02. Voice

[wolfuncaged]

[Fenris so rarely uses the tablet, even less so to publicly speak to everyone. It's pointless, as far as he's concerned. Sharing words on a machine when they could be shared face to face. This time, though, is different. He feels this is important enough to share. Not one for chatting purposelessly, he gets right to the point]

Today, I awoke with a message on this contraption. It appears to be one of the memoirs that have been brought up of late. I suppose it might be important to some of you, so listen.

[And he'll play the file, the tablet giving out the automated text-reader of the file (because Maker knows, Fenris can neither read nor write it onto the tablet himself, the electronic voice crackling out the message. Perhaps it detracts from the emotion of the message, or perhaps hearing the words from a voice, albeit a robotic one does the exact opposite. However people may feel about it, the message plays on:]

The "E" in my name is for "Elaine", so my name is Joyce Elaine--which means "Joyful Light". Well, let me tell you, I don't feel like a happy ray of sunshine at the moment. I feel angry. And scared.

But mostly scared.

I don't want to die. I don't care what anyone says. No one can be prepared for death--not even those who have lived a long time. There's got to be some final struggle involved; some sense of staying on this blasted world for one moment longer...

And this is my struggle. This is me. My final thoughts and my final fight against the reaper. As long as this survives--I'll always be. Just do me a favor and don't erase this, okay?

Thanks.

[Fenris considers leaving it there, his job done. But he feels maybe it would be wrong to the memory of this Elaine to do so. As much as he disliked the Initiative as a whole, he understood the words she spoke. There was some common ground, here]

Her words are wise ones. Perhaps it would do some of you good to learn from them.

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video;

[timewalking]

Wise words?

[He raises a brow.]

Many have died- are we meant to remember and mourn after all of them? We'd never get anything done.

voice forever because antisocial

[wolfuncaged]

Yes. If we do not remember those of the past, they may as well not have existed. They would be nothing, and the lessons we could learn from them would never come to be. We would continue on foolishly, repeating the same mistakes unto eternity.

video because yolo

[timewalking]

There's little point to dwelling on what's been lost.

The best course of action is to pick up the pieces and move on.

[wolfuncaged]

Perhaps to those with the luxury of memory to begin with.

And not learn in the process? Losing is a lesson, too. One you cannot hope to move on with, if you refuse to remember.

audio

[vaccination]

Nice timing.

forever!

[wolfuncaged]

Why? Because of the fools who tried to stage a rebellion and failed?

[vaccination]

[A little exhale--she's glad he wasn't with them.]

Yeah. Fucking morons.

[wolfuncaged]

[He would have killed them on principle for being lousy planners]

I doubt they will feel anything from this message. They are far too foolhardy to take into account that there were innocent lives involved amongst our captors. They would not wish to feel the guilt that comes with such an acknowledgement.

[vaccination]

They're probably too busy being pissed they're locked up. Like they didn't see that coming.

audio;

[yourdistraction]

It's important to remember.

audio;

[wolfuncaged]

[SILENCE. Because he knows what you're getting at Missy]

Most things. Yes. [Not your thing :|]

audio;

[yourdistraction]

[ SHUT UP SHE WASN'T BEING SELF-ABSORBED for once. ]

We did our best, in helping them escape. I don't know if there's anything else we could have done...

[ Like, totally failed, but you know. ]

audio;

[wolfuncaged]

[HE NEVER BELIEVES THAT]

They would not come, we could not force them. It was a choice they made.

voice;

[ofkirkwall]

[ Hawke ...sighs. ] Making friends again, I see.

voice;

[wolfuncaged]

I am not here to make friends, Hawke. [His weapon would say otherwise]

voice;

[ofkirkwall]

You're never anywhere to make friends.

voice;

[wolfuncaged]

[That's because friendship sucks]

I see little point in it. I have enough friends, I do not need more.

Video;

[maipokerface]

I like her attitude better than the one most people seem to have.

Video;

[wolfuncaged]

I agree. At least she has some fight in her.

Video;

[maipokerface]

Exactly. A lot of the other ones are way too accepting. And that first one? Trying too hard for sympathy.

[Even though she felt for the first woman, honest she did. But she knows politics and trying to garner sympathy when she sees it too.]

I'd rather hear honesty than that.

Video;

[wolfuncaged]

And sympathy is so easily forgotten. Much better to be remembered for wanting to stand up, for speaking the truth and facing death with bravery.

voice;

[onhold]

Do we know where these things are coming from yet?

voice;

[wolfuncaged]

I do not know. It simply appeared on my tablet. I do not have the knowledge of the workings of this device to track it.

voice;

[onhold]

Oh. ( She sounds mildly disappointed. ) That's too bad. I'd be interested in reading more of them.

voice;

[wolfuncaged]

Perhaps more will appear for others. It seems it has happened twice before myself.