Stuck

That ambush was the end of us. We've got nowhere to go from here. Alicia is getting sicker by the day. Now she has to deal with these new wounds as well. Meanwhile I'm just useless. I can't even properly punch one guy.

There's no way we can bust into a base full of KRAKEN guys and get out alive. Let alone save my mother. That's if she's even in that base. Which would be the ultimate punchline, wouldn't it? I've risked my life and that of Alicia. Only for it to turn out to be all for nothing.

What other choice do we have though? We run? That would mean Alicia dies. She isn't going to last another two weeks. Then I'll be alone and I'll understand exactly why Alicia doesn't do relationships anymore. Not long after that I'll be dead as well. I'm too weak to survive on my own.

Is this what life is once you find out about the Fears? Nothing but constant loss and despair? Is this the point I'm supposed to lose my faith if I had any? Or would this be the time I turn to faith for the first time in my life? Would it even matter?

We're completely stuck, what do we do?

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  1. Alicia OwlyJanuary 5, 2019 at 12:18 PM

    The only thing we can do, we ask for help.

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    1. AMU ScribeJanuary 5, 2019 at 12:18 PM

      From who? You want to go back to the Archive? That would take too long, you wouldn't make it in time.

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    2. Alicia OwlyJanuary 5, 2019 at 12:19 PM

      No, not the Archive. I'm talking about someone else.

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    3. The Faceless BastardJanuary 5, 2019 at 4:41 PM

      I know what you're thinking, but unfortunately I'm not currently available :D

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    4. AMU ScribeJanuary 5, 2019 at 5:15 PM

      She wasn't talking about you. Although I'm not sure if that'd be much worse from who she actually is talking about.

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    5. The Faceless BastardJanuary 5, 2019 at 5:18 PM

      Someone who's potentially worse than me? Well this I need to see.

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    6. asher lyallJanuary 5, 2019 at 6:14 PM

      oh, i'm definitely curious, myself. i mean, come on. the guy killed at least one cat, he's automatically as bad as it gets.

      (and, you know, there's also the matter of literally everything else he's done. but the cat thing is important too.)

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    7. The Faceless BastardJanuary 5, 2019 at 6:41 PM

      The Cat had it coming.

      Delete

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