Laviil and Gemnus: Hug It Out

<Vii> ===START===
<Vii> "okay yeah cause this is fair. huh? you like that Skaia? you like seeing us in pain? screw you. and screw you Laviil. the world never once stopped being unfair because 'you didn't want it to.'"
<Gemnus> "i... hOw.... Uh..."
<Laviil> "youu know what?"
<Laviil> "youu're riight"
<Gemnus> "wha..."
<Laviil> "buut ii'm not goiing to sstop tryiing juusst becauusse youu thiink iit'ss iimpossssiiblle"
<Gemnus> Gemnus: Look at Vii
<Vii> "that doesn't matter to me, because what i do is- Gemnus why are.. you have nothing to say? hello? long time no see? hello!?"
<Gemnus> "whO... whO are yOU...?'"
<Gemnus> "i... dO nOt UnderStand..."
<Vii> "uh hi. last time you saw me i was a little indisposed. and in half."
<Gemnus> "bUt..."
<Gemnus> Gemnus: Glance at Laviil
<Gemnus> "yOU are right there..."
<Laviil> "Vii?"
<Gemnus> "whO?"
<Laviil> "do youu want to expllaiin, or sshouulld ii?"
<Gemnus> "expLain what...?
<Vii> "i don't know Laviil, who's the moirail anymore? you wanna take that from me too?"
<Laviil> "neiither of uuss are the reall Laviil anyway"
<Gemnus> "reaL LaviiL...?"
<Laviil> "iit'ss complliicated"
<Laviil> "thiiss iiss Vii"
<Laviil> "sshe'ss my sspriite"
<Laviil> "sshe iiss allsso what happened when ii threw my torsso iinto the kernellsspriite"
<Gemnus> "Oh..."
<Gemnus> Gemnus: Turn to Vii
<Gemnus> "what... what dO yOU remember...?"
<Vii> "everything."
<Gemnus> "i meant... what dO yOU remember after yOUr death... at my handS?"
<Gemnus> "OUr cOnverSatiOn?"
<Gemnus> "the timeS we taLked thrOUgh everything?
<Gemnus> "OUr variOUS perSOnaL endeavOUrS?"
<Gemnus> "..."
<Vii> "after Ometeotl killed me, i sat in this sprite because what else am i going to do? be relevant?"
<Vii> "no, i don't 'remember' your conversations."
<Laviil> "no, buut are beiing an uunrellentiing pessssiimiisst"
<Gemnus> "i mean... Uh... yOU cOULd? SOmehOw...?"
<Vii> "Gemnus you know i'm pale for you, but you need to make your points clearly."
<Gemnus> "..."
<Gemnus> "i dO nOt knOw what tO think..."
<Gemnus> "LaviiL aSSUred me that the damage that Ome had dOne.. what i had dOne... waS repaired."
<Gemnus> "nOw, i See that my miStakeS have Lead tO LaviiL StiLL being hUrt..."
<Vii> "yeah she would say anything while still being chummy with my murderer."
<Vii> "can you believe that she still talks to Ometeotl regularly?"
<Gemnus> "..."
<Vii> "even went on a date with her. you didn't want me to reveal that one did you Laviil?"
<Laviil> "ii tolld hiim abouut that"
<Gemnus> Gemnus: Sink to the Floor
<Laviil> "and he sswore a bllood oath that he wouulld kiillll her"
<Laviil> "sso"
<Gemnus> "it is.. it is aLL my faULt..."
<Laviil> "Gemnus..."
* Laviil kneels next to him
<Gemnus> "i have nOt fULfiLLed my dUtieS aS a mOiraiL..."
<Gemnus> "i have faiLed."
<Gemnus> Gemnus: Put Head in Hands
<Vii> "Gemnus get over yourself. seriously, im the edgy one, not you."
<Gemnus> "i am SO SOrry..."
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<Laviil> "Gemnus"
<Gemnus> "..."
<Vii> "for you to seriously think that this is all your fault, how egotistical can you be?"
<Vii> "i have half a mind to slap you silly."
<Vii> "want me to? i still have some strength in these arms."
<Laviil> "plleasse don't"
<Laviil> "youu know what that wouulld do"
<Gemnus> "i deServe mUch wOrSe fOr the crimeS i have cOmmitted..."
<Vii> "thats why im not."
<Vii> "oh god this drivel again. just stop."
<Vii> "you want to sit there and wallow in things you can't change?
<Gemnus> "and nOw i have faiLed my mOraiL again..."
<Vii> "or you want to be a troll and grow the hell up?"
<Laviil> "wouulld youu sstop?"
<Vii> "things happen, life is awful, we're all going to die."
<Laviil> "what iiss wrong wiith youu?"
<Vii> "why don't you stop being such a shitty moirail huh?"
<Vii> "you don't fix your damn pale crush when he needs it."
<Vii> "you dont do anything"
<Gemnus> Gemnus: Lie Down on the Floor
<Laviil> "why don't youu sstop beiing a sshiitty persson and sstop kiickiing hiim whiille he'ss down?"
* Laviil paps Gemnus
<Laviil> "hey"
<Laviil> "iit'ss not youur fauullt"
<Vii> "im not being a shitty person, you are. i just told him that you know. are you guys not listening to me?"
<Gemnus> Gemnus does not respond, and you can see tears welling up in his eyes
<Vii> "are you guys deaf?"
* Laviil paps
<Vii> "how do you misinterpret any of this. you need to stop being such gtubs. life doesn't wait around for you to stop and get out of your safe spaces."
<Gemnus> "Safe SpaceS..."
<Gemnus> "there Seem tO be nOne with me arOUnd..."
<Laviil> "no"
<Laviil> "sstop"
<Laviil> "riight now"
<Vii> "so get up Gemnus. you need to be stronger than this."
<Gemnus> "StrOng... i may have the Strength tO break the entire mOOn in haLf, bUt yet i am tOO weak tO prOtect my mOraiL..."
<Vii> "oh seriously this again? do you really think the moon has anything on a first guardian?"
<Vii> "there was no way you could have done that better."
<Gemnus> "..."
<Laviil> "youu triied to ressiisst her"
<Laviil> "Ome iiss... ssomethiing ellsse"
<Gemnus> "if i had a few mOre SecOndS befOre She tOOk cOntrOL, yOU wOULd nOt have died..."
<Gemnus> "i wOULd have."
<Laviil> "buut youu diidn't"
<Gemnus> "becaUSe i waS tOO weak."
<Vii> "you are seriously idiotic if you think that we blame you. do you seriously not believe in us that much? do you not trust the opinions of your moirails?
<Gemnus> "i dO nOt trUSt mySeLf."
<Vii> "you didn't answer the question."
<Vii> "do you not trust us?"
<Gemnus> "..."
<Gemnus> "i dO."
<Vii> "then you don't have to trust in yourself."
<Vii> "trust in us who trust in you."
<Laviil> "then why can't youu belliieve uuss when we ssay iit'ss not youur fauullt?"
<Gemnus> "becaUSe everything i
<Gemnus> "becaUSe everything iS my faULt."
<Laviil> "that"
<Laviil> "iiss iidiiotiic"
<Laviil> "why on Alternia wouulld everythiing be youur fauullt?"
<Gemnus> "becaUS my miStakeS have gOtten peOpLe i care abOUt hUrt."
<Gemnus> "nO matter what i dO, thOSe cLOSe tO me are deStined tO SUffer."
<Laviil> "why?"
<Laviil> "who tolld youu that?"
<Vii> "Ometeotl is to blame here. Gemnus, if you believe that everything is your fault, why did you swear a blood oath against her?"
<Vii> "Ometeotl is to blame here. Gemnus if you believe that it's all your fault, why did you swear a blood oath?"
<Gemnus> "and in tUrn, i caUSe my Own SUffering aS weLL."
<Laviil> "Gemnus"
<Gemnus> "it SeemS tO be a cOmmOn theme SUrrOUnding my Life. my LUSUS died befOre i waS even bOrn. the generaL 'died', and i waS fOrced tO rUn. i even kiLLed yOU with my Own handS."
<Gemnus> "teLL me that my Life iS nOt SUrrOUnded by thOSe i care fOr becOming injUred by aSSOciatiOn.
<Gemnus> "teLL me hOneStLy."
<Vii> "Ometeotl is to blame here. Gemnus, if you believe that everything is your fault, why did you swear a blood oath against her?"
<Gemnus> "becaUSe She waS the OrcheStratOr Of yOUr deStrUctiOn."
<Gemnus> "and i waS her inStrUment."
<Gemnus> "becaUS Of my weak wiLL, She bent me tO herS."
<Vii> "so you're saying it's her fault?"
<Laviil> "becauusse iit ssouundss lliike youu're ssayiing her fauult"
<Gemnus> "i waS tO weak tO pUt that SwOrd thrOUgh my cheSt befOre She cOULd take cOntrOL."
<Vii> "if she's blameless, if it's all on you, why do you care what she does?"
<Gemnus> "that iS what i tried tO dO when She tOOk cOntrOL."
<Laviil> "youu what"
* Laviil goes numb
<Gemnus> "i knew thiS wOULd OnLy end badLy."
<Gemnus> "SO i tried tO StOp it befOre anything cOULd happen."
<Gemnus> "i am SO SOrry."
* Laviil starts to tear up
<Laviil> "plleasse don't do that"
<Laviil> "ii"
<Laviil> "plleasse"
<Gemnus> "i nearLy tried again a SecOnd time dUring that Same encOUnter."
<Gemnus> "i feLt her grip On me LOOSen, bUt i cOULd nOt break thrOUgh her cOntrOL."
<Gemnus> "and then i waS fOrced tO watch mySeLf kiLL yOU."
<Laviil> "..."
<Gemnus> "becaUSe i waS weak, yOU died by my Own handS."
<Vii> "so are you just going to ignore everything we say?"
<Gemnus> "..."
<Vii> "keep on blaming yourself, ignoring what we want?"
<Gemnus> "what exactLy iS it that yOU want?"
<Vii> "that's more of an insult than killing me ever was!"
<Vii> "i want you to stop feeling like this is your fault.'
<Vii> "because we all know who did this."
<Vii> "and it wasn't you."
<Gemnus> "yet here yOU Stand, the verSiOn Of my mOiraiL that i sLiced in haLf. yOU StiLL are wiLLing tO fOrgive me?"
<Gemnus> "even if my SwOrd waS the LaSt hing yOU ever Saw aS yOUrSeLf..."
<Vii> "of course i am Gemnus. why do you think im here?"
<Gemnus> "i dO nOt knOw."
<Gemnus> Gemnus: Sit Up
<Gemnus> "bUt yOU dO nOt UnderStand why i am SO qUick tO bLame mySelf."
<Vii> "im a sprite Gemnus. i know everything. if you trust us, like you said you did, you would believe. we don't blame you, and that's the truth."
<Gemnus> "... very weLL."
<Gemnus> "i dO nOt knOw if i wiLL ever fOrgive mySeLf. bUt yOU nOt bLaming me dOeS Lighten the LOad by a Significant amOUnt."
<Laviil> "ii hope youu can one day"
* Gemnus stands, wiping away some of his tears
<Gemnus> "i knOw."
<Gemnus> "i hOpe that day wiLL cOme aS weLL."
* Laviil offers a hug
* Gemnus accepts the hug, still a bit shaken from this experience
* Laviil holds him tight
<Gemnus> "thank yOU."
<Laviil> "we're goiing to have a llong converssatiion abouut youu next tiime we tallk"
* Gemnus glances at Vii
<Gemnus> "and thank yOU aS weLL."
* Vii nods.
<Gemnus> "thiS iS... a LOt tO take in."
<Gemnus> "bUt..."
<Gemnus> "jUSt becaUSe LaviiL iS my mOirail"
<Gemnus> "dOeSn't mean that yOU have tO be a Stranger, vii."
<Gemnus> "yOU StiLL matter."
<Vii> "i.. yeah. sure. i can.. contact you later."
<Gemnus> "even if yOU refUSe tO beLieve that."
* Gemnus turns to Laviil
<Gemnus> "SO... what nOw?"
<Gemnus> "i waS fOrcibLy remOved LaSt time."
<Gemnus> "i hOpe that we can at LeaSt taLk withOUt interrUptiOn."
<Gemnus> "ShOULd we exchange OUr taLeS again,LaviiL?"
<Laviil> "ii thiink that wouulld be a good iidea"
<Gemnus> "i wiLL Start."
<Gemnus> Gemnus: Rehearse Everything She Missed. All of it.
* Laviil nods along
* Vii sneaks off at some point, acing her stealth roll.
<Vii> And then Gemnus starts to feel weird, static slowing rising up to consume him.
<Gemnus> "i waS abOUt tO enter the dUngeOn befOre i Saw thw Strange white gLOw again.
<Gemnus> "and SO i ended Up here."
<Laviil> "huuh"
<Laviil> "maybe..."
* Laviil thinks for a second
<Laviil> "nevermiind, we can tallk abouut iit llater"
<Laviil> "fiirsst, llet me tellll youu abouut my adventuuress"
<Gemnus> "my attentiOn iS yOUrS."
* Laviil retells her tale, leaving no detail excluded ...even the stuff about the date
<Gemnus> "i wiLL nOt get angry, bUt i StiLL dO nOt UnderStand the machinatiOnS Of the mind Of that cat."
<Laviil> "neiither do ii"
<Gemnus> "i wiLL be happy when i pUt her dOwn fOr gOOd."
<Laviil> "buut ii thiink the dragon miight have been riight abouut her groomiing me for ssomethiing"
<Laviil> "ii juusst have no iidea what iit couulld be"
<Gemnus> "whatever it iS, She had better watch herSeLf."
<Gemnus> "i may nOt hOLd a candLe tO her pOwer, bUt i knOw Of OneS whO dO."
<Gemnus> "and i wOULd be happy tO p
<Laviil> "ii don't know iif even the godss couulld sstop her"
<Laviil> "and that sscaress me"
<Gemnus> "i knOw what gOdS can."
<Gemnus> "and i wiLL gLadLy rip them Off."
<Gemnus> *tip
<Gemnus> "i SwOre tO yOU nOt tO gain their pOwer fOr mySeLf, and to that i wiLL stay trUE."
<Gemnus> "i have aLready Seen the cOnSeqUenceS Of thOSe actiOnS."
<Laviil> "waiit what"
<Laviil> "what do youu mean"
<Laviil> "what happened?"
<Gemnus> "..."
<Gemnus> "did i nOt mentiOn my viSiOn?"
<Laviil> "that'ss what that wass?"
<Laviil> "youu desscriibed iit, buut youu diidn't ssay why iit happened"
<Gemnus> "it waS the cOnSeqUence Of me tOUching her eye."
<Laviil> "ii ssee"
<Gemnus> "i deStryOyed every Other pLanet in OUr UniverSe."
<Gemnus> "and i kiLLed biLLiOnS."
<Gemnus> "i became the mOnSter i feared."
<Gemnus> "yet again, it waS the dOing Of OtherS."
<Gemnus> "my bOdy iS never trULy Safe tO be my Own."
* Laviil paps his face
<Laviil> "iit'ss not youur fauullt"
<Laviil> "youu chosse not to do iit, anyway"
<Gemnus> "it wOULd have been."
<Laviil> "buut youu chosse not to"
<Gemnus> "yeS, bUt mOrOS iS the One whO Saved me there."
<Laviil> "ii don't truusst any of them"
<Gemnus> "i dO nOt either."
<Gemnus> "bUt he iS the LeSSer Of the knOwn eviLS."
<Laviil> "buut sstiillll an eviill"
<Gemnus> "yeS."
<Gemnus> "bUt StiLL an eviL"
<Gemnus> "i can OnLy hOpe that i wiLL nOt have tO reLy On hiS heLp again."
<Laviil> "ii hope sso too"
<Gemnus> Gemnus: Hug the Moirail. She Needs it.
* Gemnus hugs his moirail tight
<Gemnus> "i may nOt be the mOSt cheery Of mOiraiLS, bUt i am happy yOU have kept me arOUnd."
* Laviil hugs him back
<Gemnus> "i wOULd have nOt Seen the err
<Gemnus> Or Of my wayS if nOt for yOU."
<Laviil> "ii wouulldn't want anyone ellsse as my moiiraiill"
<Gemnus> "neither wOULd i."
* Laviil hugs it out
* Gemnus continues to hug
<Gemnus> "thank yOU."
<Gemnus> "and yOU tOO v..."
* Gemnus notices that vii has left
<Gemnus> "hUh..."
<Gemnus> "She mUSt have Left a LOng time agO."
<Vii> You then vanish in a bunch of static.
<Vii> Bye Gemnus.
<Gemnus> Goodbye.
<Vii> ===START===
<Vii> "okay yeah cause this is fair. huh? you like that Skaia? you like seeing us in pain? screw you. and screw you Laviil. the world never once stopped being unfair because 'you didn't want it to.'"
<Gemnus> "i... hOw.... Uh..."
<Laviil> "youu know what?"
<Laviil> "youu're riight"
<Gemnus> "wha..."
<Laviil> "buut ii'm not goiing to sstop tryiing juusst becauusse youu thiink iit'ss iimpossssiiblle"
<Gemnus> Gemnus: Look at Vii
<Vii> "that doesn't matter to me, because what i do is- Gemnus why are.. you have nothing to say? hello? long time no see? hello!?"
<Gemnus> "whO... whO are yOU...?'"
<Gemnus> "i... dO nOt UnderStand..."
<Vii> "uh hi. last time you saw me i was a little indisposed. and in half."
<Gemnus> "bUt..."
<Gemnus> Gemnus: Glance at Laviil
<Gemnus> "yOU are right there..."
<Laviil> "Vii?"
<Gemnus> "whO?"
<Laviil> "do youu want to expllaiin, or sshouulld ii?"
<Gemnus> "expLain what...?
<Vii> "i don't know Laviil, who's the moirail anymore? you wanna take that from me too?"
<Laviil> "neiither of uuss are the reall Laviil anyway"
<Gemnus> "reaL LaviiL...?"
<Laviil> "iit'ss complliicated"
<Laviil> "thiiss iiss Vii"
<Laviil> "sshe'ss my sspriite"
<Laviil> "sshe iiss allsso what happened when ii threw my torsso iinto the kernellsspriite"
<Gemnus> "Oh..."
<Gemnus> Gemnus: Turn to Vii
<Gemnus> "what... what dO yOU remember...?"
<Vii> "everything."
<Gemnus> "i meant... what dO yOU remember after yOUr death... at my handS?"
<Gemnus> "OUr cOnverSatiOn?"
<Gemnus> "the timeS we taLked thrOUgh everything?
<Gemnus> "OUr variOUS perSOnaL endeavOUrS?"
<Gemnus> "..."
<Vii> "after Ometeotl killed me, i sat in this sprite because what else am i going to do? be relevant?"
<Vii> "no, i don't 'remember' your conversations."
<Laviil> "no, buut are beiing an uunrellentiing pessssiimiisst"
<Gemnus> "i mean... Uh... yOU cOULd? SOmehOw...?"
<Vii> "Gemnus you know i'm pale for you, but you need to make your points clearly."
<Gemnus> "..."
<Gemnus> "i dO nOt knOw what tO think..."
<Gemnus> "LaviiL aSSUred me that the damage that Ome had dOne.. what i had dOne... waS repaired."
<Gemnus> "nOw, i See that my miStakeS have Lead tO LaviiL StiLL being hUrt..."
<Vii> "yeah she would say anything while still being chummy with my murderer."
<Vii> "can you believe that she still talks to Ometeotl regularly?"
<Gemnus> "..."
<Vii> "even went on a date with her. you didn't want me to reveal that one did you Laviil?"
<Laviil> "ii tolld hiim abouut that"
<Gemnus> Gemnus: Sink to the Floor
<Laviil> "and he sswore a bllood oath that he wouulld kiillll her"
<Laviil> "sso"
<Gemnus> "it is.. it is aLL my faULt..."
<Laviil> "Gemnus..."
* Laviil kneels next to him
<Gemnus> "i have nOt fULfiLLed my dUtieS aS a mOiraiL..."
<Gemnus> "i have faiLed."
<Gemnus> Gemnus: Put Head in Hands
<Vii> "Gemnus get over yourself. seriously, im the edgy one, not you."
<Gemnus> "i am SO SOrry..."
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<Laviil> "Gemnus"
<Gemnus> "..."
<Vii> "for you to seriously think that this is all your fault, how egotistical can you be?"
<Vii> "i have half a mind to slap you silly."
<Vii> "want me to? i still have some strength in these arms."
<Laviil> "plleasse don't"
<Laviil> "youu know what that wouulld do"
<Gemnus> "i deServe mUch wOrSe fOr the crimeS i have cOmmitted..."
<Vii> "thats why im not."
<Vii> "oh god this drivel again. just stop."
<Vii> "you want to sit there and wallow in things you can't change?
<Gemnus> "and nOw i have faiLed my mOraiL again..."
<Vii> "or you want to be a troll and grow the hell up?"
<Laviil> "wouulld youu sstop?"
<Vii> "things happen, life is awful, we're all going to die."
<Laviil> "what iiss wrong wiith youu?"
<Vii> "why don't you stop being such a shitty moirail huh?"
<Vii> "you don't fix your damn pale crush when he needs it."
<Vii> "you dont do anything"
<Gemnus> Gemnus: Lie Down on the Floor
<Laviil> "why don't youu sstop beiing a sshiitty persson and sstop kiickiing hiim whiille he'ss down?"
* Laviil paps Gemnus
<Laviil> "hey"
<Laviil> "iit'ss not youur fauullt"
<Vii> "im not being a shitty person, you are. i just told him that you know. are you guys not listening to me?"
<Gemnus> Gemnus does not respond, and you can see tears welling up in his eyes
<Vii> "are you guys deaf?"
* Laviil paps
<Vii> "how do you misinterpret any of this. you need to stop being such gtubs. life doesn't wait around for you to stop and get out of your safe spaces."
<Gemnus> "Safe SpaceS..."
<Gemnus> "there Seem tO be nOne with me arOUnd..."
<Laviil> "no"
<Laviil> "sstop"
<Laviil> "riight now"
<Vii> "so get up Gemnus. you need to be stronger than this."
<Gemnus> "StrOng... i may have the Strength tO break the entire mOOn in haLf, bUt yet i am tOO weak tO prOtect my mOraiL..."
<Vii> "oh seriously this again? do you really think the moon has anything on a first guardian?"
<Vii> "there was no way you could have done that better."
<Gemnus> "..."
<Laviil> "youu triied to ressiisst her"
<Laviil> "Ome iiss... ssomethiing ellsse"
<Gemnus> "if i had a few mOre SecOndS befOre She tOOk cOntrOL, yOU wOULd nOt have died..."
<Gemnus> "i wOULd have."
<Laviil> "buut youu diidn't"
<Gemnus> "becaUSe i waS tOO weak."
<Vii> "you are seriously idiotic if you think that we blame you. do you seriously not believe in us that much? do you not trust the opinions of your moirails?
<Gemnus> "i dO nOt trUSt mySeLf."
<Vii> "you didn't answer the question."
<Vii> "do you not trust us?"
<Gemnus> "..."
<Gemnus> "i dO."
<Vii> "then you don't have to trust in yourself."
<Vii> "trust in us who trust in you."
<Laviil> "then why can't youu belliieve uuss when we ssay iit'ss not youur fauullt?"
<Gemnus> "becaUSe everything i
<Gemnus> "becaUSe everything iS my faULt."
<Laviil> "that"
<Laviil> "iiss iidiiotiic"
<Laviil> "why on Alternia wouulld everythiing be youur fauullt?"
<Gemnus> "becaUS my miStakeS have gOtten peOpLe i care abOUt hUrt."
<Gemnus> "nO matter what i dO, thOSe cLOSe tO me are deStined tO SUffer."
<Laviil> "why?"
<Laviil> "who tolld youu that?"
<Vii> "Ometeotl is to blame here. Gemnus, if you believe that everything is your fault, why did you swear a blood oath against her?"
<Vii> "Ometeotl is to blame here. Gemnus if you believe that it's all your fault, why did you swear a blood oath?"
<Gemnus> "and in tUrn, i caUSe my Own SUffering aS weLL."
<Laviil> "Gemnus"
<Gemnus> "it SeemS tO be a cOmmOn theme SUrrOUnding my Life. my LUSUS died befOre i waS even bOrn. the generaL 'died', and i waS fOrced tO rUn. i even kiLLed yOU with my Own handS."
<Gemnus> "teLL me that my Life iS nOt SUrrOUnded by thOSe i care fOr becOming injUred by aSSOciatiOn.
<Gemnus> "teLL me hOneStLy."
<Vii> "Ometeotl is to blame here. Gemnus, if you believe that everything is your fault, why did you swear a blood oath against her?"
<Gemnus> "becaUSe She waS the OrcheStratOr Of yOUr deStrUctiOn."
<Gemnus> "and i waS her inStrUment."
<Gemnus> "becaUS Of my weak wiLL, She bent me tO herS."
<Vii> "so you're saying it's her fault?"
<Laviil> "becauusse iit ssouundss lliike youu're ssayiing her fauult"
<Gemnus> "i waS tO weak tO pUt that SwOrd thrOUgh my cheSt befOre She cOULd take cOntrOL."
<Vii> "if she's blameless, if it's all on you, why do you care what she does?"
<Gemnus> "that iS what i tried tO dO when She tOOk cOntrOL."
<Laviil> "youu what"
* Laviil goes numb
<Gemnus> "i knew thiS wOULd OnLy end badLy."
<Gemnus> "SO i tried tO StOp it befOre anything cOULd happen."
<Gemnus> "i am SO SOrry."
* Laviil starts to tear up
<Laviil> "plleasse don't do that"
<Laviil> "ii"
<Laviil> "plleasse"
<Gemnus> "i nearLy tried again a SecOnd time dUring that Same encOUnter."
<Gemnus> "i feLt her grip On me LOOSen, bUt i cOULd nOt break thrOUgh her cOntrOL."
<Gemnus> "and then i waS fOrced tO watch mySeLf kiLL yOU."
<Laviil> "..."
<Gemnus> "becaUSe i waS weak, yOU died by my Own handS."
<Vii> "so are you just going to ignore everything we say?"
<Gemnus> "..."
<Vii> "keep on blaming yourself, ignoring what we want?"
<Gemnus> "what exactLy iS it that yOU want?"
<Vii> "that's more of an insult than killing me ever was!"
<Vii> "i want you to stop feeling like this is your fault.'
<Vii> "because we all know who did this."
<Vii> "and it wasn't you."
<Gemnus> "yet here yOU Stand, the verSiOn Of my mOiraiL that i sLiced in haLf. yOU StiLL are wiLLing tO fOrgive me?"
<Gemnus> "even if my SwOrd waS the LaSt hing yOU ever Saw aS yOUrSeLf..."
<Vii> "of course i am Gemnus. why do you think im here?"
<Gemnus> "i dO nOt knOw."
<Gemnus> Gemnus: Sit Up
<Gemnus> "bUt yOU dO nOt UnderStand why i am SO qUick tO bLame mySelf."
<Vii> "im a sprite Gemnus. i know everything. if you trust us, like you said you did, you would believe. we don't blame you, and that's the truth."
<Gemnus> "... very weLL."
<Gemnus> "i dO nOt knOw if i wiLL ever fOrgive mySeLf. bUt yOU nOt bLaming me dOeS Lighten the LOad by a Significant amOUnt."
<Laviil> "ii hope youu can one day"
* Gemnus stands, wiping away some of his tears
<Gemnus> "i knOw."
<Gemnus> "i hOpe that day wiLL cOme aS weLL."
* Laviil offers a hug
* Gemnus accepts the hug, still a bit shaken from this experience
* Laviil holds him tight
<Gemnus> "thank yOU."
<Laviil> "we're goiing to have a llong converssatiion abouut youu next tiime we tallk"
* Gemnus glances at Vii
<Gemnus> "and thank yOU aS weLL."
* Vii nods.
<Gemnus> "thiS iS... a LOt tO take in."
<Gemnus> "bUt..."
<Gemnus> "jUSt becaUSe LaviiL iS my mOirail"
<Gemnus> "dOeSn't mean that yOU have tO be a Stranger, vii."
<Gemnus> "yOU StiLL matter."
<Vii> "i.. yeah. sure. i can.. contact you later."
<Gemnus> "even if yOU refUSe tO beLieve that."
* Gemnus turns to Laviil
<Gemnus> "SO... what nOw?"
<Gemnus> "i waS fOrcibLy remOved LaSt time."
<Gemnus> "i hOpe that we can at LeaSt taLk withOUt interrUptiOn."
<Gemnus> "ShOULd we exchange OUr taLeS again,LaviiL?"
<Laviil> "ii thiink that wouulld be a good iidea"
<Gemnus> "i wiLL Start."
<Gemnus> Gemnus: Rehearse Everything She Missed. All of it.
* Laviil nods along
* Vii sneaks off at some point, acing her stealth roll.
<Vii> And then Gemnus starts to feel weird, static slowing rising up to consume him.
<Gemnus> "i waS abOUt tO enter the dUngeOn befOre i Saw thw Strange white gLOw again.
<Gemnus> "and SO i ended Up here."
<Laviil> "huuh"
<Laviil> "maybe..."
* Laviil thinks for a second
<Laviil> "nevermiind, we can tallk abouut iit llater"
<Laviil> "fiirsst, llet me tellll youu abouut my adventuuress"
<Gemnus> "my attentiOn iS yOUrS."
* Laviil retells her tale, leaving no detail excluded ...even the stuff about the date
<Gemnus> "i wiLL nOt get angry, bUt i StiLL dO nOt UnderStand the machinatiOnS Of the mind Of that cat."
<Laviil> "neiither do ii"
<Gemnus> "i wiLL be happy when i pUt her dOwn fOr gOOd."
<Laviil> "buut ii thiink the dragon miight have been riight abouut her groomiing me for ssomethiing"
<Laviil> "ii juusst have no iidea what iit couulld be"
<Gemnus> "whatever it iS, She had better watch herSeLf."
<Gemnus> "i may nOt hOLd a candLe tO her pOwer, bUt i knOw Of OneS whO dO."
<Gemnus> "and i wOULd be happy tO p
<Laviil> "ii don't know iif even the godss couulld sstop her"
<Laviil> "and that sscaress me"
<Gemnus> "i knOw what gOdS can."
<Gemnus> "and i wiLL gLadLy rip them Off."
<Gemnus> *tip
<Gemnus> "i SwOre tO yOU nOt tO gain their pOwer fOr mySeLf, and to that i wiLL stay trUE."
<Gemnus> "i have aLready Seen the cOnSeqUenceS Of thOSe actiOnS."
<Laviil> "waiit what"
<Laviil> "what do youu mean"
<Laviil> "what happened?"
<Gemnus> "..."
<Gemnus> "did i nOt mentiOn my viSiOn?"
<Laviil> "that'ss what that wass?"
<Laviil> "youu desscriibed iit, buut youu diidn't ssay why iit happened"
<Gemnus> "it waS the cOnSeqUence Of me tOUching her eye."
<Laviil> "ii ssee"
<Gemnus> "i deStryOyed every Other pLanet in OUr UniverSe."
<Gemnus> "and i kiLLed biLLiOnS."
<Gemnus> "i became the mOnSter i feared."
<Gemnus> "yet again, it waS the dOing Of OtherS."
<Gemnus> "my bOdy iS never trULy Safe tO be my Own."
* Laviil paps his face
<Laviil> "iit'ss not youur fauullt"
<Laviil> "youu chosse not to do iit, anyway"
<Gemnus> "it wOULd have been."
<Laviil> "buut youu chosse not to"
<Gemnus> "yeS, bUt mOrOS iS the One whO Saved me there."
<Laviil> "ii don't truusst any of them"
<Gemnus> "i dO nOt either."
<Gemnus> "bUt he iS the LeSSer Of the knOwn eviLS."
<Laviil> "buut sstiillll an eviill"
<Gemnus> "yeS."
<Gemnus> "bUt StiLL an eviL"
<Gemnus> "i can OnLy hOpe that i wiLL nOt have tO reLy On hiS heLp again."
<Laviil> "ii hope sso too"
<Gemnus> Gemnus: Hug the Moirail. She Needs it.
* Gemnus hugs his moirail tight
<Gemnus> "i may nOt be the mOSt cheery Of mOiraiLS, bUt i am happy yOU have kept me arOUnd."
* Laviil hugs him back
<Gemnus> "i wOULd have nOt Seen the err
<Gemnus> Or Of my wayS if nOt for yOU."
<Laviil> "ii wouulldn't want anyone ellsse as my moiiraiill"
<Gemnus> "neither wOULd i."
* Laviil hugs it out
* Gemnus continues to hug
<Gemnus> "thank yOU."
<Gemnus> "and yOU tOO v..."
* Gemnus notices that vii has left
<Gemnus> "hUh..."
<Gemnus> "She mUSt have Left a LOng time agO."
<Vii> You then vanish in a bunch of static.
<Vii> Bye Gemnus.
<Gemnus> Goodbye.
<Vii> ===START===
<Vii> "okay yeah cause this is fair. huh? you like that Skaia? you like seeing us in pain? screw you. and screw you Laviil. the world never once stopped being unfair because 'you didn't want it to.'"
<Gemnus> "i... hOw.... Uh..."
<Laviil> "youu know what?"
<Laviil> "youu're riight"
<Gemnus> "wha..."
<Laviil> "buut ii'm not goiing to sstop tryiing juusst becauusse youu thiink iit'ss iimpossssiiblle"
<Gemnus> Gemnus: Look at Vii
<Vii> "that doesn't matter to me, because what i do is- Gemnus why are.. you have nothing to say? hello? long time no see? hello!?"
<Gemnus> "whO... whO are yOU...?'"
<Gemnus> "i... dO nOt UnderStand..."
<Vii> "uh hi. last time you saw me i was a little indisposed. and in half."
<Gemnus> "bUt..."
<Gemnus> Gemnus: Glance at Laviil
<Gemnus> "yOU are right there..."
<Laviil> "Vii?"
<Gemnus> "whO?"
<Laviil> "do youu want to expllaiin, or sshouulld ii?"
<Gemnus> "expLain what...?
<Vii> "i don't know Laviil, who's the moirail anymore? you wanna take that from me too?"
<Laviil> "neiither of uuss are the reall Laviil anyway"
<Gemnus> "reaL LaviiL...?"
<Laviil> "iit'ss complliicated"
<Laviil> "thiiss iiss Vii"
<Laviil> "sshe'ss my sspriite"
<Laviil> "sshe iiss allsso what happened when ii threw my torsso iinto the kernellsspriite"
<Gemnus> "Oh..."
<Gemnus> Gemnus: Turn to Vii
<Gemnus> "what... what dO yOU remember...?"
<Vii> "everything."
<Gemnus> "i meant... what dO yOU remember after yOUr death... at my handS?"
<Gemnus> "OUr cOnverSatiOn?"
<Gemnus> "the timeS we taLked thrOUgh everything?
<Gemnus> "OUr variOUS perSOnaL endeavOUrS?"
<Gemnus> "..."
<Vii> "after Ometeotl killed me, i sat in this sprite because what else am i going to do? be relevant?"
<Vii> "no, i don't 'remember' your conversations."
<Laviil> "no, buut are beiing an uunrellentiing pessssiimiisst"
<Gemnus> "i mean... Uh... yOU cOULd? SOmehOw...?"
<Vii> "Gemnus you know i'm pale for you, but you need to make your points clearly."
<Gemnus> "..."
<Gemnus> "i dO nOt knOw what tO think..."
<Gemnus> "LaviiL aSSUred me that the damage that Ome had dOne.. what i had dOne... waS repaired."
<Gemnus> "nOw, i See that my miStakeS have Lead tO LaviiL StiLL being hUrt..."
<Vii> "yeah she would say anything while still being chummy with my murderer."
<Vii> "can you believe that she still talks to Ometeotl regularly?"
<Gemnus> "..."
<Vii> "even went on a date with her. you didn't want me to reveal that one did you Laviil?"
<Laviil> "ii tolld hiim abouut that"
<Gemnus> Gemnus: Sink to the Floor
<Laviil> "and he sswore a bllood oath that he wouulld kiillll her"
<Laviil> "sso"
<Gemnus> "it is.. it is aLL my faULt..."
<Laviil> "Gemnus..."
* Laviil kneels next to him
<Gemnus> "i have nOt fULfiLLed my dUtieS aS a mOiraiL..."
<Gemnus> "i have faiLed."
<Gemnus> Gemnus: Put Head in Hands
<Vii> "Gemnus get over yourself. seriously, im the edgy one, not you."
<Gemnus> "i am SO SOrry..."
* Vii has quit (Quit: http://www.kiwiirc.com/ - A hand crafted IRC client)
* Vii ([email protected]) has joined
<Laviil> "Gemnus"
<Gemnus> "..."
<Vii> "for you to seriously think that this is all your fault, how egotistical can you be?"
<Vii> "i have half a mind to slap you silly."
<Vii> "want me to? i still have some strength in these arms."
<Laviil> "plleasse don't"
<Laviil> "youu know what that wouulld do"
<Gemnus> "i deServe mUch wOrSe fOr the crimeS i have cOmmitted..."
<Vii> "thats why im not."
<Vii> "oh god this drivel again. just stop."
<Vii> "you want to sit there and wallow in things you can't change?
<Gemnus> "and nOw i have faiLed my mOraiL again..."
<Vii> "or you want to be a troll and grow the hell up?"
<Laviil> "wouulld youu sstop?"
<Vii> "things happen, life is awful, we're all going to die."
<Laviil> "what iiss wrong wiith youu?"
<Vii> "why don't you stop being such a shitty moirail huh?"
<Vii> "you don't fix your damn pale crush when he needs it."
<Vii> "you dont do anything"
<Gemnus> Gemnus: Lie Down on the Floor
<Laviil> "why don't youu sstop beiing a sshiitty persson and sstop kiickiing hiim whiille he'ss down?"
* Laviil paps Gemnus
<Laviil> "hey"
<Laviil> "iit'ss not youur fauullt"
<Vii> "im not being a shitty person, you are. i just told him that you know. are you guys not listening to me?"
<Gemnus> Gemnus does not respond, and you can see tears welling up in his eyes
<Vii> "are you guys deaf?"
* Laviil paps
<Vii> "how do you misinterpret any of this. you need to stop being such gtubs. life doesn't wait around for you to stop and get out of your safe spaces."
<Gemnus> "Safe SpaceS..."
<Gemnus> "there Seem tO be nOne with me arOUnd..."
<Laviil> "no"
<Laviil> "sstop"
<Laviil> "riight now"
<Vii> "so get up Gemnus. you need to be stronger than this."
<Gemnus> "StrOng... i may have the Strength tO break the entire mOOn in haLf, bUt yet i am tOO weak tO prOtect my mOraiL..."
<Vii> "oh seriously this again? do you really think the moon has anything on a first guardian?"
<Vii> "there was no way you could have done that better."
<Gemnus> "..."
<Laviil> "youu triied to ressiisst her"
<Laviil> "Ome iiss... ssomethiing ellsse"
<Gemnus> "if i had a few mOre SecOndS befOre She tOOk cOntrOL, yOU wOULd nOt have died..."
<Gemnus> "i wOULd have."
<Laviil> "buut youu diidn't"
<Gemnus> "becaUSe i waS tOO weak."
<Vii> "you are seriously idiotic if you think that we blame you. do you seriously not believe in us that much? do you not trust the opinions of your moirails?
<Gemnus> "i dO nOt trUSt mySeLf."
<Vii> "you didn't answer the question."
<Vii> "do you not trust us?"
<Gemnus> "..."
<Gemnus> "i dO."
<Vii> "then you don't have to trust in yourself."
<Vii> "trust in us who trust in you."
<Laviil> "then why can't youu belliieve uuss when we ssay iit'ss not youur fauullt?"
<Gemnus> "becaUSe everything i
<Gemnus> "becaUSe everything iS my faULt."
<Laviil> "that"
<Laviil> "iiss iidiiotiic"
<Laviil> "why on Alternia wouulld everythiing be youur fauullt?"
<Gemnus> "becaUS my miStakeS have gOtten peOpLe i care abOUt hUrt."
<Gemnus> "nO matter what i dO, thOSe cLOSe tO me are deStined tO SUffer."
<Laviil> "why?"
<Laviil> "who tolld youu that?"
<Vii> "Ometeotl is to blame here. Gemnus, if you believe that everything is your fault, why did you swear a blood oath against her?"
<Vii> "Ometeotl is to blame here. Gemnus if you believe that it's all your fault, why did you swear a blood oath?"
<Gemnus> "and in tUrn, i caUSe my Own SUffering aS weLL."
<Laviil> "Gemnus"
<Gemnus> "it SeemS tO be a cOmmOn theme SUrrOUnding my Life. my LUSUS died befOre i waS even bOrn. the generaL 'died', and i waS fOrced tO rUn. i even kiLLed yOU with my Own handS."
<Gemnus> "teLL me that my Life iS nOt SUrrOUnded by thOSe i care fOr becOming injUred by aSSOciatiOn.
<Gemnus> "teLL me hOneStLy."
<Vii> "Ometeotl is to blame here. Gemnus, if you believe that everything is your fault, why did you swear a blood oath against her?"
<Gemnus> "becaUSe She waS the OrcheStratOr Of yOUr deStrUctiOn."
<Gemnus> "and i waS her inStrUment."
<Gemnus> "becaUS Of my weak wiLL, She bent me tO herS."
<Vii> "so you're saying it's her fault?"
<Laviil> "becauusse iit ssouundss lliike youu're ssayiing her fauult"
<Gemnus> "i waS tO weak tO pUt that SwOrd thrOUgh my cheSt befOre She cOULd take cOntrOL."
<Vii> "if she's blameless, if it's all on you, why do you care what she does?"
<Gemnus> "that iS what i tried tO dO when She tOOk cOntrOL."
<Laviil> "youu what"
* Laviil goes numb
<Gemnus> "i knew thiS wOULd OnLy end badLy."
<Gemnus> "SO i tried tO StOp it befOre anything cOULd happen."
<Gemnus> "i am SO SOrry."
* Laviil starts to tear up
<Laviil> "plleasse don't do that"
<Laviil> "ii"
<Laviil> "plleasse"
<Gemnus> "i nearLy tried again a SecOnd time dUring that Same encOUnter."
<Gemnus> "i feLt her grip On me LOOSen, bUt i cOULd nOt break thrOUgh her cOntrOL."
<Gemnus> "and then i waS fOrced tO watch mySeLf kiLL yOU."
<Laviil> "..."
<Gemnus> "becaUSe i waS weak, yOU died by my Own handS."
<Vii> "so are you just going to ignore everything we say?"
<Gemnus> "..."
<Vii> "keep on blaming yourself, ignoring what we want?"
<Gemnus> "what exactLy iS it that yOU want?"
<Vii> "that's more of an insult than killing me ever was!"
<Vii> "i want you to stop feeling like this is your fault.'
<Vii> "because we all know who did this."
<Vii> "and it wasn't you."
<Gemnus> "yet here yOU Stand, the verSiOn Of my mOiraiL that i sLiced in haLf. yOU StiLL are wiLLing tO fOrgive me?"
<Gemnus> "even if my SwOrd waS the LaSt hing yOU ever Saw aS yOUrSeLf..."
<Vii> "of course i am Gemnus. why do you think im here?"
<Gemnus> "i dO nOt knOw."
<Gemnus> Gemnus: Sit Up
<Gemnus> "bUt yOU dO nOt UnderStand why i am SO qUick tO bLame mySelf."
<Vii> "im a sprite Gemnus. i know everything. if you trust us, like you said you did, you would believe. we don't blame you, and that's the truth."
<Gemnus> "... very weLL."
<Gemnus> "i dO nOt knOw if i wiLL ever fOrgive mySeLf. bUt yOU nOt bLaming me dOeS Lighten the LOad by a Significant amOUnt."
<Laviil> "ii hope youu can one day"
* Gemnus stands, wiping away some of his tears
<Gemnus> "i knOw."
<Gemnus> "i hOpe that day wiLL cOme aS weLL."
* Laviil offers a hug
* Gemnus accepts the hug, still a bit shaken from this experience
* Laviil holds him tight
<Gemnus> "thank yOU."
<Laviil> "we're goiing to have a llong converssatiion abouut youu next tiime we tallk"
* Gemnus glances at Vii
<Gemnus> "and thank yOU aS weLL."
* Vii nods.
<Gemnus> "thiS iS... a LOt tO take in."
<Gemnus> "bUt..."
<Gemnus> "jUSt becaUSe LaviiL iS my mOirail"
<Gemnus> "dOeSn't mean that yOU have tO be a Stranger, vii."
<Gemnus> "yOU StiLL matter."
<Vii> "i.. yeah. sure. i can.. contact you later."
<Gemnus> "even if yOU refUSe tO beLieve that."
* Gemnus turns to Laviil
<Gemnus> "SO... what nOw?"
<Gemnus> "i waS fOrcibLy remOved LaSt time."
<Gemnus> "i hOpe that we can at LeaSt taLk withOUt interrUptiOn."
<Gemnus> "ShOULd we exchange OUr taLeS again,LaviiL?"
<Laviil> "ii thiink that wouulld be a good iidea"
<Gemnus> "i wiLL Start."
<Gemnus> Gemnus: Rehearse Everything She Missed. All of it.
* Laviil nods along
* Vii sneaks off at some point, acing her stealth roll.
<Vii> And then Gemnus starts to feel weird, static slowing rising up to consume him.
<Gemnus> "i waS abOUt tO enter the dUngeOn befOre i Saw thw Strange white gLOw again.
<Gemnus> "and SO i ended Up here."
<Laviil> "huuh"
<Laviil> "maybe..."
* Laviil thinks for a second
<Laviil> "nevermiind, we can tallk abouut iit llater"
<Laviil> "fiirsst, llet me tellll youu abouut my adventuuress"
<Gemnus> "my attentiOn iS yOUrS."
* Laviil retells her tale, leaving no detail excluded ...even the stuff about the date
<Gemnus> "i wiLL nOt get angry, bUt i StiLL dO nOt UnderStand the machinatiOnS Of the mind Of that cat."
<Laviil> "neiither do ii"
<Gemnus> "i wiLL be happy when i pUt her dOwn fOr gOOd."
<Laviil> "buut ii thiink the dragon miight have been riight abouut her groomiing me for ssomethiing"
<Laviil> "ii juusst have no iidea what iit couulld be"
<Gemnus> "whatever it iS, She had better watch herSeLf."
<Gemnus> "i may nOt hOLd a candLe tO her pOwer, bUt i knOw Of OneS whO dO."
<Gemnus> "and i wOULd be happy tO p
<Laviil> "ii don't know iif even the godss couulld sstop her"
<Laviil> "and that sscaress me"
<Gemnus> "i knOw what gOdS can."
<Gemnus> "and i wiLL gLadLy rip them Off."
<Gemnus> *tip
<Gemnus> "i SwOre tO yOU nOt tO gain their pOwer fOr mySeLf, and to that i wiLL stay trUE."
<Gemnus> "i have aLready Seen the cOnSeqUenceS Of thOSe actiOnS."
<Laviil> "waiit what"
<Laviil> "what do youu mean"
<Laviil> "what happened?"
<Gemnus> "..."
<Gemnus> "did i nOt mentiOn my viSiOn?"
<Laviil> "that'ss what that wass?"
<Laviil> "youu desscriibed iit, buut youu diidn't ssay why iit happened"
<Gemnus> "it waS the cOnSeqUence Of me tOUching her eye."
<Laviil> "ii ssee"
<Gemnus> "i deStryOyed every Other pLanet in OUr UniverSe."
<Gemnus> "and i kiLLed biLLiOnS."
<Gemnus> "i became the mOnSter i feared."
<Gemnus> "yet again, it waS the dOing Of OtherS."
<Gemnus> "my bOdy iS never trULy Safe tO be my Own."
* Laviil paps his face
<Laviil> "iit'ss not youur fauullt"
<Laviil> "youu chosse not to do iit, anyway"
<Gemnus> "it wOULd have been."
<Laviil> "buut youu chosse not to"
<Gemnus> "yeS, bUt mOrOS iS the One whO Saved me there."
<Laviil> "ii don't truusst any of them"
<Gemnus> "i dO nOt either."
<Gemnus> "bUt he iS the LeSSer Of the knOwn eviLS."
<Laviil> "buut sstiillll an eviill"
<Gemnus> "yeS."
<Gemnus> "bUt StiLL an eviL"
<Gemnus> "i can OnLy hOpe that i wiLL nOt have tO reLy On hiS heLp again."
<Laviil> "ii hope sso too"
<Gemnus> Gemnus: Hug the Moirail. She Needs it.
* Gemnus hugs his moirail tight
<Gemnus> "i may nOt be the mOSt cheery Of mOiraiLS, bUt i am happy yOU have kept me arOUnd."
* Laviil hugs him back
<Gemnus> "i wOULd have nOt Seen the err
<Gemnus> Or Of my wayS if nOt for yOU."
<Laviil> "ii wouulldn't want anyone ellsse as my moiiraiill"
<Gemnus> "neither wOULd i."
* Laviil hugs it out
* Gemnus continues to hug
<Gemnus> "thank yOU."
<Gemnus> "and yOU tOO v..."
* Gemnus notices that vii has left
<Gemnus> "hUh..."
<Gemnus> "She mUSt have Left a LOng time agO."
<Vii> You then vanish in a bunch of static.
<Vii> Bye Gemnus.
<Gemnus> Goodbye.
<Gemnus> \===END===/