[FLIGHT: 002 ★ text]

[crowing]

MONSTERS
VS
MEN

settle down settle down. this is your benevolent emperor gracing you with his almighty presence through text! please keep calm and hold onto your underwear until youve finished reading this message. there's enough sky king to go around!!!

now more importantly i have a question for the masses. most of you guys are from all kinds of places like places i aint even heard of with all sorts of different rules so theres something i need to know. what makes a monster? and what makes a normal person or being or whatever? just say men to make it simple here. dont muddle the damn question with semantics and shit.

basically yanno what would you say is good or evil?

also!!!!! who is the greatest hero you know of?

p.s. i know you want to answer me but restrain yourselves for the sake of the poll!!

[[ ooc: HOLY SHIT THE TAGGING SPEED ON MY PART HERE IS ATROCIOUS. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING UP WITH ME AND I WILL BACKTAG AS LONG AS YOU GUYS WILL. ♥♥ ]]

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[realady]

1. we have pokemon which is short for pocket monster but we don't really treat them like monsters, more like pets, so i guess it's if they're not human?
2. idk not having the ability to breathe fire at everyone or spitting your weight in water up on command?
3. shades of gray
bonus: there's actually two, the twin heroes of unova, we hear a bunch about them growing up and stuff as bedtime stories

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[crowing]

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[Text - Anonymous]

[marked_for_death]

What makes a monster: greed, jealousy, pride, fear, lust, power. It does not matter what species.

What makes a normal person: there's no such thing.

Good or evil: they're concepts created by sentient life to justify their own views and outlooks.

Greatest hero: that's my secret.

[text]

[crowing]

MAN WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT SEMANTICS
i know you know what i meant by normal person!!

wait wait
so youd say a monster isnt evil then?

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[hejhej]

the monsters are often men in my world

text; how to break my heart in one sentence

[crowing]

so you come from somewhere without super beings or whatever then?

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[imusntrunaway]

[Huh. Ikki sounds somewhat serious for once.]

Someone who does something unforgivable.

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[crowing]

IS A WHAT
SAY IT PROPERLY PEASANT!!

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[motioned]

i kind of doubt you're actually an emperor but anyways

a monster is somebody who hurts other people for no good reason, but i couldn't pick who my greatest hero is. i know a bunch of really good people

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[crowing]

WHOA WHOA WHOA
WHO DARES DOUBT THE ALMIGHTY IKKI-SAMA

what is a good reason to hurt someone then? self defence?

LET'S PRETEND THIS IS AFTER SHE'S OKAY....also video

[skypsalms]

Isn't this a trick question?

video; YES OF COURSE MY DEAR.

[crowing]

You're giving away the secret too quickly!

1/2 i'm so sorry

[velveteened]

( okay you know what

he's going to try to text

he's going to do it

IT CAN'T BE THAT HARD )

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[velveteened]

Works you say all monsters mee vol and all ame wood?

( YEAH OKAY THAT WASN'T QUITE AS PLANNED.

#victorians discover autocorrect )

[onemoredeath]

I do not have an emperor nor do I need one. As for your question... Monsters are inside of everyone. Desire is what brings them to life.

[crowing]

Maybe not where you came from, but that's not how it is now!

( paause. )

That's a weird way to answer the question. Basically you're just saying all people are monsters waiting to come to life?

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[reassures]

How can you be a king of the sky?

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[crowing]

By earning it and having the whole world recognising it.

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[hostage]

We don't have monsters where I come from just shitty people and if you want to know what makes a person shitty then just ask if they get off on hurting people and if the answer's yes then there you go

Then I guess normal people would be the ones who just worry about their families and going to their jobs and school and whatever just trying to take care of them and theirs

Good is helping people
Evil is hurting people

Shit ain't hard to understand...

The greatest hero's Superman probably but Spider-man's cooler cuz he's not a tool

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[crowing]

thats not a bad answer. where are you from? most of these guys are giving weird answers to this.

i dunno. i always liked batman better.

( anonymous ) text

[gevurah]

Emperor.

( anonymous ) text

[crowing]

you rang?

[permaVideo]

[holy_prankster]

Oh! These are always fun! [He's going to have fun with this.]

What do you think makes a monster? Is it something that you fear? Or is it something that's stronger than you? There are many monsters in my world. Billions of them! As for what makes someone normal, I would say it would be living to be happy~ it doesn't matter what walk of life someone comes from, but almost every one of us aims to that with our life, hmm~?

Mmm you have quite a lot of questions! Now good and evil. That would depend on what religion you follow, for there are many different branches. In the end, though, all souls end up at the same place regardless of their path.

Lastly! Now who would be my greatest hero~~? [he took a moment to ponder this, even if he honestly didn't have a hero.] Mmm I would have to say it would be my darling Count D ♥

[permaVideo]

[crowing]

Wha—

It's two questions, dude, and you've countered with like. . . a buttload of 'em!

( siiiigh. )

And you didn't answer anything but the hero one!

( pause. )

Who the hell is Count D? A vampire?

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[peachbaths]

The more you speak of your title, the more I doubt it.

The greatest hero of them all would have to be Sinbad, the High King of the Seven Seas, of course!

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[crowing]

traiiiitooorrr traitorrrr!
you know its fucking true! ask ringo! the beanpole! the sharks! anyone!

. . . what? that guy? didnt you talk about him before? he sounds kind of lame.

Permavid

[governorkang]

I don't serve emperors anymore.

Good and evil isn't black and white. It all depends on your vantage point.

[crowing]

Anymore?

( but quiet nod for the the dragon-guy. he's quick on the uptake. )

Well, if it's like that then what would you say is the ultimate good? And the ultimate evil?

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[caligulas_aquarium]

you do somethin the majority dont agree wwith an suddenly youre EVIL or a MONSTER or wwhatevver
its really that simple
the wwhole things one huge popularity contest

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[crowing]

i dunno danny
id say it had nothing to do with popularity

like there was a dude who was pretty much loved by all
then he pulled a lot of shit and he turned most of his friends into enemies overnight

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[tried]

[wow, look at Ikki, it almost kind of sounds... serious! you know, if you stripped all the grandeur away.]

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[tried]

The greatest hero is Tekkaman, of course.

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[falsehoods]

relative terms

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[crowing]

yea thats the point

im looking for opinions on whats your idea on it

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[justthedriver]

Plenty of monsters I know. Some of them killed emperors.

permatext.

[crowing]

oh yeah?

like what?

[anon text]

[mywayofhelping]

I'm surprised the emperor of a place with these circumstances wasn't taught this during his training.

[And if the instructions had explained good ways to express sarcasm while typing, he would have included that too.]

Monsters are animalistic creatures with no sense of logic that attack anything that may cross their paths.

A normal person is relative to where they came from, I'm afraid.

Decisions on what is good and what is evil depends on who is victorious and their own views. The same goes for great heroes. I've met many potential heroes, in my opinion, but the one that receives the most reverence honestly isn't one I believe did anything to deserve it.

[text]

[crowing]

im not that kind of emperor. im the kind that rose through the ranks by trampling on the bodies of weaker opponents. i am the man who earned his rank through blood sweat tears and broken dreams of those who dared to challenge me!

either way either way thats really not a bad way to reply.

wait what. whats that last bit? you gotta give more detail than that about the guy.

[video]

[designatedhealer]

What makes a monster...? That's an interesting question.

There's the obvious, of course: Creatures that live for no other reason than to cause others pain. Or creatures that have no way to stop themselves from hurting others, even if they're only doing it for their own survival.

Being born a man doesn't keep you from being a monster, though. A man can become a monster when he betrays his family and breaks his promises... that sort of man is worse than any typical "monster" I've encountered.

[She's avoiding the topic of heroes, though; the most heroic person she knows was able to accomplish things with her help, and talking about that seems almost egotistical.]

[video]

[crowing]

. . .

( there's a pause as he thinks about someone who would definitely fit that kind of description of a man-monster, although he doesn't really see him as such. )

That's only answering the "bad" side of it, yanno. What about the "good" side?

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[futurarex]

Our emperor, who is king of the sky.

Tell me, which tavern do you frequent?

[text]

[crowing]

what? you got one you wanna suggest?

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[fashionablylate]

I can't answer the first couple questions, but the greatest hero I know is a friend of mine.

[Aka he's pretty much useless in regards to these kinds of questions he just wanted to brag about his friend who he's really proud of. The sad life of Cloud.]

[Threadjacking with anon texting.]

[marked_for_death]

[Elza had been reading through all of the other replies when one caught her attention.]

Heh, your greatest hero is a friend of yours?

[silenceandcards]

If they die, they're ordinary. Most are ordinary.

[Some mortals are also extraordinary but his friend is a special creature.]

[crowing]

( LAUGHING. that's such a stupid way to answer it. )

HAHAHA WHAT THE HELL KIND OF ANSWER IS THAT

only a lunatic would answer like that

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[onlyasong]

[Now THIS question might hit a bit close to home. The answer to it is pathetically simple, as well, earning only a single worded response from her.]

perspective.

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[crowing]

thats not an acceptable answer!

you gotta tell it from your point of view

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[debtor]

[That's a very deep, philosophical question, but]

...What is a sky king?

[I mean, it sounds pretty self-explanatory, but how the hell can you even reign over the sky.]

video;

[crowing]

Oh, it's the punching bag guy again!

( gesturing at the screen for a second as he looks over at allen. he doesn't remember his name. )

It's the king of the sky, duh. What are you, stupid?