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deernet2021-10-10 02:05 pm
lightthedarkness) wrote in deernet2021-10-10 02:05 pm
Video; UN: Cuddlebunny UN: Darkness UN: Trienemybest
[The video turns on and it’s Usagi, Varian, and… Maul? Yes, Maul, all in her living room. Usagi is sitting on her couch.
She waves to everyone with a bright and cheery smile.]
Hey everyone! Usagi Tsukino here! It’s October! And it actually hasn’t been awful! Isn’t that AWESOME?! [Both Usagi and her Omen, a margay cat seem excited, the cat letting out a happy chirp of a meow while Usagi pumps her fist in the air.]
Anyway! Even though we’re not all dead from starvation, insanity, or literally drowning in corpses, I know some of you are still struggling to get a good night’s sleep! Well!
May I present to you a really great solution to that problem!
[Usagi uses both hands to gesture to Maul.]
You all know him as… well I’m sure by many names, but this is Maul for those of you who don’t know him and for those of you who don’t call him nice things. Maul will be able to help you sleep!
And not by killing you! I should emphasize!
Maul, why don’t you explain!
[Maul looks rather grumpy and like he’d rather be anywhere but here. But he starts to talk in that whisper-soft voice of his slowly, sounding a bit reluctant as he does so.]
The Dark Side of the Force can be used in many ways. It’s not magic but spiritual energy, something many of you here fail to grasp. It’s not always dramatic like moving things around without touching them or breaking someone’s leg in two just by thinking about it. I can go into someone’s mind and use the Force to help quiet it down, making it pliable to the suggestion of needing sleep. Think of it as using deep meditation to allow your body and mind to rest. It is not painful and takes very little time in the grand scheme of things. Should you need me, I am at your disposal.
[Then he gets a familiar glint of anger in his eyes and his voice hardens.]
But if any of you want to take this opportunity just to tell me how it’ll be a cold day in hell before you take up my offer for help, you can save your breath. I won’t sit here and listen to your judgment--
[It’s at this point that Varian interrupts to keep Maul from digging himself into a hole. The boy himself looks marginally better than he did in his last network post. He’s still looking a little haggard and his skin’s still not a super colour - but there is a tiny improvement. He clears his throat, doing his best to save Maul from himself. ]
Uhhhh, what Maul is trying to say that as a sign of good faith that he’s trying to steer away from the...literally murdering people thing and that he wants to work on being a...uh functioning member of society here- he’s willing to help people out with their sleep problems.
[He knows this is a hard sell, rubbing the back of his neck.]
He helped me out? I mean… I know I still don’t look great, but at least I’ve managed to get some sleep? Which I haven’t really since I got here because...being a coldblood is just that fun. Yay. And I get a lot of you don’t trust him, heck, I didn’t- I’m one of the people he literally killed once.
[He pauses, clears his throat. This is going great.]
Um! But what I mean is, everyone should have a chance to prove themselves if they want to change- and no one’s gonna be able to do that if you don’t give them the chance to do that. Sooo, yeah, we’re willing to vouch for him- in the whole...sleep helping process. And that he really is trying to… well, make good here?
[Usagi is staring at the both of them in disbelief, having had to resist covering Maul’s mouth several times with the way he keeps insulting people. She lets out a sigh at Varian’s "recommendation" and wonders how both of them are THIS BAD at convincing people of anything.]
The both of you are terrible at this. [She clears her throat.]
In any case! Yes, that is… basically the idea here, and! Maul helped me out too! I was having a really hard time sleeping last month but he was very kind in helping me, using the method he just explained, to get some real sleep, oh! And I’m a Paleblood so this DOES work on other blood types since… it’s a mind thing, not a blood thing.
And… yes, we are also working on Maul not insulting people in every other breath but this seemed like the more important matter… so… ya know, baby steps, we’re getting there.
So please don’t hesitate to ask if you need help!
((OOC: Usagi is pink Maul is red and Varian is blue. All three are available for response))
She waves to everyone with a bright and cheery smile.]
Hey everyone! Usagi Tsukino here! It’s October! And it actually hasn’t been awful! Isn’t that AWESOME?! [Both Usagi and her Omen, a margay cat seem excited, the cat letting out a happy chirp of a meow while Usagi pumps her fist in the air.]
Anyway! Even though we’re not all dead from starvation, insanity, or literally drowning in corpses, I know some of you are still struggling to get a good night’s sleep! Well!
May I present to you a really great solution to that problem!
[Usagi uses both hands to gesture to Maul.]
You all know him as… well I’m sure by many names, but this is Maul for those of you who don’t know him and for those of you who don’t call him nice things. Maul will be able to help you sleep!
And not by killing you! I should emphasize!
Maul, why don’t you explain!
[Maul looks rather grumpy and like he’d rather be anywhere but here. But he starts to talk in that whisper-soft voice of his slowly, sounding a bit reluctant as he does so.]
The Dark Side of the Force can be used in many ways. It’s not magic but spiritual energy, something many of you here fail to grasp. It’s not always dramatic like moving things around without touching them or breaking someone’s leg in two just by thinking about it. I can go into someone’s mind and use the Force to help quiet it down, making it pliable to the suggestion of needing sleep. Think of it as using deep meditation to allow your body and mind to rest. It is not painful and takes very little time in the grand scheme of things. Should you need me, I am at your disposal.
[Then he gets a familiar glint of anger in his eyes and his voice hardens.]
But if any of you want to take this opportunity just to tell me how it’ll be a cold day in hell before you take up my offer for help, you can save your breath. I won’t sit here and listen to your judgment--
[It’s at this point that Varian interrupts to keep Maul from digging himself into a hole. The boy himself looks marginally better than he did in his last network post. He’s still looking a little haggard and his skin’s still not a super colour - but there is a tiny improvement. He clears his throat, doing his best to save Maul from himself. ]
Uhhhh, what Maul is trying to say that as a sign of good faith that he’s trying to steer away from the...literally murdering people thing and that he wants to work on being a...uh functioning member of society here- he’s willing to help people out with their sleep problems.
[He knows this is a hard sell, rubbing the back of his neck.]
He helped me out? I mean… I know I still don’t look great, but at least I’ve managed to get some sleep? Which I haven’t really since I got here because...being a coldblood is just that fun. Yay. And I get a lot of you don’t trust him, heck, I didn’t- I’m one of the people he literally killed once.
[He pauses, clears his throat. This is going great.]
Um! But what I mean is, everyone should have a chance to prove themselves if they want to change- and no one’s gonna be able to do that if you don’t give them the chance to do that. Sooo, yeah, we’re willing to vouch for him- in the whole...sleep helping process. And that he really is trying to… well, make good here?
[Usagi is staring at the both of them in disbelief, having had to resist covering Maul’s mouth several times with the way he keeps insulting people. She lets out a sigh at Varian’s "recommendation" and wonders how both of them are THIS BAD at convincing people of anything.]
The both of you are terrible at this. [She clears her throat.]
In any case! Yes, that is… basically the idea here, and! Maul helped me out too! I was having a really hard time sleeping last month but he was very kind in helping me, using the method he just explained, to get some real sleep, oh! And I’m a Paleblood so this DOES work on other blood types since… it’s a mind thing, not a blood thing.
And… yes, we are also working on Maul not insulting people in every other breath but this seemed like the more important matter… so… ya know, baby steps, we’re getting there.
So please don’t hesitate to ask if you need help!
((OOC: Usagi is pink Maul is red and Varian is blue. All three are available for response))
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I don't know how long you've been here but I will also mention a significant portion of the population is DISMAL at attempting meditation.
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Would you be willing to describe the affliction? I am assuming it has something to do with how our blood has been altered.
And if it at all helps, I have only been in Trench a little over a week and a half. I am rather out of the loop on people's proclativities for meditation.
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I'd say welcome to Trench but that would be a lie. Hope for mere survival at best.
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And thank you for your welcome; it is lucky for me I am rather hard to kill.
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Good. Keep that fighting spirit alive.
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If it is not too impudent, may I ask what specifically felt different?
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It's.....not easy to explain how a mental landscape feels in words but I'll try. Usagi's is gentle and lit up with moonlight but there's a crystal core there at the center that motivates and powers her. She often has a lot of thoughts but they are rarely focused inwards towards herself, instead focusing mostly outwards. They are soft but not weak. She has a lot of strength behind her kind nature.
Varian's, by contrast is a little darker in nature, that of a scientist who is thinking of many things at once. His thoughts move fast and have sharp edges like they might cut you if you try to take hold of any of them. Slowing them down takes a lot of effort, getting them to flow all in the same direction in and out of the subconscious.
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It does not surprise me that experiencing another's thoughts would create such a synesthesia. Have you known how to do this for very long?
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Yes. A long, long time. I have been practicing with the Force since I was a small child.
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May I ask what the Force is? I take it that it is more than your usual telekinesis and mindreading.
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The Force is a living energy field that can be found in all things that have life. It’s in you, it’s in me, it’s in everything around us. Those that are sensitive to its presence can manipulate it, and yes, that includes such things as mindreading and telekinesis, but it is more than just that. Following the ways of the Force is a way of life, something that continues on as long as one draws breath. There are two sides, the Light and the Dark, and I follow the latter. They are NOT to be confused for good and evil, for while there is some overlap, the Light and Dark Sides of the Force coexist. One cannot be without the other and so they strive for balance at all times.
That is what the Force is.