I didn't say that I was better. Just that I understand that line of thought. Though really, the best way to act like a person is to be around them. You can pick up on things to mimic that way. If I had to guess, I'd say your Helen doesn't do that.
[He's going to have to explain things for context. Ugh...]
Helen is the Distortion, an avatar for the Spiral. She became the Distortion a little while after I became the Archivist. Maybe if I'd been nicer to her? I don't know. Helen decided to stop caring about the people she hurt to feed. She did speak with my staff. And me. She's actually sort of an ally? I mean, she wants to kill me. Probably. But she'll wait for the right moment for it. And I knew Helen Richardson before she was Helen. She was one of my earliest Statements.
It gets complicated with avatars. Most of us started out as people. It's just a matter of not forgetting what we were. But it's always a choice to become this. A lot of people who choose it want it. So, I suppose it's easier for them to give up what they were before.
What would your intentions be? Some of them might just see you and decide to rearrange your bones and organs for fun. The Boneturner's always good for a trick there.
I could take that. I regrew my appendix twice. And my intentions would be just to learn. Obviously there's some sort of drama between you avatars if Helen wants to kill you. I don't want to be caught up in it. Of course, I'll probably end up caught in it anyway.
You realize the appendix is the one you could stand to lose, right?
If you want to just learn, observe, and watch, you'd certainly get picked out for a servant of the Beholding. Which would immediately net you a great many enemies, particularly those of the Dark and the Stranger. The Desolation to an extent, but that's a more... personal grudge against my predecessor by the relevant cult.
You're extremely unusual for the Corruption in my world. Those avatars delight in their filth and infestation. They don't try to palm it off to paintings.
Helen doesn't have any particular animosity toward me. She actually saved my life when the previous Distortion got... wrapped up in old grudges his vessel had. I say previous. It's really just a different persona and physical vessel for the same creature. Most of us with titles have that unfortunate distinction. I'm the Archivist. But I'm not the first, and I won't be the last.
I'm palming off the effects, not the actions. I am fully aware of how monstrous I am, I'd just rather not look at it. Besides, I love to buck convention.
If my options are Corruption or Beholding, then it's easily Corruption.
The Corruption hates everything. But probably... the Lonely? They're diametrically opposed in a way. The Corruption feeds on the need for love, gives its servants what they most crave. The Lonely is about taking away that love, the bitter emptiness.
Honestly, if you'd led in literally any other way than kissing me against a wall in a state, he'd probably be perfectly lovely to you. He's friendly with plenty of the people who have hurt me. I just never told him how or how many. It's better for him being able to make friends.
Not for lack of trying! You don't know what you're missing, Dominant. Whether it's sex or Statements, I've got so much potential that you seem intent on ignoring.
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Though really, the best way to act like a person is to be around them. You can pick up on things to mimic that way.
If I had to guess, I'd say your Helen doesn't do that.
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Helen is the Distortion, an avatar for the Spiral.
She became the Distortion a little while after I became the Archivist.
Maybe if I'd been nicer to her?
I don't know.
Helen decided to stop caring about the people she hurt to feed.
She did speak with my staff.
And me.
She's actually sort of an ally?
I mean, she wants to kill me.
Probably.
But she'll wait for the right moment for it.
And I knew Helen Richardson before she was Helen.
She was one of my earliest Statements.
It gets complicated with avatars.
Most of us started out as people.
It's just a matter of not forgetting what we were.
But it's always a choice to become this.
A lot of people who choose it want it.
So, I suppose it's easier for them to give up what they were before.
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[ says the man who started out as a normal person, wanted to be different, and then happily gave up what he was in order to get it ]
It's a good thing I haven't run into any of your lot where I'm from. They might get confused about me and my intentions.
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Some of them might just see you and decide to rearrange your bones and organs for fun.
The Boneturner's always good for a trick there.
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And my intentions would be just to learn. Obviously there's some sort of drama between you avatars if Helen wants to kill you. I don't want to be caught up in it.
Of course, I'll probably end up caught in it anyway.
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If you want to just learn, observe, and watch, you'd certainly get picked out for a servant of the Beholding.
Which would immediately net you a great many enemies, particularly those of the Dark and the Stranger.
The Desolation to an extent, but that's a more... personal grudge against my predecessor by the relevant cult.
You're extremely unusual for the Corruption in my world.
Those avatars delight in their filth and infestation.
They don't try to palm it off to paintings.
Helen doesn't have any particular animosity toward me.
She actually saved my life when the previous Distortion got... wrapped up in old grudges his vessel had.
I say previous.
It's really just a different persona and physical vessel for the same creature.
Most of us with titles have that unfortunate distinction.
I'm the Archivist.
But I'm not the first, and I won't be the last.
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If my options are Corruption or Beholding, then it's easily Corruption.
Do they particularly hate anyone?
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But probably... the Lonely?
They're diametrically opposed in a way.
The Corruption feeds on the need for love, gives its servants what they most crave.
The Lonely is about taking away that love, the bitter emptiness.
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[ who has two thumbs and is scared of Martin, THIS GUY ]
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He got me out of it.
Without you.
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You don't know what you're missing, Dominant. Whether it's sex or Statements, I've got so much potential that you seem intent on ignoring.
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I kissed you on the lips, not the cock. I still want to know how that part of you tastes.
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You're disgusting.
Skin is skin!
Goodbye.
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