beholdmydemons | seventh fusion

[Walter starts talking almost immediately after turning on the recording, sounding tired but as though his message was prepared ahead of time.]

You're the king of a country, and you hold a great contest - or a game. One man who comes to participate is very tall, and strong. Would you let him compete as any other, or bar him from the game to even those others' chances?

A man comes to a remote village, one that's remained as it is for a thousand years. He brings with him technology that would change life as the people know it, bringing them comfort and luxury. Should the village send that man away, or accept his gifts?

The person you love is gravely ill, doomed to sleep and never wake...you've tried every remedy you can imagine, and there's nothing left at your disposal. Would you tend to them for the rest of your life, or let them die naturally?

[He goes quiet, not sure what to follow that up with. The radio, playing tinnily in the background, switches to a holiday song that's been on at least five times already today.

...Yeah, that bears asking about. In just as tired a voice, but a much less rehearsed one:]

What the hell is Christmas?

[[ooc: canon update to end of first route split, complete!]]

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When you made the choice to join...did you do it of your own mind? Because you truly felt it was the right thing?

[If so, then...he'll have something to think about.]

...Sort of. I originally wanted to join the Military Police so I'd be safe in the interior, but when we graduated I decided to go into the Corps with the rest of my friends.

_{[It's only half of a lie! Someone had to keep an eye on Reiner in the event he did something stupid.]}

[It's good enough.] You're a better man than most. Seems I hadn't the measure of you after all.

We never exchanged names, did we? [In two whole months YOU GO GUYS] I'm Walter.

I-I'm not that big of a coward!

_{[Nnnnno Berty, you're a pretty big coward.]}

Ah--I don't think we did, um... sorry. _{[Clearly they're the best at meeting people!]} I'm Bertholt. Bertholdt Fubar.

[wait what] Er - that's what I meant. I've known too many people who'd take the former option no matter what the consequence. That you had the choice and took the more dangerous path at all is more than I'd expect of most.

I guess. It's just a little weird to hear that kind of... support from someone else. I'll be the first to admit I'm a bit of a coward because of my reasons for joining the military in the first place.

I guess that makes my answer to your other questions a little weird too now that I've thought about them a bit.

Let's hear it.

I'd let the man in the first question compete. Looking at it from the standpoint of my world, it'd be stupid to not/i> let him. Even the smallest person can take down a giant.

The second, it all depends I guess. I'd accept them, but I wouldn't use all of them since they could do more harm than good. If he came back again, they could juts return what ones they didn't use or something.

[Heh.] I don't see how accepting the technologies could do harm, but it's good you'd give them the choice of it. There's nothing weird about that.

[BIAS WHAT BIAS]

It really depends on what they do with it. If they rely on the technology forever, they might forget how to do certain things like fixing clothes or things like what you used to do.

_[FISHERMAN.]

[you son of a] -All the better!

W-What? Why is that better?

If there's another way of doing that, I say let it be put to use! There's nothing that could make it worse!

What's so bad about doing things the old fashion way?

_{[HE REALLY DOESN'T GET IT this loser still fixes his own socks okay]}

As long as it's not...that, do as you wish!

[no he's

he's just talking about the fish]

...Is this about the nets you mentioned before?

_{[walter pls.]}

_S-Sorry.

_{[lets try and steer the subject away from the fish that sounds like a good plan right?]}

What would you do? For all of them, I mean.

[ >8| good]

The first hardly bears asking - he can't help how he was born. I'd let him compete.

For the second - tradition pales beside a chance at a better life. I'd take the gifts, and change the village.

...I'm not certain, as to the third, though. It seems to me the answer should be to let them go, but...if it came to it, I can't say what I'd choose to do.

_{[#ReasonsWhyHeLetsReinerDoTheTalking]}

...You're a good person, Walter. I wish I could be like that, I really do.

[Ah.

Walter's grin is a little half-hearted; there's a startled pause that could be chalked down to sheepishness.]

If you think a few words make someone a "good person", I suppose.

You haven't said anything that made me think otherwise so far.

_{[That, and his definition of 'nice person' is a little... weird.]}

You assume everyone's a good person until they prove otherwise?

I try to give people the benefit of the doubt. Considering where I'm from, it's not really a bad thing in my eyes.

...You could stand to look after yourself a little more. [No, seriously, there are legitimately awful people in the world.]

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