anonymous text.

[madannoshashu]

do you ever think about the road not taken?


[ ooc: All replies from Xigbar will be anonymous. ]

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also anonymous.

[recitings]

i know i certainly do

[madannoshashu]

kind of a pain in the ass when there's no going back to change anything, isn't it?

you feel like sharing?

not anonymous!

[fatefulprincess]

I do think of it. Pretty often, if I am being honest.

[madannoshashu]

yeah?

how'd that end up working out for you?

Anon club

[foolishjustice]

I do. But I also know dwelling on 'what ifs' won't change anything. It's not like I can change the past, after all.

[madannoshashu]

well, you're not wrong about that

'what if's never got anybody anywhere

text | un: fantasma

[teaserving]

all the fucking time

[madannoshashu]

any stories you wanna share with the rest of the class?

sad anons anonymous

[badluckblues]

i actively try not to.

[madannoshashu]

who doesn't?

'what if's aren't usually very helpful most of the time

[oncebrokenway]

All the time.

[madannoshashu]

why 'all the time'?

Anonymous

[sheisthewind]

Sometimes, but I prefer to focus on the opportunities I have now.

[madannoshashu]

now there's a novel thought

you like this place better than where you came from?

anon

[huaisang]

Most of the time it's not much of a choice.

[madannoshashu]

i do subscribe to the cute "mind over matter" adage, but it doesn't always quite work like that

you got regrets? problems? things left undone?

anon.

[supersoldier]

Yes.

But that’s expected, isn’t it?

[madannoshashu]

sure it is

wasn't expecting quite so many anons, but hey - we've all got Issues

Anon; (once he figured out how)

[stabbersinyerfambles]

didnt before but then someone told me what could have happened

try not to now but i cant help it somtimes

[madannoshashu]

i mean, 'could have's and 'what if's aren't really certain things

maybe y could have happened instead of x, but there could've also been variable z that would've changed the whole equation

the heart's a funny thing. we think about these things, but it never really helps

un: 1stQadrMargaFan

[wearingguess]

What do you mean?

[madannoshashu]

i mean, have you ever turned left when you should have turned right?

done one thing and thought later you should have done another?

made a life choice that changed everything for better or worse?

any or all of those

whatever you like

anonymous

[liveandforgive]

I try not to.

All I can do is make the best of the road I see in front of me. No looking back.

[madannoshashu]

that’s a good, healthy perspective right there

it take you a while to come to that conclusion or nah?

un: bluemarine

[raptura]

There's no point, of course. Idle thought about irrelevant fates only serves as a distraction towards the main goal, so I don't bother at all.

[madannoshashu]

oh you won’t hear any arguments from me about that

i’ve followed one path for a long time, and i’m not about to drop everything over a few “what if” thoughts stuck in my craw

like you said, it’s pretty much just a distracting annoyance

anon

[pidgeypidge]

More than I should, probably.

[madannoshashu]

and how do you define more than you should?

text, un: hua. (Because he's too new to the whole thing to figure out anon yet.)

[fafa]

Whatever for?

[madannoshashu]

whyever not?

anon;

[dereban]

sometimes

but i don't regret the path i've currently chosen.

[madannoshashu]

no regrets, huh?

seems like that might be a bit hard to come by for some

un: otacon

[codecmoment]

No.

Because if I didn't take this one, no matter how hard or painful it was, I wouldn't be who I am, have what I have, or have felt love.

[madannoshashu]

so what you’re saying is, the good, the bad, and the ugly was worth it all in the end

right?

what is anon, he don't know/ un: galatine

[galatining]

All the time.

But all one can do is live in the present.

[madannoshashu]

well that is true

why “all the time”, though?

anonymous

[theseuschip]

Yeah. I know how it turned out, but I still think about it.

[madannoshashu]

good thoughts? bad thoughts? neutral thoughts?

how’s it work for you?

[gudaguda]

Of course I do. It would be weird if someone didn't.

[madannoshashu]

it’d be weird, huh?

why do you think so?

anon;

[advisors]

Often. I wonder if I said something sooner, done something sooner, if something could have changed. But, I cannot change it, and I have to keep moving despite that. That is all anyone can do.

[madannoshashu]

well it IS true that changing what’s happened is mostly impossible

so moving on and forward is probably the best thing

Scorpia doesn't know how to turn on the anon function

[forcecaptainorientation]

Not really. Usually the mission has a set route for a good reason. Someone else is usually driving or piloting anyway.

[madannoshashu]

mission-oriented, huh?

what kinds of missions do you go on?

[vulpeus]

I don't know if they always exist.

[madannoshashu]

why's that?

Anonymous

[the_archivist]

All the time

[madannoshashu]

why “all the time”, fellow anonymous?

un: j.valentine

[torsion]

Human nature, I guess.

I don't regret any choices I made, so I don't linger on those thoughts for long.

[madannoshashu]

that makes two of us

looking back doesn’t really help anyone go forward