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[lingeringhope]

[Hope's voice is clear and clipped.]

If you would like to leave a message, you may do so here. I can't promise to respond. I have many demands on my time, and this sort of thing is far down the list. Still, if you would like to, you may.

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[amos_moses]

[A small laugh, very soft.]

Ah, it's in the name - monster, something unnatural or frightening to us.

I was just wondering. I'm used to places with more animals, a lot more 'chatter' going on.

Thanks for answering all my questions, it's very kind of you.

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[lingeringhope]

There's no need for animals here. And you're welcome.

[casperdisaster]

Um, so. Uh. First - first, thanks for - for the letting me be dead for a bit. It was - well it wasn't nice but I think I really needed it, so...?

[Fuck, fuck, he is screwing this up this is not a buddy to talk to. Get to the point. Noah would have been content to stay this way, really, but seeing it actually affect Adam and Ronan - being buried alive and Noah only able to help unreliably - has him thinking he should go back to being.]

The point is - if I could... I'd like a body again. If you can. If you have the time. Uh. Thank you.

[lingeringhope]

First you don't want a body, then you do want one? Make up your mind, I'm not here to simply make you a body whenever you'd like.

I don't have the time. You'll have to do something for me in return.

[casperdisaster]

[Noah was really about to just kind of back off and meekly agree and be perfectly content to stay a ghost forever, to be honest. He's not the type to argue.]

... okay?

[lingeringhope]

Yes. Inspire hope in someone, that ought to give me a bit of extra power, and I'll use it to make you a body.

[casperdisaster]

Inspire hope in someone. Okay. Um, yeah. Okay. Got it. I'll... I'll do my best.

[You know once he takes a few minutes to accept the fact that he's totally going to be dead forever again that's fine this is fine.]

[lingeringhope]

Excellent. I'm sure it won't take long.

[unitas]

Can you tell me how to kill Fear, yet?

[lingeringhope]

At least you're being straightforward about it.

But no.

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[unfollowing]

i was told you're in charge.

a few things:
-i need make-up. currently there isn't anywhere i can get anything good, and i don't like what the sun or whatever here is doing to my skin.
-i seriously cannot stress the make-up enough. and not any of that department store shit. i need moisturizer, toner, the works. i don't know what's in the air or the light here, but i don't like it. it's not inspiring any hope in me, if that's any incentive.
-the clothes here are mediocre at best. the fabric is scratchy, and i'm not even going to comment on the styles. you can fix that, right? you are a god and all.
-the housing is okay and all, but i think we could do with a spa.
-and a nice restaurant or two. i've been here five days and i'm not impressed with the food selection.

thanks, sweetie

xo

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[lingeringhope]

No.

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[unfollowing]

excuse me?

[unitas]

Why don't you kill him, then? That way you don't have to tell me how you gods die, and we don't have to suffer from his shit anymore.

[ can we compromise? ]

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[lingeringhope]

Did my text send incorrectly? No.

[lingeringhope]

I don't kill. He is insufferable, though, that's true.

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[unfollowing]

why not?

[unitas]

You've got to be kidding me. Why the fuck don't you kill? What if he tries to kill you?

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[lingeringhope]

Because you don't need any of those things, and I don't want to provide them.

[lingeringhope]

It's not in my nature. And he probably won't try to kill me. I'm keeping all of you alive, so it wouldn't be in his best interests.

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[unfollowing]

[.........this guy clearly doesn't know shit about proper skin care, wow.]

fine, i can deal with the scratchy clothes and the cheapo food and only having the bathroom in the house to have a spa day in. but how about bubble bath, or some bath bombs?

also, we totally do need skin products. sunscreen at least! the light here is making my skin blotchy and pale, and i am not about that. nobody is about that, trust me.

[unitas]

If he were smart, he would be. You may be keeping us alive, but you're also trying to learn more about the Door. The Door that can send us, his tickets to more power, home.

Do you see where I'm going with this? [ she continues even if he does. ]

He could keep us alive on his own if it were necessary, I'm sure. He's got a reserve of power, where you've had to use yours to protect us, to feed us, to bring us back to life, and to bring your own godly buds back. And I'm sure he gets more out of us than you do. We've basically spent every week here terrified that next week will be worse.

[ She's had some time to think. She's got no idea if Fear has some sort of reserve, or how much he has to use to torture them, but he's got to be better off in terms of power than Hope, right? ]

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[lingeringhope]

The light here isn't from the sun. Why would you need sunscreen?

[lingeringhope]

I have never been a warrior. Fear could have killed me long ago if that was what he wanted. I don't see any reason for him to change his mind now, particularly since I'm doing something that's useful to him. He could do it himself, yes, but I know he doesn't want to.

However, the concern is appreciated, even if I know it isn't because you like me.

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[unfollowing]

well then, give us something for whatever the light here is.