AUDIENCE 🚀 DION

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[agamid]

[ WHY ARE THEY SO EMO ]

I would prefer to be called by name. I've no idea what a "scalie" even refers to.

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[ there are too many of you

There's a moment like they're googling something. ]

Scalie. A subset of the furry fandom in which reptilian creatures and anthropomorphs exist. The most common are dragons and anthro-dragons, but others such as snakes, naga, yuan-ti, lizards, etc., exist.

[agamid]

[ dion like what... is a fandom

you know what i don't want to know ]

... Yes, despite Sanbreque's association with dragons, I prefer my name.

Do you refer to all the crew by their callsigns?

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It creates a needed barrier between myself and some of you.

[ So, yes. ]

[agamid]

[ lifting a brow... ] Are you the sort to grow easily attached otherwise?

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I'm not, but I cannot control what the rest of you feel.

[ stay back whores ]

[agamid]

[ okay stud ]

So you simply think we might be drawn to you should you call us by our names?

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Think of it as a precautionary measure.

[ you said you wanted a memshare, but the kids part. ]

[agamid]

[ watches this, completely unaware that this child is a raging racist ]

... You play well.

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[ Well, since you know it's Knives, with it comes a sense of being annoyed with his twin younger brother. He thought that his addition to the score was unnecessary, but he played along because he is the older brother. Playing this song together... Being together—the symphony was complete. It was whole, much to his chagrin.

He was happy and hoped nothing changes. This was his paradise.

What does he even say after that? ]

... He's a fool.

[ There's a tinge of resentment yet also longing. He misses him. ]

[agamid]

Your brother? [ tilts head ] Why do you say so?

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He looked at the world with naivety... Even now.

[ ... ]

It isn't important.

[agamid]

Is that so foolish?

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Do you think otherwise?

[agamid]

Would you rather live a potentially short life of optimism, or a long life of pessimism?

Indeed, naivete can be foolish, but there are some that value the quality of their years over the quantity.

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I would rather live than die at the hand of those who'd exploit my grace.

[ That's... Really what it is, isn't it? Fear. ]

[agamid]

[ yeah ]

Do you believe yourself so unable to withstand such hardships?

[trenchant]

[ i lost this notif when i deleted all of gojo's tracking notifs in a frenzy and i still want a dion memory ]

My kind and I have suffered enough. What do you know?

[agamid]

It is true that I cannot understand... I have not had to endure longstanding persecution.

But continuing to view the world such harshness seems as though it only serves to hold onto one's hurt.

[ Funny enough, RNG did spit out a Terence memory. Enjoy this awkward gay breakup, Knives.

There was a time that you believed that without Terence, you would crumble. You are glad to bear the burdens of prince and Dominant of Sanbreque, glad to obey your father's orders, and glad to give your blood to the protection of your people.

But you're not always strong enough, and you believe with full certainty in your heart that it's in those moments that it was only Terence who has kept you alive.

Just as now, you're certain that you will die.

There is only one path forward for you, and you've no choice but to walk it, but you cannot do it with Terence waiting for you. It might still be less cruel than this, but you have never claimed to be a good man.

So you ease at least one debt from your ledger, and bid Terence farewell.

Excited for Knives to be like wow I do not care about this at all. ]

[trenchant]

[ Being your nation's tool all your life is oppression, Dion...

HE WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING, but then this memory is harshing his vibe. ]

This does not speak to your optimism.

[ USES IT TO ARGUE INSTEAD. ]

[agamid]

And I would not say that I am not suffering either.

[ ARGUES BACK ]

[trenchant]

[ DON'T ARGUE BACK ]

You could have not. It would have saved you and this man tears.

... But I wouldn't say what you did was unlike my brother. You two can both strive for a naive view.

[agamid]

[ the way he has no idea of the depths of knives' racism so he takes this as a moment to tease him ]

You would choose a relationship over dying while fighting a god? You are quite the romantic, Callisto.

[trenchant]

[ DION MISINTERPRETS HIS PLACE IN THE HIERARCHY

SO YEAH, HE GLARES AT DION. Knives would be single forever, honestly. ]

I would choose to protect my own without giving them up. I won't accept death as a choice I'll make out of my own volition.

[ He will struggle to survive for as long as possible until/unless there's nothing left for him to live for. ]

[agamid]

... You confuse forcing someone to live with protecting them.

[ sorry dion is so like sometimes people should just die (for their own good) ]

But I will not argue this with you further. It is a noble cause to protect the lives of those one holds dear.