2nd Bark [Action] Fourth Wall

[dogboy]

[Holy shit this was a bad day to be in the village.

There were a lot of people he didn't particularly know - or care about! - walking around and

it really, really wore on his nerves.

But he's out nonetheless looking for some important people in his life, watching the wingless newcomers warily and keeping to himself. All around the village, too, and later in the forest as well whether or not his search comes up fruitless.]

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[dogboy]

It's possible! Lady Mathias thinks it is! She's smart and kind, and she wouldn't say something she didn't mean! [Utopia has to be possible! If it wasn't, then... Chien shakes his head, trying to clear his mind of the bad train of thought and failing.]

It's a fact...

[nihilconcerto]

Then she is a fool. [Schwartz is nothing if not blunt.] Joy turns to sorrow. Companions depart, leaving still-greater loneliness in their wake. Such is the way of all things.

[dogboy]

[oh you did not how's this taste of anger] Lady Mathias isn't a fool! er Utopia will make sure no one's unhappy! Or hated! We'll all be together without any humans and we'll be safe and happy!

[nihilconcerto]

[Very nutritious, thank you, Chien.

The woman is entirely unaffected by his anger, but the mist around them seems to double.]

Can you deny that in time all things come to an end?

[dogboy]

[Then how about some more?]

Lady Mathias won't let it end! Something like that can't!

[nihilconcerto]

[Thanks to that extra boost of anger, the mist races to close above their heads. The two of them are now shut shut together in the mist, completely alone.]

She will not have a choice. It is impossible to fight against the ways of the universe.

Someday, time itself will end. Knowing this, why do you believe she has the power to preserve your utopia?

[dogboy]

[Swatting angrily at the mist, it's kind of pissing him off on top of this woman demeaning Lady Mathias's promises.]

Because Lady Mathias said she would.

[nihilconcerto]

[The mist only comes back in greater quantities than before. The angrier Chien becomes, the stronger he makes his cage.]

She should not make promises she is unable to keep.

[Here, her voice would gentle, were she an ordinary woman.]

The only peace to be found is that of the void, where all loneliness and suffering fades into nothingness. Surrender yourself to me and I shall grant you that peace.

[dogboy]

[He's got a weak will if you take Utopia from him, but right now he is furious at the woman's words.]

I can't! I need to help make Lady Mathias's dreams come true! She'll keep it, I know she will!

[He can't; not that he wouldn't, he just can't.]

[nihilconcerto]

[She stands unyielding before him, completely unmoved by his words. Her tone is relentless in its perfect, unchanging detachment.]

Your task is impossible. Your fate is eternal loneliness. Accept the truth and cease your meaningless struggles.