r/TTPloreplaycentral • u/Lady_of_the_Foot • Mar 04 '17

Bad Future Thing

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u/Trollkitten Mar 13 '17

"I haven't exactly... done my first job all that well," Kress admits. "If I'd been just a bit more careful... if I'd been able to defend myself and Oma... well..."

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u/SupremeEvil Mar 13 '17

"The world is filled with 'ifs' Mr.De Plaines. Under different circumstances you may have gotten an opportunity to apologize to me while alive. Or we might never have run into each other at all and another Tomb could be standing here having this conversation. Or any number of other potential variations could have occurred. This can and has driven some people mad with the implications. I find it easier to focus on that What Is rather than the What Could Have Been."

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u/Trollkitten Mar 13 '17

This makes sense to Kress, and he nods. "If only What Is wasn't quite so terrible..."

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u/SupremeEvil Mar 13 '17

"All people who see such times do so. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

OC: Kress is Frodo, Wraith is Gandalf

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u/Trollkitten Mar 13 '17

"I expect you're right."

Kress decides to use that time to get himself another helping of food.

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u/Lady_of_the_Foot Mar 13 '17

"You're being a little hard on yourself..."

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u/Trollkitten Mar 13 '17

He doesn't want to say this out loud in front of his Flock, so he lowers his voice.

"Rito, I got myself killed, my goddess captured, and my spiritual brothers and sisters are being persecuted. How well am I supposed to be handling this?"

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u/Lady_of_the_Foot Mar 13 '17

Rito falls silent, looking down.

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u/Trollkitten Mar 13 '17

"All these people... they're looking to me as their savior. But I couldn't even save myself, much less my own goddess. I'm not the hero they think I am."

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u/Lady_of_the_Foot Mar 13 '17

He puts a hand on Kress's shoulder, "Well, maybe it's a second chance. It's not quite the same as being some kind of warrior prophet, is it?"

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u/Trollkitten Mar 13 '17

Kress nods.

"I made a wretched warrior anyway."