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[camouflage]

Let's talk hypotheticals.

You're crossing a suspension bridge. You have to reach the other side at any cost. The bridge is wide enough only for one person to pass at a time.

A man approaches from the other side with a gun. How do you cross?

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[private]

[warandpeace]

That might be true, but it's worth trying.

[What's the point of defeating an enemy if you lose everything you love along the way? The enemy is hardly worth it.]

Too bad we don't get chances to cross bridges twice.

[No save scumming for them, sadly.]

[camouflage]

So you consider yourself fully expendable?

[private]

[camouflage]

Yeah. Too bad.

[he's never really imagined what he would do differently, if he was standing in that field of flowers again. everything that had led up to 1964 had already been long in play before john and the boss had ever really been important to each other. he knows now, one way or the other, the boss would have found her own field to die in someday. there was nothing he could have ever done to save her.

but he thinks, now that he's presented with the scenario, that he would've die alongside her. if only to spare everyone else he's ever known to this point the grief of his very existence.]

[shashka]

[ was that all they were? phantoms of another generation, doomed to play the same role over and over again? had that been why his father decided he'd been the one to die? had he realized that he was the more expendable of the two? was he unable to imagine a world without her?

in one regard, Adam was far different from the Sorrow. he would never allow someone he loved and admired to make that decision. ]

Just remember, you aren't alone in this.

[ for all the good that had ever done either of them. for all the good that would do either of them. the burden was always carried by the one who survived.

and for better or worse, it would be Adam. (unless something changed.)

his next message comes sometime after the last one. ]

You're a good man, John.

[ it was a lie. but it was one that he believed with all of his will. ]

[camouflage]

No. He'll kill you.

[lavelly]

what on earth have i done to offend him so badly?

[camouflage]

And if it's someone you knew guarding the other side with their life? Would you also kill them mid-flip with magic and loot their body?

[okay he's basically settled in at this point to just play along with some of these answers]

[camouflage]

No I've never been

I've never made a good decision in

That's not

You're the only one I

Thanks, Adam.

[for such a short answer, the reply comes in a little late. he clearly didn't spent the last ten minutes struggling for an answer that wouldn't make the situation worse. he's already said too much.]

[camouflage]

On your side of the bridge, there's something incredibly important to him. If he doesn't kill you, he can't get it.

[he's kind of getting into weaving this story now]

[lavelly]

[And Lavellan's getting into asking questions. This is a bonding moment. They're bonding.

Ish.]

then if i let him aside he will have no reason to kill me yes? or is this an elaborate scheme forced upon us by a third party in order to torment us for their entertainment?

[camouflage]

[big boss isn't a very good dm alright it's his first time. give him some slack.]

Alright, you win the hypothetical bridge battle against a man with a gun. What if it's someone you know, someone you LIKE, [because GOD FORBID you come back at him with some other crazy shit] and they're guarding the other side of the bridge?

[camouflage]

Then why bother living?

[damn kiddo he thought he was bad]

[camouflage]

That would require to me to build a suspension bridge. Unless you know one.

[haHAA]

[camouflage]

[assessment retracted. still, getting electrocuted isn't fun. he would know, it's happened to him several times.]

So you wouldn't kill them? Even if they meant to kill you?

[camouflage]

He has orders to not let anyone cross the bridge. Even if it means killing someone.

[shashka]

[ Adamska: proudly delivering quality alternative facts since 1964.]

Make sure you don't forget it.

[ for a man who knows how to win the trust of world leaders with a perfectly placed word, he's certainly having a difficult time finding anything that's adequate right now. (but that had always been the problem, hadn't it? for as much as he wished he could, he knew he couldn't give his friend the happiness he deserved).

but even so...

another message comes sometime later. ]

Will you be home tonight?

[ there was one thing that he might be able to do to help. ]

[camouflage]

I wouldn't know. I don't come from a world with magic.

[it's s c i e n c e. vaguely explained science, that's complete bullshit, but science.]

And I have no idea what an eggo is. But no. Just curious about the people here.

[inconsequence]

Good question! It seems shuffling off this mortal coil is rather more difficult than anticipated!

[nyx_it]

depends on who it is

I know a few people I've got no hope of knocking over. They'd probably laugh and say I passed whatever bullshit test this was.

[Thanks Clan Nakmor.]

[camouflage]

There's no one watching your back. You survive a hail of bullets. What then?

[camouflage]

Something you cherish. If you wait too long, it'll disappear.

[camouflage]

I can be. Why?

[startpoint]

I go for the person shooting at me. Standing around just means more chances to get killed.

[camouflage]

1st: mage hand? 2nd: you toss him over the bridge or just over you?

[camouflage]

At this height, there's a good chance they'll die. Does that matter to you?