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[betrayedblade]

...perhaps I miss the old routine a bit much. This new one, while nice and cozy, makes only for a decent vacation. Yes, even despite the odd happenstances here and there. It is too...boring.

[He pauses. He's complaining. And he realizes he's turned the communicator without much thinking about it. He was past due for an update anyway, before he discovered for himself just what sort of energy the device packed, and had been thinking about it before he started in on the complaints of this place. Ah well.]

Boring. Listen to me--complaining like some sort of youngster who has nothing better than to get into trouble every day. I converse much too often with giovani here and start to reminiscence on my old lifestyle as if I could get away with what I used to.

[He sighs.] I am getting old. When you start saying 'I'm getting too old for this' it is well past time you are too old for...things.

...Ugh. Now I'm using circular arguments and boring unto death those silly enough to listen to these devices.

[...]

Though I can't help but to miss the action back home. Not just the routine... but the purpose. What purpose is there here?

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[najawantsgold.livejournal.com]

Ya mean other than trrryin' not to get killed? Search me.

[betrayedblade.livejournal.com]

Exactly. It is all rather useless.

And why even bother trying not to die? You'll just be brought back. It takes away the pure meaning of life. It makes existence completely pointless. There is no meaning to life, no reason to live.

Before, I had a purpose. Something to sustain me through hard times and not take for granted the times of peace. That has been taken away from me--replaced by little more than the pretense of going through the old motions as if they mean anything anymore.

It is beyond cruel. It is unnatural.

[inyourgarden.livejournal.com]

Lot of people asking that question lately. Ain't that something you should all answer yourself?

[betrayedblade.livejournal.com]

Undoubtedly. But I have gone through the woes of figuring that out on my own a long time ago and I hardly deserve a repeat of my own history.

Don't lecture the old man, boy. You'll find you have hardly what it takes.

[He wasn't in this foul a mood before he started talking to the catty-lady above. Really.]

[crystal-eyed.livejournal.com]

Better to be bored than to be nursing wounds, if you ask me.

[betrayedblade.livejournal.com]

I suppose. But at least the wounds meant I was doing my job.

Are you so easily frightened, principe?

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[ten-no-ryuu.livejournal.com]

If a purpose cannot be found, create one for yourself. If any of your comrades are in need of protection or compassion, dedicate yourself to them. Patrol the streets for monsters, offer your services at the Soup Kitchen or the High School. You will find there is much purpose in Discedo, if you know to look for it.

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[betrayedblade.livejournal.com]

I patrol the streets at all hours of the day and night; I gather supplies for the inventory and help maintain its records; I protect the innocent, I give advice and compassion to my più caro amico; I train those in need; I teach Italiano to those that have asked to be taught.

My routine is not so light, now is it?

[techoutmystaff.livejournal.com]

My purpose here is to help people, rebuild what I can, and be there for my family. And with what time I have left.. well, I make good use of that, too!

[He doesn't even have to think about it. Busy as a beaver, this one!]

It sounds like you really need to find something to do, Mr. Auditore. There's plenty here that needs to be done... it just might not be the type of work you'd like to do.

[betrayedblade.livejournal.com]

...I suppose I just needed a reminder of that.

I have plenty to keep myself occupied, Donatello. It is just...not the same. Do you understand?

[foxtamer.livejournal.com]

[Minato thinks about this when he finally sees the post for a few minutes before responding.]

People. My purpose here is people, as it was in my world. I just.. can't really fulfill that purpose until I'm healed again. Which is frustrating, to say the least.

[betrayedblade.livejournal.com]

Actions to preform to keep up a routine that gets one through life and having a purpose that keeps one on said routine are not the same for me, Minato. I can understand the need--the desire--to help others and keep them safe from harm. I have always felt this drive...

But it is not the same as what I once had.

[not-riku-thx.livejournal.com]

There's plenty of reasons to have a purpose here.

Maybe...maybe your worlds were so much....better, and...less boring, but...


But that doesn't mean existing here makes anyone pointless. Old or young. It's what you try to make of things that counts.

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[betrayedblade.livejournal.com]

2/2

[betrayedblade.livejournal.com]

I...

I am sorry, giovane. I did not mean...

...

[princelyrose.livejournal.com]

Maybe this is a test of our resolve. We can be bored, but we shouldn't give up and just...allow ourselves to die or sit back and do nothing.

[betrayedblade.livejournal.com]

...I am afraid my resolve has been slipping of late, signorina. Mi dispiace.

[withoutawing.livejournal.com]

I have said as much over the past year since I came here.

[betrayedblade.livejournal.com]

I am not surprised. It is frustrating.

[saw-utopia.livejournal.com]

Most would say we make our own purpose, no matter where we are.

[betrayedblade.livejournal.com]

And others would say they need a person, place, or thing to keep them focused on a purpose, though perhaps they would not so readily recognize this need.

[vengefulblades.livejournal.com]

[In denial whut?]

You are not old!

[Your son knows how you feel, so bad. He felt the same way and it lead them fighting, so that subject is going to be ignored for now. Ok here comes the tricky part. Gotta ask you about the whole Naja thing.]

Are you in the apartment? I need to speak with you.

[betrayedblade.livejournal.com]

[He chuckles at first.] Nice to hear that from my own offspring. [Sorry for the light sarcasm.

He's silent for a moment before answering.]

I have not left for the day. [That is a yes.]

[dreamermoa.livejournal.com]

To rebuild and repopulate?

[betrayedblade.livejournal.com]

This is not my world, much less my city. Why would I want to do that? I was not asked to help, simply taken against my will!

[Voice]

[sing-nonomori.livejournal.com]

Purpose is thing you choose.

You do not always choose place you are. You choose where you go.

[Voice]

[betrayedblade.livejournal.com]

There is no where to go here Yorda. You don't understand. It's not even a physical destination I crave. It's not a place that I need. It's not even--