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kuropeco rolled 2 10-sided dice:
9, 7
Total: 16 (2-20)
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 Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 2:06 pm
"Sorry, sorry," said Chance, waving a hand. "I didn't mean to actually hit that hard, Asher's changed somewhat, so I'm still sort of getting used to handling them in this form. Just when I thought I was getting the hang of things too." He clicked his tongue thoughtfully.
Maybe Dawson wasn't the best person to talk about these sorts of things with, but he was nice and comfortable and easy to be around; and even though he shared the same sort of innocence as Oliver did when it came to emotional things, Dawson was a little more relaxed. Chance found him strangely interesting, perhaps because they were as different as night and day.
He mulled over the current facts of his life combined with what Dawson was telling him.
"Herein lies my problem," said Chance, in a very serious and informational sort of way, like he was analyzing a science question or a mathematical equation, rather than human relationships. "I think - well, no, actually, I'm pretty ******** sure - that that part of me is missing. The whole..." he waved a hand, accidentally releasing the arrow he'd notched. "caring bit. I'm not built to care, I don't have that in me.
"And I'm not used to having friends," he added, in a very matter-of-fact sort of way. "I don't know what that's like, so I don't know the proper protocol for this sort of thing. I'm pretty laid back, that's easy enough, but I don't know how to be a friend, or what that means to me."
HP: 50
DMG: 10
CHARGE: 3 / 3medigel chance wtf is with your rolls
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medigel rolled 1 6-sided dice:
4
Total: 4 (1-6)
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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 2:24 pm
Just one fell swoop and his extra layer of protection was gone. No more pretenses of courage at this point; Dawson cowered behind his shield with wide eyes as his weapon growled and hissed with great displeasure. "I-I-I, uh—not sure what yer gettin' at," he half said, half whimpered. He remembered how Maebe had put it, tearing herself apart and rearranging it so she wouldn't have to feel anymore. The way Chance described it, he sounded like it was the opposite: a machine trying to remember how to have emotions. Except— "Yer not a robot, Chance." Even quivering behind the shield, Dawson managed to keep his voice steady. Ish. "You got a rocky start a'things, sure, but yer not missin' parts. Yer just learnin' what mosta us already did as kids n' stuff. I-I don' know much, but ya didn' have no-one carin' 'bout you growin' up, so a'course you think friends n' carin' 'bout them's weird. But it's there, yeah?" He peeked out from over his weapon. "Fer instance, ya care enough not t'send me t'the infirmary on purpose. Right?" A weak laugh. "N' all those drawin's y'do, person's gotta care t'get all those details. Yer just overthinkin' it, I think." hp: 14 defense: 4 charge: 0/3 kuuropii WELL THEN guess chance should stick close to him too next meta wtf rolls
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kuropeco rolled 2 10-sided dice:
3, 4
Total: 7 (2-20)
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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 2:54 pm
He paused, blinking in Dawson's direction with a sort of curious expression on his face, and it was strangely pitying, as though the other couldn't quite comprehend that Chance was not a whole person, that he was just a part of one, missing the essentials to expand further.
"I don't have as many emotions as other people do," said Chance, and laughed a little. "According to that one guy on Twitter, all I do is condescend and belittle others on my robot throne. Which sounds kind of badass, actually, but that's beside the point.
He tapped an arrow against his leg. "My mother always told me that she loved me, but it was followed up by reasons like so behave, or everything will be all right or some other s**t. Love is complicated, it makes messes out of things, and so do other emotions."
He shook his head, but his expression was no longer pitying, and instead it was almost wistful.
"If I put you in the infirmary, who would be my Shaggy," Chance deadpanned, firing off another shot.
HP: 50
DMG: 1
CHARGE: 3 / 3medigel DON'T WORRY SHAGGY, FREDDIE WILL KEEP THE MYSTERY MOBILE SAFE...
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medigel rolled 1 0-sided dice:
Total: 0 (1-0)
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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 2:58 pm
"Who, Taym? Naw, he's like that with a lotta people," Dawson replied almost fondly. "Don' worry 'bout what he says." Then again, he was very used to abrasive types in positions of power over him. He switched arms again and winced as his shoulder complained at the new weight. "Look, yer mom, God love her, wasn' good at her job, n' you got raised all topsy turvy cause've it. But ain' nobody born not whole, man. It's all there. N' I bet yer just makin' excuses 'cause yer scared t'find out what that's like," Dawson added in his personal brand of blunt honesty in a genuinely caring tone. "N' I don' blame ya. Feelin's? Some a'them are God damn scary." He himself often carried too many or too much around. "N' yeah they sometimes complicate s**t, but that's the risks ya take. That's life. It ain' supposed t'be all contained n' a bubble." That, at least, was what he was starting to learn. "Sometimes it's messy, man, but sometimes it's the best damn thing in the world." hp: 14 defense: a measly 1 charge: 1/3 kuuropii but what about the mystery inc tank D:
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medigel rolled 1 6-sided dice:
1
Total: 1 (1-6)
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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 3:00 pm
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kuropeco rolled 2 10-sided dice:
1, 2
Total: 3 (2-20)
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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 3:51 pm
"I don't usually take what strangers say to me as gospel, thankfully," said Chance with a smile. "He doesn't know me well enough to gauge me properly. If we have a chance to meet, and his opinion remains the same, then so be it, but until then, I'm perfectly comfortable with letting him believe whatever it is that he believes."
Dawson was such a curious person; where Chance said what he thought most of the time, Dawson did as well, though there was a kindness and a positivity that didn't correlate with Chance's. He was honest, but he did not have the same heart, and maybe that was the problem.
"You're not the first person to tell me that," said Chance musingly, as he pulled another arrow into existence and notched it into the bowstring. "I don't think it's really a matter of being scared so much as that I just...do not understand."
The lack of comprehension was his biggest issue, he knew, but since he had always been this way, Chance had not even considered it an issue until now; merely another facet of his personality.
A laugh escaped him.
"Where do you get all of this wisdom, anyway?" he asked, releasing the wire. "Your strength in your views is rather admirable, I must admit."
HP: 50
DMG: 0
CHARGE: 3 / 3medigel dkljfsdkfns THAT TOO... clearly chance has used up his good rolls for the next ten years
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medigel rolled 2 8-sided dice:
8, 2
Total: 10 (2-16)
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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 3:59 pm
"Well, people're afeared a'what they don' understand either, so there's that." He spat off to the side and wiped at his brow, then chuckled. " I got it from my mama," he semi-sang. "She was a real smart lady. But wisdom? s**t, I don' got wisdom, bro, I just say the crap I got in my head n' hope someone don' clobber me fer stickin' to it." Most of what he thought apparently was wrong or naive according to most people anyway; wisdom was a nice change. Speaking of clobbering. Chance seemed to have lost momentum, so he braced for incoming arrows and charged. Hell, if he got one hit in he'd call it progress. "Guess the real question is, y'wanna understand or not?" Dawson asked. "'Cause it ain' a thing you just read on, y'gotta, y'know, look closer at it, figgir out what yer feelin' n' why." hp: 14 damage: 4 charge: 2/3
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kuropeco rolled 2 10-sided dice:
3, 9
Total: 12 (2-20)
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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 4:42 pm
"Lack of an attempt at understanding just makes it harder to gauge someone properly," said Chance, with a wave of his hand. "I suppose fear makes it worse as well, which is unfortunate, but that's just how it is."
He wondered dimly what it would have been like to have a mother like Dawson's; a mother that had clearly cared, and had been intelligent enough to teach her son how to live a certain way of life. But it was a far off notion, unable to be comprehended.
"I like people who say what's in their head," said Chance with a smile. "The best kinds of people are the ones who don't pussyfoot around things or whatever other s**t. It's nice to find people that care as much as you do."
He hummed thoughtfully, swinging another arrow into play, and notched it against the wire.
"What happens if I don't want to understand?" he asked curiously. "Is that wrong?"
HP: 50
DMG: 6
CHARGE: 3 / 3
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medigel rolled 2 8-sided dice:
3, 8
Total: 11 (2-16)
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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 5:05 pm
He grimaced through the shot and continued bashing. " Chance Bones don' wanna unnerstand somethin'?" Dawson asked incredulously, then snorted a laugh. "You a clone, bro? Thought knowledge rocked yer s**t. I mean, yeah, I guess ya don' hafta unnerstand feelin's n' stuff, since yer mostly just, uh... feelin' 'em n' acceptin' they happenin'. But if ya don' decide t'learn, ya might run inta more trouble down the line. Yer stayin' 'round people one way r' another, whether ya like it or not." hp: 8 damage: 5 charge: 3/3
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kuropeco rolled 2 10-sided dice:
1, 8
Total: 9 (2-20)
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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 5:17 pm
He had a point.
"Are there such things as clones?" Chance asked interestedly, Dawson's shield smacking into him and making him stumble back a few feet. "And okay, you're not entirely wrong, I do like making sense out of things. It's much more preferable that I'm able to understand things even if I don't entirely get why they exist in the first place."
A pause. "That's kind of a connundrum, I suppose," Chance mused. "And you're right, I will be around people one way or another..."
Except for two people in particular that he'd already decided he wouldn't. Chance gave Dawson a slightly apologetic smile.
"You have this way of making me feel relaxed," he said with a laugh. "I like being around you."
HP: 45
DMG: 3
CHARGE: 3 / 3
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medigel rolled 1 4-sided dice:
3
Total: 3 (1-4)
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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 6:13 pm
He shrugged. "Heard there are some, but never saw one. Try not t'think too much 'bout it since m'still tryin' t'wrap my head 'round stuff like portals inta other worlds." Eventually he'd probably get smacked with one, but until then—second attempt at barrier time! "Aww, glad t'hear," Dawson said with a tired smile as the fire suffused him again. "I try. You, uh, wanna tell me what brought all this up, though? 'Cause ya mentioned sex n' friends n'..." He made a vague gesture with his free hand that left it all open. hp: 5 (10 hp barrier for 2 turns or until Chance wipes him out with another wtf roll) damage: charge: 0/3 kuuropii delays the inevitable.....
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kuropeco rolled 2 10-sided dice:
1, 2
Total: 3 (2-20)
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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 8:03 pm
He made a face.
"I think there's quite enough of just one of me," said Chance, laughing a little. "I think I'd prefer to leave it that way, so hopefully there aren't any of those...whatever, clone things roaming around with my face on it."
But that did indicate more research; Chance let out a little hum.
"Because I'm hitting on you, Dawson," he deadpanned, but then smiled, and it wasn't quite all the way to his eyes. One shoulder lifted and fell as Chance strung a last arrow against the wire.
"I've always thought sex was just a casual thing to have fun with," he said. "I told you, I'm not used to having friends. I don't know what it means to be a friend, I just assumed that sex was something fun to do, like go out to eat, or go dancing. Something fun that feels good at the same time."
He shook his head, lost in thought. "I don't like drama, or messes, or strings, and somehow I feel I've tangled up my strings somewhere down the line."
HP: 45
DMG: wow chance wow
CHARGE: 3 / 3
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medigel rolled 2 8-sided dice:
3, 5
Total: 8 (2-16)
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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 8:51 pm
"Right, okay. Fun, casual sex stuff." So like Maebe. "N' ya think it's all tangled because...?" Dawson prompted him as he swung.
hp: 5 (10 hp barrier for 1 turn or until Chance wipes him out with another wtf roll)
damage: 2
charge: 1/3
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kuropeco rolled 2 10-sided dice:
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Total: 8 (2-20)
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 6:55 am
"Because I have...people I like, here," said Chance, the word friends still feeling awkward and unusable; a strange, foreign concept unfamiliar to him. "If I'm not supposed to sleep with them, I don't want to jeopardize being able to talk to them if that's not what friendship is supposed to be."
He shrugged again, face impassive. "But I suppose if I do, and that changes things, then that's how life is, and I'll live with it. Regrets are useless, after all."
HP: 43
DMG: 2
CHARGE: 3 / 3
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medigel rolled 2 8-sided dice:
3, 1
Total: 4 (2-16)
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 8:58 am
He couldn't help but think it a little funny that Chance didn't understand friends but happily said people I like like they were somehow mutually exclusive. "Okay, uh...Well, I know I said some stuff 'bout s**t mixin'," Dawson said as he felt the extra layer of warmth disappear. He paused to catch his breath, feeling his limbs start to grow heavy. "But tha's just my opinion. Ya'll r' adults, yeah? Talk like adults. Don' like...stew on s**t like y'think you know what's best. 'Cause I'm learnin' real quick it's easier just ta talk n' get corrected n' learn from it then just, y'know, sittin' back bein' confused." Even if it often meant being embarrassed and eating crow. "'Sides, yer sayin' supposed to like ya hafta have sex with erryone ya like t'be copacetic." He gave a wheezy laugh and attempted a half-hearted swing. "Yer weird, man. I don' getcha some a'the time. Doesn' mean I don' like ya, though. This righ' here? Me n' you talkin' 'bout stuff while ya kick my a**? You trustin' me enough ta open up while I go off like some preacher at mass? Tha's friendship." He grinned. hp: 5 damage: werp charge: naw
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