un: 46692

[escardos]

it's almost christmas! how does it feel to be approaching the holidays when nightfall is approaching so quickly? make sure to spend your time wisely, because you might not be here next year you might be three meters underground!

juuuuuuust kidding! but it's a fun thought, isn't it? people celebrating and putting their holiday lights up, almost as if trying to make us unaware of what is coming. they might as well be trying to brainwash us, huh?

i really hope i can buy some new video games-- what are you guys planning?

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[escardos]

thats why sadomasochism is considered a fetish, i guess. but people will always be very willing to put themselves and others in painful situations, too. not just physical, but emotional. kind of hypocritical, imo.

id rather if it didn’t hurt too much but, if it does, then it does! nothing much we can do about it.

un: ornithology

[hawkwardness]

Huh. Cool. Now I know what deja vu feels like. Are you a turtle dude too? Anyway, I'm wondering what you were expecting, if you're not happy with all the angry replies.

I've never thought about holidays before. I'll probably be staying here. Maybe I'll make a couple Christmas cards for people.

[escardos]

Am I?

[ flat sounds legitimately surprised when asking that. he doesn’t feel advanced in the least—he just feels different from everyone else. but he has always felt like that, so he’s used to it.

quietly, he listens to moriarty’s explanation, nodding every once in a while. the idea of living for 200 years doesn’t seem to startle him either—though he can’t help but be a little curious. ]

I think if you disguise yourself as a punk man the gray hair will also fit! A punk math professor would be super interesting—ah, not to say that a criminal mastermind as a professor isn’t. I’m just saying that you could probably think outside of the box for a while.

[escardos]

hahaha am i a turtle dude? what a weird question!

im not surprised ppl didn’t like it tbh. i think i would’ve been more shocked if you had accepted it! humans are never good with criticisms are they?

that sounds like a great idea though! can i get one?!

[hatesdeerstalkers]

Oh, yes! I'm actually quite interested in seeing if you can do theoretical calculus...though that's a question for later, I suppose.

[He rubs his chin, before giving a chuckle at the 'punk' comment.]

I could, indeed...but acting much younger would most likely be exhausting. Not that I couldn't, mind you, but - well, I don't quite think like a young man anymore.

[There's a note of melancholy in there - along with a deep, aching tiredness that's easy enough to pick up before he shakes his head.]

Ah, anyway! I did happen to catch some of your conversations on the network...and you seemed interested in seeing someone die?

[imitationsoul]

We had this discussion on the network just a few days ago, when someone wondered what makes a 'person'. I said it's the thrive for pain.

And don't worry, I won't try to kill you with anything so crude like physical trauma anyway.

UN: Stormflower

[nevernoaction]

I haven't spent a Christmas here before, but I'm looking more forward to being able to buy a present for someone.

[hawkwardness]

A card? You don't even know me. And you wouldn't want me to waste your time on our holiday nonsense, right?

[escardos]

If I'm interested, sure!

[ because if it isn't interesting, then what's the point in doing it? it's one of the many things that his teachers took issue with when it came to him. he was too whimsical, unwilling to follow directions or orders from those above him.

but moriarty's interesting, so flat doesn't have that hard of a time imagining himself doing said work.

when asked about the chat, however, he gives moriarty a quick smile--fake of course, but it's force of habit more than anything. however, that look in his eyes... ]

Yes! Isn't it an interesting subject? It's something that so many people have wanted to know, I'm sure that even those like Jack the Ripper were interested in it-- they've practically made death a form of art! I'd love to study it, at least once!

[escardos]

worth a shot though! haha!

but if i'm going to be in this school, then we're going to know each other, aren't we? might as well be friends before it all ends!

[escardos]

oh? for who?

[hatesdeerstalkers]

Oh, I'm sure you will be.

[There's a quick, sharp, impish grin before he focuses back on the talk of death, noting the fake smile, but at least it's with his actual muscles and not forced through magic.

It's a Start.]

Hm, well...I also noticed that you were talking about temporarily killing yourself - with supervision - to see it. However, I feel this is much too dangerous...but I would be willing to help you with your...study, so to speak.

[He takes a breath, steadying himself - before clearing his throat.]

...You may do it on me, and then ask me questions about the sensation of death.

After all, though I die - I do not stay dead.

[escardos]

[ record scratch.

the smile stays on flat's face for a moment, but mostly because he's not sure how to properly emote in response to moriarty's proposal. he believes him, of course, but the idea of having that so quickly offered... ]

Well that's really weird! Man if this is how people are after living 200 years then I definitely don't want to become that old! [ how did his family do it?! ] I know I'm your student sure, but why go that far?? The staff here sure have a funny way of dealing with life and death here.

[hatesdeerstalkers]

Well, I've had some...trauma in my past, shall we say. So my mindset has some...quirks in it.

[He shrugs, though, watching Flat carefully.]

...It's not far at all. I have died hundreds of times, in many different ways - some through experimenting, seeing how long it would take me to revive after I died, most through the occupations I took on.

Death and life, for me, are one and the same - like taking a nap, only that you wake to life once more instead of staying asleep in that cold, comforting abyss.

[His voice is far away - the voice of someone who's flit between the realm of life and death multiple times, a traveler to a realm in which he could never stay.]

...I would go that far because there is nothing I can potentially lose...nor gain. Unlike you, or miss Miach.

[buddinghopes]

It kind of is, in a way... I never actually thought of it like that before. And on the bright side, I'm getting to experience stuff I never would've otherwise!!

[... okay.]

Nice to meet you too!! What dorm are you in? O: I'm in Lumiere!

[escardos]

I don’t really have much to lose either, sir. Not too sure about Miss Miach, but she can decide that on her own.

[ flat sets down the cup as he speaks, his voice still keeping that cheerful chirp—it sounds hollow, though, like there’s no substance behind it.

the idea of losing anything or feeling regret for it is inconceivable for flat—whatever he hasn’t lost, he has thrown away, leaving him empty. whether he lost his life or kept it meant all the same to him.

he continues, staring directly at moriarty with an empty gaze. ]

Not that I think miss Miach or that other person would mess up, but a living being has as much value alive as they have dead. They’re all materials that will be essential for the coming events as they fulfill their purpose. And for some, that purpose is simply that—to be dead.

[inflictwounds]

Good.

[That's....a response, certainly.]

un: supersenses

[infestedcouncilpresident]

Gooooooooo fuck yourself

[Yup that's it]

[escardos]

thaaaaaaaaat would be weird.

[infestedcouncilpresident]

No one else is going to after that amazing first impression you just made so youll have to figure it out

[escardos]

luckily i am not interested! （＾∇＾）

[infestedcouncilpresident]

[Fair enough.]

Why DID you post all that shit anyways? Weve got enough of this shit on our minds already

UN: AZURESTRIKER

[shockingblue]

You're either a troll, an idiot, an edgelord, or someone who's high on nihilism and thinks they're smarter than everyone else. Maybe all of 'em at once.

I'm sick of smartasses acting like this, that you can't find real joy in living, despite hardship, even in the little things. Trust me. We don't forget what we're up against. But we choose to enjoy our lives anyway. If we didn't do that, we might as well lie down and die right now.

...I'll be visiting my family over Christmas. Enjoying a couple of days together before we get right back to work trying to make sure everyone else will have another Christmas to look forward to. And many more after that.

[nevernoaction]

People on the counsel. I know people like all kinds of baked goods for the holiday so I was going to make something.

[hatesdeerstalkers]

[That emptiness...

From what he can tell from the file, this boy hasn't had the happiest past, so it makes sense that he's like this.

It still makes it no less easier to see - or hear, as Flat tells him that without flinching, without looking away.

And suddenly, he reaches over and flicks Flat's forehead.]

Enough of that - if I'd wanted to see the me of ten years ago, I'd go find my old tapes.

[Sighing, he shrugs.]

Perhaps you are correct - though that will not do you any favors here, among those who are so joyously living. However...I do wonder if you may change your mind in the future.

[Speaking almost to himself, if not for the fact that he's kept his eyes locked with Flat's, a sly smile coming to his face.]

...But, there are other things to discuss. So? Does this mean you're turning down my offer?