It's not even about killing to survive...there are monsters here that...that kill for sport, or use overly violent methods that don't have the decency of an out for a human to save themselves.
The truth is, monsters here choose to make a moral stand that suits them, but they don't even understand why this needed to happen. How could they understand, unless they knew us? And even then, some that did know us stepped away.
[Ryou sinks to the floor, his tail curling around his legs as his arms shift, to wrap around his abdomen rather than stay crossed. Blood seeps through fur where he's claws have pricked, but he doesn't care.]
I don't think all humans are monsters. But I can't prioritize them over monsters, because they can die, and their suffering stops. When we die, we come back for more. And when you're not a high-level fog follower, it's so easy to die.
I've died twice here, three if you count dying to become a vampire when my copy tried to weaken me, f-four if you count his death, which I have the memories of. Those first two deaths, they're free. H-hahah...hahaha...can you believe that? We're expected to perish so frequently that we get 2 free lives...and then the rest lose us memories. I haven't lost a memory yet.
Atem has. He has died three times where it counts. His first, albeit uncounted, death...was caused by a monster here, through torture. He was tortured for days, just to serve some purpose related to the Fourth God, although no one blames Elias for that, why would they? The point is, just because it wasn't towards some predetermined counter, doesn't mean it didn't have an effect.
His first true death...he...he had to die, it was the only way the others and I could free him from the parasite infesting his mind. Mukuro, Horatio, Celeste and Mukuro...we had to dig it out of him...
[He has to stop there, because he remembers having his shade claws buried deep into Atem's abdomen, it wasn't what he wanted to do, but the parasite needed to come out...]
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cw; oblique gore mention, torture, death, mind-control/possession, assisted murder tbh
Date: 2022-05-27 04:55 pm (UTC)The truth is, monsters here choose to make a moral stand that suits them, but they don't even understand why this needed to happen. How could they understand, unless they knew us? And even then, some that did know us stepped away.
[Ryou sinks to the floor, his tail curling around his legs as his arms shift, to wrap around his abdomen rather than stay crossed. Blood seeps through fur where he's claws have pricked, but he doesn't care.]
I don't think all humans are monsters. But I can't prioritize them over monsters, because they can die, and their suffering stops. When we die, we come back for more. And when you're not a high-level fog follower, it's so easy to die.
I've died twice here, three if you count dying to become a vampire when my copy tried to weaken me, f-four if you count his death, which I have the memories of. Those first two deaths, they're free. H-hahah...hahaha...can you believe that? We're expected to perish so frequently that we get 2 free lives...and then the rest lose us memories. I haven't lost a memory yet.
Atem has. He has died three times where it counts. His first, albeit uncounted, death...was caused by a monster here, through torture. He was tortured for days, just to serve some purpose related to the Fourth God, although no one blames Elias for that, why would they? The point is, just because it wasn't towards some predetermined counter, doesn't mean it didn't have an effect.
His first true death...he...he had to die, it was the only way the others and I could free him from the parasite infesting his mind. Mukuro, Horatio, Celeste and Mukuro...we had to dig it out of him...
[He has to stop there, because he remembers having his shade claws buried deep into Atem's abdomen, it wasn't what he wanted to do, but the parasite needed to come out...]