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[coinflipped]

Isaac McKinstry March 5 near Pawn Promotion

So, question for everyone. If you’re a magical being of some sort that supposedly blesses people, but you’re also known as a Reaper, what do you think that exactly means?

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[livingimpaired]

You see how ironic that kind of is, yes?
A supernatural being is superstitious.

[ Anyway! ]

Please do.
And I'd ask you not to judge too harshly, but it'd be understandable if you did.

[coinflipped]

Okay, so I just went an found it.

...it's interesting, I suppose.

[He's judging, but he's also trying not to judge...]

[livingimpaired]

You don't need to soften your opinion to me.
It's fine if you don't like it, haha.

[coinflipped]

Hmm, it's less that I don't like it and more that I'm morbidly intrigued.

It's definitely not a culture thing, but an aesthetic that people like, as if they do find the idea of death intriguing without wanting to be near death themselves.

Like they're curious about it.

I personally don't find death beautiful, but that doesn't mean I don't appreciate that some people do.

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[livingimpaired]

Equally ironic to hear a Reaper say as much.

[livingimpaired]

I have no curiosity about death.
No, it's merely the ugliness that intrigues and fascinates me.
What others call "ugly," anyway.
I happen to see it as "pretty."

I won't deny that humans have a curiosity towards death, but I don't.
Because it's life that is far more interesting.

[coinflipped]

You find death beautiful, but life more interesting. That's quite the contradiction, isn't it?

But I also find life more interesting. It's why I'm having trouble grasping this Reaper idea.

Yet who I am as a Reaper and what our popular culture believes a Reaper is, I honestly think they're different. Maybe. There's still obviously a lot of things I'm unsure about.

[livingimpaired]

My fault for not being clear.
I don't liken those pictures to death as you do.
I liken them to living.

Well.
Life may be interesting, but it has to end.
Nothing can go on forever.
And so, "you" get to put the final mark to a beautiful story.
I think that still makes life interesting.

[coinflipped]

Supposedly I get to put that mark.

I'm still not sure.

It's all confusing.

[It will also be like t-20 minutes before he ICly gets an awful memory, oops.]

[livingimpaired]

Right.
"You" put the final mark at the end.
"You" get to decide it.
For you see, it is that final mark that makes life beautiful.
Think of it as adding the last stroke to a ballad, if you would.
And so I have no fascination with death, it is just the end of a masterpiece and I would rather listen to the song.

[coinflipped]

All of that is based on the assumption I'm that kind of Reaper, unfortunately.

Though, 'to kill is to save' does sound like a pretty Reaper thing.

[livingimpaired]

It does, yes.

[coinflipped]

Well, I suppose all I can do is wait for more answers, whether they be good or bad.

[livingimpaired]

Whether they be good or bad, hm?
Doesn't that depend on you?

[coinflipped]

I suppose it does, in a sense.

[livingimpaired]

Isaac.
We cannot change what happened.
We can only change what it means for us now.
Whether it will be something to make us stronger or weaker, depends on what we do next.
Everything else "good" or "bad" will come later.

[coinflipped]

So you're saying if I think it's bad, then of course it's going to be bad, right?

[livingimpaired]

More or less, yes.

[coinflipped]

Well, I can't change my thinking overnight, but I'll try.

[livingimpaired]

I certainly don't think it will be an overnight process, but it is good you are thinking of changing.

[coinflipped]

Well, if I'm going to keep remembering depressing things, I need to do something, correct?

[livingimpaired]

Yes, but not just due to the memories. It is your life.

You should decide on if you wish for it to be a melody worth listening to.

[coinflipped]

I may not have a choice if I start physically affecting people, like I am already. Domains are not something we exactly have control over, from what I've deduced.

[livingimpaired]

Hm?
Sorry, you lost me a little.

[coinflipped]

Let me back up a bit.

The kind of being I am, we have domains. These domains usually give blessings, but mine doesn't. It seems to do the opposite. From what I've experienced here, my domain has already activated.