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Sadde is home; it's a Friday evening, his shift is over, and there's no school. He's reading a book, lying on his bed in his small-but-tidy apartment.
He is also quite naked, because it's his place and why not?
Glam and Ashras in Wormverse
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mxglam
the-long-dawn
Certainly. And we can come up with one together. But I truly believe we can do this. (If I didn't, I wouldn't have found all those explosions nearly so attractive.)
the-long-dawn
Should I stop talking? You seem upset and I can't tell what's going on or how to help.
mxglam
I am upset because in spite of apparently being crap at plans I am somewhat imaginative and I'm thinking of all the ways I could have fucked up and also thinking of all the ways I haven't thought of that will cause me to fuck up.
the-long-dawn
Ah. Yes, I think I can help with that.
You're not in this alone. Anybody can be crap at plans by themselves. You didn't fuck up, and if you're careful you won't fuck up, and I am here to help, because I want to save the world and I think you're my best chance to succeed, and because I like you. And I'm sorry I indirectly called you an idiot. You're not. Failing to think of everything in time is the human condition, and also why it's important to have friends.
the-long-dawn
It's fine. I, too, wish I'd come here with a small army, or at minimum with both of my brothers. Both of my brothers and an artificing textbook, that would also have been nice.
the-long-dawn
And I admit that part of the reason I believe I can save the world is because if I didn't, I wouldn't be so eager to try. But the other part is that I do honestly think we can do this. If I didn't think we could do this, I would be figuring out why and trying to solve it, but the solution to the problems I already know about just looks like 'talk it over before we try anything'.
the-long-dawn
I am so thankful for the half hour of research which allows me to say: fuck the fucking Simurgh. We can leave her for last.
the-long-dawn
But once we take out the other two, maybe we can figure out how to do something about the Simurgh.
the-long-dawn
Hard to plan for. We'll see how it goes once we have a better idea of our options.
the-long-dawn
Maybe I should be saying this explicitly...
The problem with setting out to save the world is that you might instead die. I'm fine with that, but it's a decision I can only make for myself. I don't talk about it much because it's demoralizing to dwell on the consequences of failure, but if we're going to save the world together I should probably know your thoughts on the subject.
mxglam
That's a risk here whenever we go out in costume. I don't have a very high life expectancy and I've made peace with that. Leviathan kills one in four capes on a good day, Behemoth is worse. You don't become a cape if you're not prepared to die.
the-long-dawn
Well, me neither. My family will be unhappy if I vanish into a strange world and then die trying to save it.