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hugtopia2021-07-06 07:15 pm
callmegladio) wrote in hugtopia2021-07-06 07:15 pm
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[The feed opens on Gladio, sat in his garden, the sun shining down on him. The sky is bright, the weather warm but a cool breeze ruffles his hair. The garden is well tended, green and well kept. The scene might have been a lovely and calm one if not for the serious look on Gladio's face. He's not quite looking at the screen, but off to the side, seemingly lost in thought for a long moment before he heaves a heavy sigh.
Still not looking at the screen, he starts to speak.]
It's been long enough. I've had time to think, so I'm going to tell you why I did what I did.
[He goes quiet again, considering his next words.]
I know... some of you are pissed we did this. You were happy livin in blissful ignorance, trusting this world without question. And for a while I was too. Till I realised how messed up that was.
I was so desperate for a peaceful life I didn't think...
[Gladio glanced at the screen then, his eyes narrow slightly.]
When did we all just roll over and accept this insanity? We were kidnapped from our homes, our families, and trapped in this bubble. We were given the most basic info and told to accept it. The most basic food we can't even really call 'food', and we accepted it. We were given tasks and rules and hoops to jump through, and we accepted it. We were forced to touch, kiss, hold and reveal secrets to strangers, and we accepted it. It was the 'will of the Gods'. We all just nodded and accepted it. Why? Why have we accepted all this? Why do people keep coming and going? Where do they go? Do they just go home? Or are they taken? Are they being hurt? Experimented on like the animals they had us catch? Why do these weird things keep happening? Why can't they answer our questions?
And why are we terrorists for wanting answers? We hurt no one. We destroyed nothing. We're the heroes of this world, right? Here to save the planet. So what are they keeping so secret?
Why aren't you all asking questions?
Why're you just rolling over and accepting their truth?
[Again he looks away, heaved another heavy sigh and brought a hand up to rub tiredly at his eyes. He definitely looked tired. Stressed. His tone shifting from angry to confused to desperate for people to understand, and for himself to understand why no one else was fighting.]
We're forced from our homes... Our families. We form bonds with people only to watch them vanish. And... I don't know bout anyone else, but I didn't consent to this. I never signed up for this world.
I want answers. We wanted answers. And we weren't gettin them. So we went looking for them.
[Here he laughs, low and without humour. A shake of his head and a sardonic glance at the screen.]
The fact the natives reacted the way they did should be a red flag. What're they protecting so badly? What's so secret? What aren't they telling us? Is it about what really happened to this world? Who these 'Gods' are? How we actually got here and why? Where our friends go when they suddenly disappear?
And we're the bad guys?
How's that make sense?
[Gladio shrugged and with one last sigh he reached out and switched the feed off. He'd said what he wanted. Now he would lie down in the sun and try and calm down.]
Still not looking at the screen, he starts to speak.]
It's been long enough. I've had time to think, so I'm going to tell you why I did what I did.
[He goes quiet again, considering his next words.]
I know... some of you are pissed we did this. You were happy livin in blissful ignorance, trusting this world without question. And for a while I was too. Till I realised how messed up that was.
I was so desperate for a peaceful life I didn't think...
[Gladio glanced at the screen then, his eyes narrow slightly.]
When did we all just roll over and accept this insanity? We were kidnapped from our homes, our families, and trapped in this bubble. We were given the most basic info and told to accept it. The most basic food we can't even really call 'food', and we accepted it. We were given tasks and rules and hoops to jump through, and we accepted it. We were forced to touch, kiss, hold and reveal secrets to strangers, and we accepted it. It was the 'will of the Gods'. We all just nodded and accepted it. Why? Why have we accepted all this? Why do people keep coming and going? Where do they go? Do they just go home? Or are they taken? Are they being hurt? Experimented on like the animals they had us catch? Why do these weird things keep happening? Why can't they answer our questions?
And why are we terrorists for wanting answers? We hurt no one. We destroyed nothing. We're the heroes of this world, right? Here to save the planet. So what are they keeping so secret?
Why aren't you all asking questions?
Why're you just rolling over and accepting their truth?
[Again he looks away, heaved another heavy sigh and brought a hand up to rub tiredly at his eyes. He definitely looked tired. Stressed. His tone shifting from angry to confused to desperate for people to understand, and for himself to understand why no one else was fighting.]
We're forced from our homes... Our families. We form bonds with people only to watch them vanish. And... I don't know bout anyone else, but I didn't consent to this. I never signed up for this world.
I want answers. We wanted answers. And we weren't gettin them. So we went looking for them.
[Here he laughs, low and without humour. A shake of his head and a sardonic glance at the screen.]
The fact the natives reacted the way they did should be a red flag. What're they protecting so badly? What's so secret? What aren't they telling us? Is it about what really happened to this world? Who these 'Gods' are? How we actually got here and why? Where our friends go when they suddenly disappear?
And we're the bad guys?
How's that make sense?
[Gladio shrugged and with one last sigh he reached out and switched the feed off. He'd said what he wanted. Now he would lie down in the sun and try and calm down.]
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[He thought that over for a moment before sending a second text.]
You aren't the only person I know who has a life here and not one back home like I do. That's what made this so hard. There was the risk of what it might do to us versus the risk of what others might be suffering.
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It wasn't fun knowing it was going to piss everyone off, but no. We knew what the right thing to do was and that we were going to do it.
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[Snicker. Okay, okay. A more seriously text next. Although, even if they'd had a chance to immediately go through all the data they'd stolen there's no way in hell he's telling a little kid about the human experimentation stuff.]
We're still working on that, but we'll share the details as soon as we have them.
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[This was her home and it had been safe, and now that same unease and distrust that had hung heavy over her old city was creeping into the air here. She didn't know how to deal with that again.]
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What do you want from me then? Is there something I can do to make this better for you?
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[Until there was one.]
We're not supposed to get second chances. Take care with yours.
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'I did my best, Yinsen," he mumbled aloud before going for a drink and chucking his phone across the room.]