CARNELIAN

[dramatispersonae]

You're in a small grove of trees off the side of the road. Somehow, their thick leaves muffle all sound from beyond, leaving only faint whispers and echoes at the fringe of your hearing.

Comments

Re: DISCUSSION

[takeabow]

Should we just start looking?

Re: DISCUSSION

[yoloath]

I suppose that is best, though I see among these no reasons for betrayal.

Re: DISCUSSION

[yoloath]

…Ah, perhaps "corruption," which I have found here along the leftmost side. But not so "fidelity" or "wealth."

Re: DISCUSSION

[takeabow]

"Fidelity" is actually "Infidelity".

This is what I can see.

Re: DISCUSSION

[yoloath]

[examining the words.]

I believe that "bored" may in fact be "boredom" as well, but you have amassed a list greater than my own. However, among these, I see only corruption as a true reason; for should these other reasons come to pass than the person is not truly beloved, and the question is itself a falsehood.

Re: DISCUSSION

[takeabow]

I think you're right. But, I don't know. I'd rather give more words than fewer words. Beloved can just be a word for someone in a relationship, not a description of the guy's feelings.

Re: DISCUSSION

[yoloath]

Yes, that is so.

[…he sounds confused.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[takeabow]

You doing okay?

Re: DISCUSSION

[yoloath]

I do not see where you take this; for indeed a relationship cannot exist without the knowledge true of another's heart.

Re: DISCUSSION

[takeabow]

People get together for other reasons all the time, or sometimes that sort of thing fades.

Re: DISCUSSION

[yoloath]

[he frowns.]

That is not so for my kind; but if it is thus for yours, I will argue no further for these words. I simply find it strange.

Re: DISCUSSION

[takeabow]

Lucky you, then.

I'll list the words we found.

Re: DISCUSSION

[yoloath]

It is not luck; it is rather the way things must be for us. I do not intend insult.

Re: DISCUSSION

[takeabow]

Yeah. I know. Sorry.

I'm just in a bad situation at home. I have to pretend to love someone I don't.

Re: DISCUSSION

[yoloath]

That is a terrible situation indeed. My sorrow can change nothing; but know that you have it, for forcing such a situation would be a sin to my people.

Re: DISCUSSION

[takeabow]

I'm going to guess that's not the last of our cultural differences.

Re: DISCUSSION

[yoloath]

[he laughs quietly.]

I would not imagine so.

Re: DISCUSSION

[takeabow]

I think if people knew it was an act, they'd be upset about it, but the point is that they don't.

Re: DISCUSSION

[yoloath]

It is not other people to whom my sorrow is given. They are not bound within this loveless pretense you speak of.

Re: DISCUSSION

[takeabow]

Yeah, I know. I'm just saying.

Re: DISCUSSION

[yoloath]

That the difference is there, but perhaps not so great as I had initially perceived it?

Re: DISCUSSION

[takeabow]

Yeah. I guess that it's not socially accepted but people do it anyway.