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 -- abyssalArrow [AA] began pestering graciousTerminator [GT] at 20:16 --

 AA: Hey..

 GT: { Elipses }

 GT: { Has anything good ever followed elipses? }

 AA: Not generally.

 GT: { That being said, what's new? }

 AA: I'm just annoyed.

 AA: Apparently, being a time player, Jack has a certain affinity for noticing me.

 AA: So whenever I use my powers, he can basically pick me out very easilly.

 GT: { }

 GT: { Are you threatened? }

 AA: In more ways than one.

 GT: { If he lays a hand on you I'll make it be the last thing he ever does }

 GT: { Arrogant as that may seem }

 GT: { He really ought to watch himself }

 AA: And now...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: Libby...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: Libby just told me Jack is going to kill her.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { What makes her so sure? }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: I'm not sure.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Is there nothing we can do? }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: But apparently when she rescued Sami the other day in Hepaestus's lair, she brough attention to herself.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { I'd call her a friend, and a valuable asset on top of that }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Her death would prove catastrophic, and I doubt Balish or anyone else for that matter would sit still }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { But you know all of this }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: Yes.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: I would like to do something too, but this seems... inevitable.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Maybe this is it, then }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { The Oracle's guidance has been crucial for bringing us where we are now }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { What are we without her? Maybe this is the time to make our stand }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: Maybe, but something tells me that isn't what we're supposed to be doing...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: It feels like that isn't the path.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { "Conscience doth make cowards of us all..." }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { But I see your point }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: It's not that I don't think we can beat him as we are, though that is true.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: It's that, I don't know.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: Some thing is telling me that isn't the correct thing to be doing.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: Like doing that would be going against the way things are supposed to be.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { The way things are supposed to be going? }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: Yes, it's hard to explain.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Is there some linear path to our actions that I'm missing? }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: I think maybe at some point we'll come to help Libby.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: But for now it shouldn't be our priority.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { It's really saying something when the Hero of Mind is so confused }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { I think, anyways. }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: I'm no seer, but I think what I'm feeling is the way the timeline is supposed to play out.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { To what end? }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { I just can't escape this feeling of uselessness }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { While my team members are killing eachother or fucking }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { I can't tell the difference anymore }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: I don't know.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: I think if we can improve greatly in the next few weeks, we'll stand a chance.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Have you heard anything about a Key of Skaia? }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: What? No.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Bullvolio, a more higher-ranking consort of my land }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Has given me a mission }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Apparently I have to crash a party and rescue a prisoner, for which I will be rewarded with one of the five keys of skaia }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Whatever that means }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: Hmmm.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { He mentionned it being essential to my quest's completion }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Although it was prophecised that I would end the parties of my land, he somehow talked me out of that and convinced me that this was more important }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Though the less parties the better, in my opinion }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { No one understands moderation these days }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: I'm still confused...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { By what? }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: You have two separate quests?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { I suppose a prophecy is to be distinguished from a quest }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { But essentially, yes }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { I challenged Bullvolio to a duel, in fact. To end the party, as was prophecised. But he talked me into party-crashing instead. }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: So you're going to end the party?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: But not through him?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Perhaps }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { It's for the best, to be perfectly honest }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { I enjoy the occasional drink although my team tends to be rather zealous regarding the wine }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: Yes. I think ending that party as soon as possible would be best.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Yes }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { As long as I have you by my side, even mentally, I'll be fine }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: So much waiting.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: Waiting for you.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: Waiting for Sami to get better.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: Waiting for Hephaestus.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: Waiting for us to get stronger.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: Waiting for Libby.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: I'm tired of waiting.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { I know eXactly how you feel }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { "For what is a man, if his chief good and market of his time be but to sleep and feed?" }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { But I've had to learn to be patient with this team }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { We're all waiting for something to happen, and it's infuriating, I know }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { But if we are to let things play out the way they should }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Then we are but knights in a grand game of chess }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { We'll influence the outcome, but not decide it }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { That power rests with the King }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: I think that bothers me even more.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { That something so powerless could determine so much? }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: Sorry, I think I just need to sleep.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { No don't be sorry }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Let it out }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: I'll talk to you again tomorrow, Kikate.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { That's what I'm here for }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: For now, I think I just need to fastforward to then.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Good luck, then }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { You'll figure it out }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { I believe in you }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: Thank you, Kikate.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: I'll see you.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { See you soon Kate }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> -- graciousTerminator [GT] ceased pestering abyssalArrow [AA] at 21:15 --

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