Descent.

[shimmermods]

CHAMBERS.

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You've been down here for such a long time.

It's difficult to tell, perhaps, exactly how long it's been; the lack of need to sleep or eat has become more and more prevalent as time goes by, and it's made it difficult to keep to any sort of schedule - and while the darkness remains unyielding and unchanging, the same can't be said for yourself, now, can it? The further you go, the more it feels like maybe you could belong here; the longer you're within this place, the less it seems to want to let go of you.

It begs the question, really: Is it the mine that's making you feel that way, or is it the Shimmer itself?

Something is different today.

There's a sudden feeling that you've found a chamber, that the shaft you've been wandering down has opened up in a way that's more noticeable than the occasional offshoot leading to an eventual dead end - this feels massive, open in a way that clears the air and spreads out far enough in front of you that it's difficult to tell how far out it actually goes. There are a few promising signs here, however, even if you can't see them very well - the sudden clearing of the air's stagnation is one, but the sound of running water trickling through here somewhere is also promising.

There's also a feeling that should be familiar by now; namely, it's the general sensation that you aren't alone, wherever you are.

You've found something, but perhaps more importantly, you get the feeling that you're coming far closer to your goal than you were on the outside; don't get too excited, though, as you still want to be careful - after all, this chamber opens downward as well as outward.

You can get down to the lower level if you pick your way down; it shouldn't be too challenging, and you'll probably have an easier time seeing once you're down there. Just don't fall.

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Comments

[shimmermods]

It wasn't your concern to begin with, was it?

[crestological]

Actually, I believe it very much was our concern. We were on a rescue mission first and foremost, and if we cannot actually save these people by getting them out of here to safety, we can at least end their misery.

[shimmermods]

There is nothing to save people from. Not truly.

[crestological]

...

I am not nearly well equipped enough to explain basic empathy to you, so I presume someone else can handle that.

[aokisouhei]

Nah, think we've already tried. I think it's now a matter of it just not givin' a fuck.

[blunders]

[...Y'know, she didn't wanna say it, but. Yeah.]

[crestological]

...it does feel a bit like I am talking to a wall, yes...

[HMPH!!!!!]

[shimmermods]

It's been explained. Don't assume that a lack of practice means a lack of understanding.

[crestological]

Are you sure? Are you absolutely certain. You seem very confused about why we might practice it, even if we don’t.

[shimmermods]

I know why you practice it. Will it make you any less dead, when you're gone?

[atrueheroine]

[god she is seriously considering lobbing a grenade at this asshole, before the tree]

[pr159]

[ Kind of feels like it should have been in his form again, saying something like that. ]

[crestological]

There are things we would consider worse than death, you know.

[notjustawriter]

I've seen what happens to people who live well beyond a normal lifespan.

[shimmermods]

And you consider the things that you've become familiar with here to be worse than a lack of existing at all.

[crestological]

Some of them, yes. I would not consider any of the changes I have personally experienced to be on this level, but I am not actually suffering the way they were.

[shimmermods]

I disagree, fundamentally. A lack of existence is always worse than one that's less than ideal; suffering is rarely permanent.

[crestological]

Try telling that to them and see where it gets you.

[GESTURES ANGRILY AT THE FLESH TREE...]

[klematis]

An action taken has purpose regardless. Plenty fail in life, but they persist regardless. Sometimes these failures teach those who come after, sometimes they're lost to the tide, but it doesn't change the fact that they occurred.

[shimmermods]

And what purpose do you intend to fulfill by being here?

[klematis]

For me, personally, it is as it always is. To watch, to observe.