[Someone Else Can Take Up The Mantle]
(RP/parody account) (Major spoilers for Miracle Mask)
(It doesn't hurt anymore. But that, perhaps, is the scariest thing of all. I think it is ending.)
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(I'm so tired.)
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(Henry...
...Just picture him tucking you into bed, Henry.)
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(You can finally sleep, Henry.)
(Master Randall is here?)
(Y-yes.)
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(I can finally sleep...)
(It doesn't hurt anymore. But that, perhaps, is the scariest thing of all. I think it is ending.)
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(I'm so tired.)
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(Henry...
...Just picture him tucking you into bed, Henry.)
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(You can finally sleep, Henry.)
(Master Randall is here?)
(Y-yes.)
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(I can finally sleep...)
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(Do I want him to believe that there is something in me to find, even when there isn't?)
(Haven't you always wanted that?)
(Haven't you?)
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(Do I want him to believe that there is something in me to find, even when there isn't?)
(Haven't you always wanted that?)
(Haven't you?)
(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(Will I get to go there?)
(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(...I miss *my* Master Randall.)
(The cycle repeats.)
(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(Will I get to go there?)
(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(...I miss *my* Master Randall.)
(The cycle repeats.)
(It's getting worse.)
(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(Have you given up on me? On Henry?)
(...You could say that.)
(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(I'm sorry.)
(It's getting worse.)
(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(Have you given up on me? On Henry?)
(...You could say that.)
(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(I'm sorry.)
...Someone created this device, yes? And it is most of me now.)
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(I guess it doesn't really make any sense. But it worked. That was all that mattered.)
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(I'm sorry to whoever made it. I've broken their toy.)
...Someone created this device, yes? And it is most of me now.)
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(I guess it doesn't really make any sense. But it worked. That was all that mattered.)
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(I'm sorry to whoever made it. I've broken their toy.)
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(What would happen if I failed? If I...)
(The world would end.)
(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(God... Haha... It's always been like that, yes? But now it is true...)
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(What would happen if I failed? If I...)
(The world would end.)
(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(God... Haha... It's always been like that, yes? But now it is true...)
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(...I need to apologize to Al. It turns out I was right all along. Perhaps it was silly to hope that he...)
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(God, I'm scared, haha! I don't know if I can even move... It's just like when... When I...)
(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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(...I need to apologize to Al. It turns out I was right all along. Perhaps it was silly to hope that he...)
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(God, I'm scared, haha! I don't know if I can even move... It's just like when... When I...)
(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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(I wonder how it got there to begin with.)
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(Keats always called it a gift, didn't he?)
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(I wonder if he knows how much it has hurt me.)
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(I wonder where he is.)
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(I wonder where Master Randall is.)
(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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(I wonder how it got there to begin with.)
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(Keats always called it a gift, didn't he?)
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(I wonder if he knows how much it has hurt me.)
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(I wonder where he is.)
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(I wonder where Master Randall is.)
(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(You speak nonsense, Henry. Hold yourself together.)
(It hurts.)
(It is nothing new.)
(It kills me.)
(It is nothing new!)
(It might get the better of me.)
(DON'T LET IT!)
(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(Please don't yell...)
(You speak nonsense, Henry. Hold yourself together.)
(It hurts.)
(It is nothing new.)
(It kills me.)
(It is nothing new!)
(It might get the better of me.)
(DON'T LET IT!)
(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(Please don't yell...)
(Its only function is facilitating communication across large distances.)
(But what if I have become too reliant on it?)
(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(As it is I so often forget who is near me.)
(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(What if I can't speak to them anymore either?)
(Its only function is facilitating communication across large distances.)
(But what if I have become too reliant on it?)
(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(As it is I so often forget who is near me.)
(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(What if I can't speak to them anymore either?)
(You can still see, can't you? The man you sit in front of? The resolution you are trying to come to?)
(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(I don't know if I can. It is all... Gah, it's all too bright...!)
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(He was always too bright for me.)
(..."Is".)
(You can still see, can't you? The man you sit in front of? The resolution you are trying to come to?)
(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(I don't know if I can. It is all... Gah, it's all too bright...!)
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(He was always too bright for me.)
(..."Is".)
(Why ever...?)
(...Why would you ask me that?)
(!!!!!!!!)
(...It seems I too am malfunctioning, Henry.)
(Maybe it's because I am so afraid. God, if only he were...)
(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(What if I don't get to say goodbye?)
(There are no goodbyes to say.)
(You don't know that!)
(Why ever...?)
(...Why would you ask me that?)
(!!!!!!!!)
(...It seems I too am malfunctioning, Henry.)
(Maybe it's because I am so afraid. God, if only he were...)
(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(What if I don't get to say goodbye?)
(There are no goodbyes to say.)
(You don't know that!)
(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(The same choice you have always had. And as you say, it isn't even a choice. You have always picked the same option.)
(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(...I'm sorry. I don't know what's happening.)
(Nothing worth dwelling on...)
(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(The same choice you have always had. And as you say, it isn't even a choice. You have always picked the same option.)
(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(...I'm sorry. I don't know what's happening.)
(Nothing worth dwelling on...)
(It cannot. Not yet, anyway. You still have business here. You still have promises to keep and debts to repay.)
(I never said...)
(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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(Haha, it hurts...!)
(It always did. Now is no time to submit to it.)
(It cannot. Not yet, anyway. You still have business here. You still have promises to keep and debts to repay.)
(I never said...)
(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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(Haha, it hurts...!)
(It always did. Now is no time to submit to it.)
...I would have to be at liberty to ask Randall. The money is his, after all. It is not my decision to make.
...I would have to be at liberty to ask Randall. The money is his, after all. It is not my decision to make.
...What do you want?
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(I shouldn't have to make a deal with him. It is passive and cowardly of me to accept. But as long as the city is safe, I really couldn't care less.)
...What do you want?
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(I shouldn't have to make a deal with him. It is passive and cowardly of me to accept. But as long as the city is safe, I really couldn't care less.)
(...Well, young Master Randall turned into a sort of dog-creature, didn't he? Though this is a smidge more alarming.)
In your universe? Randall *is* inheriting it here, albeit indirectly. It is true; it was always supposed to be him.
Do you mean...
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(Remember what Keats said, Henry?)
(...Well, young Master Randall turned into a sort of dog-creature, didn't he? Though this is a smidge more alarming.)
In your universe? Randall *is* inheriting it here, albeit indirectly. It is true; it was always supposed to be him.
Do you mean...
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(Remember what Keats said, Henry?)
(Clearly he does not agree with that, Henry. Do not be so forceful. Cooperate and perhaps there shall be an agreeable outcome.)
(Am I wrong, though?)
(...No.)
(Clearly he does not agree with that, Henry. Do not be so forceful. Cooperate and perhaps there shall be an agreeable outcome.)
(Am I wrong, though?)
(...No.)
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...Stay safe.
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...Stay safe.