004. With no alarms, and no surprises

[drydrown]

For those of you who were wondering what happens if those insipid little stones we were given break: I still wouldn't necessarily recommend it until we're certain that it's absolutely nothing, but...



...Well, I certainly don't feel any different, either.

Comments

[ossifragant]

did you seriously smash a piece of your soul just to spite that zee person

[drydrown]

I smashed a piece of my soul because it's been agitating me for quite some time. Whatever it was, it can't have been terribly important - I feel fine, and I suppose it's good to know that breaking parts of your soul doesn't hurt any? - so I doubt "that Zee person" is going to lose any sleep over what I just did.

[ossifragant]

I mean no, probably not?

but that doesn't mean it DIDN'T do something
just because you don't notice it doesn't mean someone who knows you isn't going to go "holy shit what happened"

[drydrown]

Somehow I doubt I'm enough of a soulless abomination for it to be immediately obvious. Maybe I just shaved a couple of years off my lifespan.

[ossifragant]

is that how souls work? I don't know how souls work but I don't think that's it

[hauntedsavior]

Yeah, I get why you'd smash it. The half ounce these things weigh really is a burden.

[drydrown]

In my defense, we don't know that that isn't how they work.

[drydrown]

It was agitating me, that's all. Besides, it didn't look like it was long for this world anyway.

[ossifragant]

[................]

I guess

but this still seems like an incredibly bad idea

[drydrown]

Well, what's done is done. I can't say I regret it any.

[ossifragant]

are you sure you can't tell a difference?
because the whole glowing heart thing seem to react to emotions in some capacity

[blondferret]

Mate... are you sure you're OK. Retrospec doesn't give us stuff for no reason....

[drydrown]

Nothing that I've noticed thus far, anyway. I'm not disregarding the possibility that I might notice something eventually, but it's not like breaking the stone is going to kill you.

[drydrown]

To my knowledge, I'm all right. I don't feel particularly off in any way, at least.

[floret]

Oh no!
What happened?

[drydrown]

[oh. oh, jamie, no.]

I happened. It was agitating me.

[floret]

You really did it on purpose?...
Um, what was agitating about it?

[drydrown]

I didn't like what it kept making me think of, that's all.

[floret]

I see.

What was it making you think of?

If you don't mind my asking.

[drydrown]

Some pathetic desire that's never troubled me before that thing showed up.

[...wasn't it?]

[hauntedsavior]

Mine looks fine. You must have done something to fuck it up. Guess it doesn't matter now, though.

[drydrown]

Honestly, it's nice how little it matters. There's something unpleasant about being told that some piece of your soul is yours to tote around and protect that isn't included with the rest of you.

[yakan]

youre probably already the worst version of you anyway!! maybe thats why!!

[livingimpaired]

I am glad you were able to relieve some of your stress. I would rather it have not been against yourself but sometimes we need to destroy what we have control over.

So. Do you feel better now?

[hauntedsavior]

Yeah, that's definitely what I meant. You just smash shit whenever you don't like it or what?