Text;

[onerous]

What is it that keeps you living? Why? What makes it worth it to you?

[That’s, uh. That’s it. That’s the message. There’s no follow-up explanation or anything.

She’s just curious and doesn’t seem to see how alarming a question like that out of the blue might be]

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[hagrides]

My end is predetermined.

[compagno]

I don't have any other option.

Text, I’m just mobile and the font tags are a hassle

[onerous]

Hmm. So because of that, you won’t do anything that might make it happen sooner? Or is it just that you can’t die until you meet that particular end?

[levampere]

There are always new things to learn and discover.

So long as that is true, I certainly don't mind living.

[fineprinted]

It's the little things in life that keeps me going till now. Though I do understand it being hard to see those sometimes.

That aside, this is a rather concerning question, Yuri-chan. Is something wrong?

Text; font tags are a hassle bear with me

[onerous]

Don’t you?

[Dying isn’t a great option but it’s still an option]

phone tags are the worst

[hagrides]

The latter. [It's technically physically possible, it's just really difficult.] Though even were I to find more ease in dying, I would not lash out against my fate.

Text

[onerous]

Hmm, I suppose that’s true. If the rest of your life was terrible, would it be enough to keep you here, though? If tomorrow your entire world fell apart, would the thought you might learn something new get you out of bed?

Text; cw: suicidal ideation

[onerous]

[She doesn’t answer for a long moment, considering how to word it or how much to say]

Sometimes it feels like walking on the edge of a cliff. My balance is good, but I don’t know if I'll fall at any moment. And if I do fall, I don’t know which way I might go.

Someone important to me back home asked that I keep living. I’ve just been thinking about that promise lately and wondering what helps other people.

I have other things I live for too if I think about it, not just that promise, but I was curious.

text (sn: healerprincess)

[im_gonna_heal_u]

Goals in life.

[ A question like that sounds suspicious and a little scary, but Konoka wanted to stand her ground. ]

Life is kinda what you make it, so... I wanna make stuff and help others make their stuff (by keeping them alive). When I'm dead I don't get to experience what life has to offer, and that sucks.

i understand

[compagno]

No, not in the way you're thinking, anyway.

[levampere]

Like others here, I do not have a choice in the matter.

But I prefer to see that as a positive thing rather than a negative. I must simply ensure that my life isn't terrible. If the world falls apart, then I shall have to see it fixed.

text, un: BB

[systembreaker]

I'm a miracle. So to honour that miracle, I must continue to exist.

Or I'm just a spiteful glitch that managed to game the system. Either way, I'm meant to be here!

text | un: fantasma

[teaserving]

already did the alternative so what the hell else is there

voice;

[nobodylikeshim]

Maybe the reason for living were the friends I made along the way.

[ A small laugh. ]

No, no. I'll have to say that what keeps me living is because I don't want to die. There's no reason beyond that fact. As for what makes it worth it... well, I will find my own fun one way or another. That's all~

[fineprinted]

So you've had thoughts like that as well.

[ this is hitting way too close to home, though. but he can't just leave this be, so - ]

All of us have different reasons to keep on living - some out of spite, some want to make the world a better place for everyone - and you seem to be getting a lot of interesting answers on this post, but...

Have you tried living for yourself?

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[starrypoint]

[Wow, deep.]

my friends!!!
seeing sparkling, shining things every day!!!
music!!!
stuff like that lol
it doesnt have to be big or anything, it can something as simple as like
idk
thered be no one to give daikichi extra treats if i wasnt around
that sort of thing

text (sn: a name)

[kanbai]

( Finally, something she has an answer to in her suddenly upturned life. )

Myself of course
Life wouldnt be worth it for everyone else if i werent in it so i must keep living for them
Im so generous

anonymous text

[kesi]

finding a reason to continue living.

text;

[dereban]

A lot of it is for myself, but it's also for the people that I care about, too.

But asking a question like that is pretty worrying, you know.

text

[realimperfect]

Because I have an entirely new life ahead of me that's mine to create for the first time ever.

I feel like that is more than enough to justify it for as long as we can muster.

[onerous]

[Oh.

Hm.]

Living for myself? [That seems... strange. It probably shouldn't be, but she's not sure how she feels about it]

I don't know if I like myself enough for that. [Ouch.]

It seems easier to live for other people and their feelings, when I don't care as much about my own. [At least she's honest?]

text (un; ryuseired)

[sentais]

Whenever I feel down, whenever things feel worthless, I rise because I know people need me.
Even if it's a little thing, even if I know going into it is utterly hopeless and there's no way to win.
I'll still keep moving forward for them. Even if it's only one person, I'll be strong for them.

[foolishjustice]

It used to be just to see justice for a crime against my mother.

Now it's also because there are people who wanted me to believe that my birth was a mistake, and living is the best way to spite them.

anon;

[unhappy]

Someone once told me that I was born a street rat and I'd probably die one and no one would care. They weren't wrong back then.

Hm... spite maybe?