[Text] [Anon]

[aurathread]

Once upon a time, there was a little kitten.

[A picture of a kitten appears.]

The kitten loved to play, and she spent her days running around the city, trying to find other kittens to play with. Instead, she found a little girl.

[And the picture of the little girl appears.]

The kitten loved the little girl, and the little girl loved the kitten. But one day a group of bullies showed up.

[This picture of bullies could be better, but shh.]

They teased the little girl, and taunted her for taking care of something so small and weak. They ripped the kitten out of her hands and tossed it down the alley. The kitten was okay, but they beat up the girl.

The little girl had to recover for a long time, and the kitten found her way home. She sat outside the window of the little girl's bedroom, but her father had forbidden her from letting the kitten in.

[Sad kitten in the rain…]

By the time the girl could get out of bed, the kitten was still there. But the kitten was dead.

So who's the wrong one in this story? The kitten, for trying to reach out for help? The girl for not being able to protect the kitten? The bullies for beating her up and hurting the kitten? Or the father, for not letting the kitten in?

[Tsukasa you're banned from telling stories from now on.]

Comments

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[terra_nullius]

Just as I'm sure this is a completely hypothetical and fictional story. Why else would you hide your face for its telling?

[aurathread]

Because I don't need people feeling sorry for me. It's a story. You can treat it like a story. But if people knew who told the story it would change their opinion of both the story and the person who told it.

[tyrantball]

Well, Desco has never been, but she has heard you can get it from the sea as well as mines!

...Desco wonders if she is rated for salt water.

[aurathread]

People would drown before you could work them properly if you put them in the sea, though.

[tyrantball]

Ooo, that would be neat! Desco could swim around them and laugh!

But it's better to just work them to death, because then you get useful labor out of them, right?

DESCO WHY ARE YOU SO BLOODTHIRSTY

[aurathread]

I guess that's right.

[He has no idea where this conversation is going. But Desco is... Desco.]

[tyrantball]

Oh! Desco knows! When Desco conquers the world, she will get the little girl a Deathsaber!

That way, if terrible failures of human beings try to hurt them, the Deathsaber can tear them new orifices!

[aurathread]

What's a Deathsaber?

[He is not sure if he wants to know.]

[tyrantball]

Well, Catsabers are fluffy fluffy sleepy kitties, and Deathsabers are a sub-breed known for their giant claws and bat wings!

Also Deathsabers have a different Magichange!

[aurathread]

[... He almost responds and then remembers he needs to be anonymous.]

They sound cute...

[tyrantball]

They are! And if that terrible father tried to keep a Deathsaber out of the house, they'd just tear the door down and go in anyway!

[aurathread]

Sounds good to me.

[terra_nullius]

True enough. People are quite quick to judge based on hearsay alone. It creates those self-perpetuating stereotypes.

[aurathread]

Basically. That's why I went anonymous.

[Not stopping Haseo]

[not_that_scary]

The father has no business being a parent. You're far away from that man now. He has no reason to rule over your life now.

[imthegoodguy]

You need to get out more, then.

[terra_nullius]

I don't really think poorly of anyone. Circumstances weren't in your favour, but sometimes that's just how life works. There's no reason to be angry, or to pity you.

[aurathread]

I have been. It sucks.

[aurathread]

Not everyone sees it that way. Some people see it as weak, or worse - something that means you need to be smothered and taken care of. I don't need either.

[bladedskies]

And if there's any good in this world, he won't end up here either.

[There's a pause as she considers this.]

If he does, you let us know, okay?

[no she isn't going to go for the kneecaps why do you ask]

[aurathread]

I have spells I can use to get rid of him now.

[Even though as much as he hates him, killing someone makes him feel sick.]

[terra_nullius]

I fail to see how taking pity on you would change anything that happened. It's in the past, there's nothing that can be done. Coddling you now wouldn't fix that. As you say, it would just be an annoyance.

[imthegoodguy]

Where did you go?

[aurathread]

All over the city at home. I think.

I can't remember a lot of it. I can't remember a lot of thing.

[imthegoodguy]

Only the bad things.