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[purple_reign]

[Today's video cuts in on this video playing on a loop. Inanna's voice speaks over the video after the first full loop.]

Amazing, isn't it? You always see those pictures from space of super novas and red giants and white dwarfs, but it's something else to see a super nova being born like that. The star it came from must have been truly astounding. Only the grandest have any hope of becoming super novas, you know.

Do you think it worried about becoming a black hole? That's always the risk when you're so great. You either end with a tragic collapse, dragging down so many things around you, or you burst into something so bright and amazing and wonderful that you drown out the splendor of everything around with your brilliance.

Or maybe...you just aren't grand enough to become either of those. Maybe you just fade away into nothing, forgotten in favor of the light of stars bigger and brighter than you.

What fate would you pick for yourself if you had to choose? A collapse, an explosion, or a quiet fade out?

Comments

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[dendarii]

[ Miles is - well, not drunk yet, but he's going to be there soon, if the bottle just barely in frame is any indication. He's already nursing his first glass, eyes sunken and tired. But he's ... sympathetic? Kind of. He could go either way. ]

An explosion, absolutely. The other two are agony by inches.

[purple_reign]

[The video of the super nova continues to play. It looks like Inanna might not be showing their face today.]

That was what I thought... I don't want to be forgotten.

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[craftpunk]

Well, I can tell you how it is with you back home, but I don't think you'll like the answer.

It's lackluster.

[purple_reign]

I've heard of it already, and you're right; I hate it.

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[pummelgranite]

Hey, where are you? You didn't answer my text.

voice, private permanently

[purple_reign]

Did I miss one? I must have been distracted...

I'm at my hotel suite.

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[compressions]

An explosion, of course. With my track record it'll be a collapse, though. But that's still better than a quiet fade out.

And thanks for the video, I'll add it to my astronomy playlist. [He's not joking, he actually has one.]

[purple_reign]

Two votes for an explosion so far. I'm not sure if I'm surprised or not.

What else do you have on that playlist?

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[deadsmizing]

Well, I tried the first ending, and it didn't seem to stick. Maybe fading next time might... not be so... bad with the right company.

[purple_reign]

Maybe... It could be almost comforting with the right person.

[slightlyoffchilt]

I quite like the explosion option. Theatrics.

[purple_reign]

It seems like a popular option.

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[sunlighter]

Not the most delicate foreshadowing, is it? I wonder if you're not also listening to Neil Young in the background.

[purple_reign]

I'm not a subtle person. Not anymore.

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[bragnificent]

No, I don't think it worried about that, because it's a stupid star. Space is space, it doesn't have people feelings.

[ The metaphor isn't lost on him, of course, he's just rejecting it. ]

Why is everyone around here always so obsessed with death?

[purple_reign]

I commune with all the stars in the heavens. I can promise you, stars know a great many things. And we all come with feelings.

[The video of the supernova continues to play, but there's a sloshing sound coming over the audio now. Someone's drinking?]

As for death...many of us are tied rather unfortunately to it. We can't always keep it from our minds.

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[governorkang]

For me, an explosion is guaranteed, though I don't think you meant it literally.

If it's for the right reasons, I think I'd like my death to be a metaphorical explosion. Otherwise I'd be perfectly happy with a quiet fade out.

[purple_reign]

It looks like explosive fates are winning. I think I like the idea of them the most as well. A good explosion leaves your mark through the ages.

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[dun_moch]

[The Count eyes Inanna curiously as he responds. He would have expected a post like this from Persephone, not from them.]

An explosion would be preferable, to be certain. Something that will leave a mark. To guide and inspire others to come

[purple_reign]

Like a guiding light? [They hum softly to themself, low and thoughtful.]

I do like the sound of that.

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[ghoulking]

Everyone would pick the greatest, it doesn't mean it'll end like that.

well- "I want to die in style". [ that's something he told himself some time ago. In a way, it's still true. ]

[purple_reign]

Ah, a truly interesting choice... There are many fates you could have that could have a "death in style". The means matter more than the end?

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[crimeboy]

I'd rather be like a drop of water.

I don't mind if I'm forgotten, if I can make a few ripples.

[He smiles a little.]

A person's death isn't as important as their life, though, isn't that right? We'll probably all be forgotten in time, even if we explode or collapse, so we have to make our lives mean something while we live.

[purple_reign]

[There's a low sound while the video continues to play, a disgruntled scoff.]

Just a few ripples won't be enough to satisfy me. Leaving behind ripples isn't enough. I want to create waves, to erode boundaries. I won't be satisfied if I can't bring about true change.

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[allforyuu]

If I have to die, I hope that it will spare someone else.

If it does, I don't care if I'm forgotten.

[purple_reign]

Speaking from experience, it doesn't spare them as much as you hope.

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[reexamined]

I suppose in this very limited metaphor, I was closer to a black hole.

[purple_reign]

What would you say you were if the metaphor were unlimited?

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[sleight_of_hand]

[ Well that wasn't a disturbing video from them or anything. Adachi had been struggling to think of some way to respond for a good few hours, before finally settling on contacting them privately. ]

You're not okay, are you?

[purple_reign]

I'm a little tired, but I'm alright.

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[am_i_a_monster]

I'd choose a quiet fade out. I wasn't meant for anything else.

[purple_reign]

Weren't you? What makes you say that?

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[glassfall]

It's... beautiful.

[Cinders watches the loop a few times, mesmerized.]

I think I would prefer an explosion. It is better to go out loudly and shine brightly until the end.

[purple_reign]

I thought so too, and it seems nearly everyone else agrees. Explosion is at a near unanimous win.

[heckblazer]

[ Of course this is the first bullshit he sees when he gets ported in again and goes to catch up on the network for information.

And so John breaks his silence with the stupid deities he shouldn't even give a damn about. ]

Mm, well. That's not cryptic at all.

[purple_reign]

[There are a few beats of silence while the video continues to loop silently, the supernova playing out again and again. Inanna hadn't realized John was back (and a quick check of their stars confirms that it is him), and...quite honestly, they're still rather disappointed in him.]

John.

I suppose you don't care to share your preference.