Temenos Mistral ☆ Yellow Rabbit

[hanaban]

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[hanaban]

[ it's a stupid competition. he had zero moral qualms about it this whole time. ]

...Are you going to bring Crick back?

[inquired]

[ don't you try that ]

Crick isn't here - that's a non-sequitur.

[hanaban]

It's not. They say with that book, you can rewrite anything you want into being.

[ bringing crick back, hanako having a future, it's the same thing: impossible ]

[inquired]

I don't have the right to make that decision.

[ no!!!!!! that is a touchy topic, and even if he could, it's... it's not his choice. that is what it comes down to. ] You are a spirit who walks and breathes in this world. There is a marked difference.

[hanaban]

[ coward ]

I can't stay in this world, and I won't go to any other than my own.

[ He's going to go back to being a spirit who floats and is doomed, and tells himself he's going to be okay with that ]

It's okay to be selfish, Temenos. It's okay to just do what you want.

[ bring crick back just because you can!! ]

[inquired]

[ temenos will not be addressing any of these comments at this time because that's a lot of emotions and things he refuses to address with anyone else. goodbye

instead he just asks this to redirect: ]

Will you be taking on a living form? Or continue to exist as a spirit?

[hanaban]

I'll continue being a spirit, of course! I've already given up my own life, and there's no taking that back.

[ and he's ... okay with it. it's okay. ]

[inquired]

And you're alright with that.



[ (x) doubt ]

[hanaban]

[ ... ]

I'm alright with that.

[ he has to be. he chose this for himself, after all, and these are the consequences ]

[inquired]

[ ... ]

... It's alright to be selfish, Hanako. It's alright to do what you want.

[ don't just repeat his words back to him

but also: there is a point to be made. ]

[hanaban]

Don't just repeat my words back to me.

[inquired]

Oh? Perhaps I thought they were wise.

[hanaban]

They were, but it's also annoying!

[ stop it! don't preach to him! ]

[inquired]

[ lol ]

Hmm. [ gee ]

At any rate. I think you're lying. You aren't alright with it, so perhaps you ought to take your own advice, my little spirit.

[hanaban]

[ hateful ]

It doesn't matter what I want. There's things I need to do, and I can only do them when I'm dead.

[ (grits teeth) it's fine. ]

[inquired]

[ get preached on nerd ]

And those things are?

[hanaban]

Secret things that are none of your business.

[ criminal things. don't be nosy. ]

[inquired]

I see.

[ he'll allow you this, little gremlin. with a thoughtful hum. ]

Why not utilize the book to ensure those things are completed without your intervention? By your logic from before, shouldn't you be able to do so?

[hanaban]

It's... complicated. There's just so much!

[ his existence is a hot mess and he'd need to write a whole novel to fix it ]

I don't want a picture perfect world, anyways. That sort of world... just makes me angry.

[inquired]

Mm. I can agree with that.

[ it's sort of the natural opposite of what the moonshade order wanted at home - the other extreme. a perfect world is a farce, and it would never stay perfect. ]

...Still. It sounds to me as if you've decided that you must carry this burden, whatever it is. Is it a form of self-punishment?

[ you cant just ask someone if they beat themselves up all the time emotionally ]

[hanaban]

[ he makes a face because yes, but also, he's not going to admit it ]

There's lots of perks to bring a ghost! I can float, travel from place to place in a blink of an eye, I don't have to sleep or keep myself fed, and I'm super strong! Even after I'd been sealed!

[ it's not a burden!!! being a ghost has no downsides, except everything ]

[inquired]

[ nice try gremlin ]

That's not a no.

[hanaban]

...it's not a yes, either.

[ /: ]

And it's not a burden. Sure I'm no longer part of the world, but now I have the power to grant wishes, and to make people happy, and to keep people safe. When I couldn't do anything back when I was alive.