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cartesianism2018-10-13 04:51 pm
relieable) wrote in cartesianism2018-10-13 04:51 pm
Week 2 - after trial
[everyone is probably more than a little stunned over what has been going on. while it is true that the Sergeant told them all this would happen, it's different to have to witness it with one's own eyes. while Nine is led away, and the townspeople leave the court, it is up to the visitors to decide how to move forward. do they talk among themselves? do they reflect on the events that took place alone? one thing that is certain is that the Sergeant got his way this week. will he continue to force them to keep picking each other off in the weeks that come? only time will tell.
this isn't really an after party. it's too sad, but perhaps many people will take comfort in the fact that they are not alone. either mingle at the motel, or somewhere else in town, or even visit Nine in his cell. it's up to you as to how you will spend the rest of this afternoon]
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Whatever doubts he had about Kino’s motives had been set aside. To pull the trigger because it would be kinder, quicker, to save Nine from whatever sadistic method the Sergeant has in store...
His hand ended up covering his mouth in a mix of shock and thought, and he smoothly returns it back to the table.]
You’re just a kid, you know?
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I'm a traveler. As long as I keep traveling, I'll keep seeing sad and cruel things no matter where I go. But... I'm okay with that.
After all, if I didn't travel, I wouldn't have seen all of the amazing, beautiful things I have, either. So... even if I keep coming across situations like that, even if I keep having to do unpleasant things, I want to keep going if I can.
[If Kino can escape.]
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He might have been staring for all that time, and his eyes flicker away as soon as he realises it.]
So all this is just another stop on your journey. [A statement, observation rather than a question.] And that just keeps you going.
[Not running away, but moving forward. What would it be to be like that?]
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It's also possible I'm just a selfish, hopeless fool. [It's occurred to Kino before. Maybe Kino was a horrible mess of a human being all along.] But... for now, if I can keep traveling, I'd like to. No matter what it brings. The people and places I've seen make it worth it, to me.
[Even if it means suffering. Even if it means killing.]
Hopefully that makes sense.
[It's a bit of a ramble, and it's possible that even Kino's just making up excuses for traveling. Maybe Kino's just lost instead, in search of an answer.
But maybe that would be okay, too.]
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I've barely seen the world and I'm already disillusioned.
[Though he says that, it's not entirely true. Despite everything that happened with Riverdale, he still loved it - he still loved it's people, and the pain seeing it become increasingly ugly only proved that fact.]
But...I get it. A little.
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[It's accompanied by a tone of - almost laughter. Still, the traveler dabs at the mouth with a napkin to wipe away the sauce.]
In the end, I'm just doing what I want to do, and if I stop wanting to, I'll stop.
Still... seeing the world and everything it encompasses is a wonderful thing, if you ask me. But it's not for everyone.
[Which Kino understands; as Jughead has likely gathered by now, it's a dangerous way of life. If Kino hadn't fallen into the right circumstances, there's no way Kino would have had the skills to live this long.]
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[He'll cheers to that, but he doesn't have a drink. Instead, he'll just think on it.]
Maybe I'll give it a try if I get out of here.
[He doesn't have a home, and all that ties him to Riverdale are his friends - and even then, he's tried to run away from all of that many times before. Maybe he'll have some grand experience and find himself. Or he'll end up jobless and stranded somewhere.]
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If you do, I hope you can see many wonderful things too.
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[No doubt about that one.]
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Like you've survived everything just to see that one moment.
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It is corny, though.
[But, as noted by his absence of any further criticism, not entirely wrong. Probably. He believes himself to be too cynical to truly subscribe to that kind of thinking, but that's how the greatest coming of age films always were - you endure the perils of highschool, of your parents, of an unwelcoming world, just to be able to watch the stars from the back of the pickup truck as you speed down the highway on Prom Night.
It's a moment of beauty, of raw feeling, that everything else was just building up to. Maybe everything is just the prelude to something like that.]
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[Though it's followed by a pause, and then, thoughtfully:]
...Then again, maybe it's because I've brushed with death so many times, it's nice to feel like there was a reason for working so hard to stay alive.
[Which is a decidedly less zen take on it, but also, in its own way, true.]
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I've brushed with it enough.
[Just to keep him safe, as some kind of reparations for all those years he couldn't, where it was directly his fault, FP had taken the fall for something unspeakable, and was serving his sentence for it.]
Guess I should make it all worth it.
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[Though Hermes would probably call Kino weird for it. On the other hand, Hermes would call Kino weird for many things.]
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[It’s beautifully ironic or something.]