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[darkcharge]

Name: Anonymous | Vanitas
Date: 3/1
Format: Text



[ So Vanitas has been terribly frustrated for the last few days trying to figure this out himself. Unfortunately, he isn't really equipped to come to the answers on his own. ]

Normally I wouldn't bother with things like this, but it would appear that all my other options are exhausted or unavailable.

A little while ago I found myself experiencing some strong urges. I can't say that they are entirely unfamiliar, but the circumstances and conditions are different. Wanting to throttle someone and make them pay is nothing new, but because they hurt someone I am acquainted with is. So I suppose my question there is why. This person is perfectly capable of handling it themselves so why is it that I also want to?

Which brings me to the second issue since this is all tied to the same situation. The look this person had on their face? I didn't like it and I don't want to see it again. That is new and I don't know what that means or what it is at all.

This is probably a waste of time, but I can't figure it out. So here we are.

[ tl;dr: Vanitas might actually care about someone - or at least have something of an urge to protect them - but he can't recognize it at all because pfft he's not the sort that does that, right? ]

Comments

[scyldig]

What's the point in asking questions if you're going to ignore the answers?

[darkcharge]

Considering that was more commentary than an answer or a suggestion? Why should I bother?

Doing so, like now, only enables you to further voice your opinion and, quite possibly, undermine what it is that I seek to gain.

[scyldig]

I'm not the only one you're giving the brush off.

Just what is it you're "seeking to gain", anyway?

[darkcharge]

That doesn't necessarily mean I am not pausing to think. After all you only see my response, not what is going through my mind. Besides this, if you had read the other responses you would have seen that I am putting it all together in one way or another.

You would also already know what it is that I seek to gain. Or is the illiteracy getting in the way?

:)

[scyldig]

I'm not illiterate, you're just terrible at expressing tone over text.

:)

[darkcharge]

I'm terrible at expressing anything, actually! Hence why I'm even asking questions to begin with.

But gee, why does one ask questions? Isn't it usually to gain something like understanding? So that must, ultimately, be my goal. To understand something that is not innate to my nature.

[scyldig]

Yeah, well, most people don't refer to learning or coming to understand something as trying to obtain something. That usually implies something physical.

[darkcharge]

Then why do people call it gaining knowledge?

[scyldig]

Because English is a dumb language.

[darkcharge]

...No argument there.