un: fandaniel

[trollophoroi]

[ After the meeting and all has been said and done, Fandaniel, who had made no appearance whatsoever, pops onto the forum with this little message: ]

So how did your little meeting go?

Have you all decided to condemn an abandoned child for trying to warn in with the only tools they were allowed? Be not shy, friends. I have no doubt dear little Lily was one of the grand topics of the night~

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[tablescraps]

( come out of the telo tower right now )

Are you stupid?

[trollophoroi]

[ make him ]

Such a loaded question! You'll believe me so no matter what, Morgan.

[tablescraps]

I call it like I see it, and all I see is a clown bumbling for pennies.

And that isn't my name, so don't bother.

[trollophoroi]

Odd, it seems to me you were looking in a mirror while typing that.

Ah? It isn't? Then pray tell why it was engraved on your sword and armor?

[trashtier]

Well yeah, but that's not what we're talking about RN.

[tablescraps]

If you were what I saw when I looked in a mirror, I would not have hesitated at the bridge in the nameless root town the way you did before.

Lily put it there. Is this not a good enough reason for you, a blind man desperate for salvation?

[trollophoroi]

Then why not share what changed your mind?

[trashtier]

...honestly, it wasn't far off from your own reason for changing your mind.

[And that's sitting very strangely with him.]

I just hated seeing him stuck in such a shitty family situation. It hit pretty close to home.

[trollophoroi]

Lily made armor sets that did many things and yet you, myself, all of us, discovered this and continued to wear them. Do you blame him for your own foolishness?

Although, in your case, I am well aware you are incapable of taking care of yourself.

I suppose you would blame someone else for your self-inflicted ills.

[tablescraps]

What are you talking about?

Then, I thought that was my name. But I understand now it isn't. That Lily wrote what he did on my sword had its purpose at the time.

[trollophoroi]

That it does.

But, apparently, that makes us fools. I wonder, if they think our empathy is foolish, should we even bother continuing to offer it to them?

[tablescraps]

Was this this same for 0koto and Uta?

( He's not going to bother bring up Barrett when we're talking about a poor sad child in a bad family situation named Lily thanks to A Certain Someone )

[trollophoroi]

Then what IS your name, Mithrun? Who do you believe you are now?

[tablescraps]

Lily knows it. Ask hi,m

( weird typo there, but anyway )

[trollophoroi]

I would prefer asking you, the source!

Don't be shy now. We're all trapped in here together now, after all.

[trashtier]

I don't get it. But I've kind of accepted that I'm never gonna get it, just like they're never gonna give us the benefit of the doubt.

I really wanna be wrong about this, but...do you think they even want it at this point?

[tablescraps]

I don't think Lily wants me saying it. What can you tell me that would make telling you worth the tax?

[trashtier]

IDK? I haven't really talked to them about their reasons. I didn't even know Fandaniel's until just now.

[trollophoroi]

And why would Lily care about what is and isn't your name?

That said, while I am willing to trade real names with you, I would prefer that you not push yourself if something is amiss.

[trollophoroi]

It makes sense, I suppose. They cannot attack CC Corp from here, so why not the next best target?

Oh well. Ultimately, that really does depend on the person. There are some I will care for no matter what, of course. I'm sure it is the same for you, Levi.

[tablescraps]

It would be interesting to know. Once is a coincidence; twice is a pattern.

But what it really comes down to is how someone perceives the alignment of his motives.

( Because he can see vividly the counterargument to how suspect the pattern may be: "he only wanted to talk to people willing to hear him out at first." And then, that, too, has a counterargument of its own - it continues ceaselessly. It's pointless and a waste of time. )

[tablescraps]

Don't pretend to care about me.

I would trade my name for yours, but you'll have to tell me first: is your name something they call you in reality?

[trollophoroi]

[ But he told Barrett he would behaaaave, okay? ]

Fair enough.

I am unsure what you mean, however. Of course, what else would my name be? Fandaniel is only an online handle.

[tablescraps]

Then that's not what I'm looking for. Ask me again when you understand what I mean.

[gluttoning]

[:knifecat:]