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aefenglom2020-09-14 03:24 pm
gunsmithed) wrote in aefenglom2020-09-14 03:24 pm
video | un: whitestone
Name: Percy de Rolo III
Date: Septeril 14
Format: Video
[ Percy is visibly in the forge, no surprise there, but it doesn't seem like much work is getting done. He looks more than a little manic, not quite able to sit still at the moment. And also like he may not have slept much recently, which might explain it. ]
Alright. I wasn't going to...[ he takes a breath and makes himself settle. A little. ] I've been hearing a lot about bonds recently. And obviously, I can only speak to the Witch side, but for that, I'm going to tell you a secret.
[ He leans forward a bit, mostly to make the point. ] You don't need one. If you want to bond, by all means enjoy yourself, but my gods don't let anyone convince you that you must have one. Going without may not be pleasant or comfortable or even particularly safe, but it is possible. I've managed without for well over a year, and I--
[ Whatever he is gets cut off by a deeply unimpressed woman's voice somewhere in the background easily overriding him: ] Percival, what the fuck?
[ And Percy's eyes shoot wide with maybe just a hint of panic before the video abruptly ends. ]
Date: Septeril 14
Format: Video
[ Percy is visibly in the forge, no surprise there, but it doesn't seem like much work is getting done. He looks more than a little manic, not quite able to sit still at the moment. And also like he may not have slept much recently, which might explain it. ]
Alright. I wasn't going to...[ he takes a breath and makes himself settle. A little. ] I've been hearing a lot about bonds recently. And obviously, I can only speak to the Witch side, but for that, I'm going to tell you a secret.
[ He leans forward a bit, mostly to make the point. ] You don't need one. If you want to bond, by all means enjoy yourself, but my gods don't let anyone convince you that you must have one. Going without may not be pleasant or comfortable or even particularly safe, but it is possible. I've managed without for well over a year, and I--
[ Whatever he is gets cut off by a deeply unimpressed woman's voice somewhere in the background easily overriding him: ] Percival, what the fuck?
[ And Percy's eyes shoot wide with maybe just a hint of panic before the video abruptly ends. ]
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I said what I said, and meant it. I'm calling you stubborn. Because no fool would willfully subject themselves to the threat of slowly dying from exposure, or at worst bursting out, if not on stubborn insistence that it's "not so bad".
So who are you trying to convince here?
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[ Or was, until a few hours ago. Even he can be out-stubborned. ]
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[ She lets out another quiet chuckle... this one doesn't really sound like it has any real... emotion behind it. No mirth, no derision, even. More like a vocal tick. ]
What's more, one's own pain is rarely truly only their own, unless you live in honest isolation. No decision made impacts the self only, in the end.
It is not some noble act to tell others they can choose to bring harm to themselves instead of seeking out a bond. It would only make the anxieties over bonding worse.
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