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[makes_you_tick]

You know how much easier it is to knock things over when you have telekinesis? ....okay, actually, not very. But considering the handicap, I suppose I'm playing couch potato today- huh, never thought I'd say that before. Still, it makes for plenty of time to talk to the Network, and I have kept quiet for so very long.

So I've been noticing recently, a lot of people have been losing their support structures, one by one. Terrible thing, isn't it, to lose the people that have been holding you together? Sadly, it's a fact of life, and especially a fact of this City. Things change quickly, no one really sticks around very long. And those that do will always let you down.

Do you fight against it? Because even if you're from far kinder worlds than mine, you still have to face the fact that here, people will be torn from you at the worst times. If you're from different worlds, you may never see them again. Of course, there's no guarantee you'll see the ones from your world, either. The only 'guarantee' of staying put either way is to die, and- well, let's just say I've seen people get around that little caveat.

So how do most of you handle this?

[ooc: Danger, Will Robinson- he's totally lying about being blind today. >_> ]

Comments

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[stacked]

You ever gonna quit bitching?

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[adamantined]

It'd help if bulldozers weren't constantly plowing into them.

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[makes-you-tick.livejournal.com]

You've never really seen me fight, Faith. Trust me, you don't want to.

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[makes-you-tick.livejournal.com]

Bulldozers.

[dreamsofnoah]

I don't see that it's too different here from anywhere else.

[makes-you-tick.livejournal.com]

Not for me, and likely not for you. But as I said, some worlds are far kinder.

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[adamantined]

It's called a metaphor.

[dreamsofnoah]

Oh~, I don't know. I've never had a problem with getting the people I like to stay around back home. It's all a matter of waiting.

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[stacked]

No offense, Gabe, but not like you ever got a good handle on what I want.

[absinthe-eyed.livejournal.com]

The only way to handle it is to ignore the inevitable.

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[makes-you-tick.livejournal.com]

Never? Oh, there were days- weeks, even- that I played you like a puppet, and you were happy to have it. I think I understand your motivations.

But you don't want to die as much as you think you do. You want punishment, because you deserve it, and you know it. But as soon as I fall for that and start cutting, smashing, piercing- it'll be all "Sylar, you hopeless monster," and "Sylar, I knew you'd slip."

No, Faith, this is not going to be on your terms.

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[stacked]

Hey, not like you were bad or anything, just new to it. Bet you'll get better.

There an intermission somewhere in here? I'm just asking because this is getting wicked boring. You wanted to play naughty schoolgirl, babe, should have said earlier.

Afraid you can't take me?

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[makes-you-tick.livejournal.com]

Nice to know that college education is paying off.

And yes, a lack of bulldozers would be nice, wouldn't it? Unfortunately, life doesn't work that way.

[makes-you-tick.livejournal.com]

It's all a waiting game, then? What about the people that don't come back?

[makes-you-tick.livejournal.com]

Denial? You may be right about that.

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[makes-you-tick.livejournal.com]

[ Hey, guess what? Someone gets to get out his evil laugh, here. It's been so long. ]

And you're too afraid to talk to me.

Why should I be afraid to fight you? I can rip you apart in less than a second, but why should I bother? Then it's over and neither of us are satisfied.

[absinthe-eyed.livejournal.com]

How do you cope?

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[stacked]

Not afraid of you, Gabe. [ ...and that's not actually a lie. Hairsplitting, yes. Lie? No. She's can play this game too, sometimes. ]

Sounds just like old times.

[makes-you-tick.livejournal.com]

That was about it, yes. Believing that things could be different- oh, they could be so different, this time around. I just need to figure it all out. But it never works out that way, of course.

So perhaps it was more of a bargaining tactic than denial, but- it all comes down to the same thing, really.

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[adamantined]

College?

It's not true, what you said. About the people who stick around here letting you down.

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[makes-you-tick.livejournal.com]

Oh, come on. You can speak more plainly than that. Old times?

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[makes-you-tick.livejournal.com]

Just wait. You'll see.

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[stacked]

You're the smart one, you figure it out. Should be pretty easy.

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[adamantined]

Is that supposed to be a threat?

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[makes-you-tick.livejournal.com]

Wow, it really is like talking to Luke sometimes.

Are you really insulting my sexual prowess? You're not the only one to have a 'roll in the hay' or two while I was gone, you know. I'm not exactly concerned. Good attempt to hit below the belt, though.

Oh- thanks for the knives, by the way. I'll be sure not to use them on you.