[audio] @ORACLE; [open]

[spitefullight]

[ Elden's been fiddling with this tablet thing for awhile. Want to know how long? Because for the last ten minutes his tablet has been going on and off voice, you can catch little snippets of; ]

Damn it, work you piece of-

For the love of- why does there need to be so many buttons-UUGGGGH-

[Static.....
....

Finally, though he manages to stay on audio; ]

Right, so, hi everyone, my name's Elden. We've been here a few days now and I'm pretty sure everyone's already looking into whatever's going on here.

I mean, it's a big spooky, dark town, who wouldn't want to figure out what the hell was going on. So, there were a couple of things I wanted to bring up.

One is I think we need to start compiling all the info we've found out about this place so far. Even the stuff they told us when they got here. If we're ever going to figure out why this place is perpetual night that's probably what we should do. Maybe we could keep some kind of log book in the Inn to keep us up to date.

[ He pauses before bringing up his next point. ]

Second, if there's anyone willing to go into the forest with me? I'm not sure what's in there but it'd be dangerous to go in by yourself. Especially if there are undead lurking in that forest.

All right, well that's all for now. Thanks.

Comments

@missprincessmary; voice

[withsadness]

I found out...that the fire will never get bigger!

[...]

And that people ain't shit!

( reaction only. )

[sunborne]

[spitefullight]

....Iiiii Don't think you should be using that language. [ This girl literally sounds like a baby...or well a 10 year old at least. ]

But, right fire never goes out...check. [ he'll just write that down. ]

@dysmas :// text

[chardismastic]

👍

@raylan, text

[ultimatums]

Proud of you kiddo

@drake; text

[nonscriptum]

i can only imagine who instilled this piece of sage wisdom

@fuckthis

[evocation]

kids leading expeditions into mysterious forests that might be filled with demons and liches and shit?
nope

[spitefullight]

What does my age have to do with anything?
Not to mention who says I would be leading? I'm more of support role than anything.

[evocation]

what do you mean, what does your age have to do with anything?
you said you were fifteen
i think we should hold off on sending the high school freshmen into the woods

[spitefullight]

[ Ah. Of course, the "You're a kid angle." He should've expected this... ]

I'm not helpless and this isn't my first time dealing with life threatening scenarios. So, pretty sure my age shouldn't matter.

[evocation]

cool
i don't care
we've got soldiers who have fought in literal wars and explorers and people who do this for a living with years and decades of experience
let's have them go before we start throwing kids in there
no one wants a teenager dying on their watch

[spitefullight]

...Wow. I'm just.

I'm not going to just sit here and do nothing. So, you can say that all you want but that's really not going to stop me to do what has to be done.

So, it's not so much as you throwing me in the forest as I'm just going in there because there are bigger problems than age right now.

[evocation]

the "i'm not going to listen to anyone and i'll do what i want anyway!" thing you did with gene and now me is just kinda proving my point, dude

@dysmas :// text

[chardismastic]

👍

Locked

[spitefullight]

[ This is frustrating and it's beginning to read in his voice. There's a bubble in his chest that's waiting to burst because all he wants to do is scream angrily. He didn't die because he was doing some stupid stunt, he didn't. He didn't see all that horror to just be told to sit in the corner and be safe. ]

Maybe because I might not be a normal fifteen year old? Do you even know a single thing about me or anything I've been through? No. You don't. So don't assume I'm helpless or incapable.

Locked

[evocation]

[Kyna lets out a long-suffering sigh and switches to audio.]

I get it because I've done the same shit. I thought people just didn't get it and that almost got my ass killed like, a few times. If you're just gonna insist you're right, what's going to happen when someone takes you along and shit goes down? No one's going to trust you to listen when there's a demon about to kill everyone.

[ultimatums]

[ are his ears burning... ]

[nonscriptum]

[ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ]

[spitefullight]

[ Elden's breath catches in his throat, his nose flares as he clenches his fists tightly. He wants to yell at this woman, but finally he lets out a slow exhale through his nose trying to relieve tension. ]

Listen, I'm just trying to be useful. I can't sit here and not do something if it means there's a potential of going back or leaving this place. All I'm doing right now is give suggestions to be useful and if all of you are just going to shoot me down then what am I suppose to do?

[ He lets out a long standing breath again through his nose, beginning to level his head out. He decides to concede a bit; ]

You're right I need to prove myself to you that I wouldn't freeze up in a fight or run away. If you're worried I'm going to get someone killed than show me how to be better. Give me experience, give me a chance to show it. I'll listen, I'll follow orders but I have to do something than wait.

[ He pauses for a moment, debating whether he should even say the next part. But he keeps his voice from trembling with the next part despite how hard it is to say; ]

My friends are in a war and fighting hard back home to save our city from a madman that would kill everyone for not worshipping a goddess of undeath. How do you expect me to sit here and not try my best or do what I'm good at when I know my friends are?

@Nightshade

[primordialerebus]

Aren't you like, 15.

[ Sure she's only 2 years older, but 17 was way different from 15 okay. She's also ignoring the above chat because she saw rafe's username and immediately had to scroll down before she started another fight. ]

[spitefullight]

...Yes. And how old are you?

[primordialerebus]

17???

[spitefullight]

So, what's the difference between you and me?

[primordialerebus]

I'm nearly a senior and you're like. Freshman. Big difference.

[spitefullight]

....What the hell is a freshman? Because that's not a term I'm familiar with. Like....are you saying I'm clean? And why are you calling yourself a senior? My best friend is seventeen and he's definitely not old.