[Text] @zobrien

[flying_fish]

[Zed isn't in the best of moods since another person he cared for disappeared, so he's taken to drink. Not that the alcohol has ever helped him, but it has him thinking about home...and some not so pleasant business back there.]

There's an item back home that operates like the Chinese gu. Except instead of venomous creatures, you insert humans. It is said that once the ritual is complete, it will lead to the destruction of the world.

The humans inside are forced to kill each other and mix together until becoming one being. The skin disappears while the skeleton, muscles, and organs fuse together. They're neither dead nor alive because of the magic that binds them.

Let's say the item broke, and a part of the conglomerate was separated from the whole. The humans that make up this "specimen" are children. Do you destroy it to prevent the ritual from being completed?

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text; un: athanasia

[trivialization]

That isn't much of a question, is it? When they are only words on a page, no one will choose against the world. It is only a matter of whether they can clearly express that they would kill a child, or they deny that the dilemma exists.

[flying_fish]

You're not wrong. There are those that would choose both the world and the people involved in the ritual.

I'm not looking for a particular answer that I would deem correct.

[trivialization]

In my case there's not much to debate. Greater sacrifices have been made for the world.

So? Which did you choose?

[flying_fish]

I wouldn't be surprised if that was true for my world as well.

The decision hasn't been made yet. My group was interrupted before we could decide.

[trivialization]

Ah. That's tougher. Having the decision sit with you and fester. And if you reach an answer it can be worse. Having to dedicate yourself to it and know you've dedicated yourself to it.

Easier to resolve it all in a moment of feeling.

[flying_fish]

It's a difficult matter all around. I may not be the one to make the final decision anyways. Yet, it's what I last remember from returning home, so it is an issue that's been weighing on my mind. It would have been interesting to hear the outcomes if others have been in a similar situation.