WEEK 7

[foundationmods]

Seven weeks.

Seven long, long weeks.
But with the final trial and the deaths of four of their own, the game would be over this week...right? 🗈

All the truth was theirs to know, along with other things.
And now, the survivors had a task ahead of them...
...Would they be able to end everything on a high note?

...Or would it only end....bittersweetly...?

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[cryosurgeon]

They are my familiars, so it would behoove me to be able to understand them. Most with the patience and intuition can understand those who do not share their language, however. You need only listen and observe, the answers are there. How else might the web of existence be kept pristine, the natural order maintained?

[excavated]

That's true.

[ He knows that familiars are definitely more intelligent than normal animals, and he can't help but close his eyes in a way that can only be read as nostalgic. ]

I'm not that good at that sort of thing, unfortunately. While I might have the patience, but my skills always lie elsewhere. But someone else important to me was the one who understood all those creatures, and even things that can't be seen or normally heard.

[ Like the trees and water. ]

[cryosurgeon]

You still have your place in the living world, however.

[That subtle but sharp smile could mean one thing... or something else.]

All things do, even us demons. If we exist, we are meant to exist.

[excavated]

... Yeah. I wouldn't have been here if it wasn't for someone else's help.

[ Guilt flashes for a flicker of a second in his eyes, but it soon fades away in that same moment. ]

Everyone's existence, human or otherwise has a meaning to it. I hope you all understand that.

[cryosurgeon]

Of course. I'm no murderous dog, after all. Though even rabid hounds have their place in the order of things.

[Buer chuckles, soft and low, but there's genuine humor in it. Not at all like the man whose face he wears.]

[excavated]

[ I can't believe Caar is being called out like this. ]

I suppose they do.

[cryosurgeon]

[It's the other demons' job to drag the dog.]

There is culling to purify the world of the weak and sickly. That, too, is a manner of curing infirmity. Though I leave that work to those better suited to it.

[excavated]

[ He nods. ]

Everyone has things that they can and can't do, after all.

[cryosurgeon]

I can, of course. I simply prefer not to. To put it simply, there are demons who enjoy killing more than I do.

[excavated]

That makes sense, of course. Is there a reason why, though?

[cryosurgeon]

I....

[His fingers twitch under his book and on Pathos's back. The cats both mew at him plaintively.]

It is simply... not my way.

[excavated]

[ He glances at him head-on with what seems to be conviction but also idle curiosity as well. ] So you're just not the kind of person that would do that sort of thing?

[cryosurgeon]

If necessary, I would. I... am a demon, after all.

[His hands steady.]

Not a person, only within the shell of a person. A vessel, given by my Lady.

[excavated]

Even if you aren't human, you still exist. It doesn't matter if you're a person or not.

[cryosurgeon]

Yes... yes, as I said: if we exist, then we are meant to exist. I am simply pointing out that many would not consider demons to be "people," only humans.

[excavated]

I guess?

But that isn't a bad thing, is it?

[cryosurgeon]

It... does not distress me. The labels placed upon us by humans mean little, they are merely the twisting of words to soothe their fears. My only purpose is to serve my Lady, and what I am called is irrelevant to that purpose.

[excavated]

[ HE'S GETTING



CAIM WAR FLASHBACKS just a little bit ]

That isn't always the case. If you want to believe that we're simply twisting our words to suit our needs, that's fine, but that isn't necessarily always the truth. At least, I don't think so.

[cryosurgeon]

A debate of belief, then. Moral philosophy is one of my domains, after all. But is there any philosophy that can truly be without bias?

No, it is how we demons are treated that determines how we react, just as it is for humanity.