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[fifthreturned]

Hey there. Drop me a line if you want to chat, I've usually got an ear or two to spare. Can't promise I'll be able to help, but I can listen, right?

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text, 7/02

[skelebro]

[What's that people say about the lesser of two evils? The devils that you know? Well, either way - he'll take an uneasy, conditional existence over unconditional extinction.]

so, dunno if you've heard already.
looks like those things you've been hiding from have had time to null it over.

[fifthreturned]

Huh? What are you talking about?

[skelebro]

little thing called the null contacted us citizens of hadriel today.
some kind of inorganic creature.
seems to think you gods are parasites.

[fifthreturned]

Oh man. Those guys? How'd they get on the network? They shouldn't be able to.

[skelebro]

said they'd established a private channel.
planning on keeping contact.

but they made it pretty clear that they don't care who gets caught in the crossfire of their little feud with you.

[fifthreturned]

They're not really the kind of folks that care about that stuff. I mean, they did massacre our entire species, you know?

Did they say anything else?

[skelebro]

some people are asking them how we'd go about killing your kind.
they've only mentioned that requests will come "later."

the way these null are talking, it sounds a lot like killing you is dependent on killing all the people stuck here with you.
you can understand why most of us would rather avoid that.

[fifthreturned]

Yeah. Nobody really wants to die for good.

Thanks for letting me know. We can probably, like, cut them off or something. Or hey, at least we'll know they're... doing whatever it is they're doing.

People really want to kill us? That sucks.

[skelebro]

well, people aren't happy about the whole living emotional batteries thing.
seems to me like it comes down to a choice between uneasy suffering or outright death.

i guess some people would prefer that.

[fifthreturned]

You know, having been dead, I've gotta say I'd take the first every time. But that's just me.

[skelebro]

you're telling me.
but what would i know?

[fifthreturned]

Just don't trust those guys. They're bad news.

[skelebro]

what, don't trust the genocidal machinery that's kinda hell-bent on eradicating people based on an extremely specific agenda?
you don't say.

but i figure you ought'a know:
you're gonna have to give more of reason than that for some people.
you gods haven't always given us a reason to trust you yourself.

[fifthreturned]

What kind of reason are you all looking for? If 'they're mass murderers who committed genocide against our entire race' doesn't fly, I'm kind of out of ideas.

[skelebro]

y'know how i said some people prefer uneasy life to certain death?

some people don't.

[fifthreturned]

So I should offer to kill them? That's pretty brutal.

[skelebro]

that isn't really what i was suggesting there, pal.

[fifthreturned]

What were you suggesting?

[skelebro]

if it were me, i'd give people more incentive to trust me.
a way to prove it instead of just telling people how they should decide.

[fifthreturned]

Like what?

[skelebro]

information's a good one.
people like knowing what's going on.

[This is in no way hypocritical and self-serving. Nope.]

[fifthreturned]

I mean, we're not keeping anything from you guys anymore, but sure. I guess I could send out a newsletter or something.

[skelebro]

might help some.
hope it works out for you guys.

[fifthreturned]

Are there things we haven't told you? Just trying to get an idea of what information you're missing.

[skelebro]

what are your stories?