explosivecombat | 041. [Text]

It's been a little while since I last spoke to the lot of you; a fair amount has happened since then, hasn't it? I'm not just referring to the local conquests – both for the better and for the worse, merely attempted or otherwise – nor am I referring to anything that may have been cast down to us from on high, simply because this place believes that we deserve a bit of kindness from time to time. I refer instead to personal achievements we may have made in the last few months – things that may seem insignificant in the scheme of things, but regardless are all the better simply because they were achieved.

Where I'm from, some of us were granted acknowledgement of our power to change the world; I say everyone holds this power for themselves. Perhaps not everyone realizes it; perhaps not everyone understands exactly how little it takes to influence fate in such a way. I've spoken on this sort of topic before, with emphasis on how this place has changed you; I'm curious to know what the rest of you have done to ensure that Equivalent Exchange is adhered to. You can't exist in this world without leaving some sort of mark on it, because that's the way of things; regardless of how important you believe the mark you've left to be, I'd like to hear about it.

It can be something simple; perhaps you won a badge recently, perhaps you encouraged some sort of creation you're particularly proud of with regards to breeding and egg moves. Small achievements are so often overlooked in this world that it's difficult to recall sometimes that they're achievements at all. Perhaps you've had a personal revelation; perhaps you've improved yourself recently in a way that isn't obvious to anyone but you. That counts as well.

On the other hand, perhaps you've managed something far larger for yourself; I'm curious to hear about how that's going, too, should you be willing to tell me. (In other words – yes, Lieutenant Blake and the leader of the future Cobra Empire, you're both welcome to boast in my direction should you desire to; I won't be offended if you don't.)

Now is normally when I offer some sort of thought experiment, and apologize for how morbid I'm choosing to be; none of that is forthcoming today. We're leading into a season filled with great significance for me – one that centers around changing the world and changing oneself, in recognizing challenges and yet cleaving to our ability as people to adapt and overcome. It's a very positive time, one in which our personal glory should be celebrated. As such, I'll leave you with another quote instead that I believes sums up my mood today far better:

"You have overcome yourself, so why do you show yourself to me as the one who has been overcome? I want to see the victorious – cast roses into the abyss, and say: 'Here is my thanks to the monster who didn't succeed in swallowing me alive.'"

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[IT'S NOT FUNNY AT ALL, STOP IT!!]

I suppose you have a point there. I was beginning to wonder if there was something wrong with you. Still, there's no need for something like that.

Does it really bother you that much?

If you want me to be honest, it bothers me because I nearly laughed. That is the last thing I should find amusing.

[BUT HIS SENSE OF HUMOR IS KIND OF DUMB, SO]

If you really want to hear one that's truly horrible when you have the proper context, remind me to tell you about something Isaac said to the Elrics sometime.

But as it stands, don't let it concern you too much - if it bothered me then I wouldn't have said it in the first place.

I'm not sure I want to know...

I know you wouldn't have, but it was terrible.

[...]

Is there a reason why you sent this out in the first place? Are you bored?

I can't be legitimately curious?

I suppose you could, but I imagine you'll just get boring answers. I doubt anyone has had anything genuinely interesting happen to them.

Perhaps. But my definition of "genuinely interesting" and yours tend to not match up very well, I've noticed.

That's true. You actually enjoy listening to what others have to say. It's why we get along so well - you can listen and I can talk for hours on end. We both win.

[Holy...unexpected self-awareness, how dare you.]

...Archer, I'm almost proud of you for that one.

You'd better not be mocking me.

[HE TRIED!!]

I wouldn't dream of it.

Now I'm sure you're mocking me.

[you're a jerk]

And I'm sure you don't mind.

What gave you that idea?

Intuition.

Intuition and a distinct lack of yelling.

I suppose I did give myself away with that, didn't I...

Slightly, yes.

Either way, most of the responses so far have dealt with personal revelations. Again, the sort of thing I would find interesting and you likely wouldn't.

I was expecting things like "I earned a badge" or "I raised a Pokémon to level 100" so I suppose that's a bit more interesting.

Perhaps I'll get those as well; the day is young yet.

No one else has had opposition to the comment in poor taste yet, either, so it also seems I haven't accidentally offended anyone who may have been literally devoured.

I sincerely hope that isn't something anyone else has experienced.

[...unless it's someone he hates, but that number of people is surprisingly low here.]

It's not that terrible in the scheme of things, you know - it wasn't my idea of a good time, admittedly, but it was over quickly enough.

At least there's that. It isn't something I like thinking about.

...I am fine now, you know.

I know. If you weren't I'd be able to tell.

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