to be
[20:32] <Lyra_Bel> One more question
[20:32] <doomed_nick> a maskman to scare
[20:32] <doomed_nick> shoot
[20:32] <doomed_nick> quick
[20:32] <Lyra_Bel> Why?
[20:32] <doomed_nick> why what?
[20:32] <Lyra_Bel> Why this whole thing?
[20:32] <Lyra_Bel> Why Sabath?
[20:32] <doomed_nick> im afraid i cant quite answer that
[20:32] <doomed_nick> no one can
[20:33]  * doomed_nick basically lifts lyra and hugs her
[20:33] <doomed_nick> take care you crazy bitch, you have choices
[20:33]  * Lyra_Bel squirms in discomfort
[20:33]  * doomed_nick lets go of lyra
[20:33] <Lyra_Bel> I'll figure it out myself, then
[20:33] <Lyra_Bel> Thanks
[20:33] <Lyra_Bel> And sorry
[20:34] <doomed_nick> exactly the point
[20:34]  * Lyra_Bel blinks
[20:34] <Lyra_Bel> Wait what?
[20:34] <doomed_nick> well.... here, have a freebie
[20:34]  * doomed_nick throws a bottle of bright cyan gel to lyra
[20:34]  * doomed_nick leaves the room in the blink of an eye