one fragment ❖ r.furude

[miisdealt]

There's a poem that I'd like for people to read and share their thoughts on. I'm not sure how good it is, so I was thinking that maybe having it in a public forum like this would allow for some discussion.

Committing a crime isn't scary.
The scary part is to admit it.

Receiving a punishment isn't scary.
The scary part is to know the pain of it.

Neither crime nor punishment will be gone from the world,
Because humans are unable to know their future.

Alternatively, if you do not like poems, or would like another question to chew on: there isn't some sort of magic that can make someone become older, is there?

You can say that curiosity killed the cat, really. If you have your own poems to share, I'd like to read them as well. Writing these sorts of things is a hobby of mine, I suppose.

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b.hood

[dokkans]

[ Right. She's going to ignore that poem because while it does resonate a bit with recent goings on, Rika doesn't need to know that. So, moving on. ]

There is, actually! I've met someone who can make someone older or cuter or whatever he wants. It's not fun though, he does it to suck out your life force.

[ fuck you AND your midnight bliss, maximoff. ]

[miisdealt]

Sucking life force definitely doesn't sound like fun.

Although I wonder if sucking life force can even happen in a place like this, where everyone is already deceased.

[dokkans]

I bet it can. Except in our case, it's more like... spiritual energy. I don't know if he'd have found that as appealing, but I don't try to understand monsters.

Besides. If we have no life force, then how is it that we can die again while we're here?

[miisdealt]

That would make sense. Even if we aren't "alive" in a sense, we still do have souls.

[As much as she hates to say, much less admit to that.]

n.ebalon

[silentabyss]

im no good at poems really

but

i know of magic that can kind of make someone older. it requires that time magic be placed on their body first, and then they spend years doing... whatever it is in that appearance and age, and then when theyre done they would undo the spell and "age up" i guess. maybe thats not really the same as what you mean

my older brother invented time magic and i have his spellbook now, so ive been reading.

[miisdealt]

Perhaps not exactly.

Would someone be able to tell if a spell was placed...?

un: s.dito

[necrophily]

[ sorry he's going to address each of these points a whole lot less poetically. ]

no it's not we've had like multiple murder confessions on here

pain sucks but some people are into that

humans all die

and why would you wanna look like a hag lol

[miisdealt]

Whoever said this was about murder in the first place, or even this place?

[Poems are up to interpretation normally of course, but the writer is literally right here to rebuff them as needed.]

If some people are into pain, I don't think I've seen one yet. And certainly, humans may all die, but that doesn't mean that they necessarily don't live, either. Even in a world without us in it, that doesn't mean life doesn't go on, or their existence isn't cut short.

And I never said that, don't put words in my mouth. I was just simply curious, as I found myself in a much older body this morning. Although I wouldn't quite say that being the supposed age that this physical body is makes me a hag.

[silentabyss]

ummm... where i come from yeah, i guess it depends on the mage, but yeah. i can only sense little bits of magic here and there and they have to be pretty strong, but there are others here and back home that can sense magic really easily even if its faint

are you interested in time magic?

[miisdealt]

A family member of mine had abilities in relation to time. It isn't why I asked, but that doesn't mean that I'm disinterested.

I enjoy seeing and learning new things, after all.

[silentabyss]

oh... same as me, then.

i dont really know if it'll help you, but if you want to i can let you read through some of my brothers writings about time magic, since i have them

[dokkans]

So then, that kinda magic is pointless, isn't it? After all, your soul is your soul. If it's young, then it won't matter how old you look until you're older!

Oh, but it's nice to dream still.

[miisdealt]

It's okay if it doesn't help me. I'm happy enough to learn, and grateful to hear that you'd share something like that with me. I'll have to come up with some way to repay you.

[miisdealt]

I suppose it would be pointless if I wanted to purposely use it and it worked that way.

But it seems that my physical body's time has aged regardless of me saying anything, hence the question.

[dokkans]

You what now?

[ Her body's gotten older-- what the-- ]

Why?? I mean, did you make a wish to be bigger????

[miisdealt]

I've wished for it for the longest time, but I never expected it to actually happen.

[dokkans]

[ That's so unfair, what the fuck???? She's made wishes, why dont hers come true??? ]

wow. nice. i'm so happy for you.

[miisdealt]

It is quite nice.

Maybe if you wait for as long as I have, you'll have your wish granted, too.

[dokkans]

Mmm... no, I'm not the type to just wait around for it. I'll make my wishes come true myself

Even if it takes me another lifetime.

[miisdealt]

Well, I certainly can't berate someone on wanting to be proactive in fulfilling their own wishes.

It's a good thing, after all.

c.nanami

[waitingforplayer2]

I think probably anything is possible here. Have you checked the library? There's some books about magic there.

I don't think anybody wants to be punished but if you do something wrong then you must know there's a chance, right? Like in Ace Attorney games, they always manage to find the bad guy eventually. It's not like punishment is completely unpredictable.

[dokkans]

[ Hmmm... ]

Is it? What if the wish winds up with others getting hurt or killed?

[ Not hers, of course. Well, humans wouldn't get killed, anyway. ]

[miisdealt]

Admittedly, I haven't yet, although I can definitely check if the library has what I'm looking for.

Apparently some people say that there are people who are... excuse my language, "into that". There are times, however, when people don't find the bad guy. That they get away with it entirely and win, so to speak. I know that for certain.

Perhaps karmic retribution exists, however.

And while I personally don't think that punishment is unpredictable in of itself; just that it's something that won't be easily cast aside as a concept. It's something that will continue to exist, simply put.

Although I can't say whether I could predict what sort of punishment would come to pass, for any of my sins.

[waitingforplayer2]

That's a little bit what this place is about, though, isn't it? This is a chance to prove ourselves before we move on. Whether you call it karma or something different.

Since not everybody in the world is here, I can't really say if that's the case for everybody... but at least for us, it's probably something we're supposed to keep in mind, I think.

[miisdealt]

I was being more generic.

But I suppose if you're to ask me like that: it depends.

Truthfully, I'm not a fan of seeing other people getting hurt. However, pain is something that's human nature. Whether that be emotional or physical.

It would really depend on the reasoning behind the actions. But even so... if a person's will is so strong that they would do anything for that wish... As cruel as it is to say, it's something to be applauded for. Even more so if they toss their humanity in the process.

Well. That isn't to say that I agree with those actions, though.