> Paloma meets s!Flynnt.

[12:07] -- absoluteAltitude [AA] began trolling doubleGunslinger [DG] at 12:07 --
[12:08] -- absoluteAltitude, [AA,]  a bit battered from her recent run-in with the imp swarm, finally manages to get a little peace at the edge of a cliff. She walks along it, looking around and taking in the windy atmosphere. --
[12:09] -- doubleGunslinger [DG]  is lying down at some point close to the edge of said cliff, watching the sky. --
[12:09] -- absoluteAltitude [AA]  shields her eyes against the sun as she looks up, surprised to see the silhouette of another troll. She jogs up to them, calling out - --
[12:09] AA: <\ Hello! />
[12:10] -- doubleGunslinger [DG]  facepalms, then proceeding to close his eyes and pretend he's asleep. --
[12:10] -- absoluteAltitude, [AA,]  drawing closer, sees that it's Flynnt! --
[12:10] AA: <\ Hello! Flynnt! />
[12:11] AA: <\ ... are you all right? You can't lie down here, it isn't safe! />
[12:11] -- doubleGunslinger [DG]  doesn't answer. Doesn't move either. --
[12:12] -- absoluteAltitude [AA]  hesitates, crouching down next to him. --
[12:12] AA: <\ F, Flynnt? />
[12:13] DG: Yeah, yeah, I know my name.
[12:14] -- doubleGunslinger [DG]  turns to the side, eyes still closed --
[12:14] AA: <\ Are you okay? Y, you're not hurt, are you? />
[12:14] -- absoluteAltitude [AA]  reaches out to put a hand on Flynnt's shoulder, clearly concerned. --
[12:16] DG: I'm perfectly fine.
[12:17] DG: Now would you please stop caring?
[12:17] -- absoluteAltitude [AA]  pulls back a little, confused. --
[12:17] AA: <\ W, what? />
[12:17] DG: About others.
[12:18] AA: <\ Flynnt, I, I really think we should get you out of here and back to my hive... />
[12:18] DG: I mean, for fuck's sake, you're pretty screwed yourself. You're not Amaloc, you can see that.
[12:19] DG: Can't you try to save yourself for change, and luckily spare me the job of saving your ass again later?
[12:19] DG: Or are you trying to haul my ass back to your hive because you want a bodyguard for the ride?
[12:19] -- absoluteAltitude [AA]  looks down at her cuts and bruises, biting at her lip. --
[12:20] AA: <\ N, no, that's not it... I'm worried about you! />
[12:20] AA: <\ You're acting weird, Flynnt! />
[12:21] DG: Yeah, figured stating my mind would be acting weird.
[12:22] -- absoluteAltitude [AA]  pauses, staring at Flynnt. --
[12:22] AA: <\ That's... that's not what you really think, is it? />
[12:23] -- doubleGunslinger [DG]  opens his eyes, staring her down --
[12:23] DG: Did I fucking stutter?
[12:23] AA: <\ W, what's wrong with your eyes?! />
[12:24] -- absoluteAltitude [AA]  is gettin' scared now, and it shows on her face. --
[12:24] DG: Oh, good, you're fucking scared.
[12:24] DG: Maybe that's a good cue for you to run the fuck away back to your hive?
[12:24] -- absoluteAltitude [AA]  shakes her head, reaching out to this strange Flynnt again. --
[12:24] AA: <\ No! Something's wrong with you, Flynnt! />
[12:25] DG: Nah, there's something right.
[12:25] DG: That was wrong before, but I fixed.
[12:25] AA: <\ You're speaking nonsense! C, come on, let's go back to my hive, we'll contact Elizan and get you fixed up... />
[12:26] DG: Ok, what part of me needs fixing up?
[12:26] AA: <\ You're not yourself, Flynnt! You've gotta see that! />
[12:26] DG: You're thinking of plucking my eyes out so I can be more dependant to you?
[12:27] AA: <\ What?! No! Why would I-- />
[12:27] AA: <\ That's awful! />
[12:28] DG: Yeah, you just go "your eyes, your eyes, your eyes", like if my eyes were grey or something.
[12:28] AA: <\ T, they ARE grey! />
[12:29] DG: See?
[12:30] -- absoluteAltitude [AA]  shakes her head, disbelieving. --
[12:31] AA: <\ I... I'm not going to abandon you, Flynnt. />
[12:32] DG: Holy shit, you can't take a hint.
[12:33] AA: <\ Something is wrong with you! />
[12:33] AA: <\ Listen, if you don't want to move, just stay right there while I message Elizan. She'll know what to do. />
[12:33] DG: Look, it's not that I don't want to move.
[12:34] DG: It's that I really don't want the hassle of everyone fucking around me.
[12:34] DG: Or fucking around with me.
[12:34] AA: <\ I... I'm not trying to mess with you! />
[12:35] DG: Oh, for fuck's sake.
[12:37] AA: <\ Flynnt... />
[12:38] DG: Look, either you walk away or I walk away.
[12:39] DG: Wait, no, let's both walk away.
[12:40] -- absoluteAltitude [AA]  takes a deep breath. --
[12:40] AA: <\ No. Something's wrong. />
[12:40] AA: <\ And I'm going to contact Elizan now. />
[12:40] DG: Oh, seriously?
[12:40] AA: <\ Yes. />
[12:41] DG: Another problem you created in your own mind, yet you can't fucking solve it yourself and ask for someone else's help?
[12:41] AA: <\ ... she's a doctor, Flynnt. She'll know what to do about this. />
[12:41] AA: <\ I... I'm no doctor. />
[12:41] DG: Real fucking nice of you.
[12:41] DG: Yeah, way to pick on the troll that won't fight back.
[12:42] AA: <\ That's not... />
[12:42] DG: Look.
[12:42] DG: I've been telling you I'm really fucking fine, but no, you're still trying to tell yourself there's a problem.
[12:43] DG: YOU CAN'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG. But you still believe there's a problem.
[12:43] DG: Since you can't even figure out what's the fucking imaginary matter, you decided to call someone else to do it.
[12:43] DG: Have I been following this right so far?
[12:44] AA: <\ No! You're wrong! />
[12:44] DG: Yeah, then tell me what the fuck ever is wrong.
[12:44] AA: <\ Your eyes, Flynnt... they're grey. And you're acting like... />
[12:45] AA: <\ ... like someone who doesn't care at all. />
[12:45] DG: Yes, my eyes are grey. Congratulations finding that out, you once again proved you're not your moirail.
[12:46] DG: And I'm ACTING LIKE someone that doesn't care?
[12:46] DG: No.
[12:46] DG: See, that's the problem here.
[12:46] DG: Acting like someone.
[12:46] DG: No, I really don't give a fuck.
[12:46] DG: But I've acted like I did for a real long while.
[12:46] AA: <\ That's not true... />
[12:47] DG: Which is pretty much all the time on Alternia and even here.
[12:47] DG: Thankfully the unmasked Flynnt also lives in the medium, meaning at least ONE of us has their thinkpan on the right place.
[12:47] DG: That being me.
[12:48] AA: <\ W, what do you mean? />
[12:49] DG: Look, you're a lying dumbass that's acting all masked up and repressing a lot of things.
[12:50] DG: But in here, there is another you. One that actually says whatever there is in your mind. Same works for all the other trolls.
[12:50] DG: Congratulations, you just made me help you ONCE AGAIN.
[12:50] -- absoluteAltitude [AA]  looks as if she's been struck, as she puts two and two together. --
[12:50] AA: <\ ... no... you can't think like this, Flynnt. />
[12:50] DG: Now I'd be really fucking happy if you could start figuring things out for yourself.
[12:52] AA: <\ I know my friends, and you're one of them! />
[12:52] AA: <\ You're not like this, Flynnt! />
[12:52] DG: Yes, we all wear masks, and that makes other trolls wear masks, and wearing masks automatically makes the troll fuck up because he's not doing what he should be doing.
[12:53] DG: If Flynnt wasn't such an idiot back in Alternia, trying to help you out, your asshole of a friend would still be alive and you might have learned to fight back and defend yourself for once.
[12:54] AA: <\ L, listen to yourself! You're just talking nonsense now! />
[12:54] DG: ...Nah, you'd still be stupid, you'd be just enslaved around a little more. Not a big difference, really.
[12:54] DG: And yet another problem you made up in your head, trying to tell yourself it's a lie but still having no fucking evidence to support that claim.
[12:55] AA: <\ Flynnt had nothing to do with any of my friends dying! />
[12:56] DG: Holy shit, are you that friggin' dense?
[12:56] AA: <\ I trust my friends! />
[12:57] DG: Look, I'm going to hold your hand and help you walk through a miserable stupidity of a shitty puzzles tailored specially for imbeciles for the last fucking time, so listen well.
[12:57] DG: You remember he had hurt her whatever pretty bad, right?
[12:57] DG: Come on, tell me you at least remember that.
[12:58] AA: <\ She, she was hurt, but... />
[12:59] DG: Yes. Ever thought why she was hurt?
[12:59] DG: "Oh hey, I'm actually an asshole so I'll stab this shitface randomly. Yeah, that is really fun."
[01:00] AA: <\ That's not true! She said that a monster did it to her! />
[01:02] AA: <\ ((EXCEPT SHE ACTUALLY SAID:)) />
[01:03] AA: <\ But... but Flynnt wouldn't have killed her! />
[01:04] DG: Now, I'll ask again.
[01:04] DG: Ever thought WHY she was hurt?
[01:04] -- absoluteAltitude [AA]  bites her lip, looking away. --
[01:05] DG: Or you believe I went all "I guess I'll stab this troll for no reason. Funtimes."
[01:05] AA: <\ No, that couldn't have been it. />
[01:05] AA: <\ Maybe... maybe it was a misunderstanding. />
[01:07] DG: Yeah, that wasn't it.
[01:07] DG: SO WHAT WAS IT?
[01:07] -- absoluteAltitude [AA]  flinches. --
[01:07] DG: OR YOU SERIOUSLY WANT THE ANSWER TO THAT TOO?
[01:08] AA: <\ Flynnt, please! />
[01:08] AA: <\ You don't have to be this way! />
[01:11] DG: ...And I'm still waiting for the fucking answer.
[01:11] DG: Know what, take your time to think, it's not like I have to go anywhere.
[01:11] AA: <\ I... I didn't want to ever think about it, okay?! />
[01:12] DG: Yeah, so you want to keep living a lie and thinking "Flynnt has nothing to do with the fact that he killed my friend!"
[01:12] DG: Sure, you go believe that.
[01:12] AA: <\ Flynnt didn't kill Teloma! />
[01:12] DG: Can I go back to sleep now?
[01:13] DG: Oh, fuck, are we seriously going to go back to that?
[01:13] AA: <\ He didn't! He couldn't! He wouldn't! />
[01:13] AA: <\ He wouldn't have let me blame Kaiser if he did... />
[01:16] DG: For fuck's sake, you never said it was Kaiser.
[01:16] DG: You said "I have an idea on who it is, and I'm going to solve it now."
[01:17] AA: <\ But he'd have told me if he knew who it was! />
[01:18] DG: Did he tell you he was the one that stabbed Teloma?
[01:19] AA: <\ He... he said that it wasn't a lie. />
[01:20] DG: Yeah, WHEN YOU ASKED HIM.
[01:20] DG: DIRECTLY.
[01:20] DG: The whole "DID YOU DO IT" question.
[01:20] DG: But he did say it were animals before.
[01:21] AA: <\ ... Flynnt... />
[01:21] AA: <\ Did you kill Teloma? />
[01:21] DG: Yes. Yes, I did.
[01:22] AA: <\ ... />
[01:22] DG: I shouldn't have, really. I didn't give a fuck.
[01:22] DG: But I was trying to help you, for god knows what reason.
[01:22] DG: I warned her.
[01:22] DG: "You fuck with Paloma again, you're dead."
[01:22] -- absoluteAltitude's [AA'S]  voice comes out quiet, a little shakey. --
[01:23] DG: It was all cool, but then BAM, there she was, throwing more of her problems at your back for you to carry.
[01:23] AA: <\ You... you tried to help me... by killing her? />
[01:23] DG: Yeah, because you couldn't actually fight back for yourself.
[01:23] DG: She really didn't like you, if you're wondering.
[01:24] AA: <\ B, but she was my friend. />
[01:24] DG: Actually, you were pretty much just a tool for her.
[01:24] AA: <\ ... that's not... />
[01:24] DG: She didn't really view you as anything short of a doormat.
[01:24] DG: Nah, you were her friend.
[01:24] DG: She never was your friend.
[01:25] AA: <\ ... you... you said that you're the unmasked Flynnt, right? />
[01:25] DG: So did we get that out of the way already or are there any other questions you might want to ask?
[01:25] DG: Yeah, I did.
[01:25] AA: <\ ... where were you before the game, then...? />
[01:27] DG: Both in his mind, being repressed as all shit, and right here.
[01:27] AA: <\ ... />
[01:28] -- absoluteAltitude [AA]  pushes herself up until she's standing, blinking heavily. Not that tears are a factor here. Oh no. --
[01:28] AA: <\ .... you know what I think...? />
[01:28] AA: <\ I think you're just another monster like the ones which attacked me. />
[01:28] AA: <\ E, except you're attacking my thoughts. />
[01:29] DG: I'm not attacking you.
[01:29] DG: You're the one attacking me.
[01:30] DG: I was chilling here until you came to bug me.
[01:30] DG: After a shitload of annoying questions, I finally decided to answer them.
[01:30] DG: And then you decided you didn't want the answers.
[01:31] AA: <\ Because there's something wrong here! />
[01:31] DG: Yes, I'm speaking my mind.
[01:32] DG: And I'm Flynnt, but not the Flynnt you know.
[01:32] DG: Because the Flynnt you know is a mask.
[01:32] AA: <\ ... />
[01:32] AA: <\ ... are you saying we're all masks, then? />
[01:33] DG: Most of us are, at least.
[01:33] DG: Wait, most of you are.
[01:33] AA: <\ Including me? />
[01:34] DG: Yes, including you.
[01:34] AA: <\ ... then you're wrong. Because I'm not a mask. />
[01:35] DG: Yeah, yeah, have fun believing that.
[01:35] AA: <\ You must be some sort of copy... />
[01:37] DG: Yes, yes, I'm a copy, a fake, a monster.
[01:37] DG: In that case, I'm sure you won't mind if I do this.
[01:37] -- doubleGunslinger [DG]  casually jumps off the cliff --
[01:37] AA: <\ Wh -- wait! />
[01:38] -- absoluteAltitude [AA]  scrambles to the edge of the cliff, reaching out for him. He still looks like her friend... it's a reflex. --
[01:38] -- doubleGunslinger [DG]  is already gone when she looks. TOO SLOW --
[01:38] -- absoluteAltitude [AA]  stares down into the abyss, and shudders. --
[01:39] AA: <\ I've gotta tell Flynnt... />
[01:39] -- absoluteAltitude [AA]  turns, after a moment, and heads back to her hive. --
[01:40] -- doubleGunslinger [DG] gave up trolling absoluteAltitude [AA] at 13:40 --