audience: valvatorez

[cyclists]

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[cyclists]

The darkness can turn into different things. Lune and I have been searching to try and find the best way to combat what it may become. We weren't really expecting something like this either.

[omegathree]

Did you have any theories about what it could have done?

Clearly we know it can possess us. What other things have you seen it turn into?

[cyclists]

What could have done...what? Possessed Mary? [Sorry, they're confused.] Darkness as a whole can start to deteriorate different things and break things down. So far, it hasn't, but you can't just say that it won't either.

[omegathree]

What the Darkness could've done.

[Anyway, Sol's answered the question.]

Most things break down and deteriorate over time if there isn't enough upkeep.

[But clearly that's not what happened to Mary.]

I can't say anything. I'm not the one who's been researching this place.

[cyclists]

No, I mean...we can't rule out what even sounds impossible. The instability is still deciding what form it wants to take.

[omegathree]

It seems happy enough to go about possessing us.

How about this, do you have any ideas about why it's here?

[cyclists]

Where there's light, there's darkness, and vice versa. Because the core is brand new it's a little easier to sway. [That is to say:] We don't know the actual reason it showed up, but we know why it's sticking around.

[omegathree]

[What he doesn't say: It's easy to sway the residents of any world with enough fear.]

Why is that? Or is it something the universe is forcing you to stay quiet about?

[cyclists]

No, nothing like that. But like I said, the core is new. Why wouldn't it linger around here to try and shape the universe itself?

[omegathree]

It's not that difficult to influence even when it's older. It just takes whispering some whispering in the ears of the ones in power.

Now. How are you faring?

[cyclists]

But if it's older, it could resist the whispers couldn't it? I think that's why we're trying to find a path for it early.

[But fine, that question...]

I've had better days, but we can't stop trying to fix this.

[omegathree]

Not as well as you think.

[He nods.]

I'll commend your work effort. I'll also remind you that it's important to take care of yourself.

[cyclists]

...I know how to take care of myself just fine. [#citationneeded.] What about the rest of you?

[omegathree]

[#doubt, but Val will believe it until it's clear he shouldn't.]

I can take care of myself, but if we're all going to be trapped here with each other, than it's best to support each other. That's a human idea- one that I can believe in.

[cyclists]

It's an idea I've been hoping people would listen to for a while now. Sometimes it's not always so easy. [...] Do you normally not believe in human ideas?

[omegathree]

They exist whether or not I believe in them.

[There's a tiny smile.]

... But that's my favorite human one.

[cyclists]

I think it's probably mine, too. [Kind of an afterthought.] But getting people to listen to that isn't always easy anyway.

[omegathree]

Of course it isn't easy. That doesn't mean it isn't worth trying to form camaraderie between the people here.

[cyclists]

How've you been doing with that anyway? Any luck?

[omegathree]

Hmm... It usually takes longer than a week for something like that.

[cyclists]

[They rub the back of their head.] That seriously did not answer my question. [What does time really have to do with attempts?]

[omegathree]

I'm enjoying the time I spend with Milla and Shess. [Fellow not humans.] Though it's hard to say comrades this early.

[cyclists]

Really? [For most people, sure.] ...I met my friends back home within a week, so maybe that's why I'm asking.

[omegathree]

[He's yet to promise anybody something highly significant so he can't exactly say comrade yet.]

Only a week. What a short amount of time. Do you miss them?

[cyclists]

Every day. [It's an immediate answer.] But when we fix everything here, I'll get to see them again even if it's just for a little while. And the people here aren't too bad either.