[Dictated]

[lightbranded]

[Will had been thinking again.  He hadn't had much else to do, these last few weeks.]

I've been wondering something recently. What do Dark and Light mean to you? It seems like every person I've met has a different idea of what they mean.

[He pauses.]

Also, is there anything anyone needs any help with?  I haven't much to do, these days.  And I would like to do something useful with my days.

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[a_11]

How good are you at studying advanced technical diagrams and instructions?

[lightbranded]

I took shop class at school?

[a_11]

So, not very. Oh, well.

If you'd like to learn for the future, there'll always be a need for maintenance on the holodeck once it's up and running. I can provide some manuals, as well as instructions on how to use the holodeck.

[lightbranded]

I suppose I could? [He didn't sounds very confident about it. Mostly because he'd only understood about half of that.]

If you don't mind my asking, what is a holodeck?

[a_11]

[Siiiiigh.]

A holodeck is a room fitted with projectors. These projectors are capable of creating any environment and person, as long as the correct program is loaded.

[lightbranded]

A projector? Like in a movie theatre?

[onlyanapple]

They're not as clear cut as people think. They can flow into one another, making those sneaky shades of grey.

...Which really is all the world is. Lots of grey.

[lightbranded]

When humans are involved I would agree that. For them there is no absolute or absolute evil.

The Light, too, dwells in shades of grey. Good, but cruel at times. It is only the Dark that dwells in the extremes.

[onlyanapple]

You'd be surprised, the light you can find in the dark.

[lightbranded]

Not the Light and the Dark of my world. We are separate. Opposites.

[onlyanapple]

Oh? And there's never any...intermingling? Because I get hammered with my 'opposite' on a regular basis.

[lightbranded]

No, never. Not since the beginning of time.

It is because of our natures. The Light is a cold flame that burns, while the Dark is a black pit deeper than the universe. We are opposites and poles in every way.

[onlyanapple]

I bet you'd soon warm up with a good glass of Jack Daniels and some shitty karaoke music.

Works for humans all the time.

[lightbranded]

I am thirteen. [Will says this severely.[

And the Lords of the Dark are not so easily swayed.

[onlyanapple]

Fine, you can have a glass of coke.

You'd be surprised.

[lightbranded]

[He shakes his head.]

Not in this. We cannot go against our natures. It is impossible for us.

Let me know if this is too late

[wizard_redfive]

Do you mean Dark and Light in the Grander Powers way or the more literal sense?

Never

[lightbranded]

Either one, I suppose.

Then I hope you don't mind some SW references ;)

[wizard_redfive]

Well, there's a Dark Side and a Light Side of the Force, and together they bind the galaxy together.

...Just kidding, but that does give a pretty good illustration of how it actually works. Two powerful opposing forces, each drawing from the same power source. Only with fewer lightsaber battles.

Re: Then I hope you don't mind some SW references ;)

[lightbranded]

Light sabers?

[Will was hopelessly confused.]

[wizard_redfive]

You don't know what light sabers are?

[lightbranded]

I've never heard of anything like that. It is some sort of weapon?

*Actually the Paradisa version in conversation, I'm too lazy to make up names

[wizard_redfive]

[Oh man, Will has no idea what he is getting into.]

Only the coolest weapon ever. You seriously have never heard of Star Wars* before?

[lightbranded]

I don't believe so.

[wizard_redfive]

[Dairine is shocked! Horrified! Baffled!]

But... how?!