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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nerdytenor" data-source="post: 4835486" data-attributes="member: 74526"><p>Tander slumps down  into a comically large chair inside Dod*3's residence, sighing heavily. Frustrated, out of ideas, and doubting everything he had learned about himself since the Big Forgetting, Tander frowns.</p><p></p><p>"<span style="color: Lime">What's the use,</span>" he mumbles aloud.</p><p></p><p>An especially astute observer would notice Tander disappearing altogether,</p><p></p><p>[sblock=Out of Time]</p><p><span style="color: Sienna">OH TANDER, NOW YOU'RE REALLY STARTING TO DEPRESS ME. </span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: White">Tander hadn't been entirely sure his last episode really happened, despite the marks on his hands. Now he was both relieved and terrified to discover he had not, in fact, imagined the whole thing. He was sitting in a white room of nothing.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: White"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: Sienna">TANDER, YOU MUST SEE THIS THROUGH. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: Sienna"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime">But why? I can't tell who is on the side of good. What if both these cults are evil? Not to mention my so-called allies. Where do their true loyalties lie?</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna">YOU ARE PROJECTING, TANDER.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime">Projecting?</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna">AH, I FORGET. PSYCHOTHERAPY DOES NOT EXIST FOR YOU YET. NEVER MIND. WHAT I AM SAYING IS, YOU DOUBT YOUR OWN LOYALTIES. YOUR OWN GOODNESS. THAT IS WHY YOU DOUBT IT IN OTHERS.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime">Maybe.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna">DEFINITELY.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime">But look at what they have done! We are running around like common criminals!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna">WHAT OF IT?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime">What...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna">TANDER, YOUR SITUATION IS.... DIFFICULT. COMPLICATED, EVEN. BUT THAT DOESN'T CHANGE WHAT YOU MUST DO. WHAT YOU HAVE ALWAYS DONE. WELL, UNTIL AROUND THE TIME I SNAPPED YOUR  MEMORY AWAY, THAT IS.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime">And what is that? WHAT MUST I DO!?!?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna">GOOD. DO GOOD, TANDER. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime">But how do I...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: White"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: Sienna"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>, and then reappearing in exactly the same spot, his nearly instantaneous change of expression the only hint that anything had happened.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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