♦ ♦ 11th Contract [Anonymous Text]

[mortemscintilla]

Whining. Ticking. Day in. Day out.

It's been suggested that the City clock is a power-source. The Carousel -- the 'heart' of the City -- is situated above the Clock. It rotates in time to the Clock's ticking. The apartment buildings form a clock-shape. Curses range from 24 to 48 hours. City dead are revived within 24 hours. The patterns are obvious. But do they mean anything?

Unlikely.

Perhaps the Clock serves no purpose but an exercise of repetition. The Citizens have certainly perfected it. Curses strike. They whine. Curses end. They whine. They blame the 'Deities' for their predicament. They idiotically make them seem more powerful than they are. Except there's no one to blame. It's whining for whining's sake. Existence, in case you haven't realized, is unpredictable. Things change rapidly. People die. They fight. They betray. No one has control over anything.

The City is no different.

Whining will do nothing to change that. Nor will playing the hero out to *fix* everything. Suffering -- cursed or uncursed -- is nothing new.

Either grow up, or shut up.

[ OOC: Obviously, the post is a double-edged sword. Hei is being a troll  gauging other peoples' responses. Welcome to the mind of a heartless bastard Contractor. Post is anonymous and untraceable. ]

Comments

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[oceantrauma]

Doesn't that depend more on the person? Some children might not be molded so easily.

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[mortemscintilla]

Everyone -- adult or child -- has a breaking point.

In a place like this, it's just a matter of *when* it's crossed.

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[oceantrauma]

That's true. But what would you want to meld anyone to? Someone that never complains? Is that so preferable?

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[mortemscintilla]

Yes.

[ Naturally. ]

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[oceantrauma]

That's not necessarily a healthy way to be.

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[mortemscintilla]

Does whining change things?

Correct your mistakes? Bring back those who are lost?

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[oceantrauma]

No. But for some it might help to talk of things. Not speaking of things might just lead to repression. Or bitterness.

Mistakes in the past can't be corrected, but future ones can be avoided by learning from them.

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[mortemscintilla]

And what have you learnt from your mistakes?

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[oceantrauma]

Quite a lot.

That I should learn more about my surroundings before acting. That I can't simply escape my problems, but need to face them and be honest about them. There is quite a list.

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[mortemscintilla]

I don't know if I have a more succinct way to transcribe, 'I learnt it's okay to whine.'

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[oceantrauma]

And how was any of what I said whining?

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[mortemscintilla]

We'll start with when you addressed the post.

Or did you imagine the City needed a spokesperson to stand up for how pathetic it is?

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[oceantrauma]

Perhaps I shouldn't have addressed it.

[Which means Ken is done responding.]

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[mortemscintilla]

So they *can* be taught.

[ Poor Ken. ]