24 - Dictated - Rogue

[radiantwingedone]

[ Duke is bored - and moderately pleased that he hadn't eaten any of the mysterious food, from checking the journal. Avoiding people on holidays - or maybe just avoiding the new things about the holidays - seems to be a good plan here. ]

A question born of curiosity; what do you all consider an act of betrayal?

[ His voice is carefully neutral - well, perhaps a bit flat. This is perhaps a bit tricky of a subject to get a long conversation on from him. ]

Suppose the follow up question would be 'what is an appropriate reaction to being betrayed'?

[ He'll do his best not to be biased at any responses. ]

Comments

[ dictated ]

[peacockherald]

These are dark thoughts you are entertaining, my friend.

[ dictated ]

[radiantwingedone]

.... [ He still isn't comfortable with that. ]

... Likely. Mostly lack of projects.

Re: [ dictated ]

[peacockherald]

And you could think of nothing more cheerful to ask of them betrayal?

[radiantwingedone]

It is a little bit of a constant to my problems.

[ Dryly. He avoids friends because he was betrayed, he avoids people for the same reason. He fails socially - wait, no, he was never really interested in being social. ]

[peacockherald]

Betrayal is? Why so?

[radiantwingedone]

Other than a deep personality flaw, or perhaps a problem with family situation in young years, can another reason for all the problems I display be found?

[ He feels like he should slip a filter here soon. It depends on the reply. ]

[peacockherald]

I suppose it depends. It might not be betrayal at all, it could be that situations in your childhood produced distrust. Certainly as a child, I suffered things that made me... antisocial, to say the least.

[radiantwingedone]

... To the particular intensities?

[ Can he find the start of the words and scribble a filter there? He's starting to think that openly talking that he has a problem with betrayal might prevent answers... ]

[peacockherald]

Intensities? How do you mean? Like, between friendship and lover?

/scribbled in filter to Vanyel

[radiantwingedone]

[ What? No.

And he doesn't want any of those either- ]

To the particular strength I have aversions to contact, to friends, speaking properly.

Re: /scribbled in filter to Vanyel

[peacockherald]

Hmm, I am not much of a mind healer, so it is not my speciality, but I know a bit of it. I've dealt with people who are hurt like that, on my circuits, often in poorer areas of my country, or along the border of the theological state of Karsite.

But betrayal might not be the cause. It could easily stem, I think from experiences in your childhood such as how your parents treated you, if you had many friends as a child, that sort of thing.

[radiantwingedone]

...

[ This is a moderately good point. ]

And if quiet and perhaps overly bookish until such an event?

[peacockherald]

Then yes, it might be especially traumatic. It... was for me, when I reached my breaking point.

Written

[whistles_the_blues]

To forget and replace what's been forgotten.

Dictated always

[radiantwingedone]

[ His handwriting is terrible, so he won't reply that way. ]

As act or response? [ Because the more he thinks on that response, the more he thinks it could suit for both.. ]

He'll go dictated from now on too.

[whistles_the_blues]

[He doesn't write often he just figured it was a good way to stay anonymous, but it's awkward to write to someone speaking.]

Act

...a little of response as well.

dictated on into the sunset o/

[radiantwingedone]

[ Hey, Duke won't figure out names unless they're said. ]

... made sense as both.

Dramatic tumbleweed roll by as the credits roll.

[whistles_the_blues]

[He's more worried about other people listening in.]

You're right. It probably would have been easier to just say it like that too.

Dramatic horse neighing and... i have no idea even

[radiantwingedone]

[ Maybe he could have added 'filter to Duke if you like' to that post. Eh. ]

Assuming not mere mundane items. [ Being betrayed over a favored pencil getting replaced is a bit... silly. ]

[whistles_the_blues]

[Hindsight is twenty twenty. He doesn't really think straight when he gets on this topic.]

True, though what one person considers mundane may not be so for the other.

[radiantwingedone]

[ Unfortunately sharp twenty-twenty. ]

... Thought was of pencils.

[whistles_the_blues]

In that case yes. I was thinking of something with more sentimental value, others could consider it mundane.

[radiantwingedone]

Assumed so. Pencils were the 'mundane' guess.

[whistles_the_blues]

It would be rather silly to feel betrayed over pencils.

[radiantwingedone]

Agreed.