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[craftpunk]

[ Guess who's back who's back again? ]

Heh. So I'm back again. Thankfully, I don't think you call can get rid of me quite so easily.

[ For those new to the party, Woden's helmet is in full view of the screen, his camera the only reflection. He's sure to take up the whole thing, so his specific location can't be defined from the helmet's reflection. His tone is musical and amused, like he's just experienced something funny. ]

You know what the amusing thing is? I'd already been punished for my earlier transgressions. I'd been killed and beheaded for the things I had done. Beyond that? I've been quiet. I've lived my life, I didn't even interact with the people who felt so... betrayed by my actions. I kept my nose clean -- [ A beat, and a tip of his helmet. ] -- relatively.

Do you know what being good? What being quiet and diminuitive got me? It got me murdered in my own home. [ He leans back, now, and he's most certainly not at home. He, in fact, looks to be in the middle of nowhere, a dark room, other than the bright whites of screens that illuminate from behind the camera. They are all static in his helmet. ] Let me reiterate, for no reason. I did nothing, and because of my reputation, or my odiousness, someone thought it would be fun to murder me.

I would like you all to think on that, the next time someone speaks ill of another person's reputation here. We are... the sum of our actions, yes, but for some, those actions are immediately forgiveable. For others, it doesn't matter how many times we are killed, or punished. It's never enough, to try to change our lives, and make up for it. It's ironic, how easily manipulated you all are, isn't it? How you all don't even question the people you trust?

I digress. I suspect I'm only complaining into the void, regardless.

[ A pause, and he lifted a finger, as if he had another point, his helmet tipped. ]

I suppose I should wish all the other fellow fathers out there, a happy father's day, shouldn't I?

Comments

[bridalrose]

Not an inconvenience, I suppose... but it's a little silly.

[craftpunk]

Oh? Why is that?

Would you rather I call myself something more succinct? Maybe a chameleon?

[bridalrose]

I don't know.

Chameleon's are rather cute, aren't they?

[craftpunk]

I don't know if "cute" is the thing I'm going for -- or should be associated with me.

[bridalrose]

That's why I expressed doubt. You're not cute at all.

[craftpunk]

Yes, yes.

[ A wave of his hand. ]

I prefer imposing, really. If I had to choose an adjective.

[bridalrose]

And you think that's suitable?

[craftpunk]

Mm, why should it not be? Have you seen my look?

[bridalrose]

This is a video.

Is it meant to be frightening that people can't see your face? Other than that... What's the big deal about clothes that light up?

[craftpunk]

You would be surprised how unsettling it can be, talking to a face that doesn't show anything to you.

But no, the look is... just the look. We all have one, you know.

[bridalrose]

I suppose so. Costumes are quite popular here.

I wonder if everyone else is as dramatic about it.

[craftpunk]

Have you met any superheroes, yet?

[bridalrose]

Yes.

They haven't stopped to tell me how unsettling I should find them.