��: *the... thing in front of you gives you an open mouthed grin, apparently unaware of the liquid evil that pours forth from its mouth like a waterfall*
��: Hello. =D
��: UHM, HELLO...
��: WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?
��: Wrong? =D Nothing's wrong.
��: YOU ARE BLEEDING... LIQUID
��: ?
��: Oh, this? =D This is just all the evils of the world. Nothing to worry about. =D
��: But you, on the other hand, worry quite a bit, don't you?
��: EVILS?
��: Oh yes. =D
��: WE SHOULD WORK TO DESTROY EVIL, NOT HARBOR IT AND POUR IT FROM OUR MOUTHS.
��: But isn't a world without evil without goodness? Light needs shadow, as shadow needs light. =D
��: YES, I MUST ADMIT I DO.
��: I WORK TO RESTORE ALTERNIA FROM IT'S EVILS.
��: NO.
��: I HAVE SEEN A WORLD WITHOUT EVIL.
��: Oh? =D You have have a very strong conviction.
��: IT WAS ONCE THIS WORLD.
��: THEREFORE, IT IS POSSIBLE.
��: I TAKE PRIDE IN MY WORK.
��: So, your wish is to be a hero then? =D
��: To thwart evil?
��: I AM SIMPLY BUT ONE WHO WISHES TO CHANGE THE WORLD INTO A PLACE WHERE ALL ARE EQUAL.
��: WHERE WE CAN WORK TOGETHER, LIKE WE ONCE HAVE.
��: I WOULD NOT CALL MYSELF A HERO.
��: Oh? But... =D I wonder...
��: Is a world without evil that great? Without evil, there is no conflict. Without conflict, there is no progress. Without progress, there is only stagnation. =D
��: Sounds boring, doesn't it? =D
��: NO.
��: IT SOUNDS LIKE A WORLD WHERE NO ONE HAS TO DIE BEFORE THEIR TIME.
��: IT SOUNDS LIKE A WORLD WHERE ONE CAN DIE HAPPILY.
��: IT SOUNDS LIKE A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE ARE TRULY HAPPY.
��: THE KIND OF WORLD WE LIVE IN NOW, WITH THE EVIL, THE CONFLICT, THE PROGRESS, IS THE KIND OF WORLD WE DO NOT NEED.
��: Huhuhu~! Silly. =D No-one dies HAPPILY. Dying is something everyone is afraid of. Something everyone wishes to avoid, even subconsciously. =D
��: IT IS A WORLD OF VIOLENCE AND SUFFERING.
��: THAT IS NOT NECESSARY TO PROGRESS IN LIVE AND AS A RACE.
��: Of course it is. Struggling against hardship is how progress is made. =D When people are unhappy, they strive to NOT be unhappy.
��: If everyone is happy, no-one strives for anything any more. =D
��: And then, stagnation. =D
��: TRUST ME.
��: THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED DYING... HAPPY.
��: KNOWING THAT YOU DID EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD YOU COULD DO WITHOUT HATE.
��: YOU HAVE A TWISTED VIEW OF THE WORLD.
��: DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT THIS WORLD, ALTERNIA, IS JUST GOOD AS IT IS NOW!?
��: I believe that it will continue onwards in the wheel of Fate, if that's what you mean. =D Trying to break the cycle of suffering is meaningless.
��: It's like a leaf trying to fight its way against the tide of a river. =D
��: FATE IS AN IDIOTIC IDEAL THAT PEOPLE USE TO MAKE EXCUSES FOR LIFE.
��: I DO NOT BELIEVE IN FATE.
��: I BELIEVE IN THE HEARTS OF SENTINEL BEINGS, THAT ONLY BY EVOLVING AS A SPECIES WILL WE TRULY MOVE ONWARDS IN 'THE WHEEL OF FATE'.
��: But you cannot deny that the world - no, ALL of history - simply repeats itself over and over again. =D Peace. Discord. Struggle. Peace. Discord. Struggle. =D All living things cannot help but go through the motions as time goes on.
��: WHOEVER YOU ARE.
��: I HAVE SEEN THIS WORLD.
��: THE WORLD WHERE WE HAVE NO STRUGGLE.
��: HOW CAN YOU TELL ME THAT THAT WORLD WAS A LIE?
��: If you don't believe in Fate, how can you trust such a prophetic vision will come to pass? =D Your own logic defeats you, heehee~!
��: Besides, even if this world becomes reality, how do you know it won't fall to chaos once more?
��: NO. FATE IS A BELIEF THAT A FORCE WE CANNOT CONTROL LEADS US ON.
��: A VISION OF THE PAST SHOWS ME SIMPLY THAT.
��: I DO NOT KNOW.
��: If it was a vision of the past, then that means that your precious 'perfect world' still fell to vice and darkness.
��: I WILL ONLY TRY, AND HOPE THAT AFTER MY TIME IS GONE, OTHERS WILL TRY.
��: I told you. =D It's an inescapable cycle.
��: BESIDES.
��: WOULDN'T THIS SIMPLY BE YOUR 'CONFLICT'?
��: ONLY, THIS CONFLICT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO STOP ALL CONFLICT.
��: NO.
��: Oh heavens no. =D All conflict leads to is more conflict.
��: I DID NOT EXPLAIN IT ALL TO YOU.
��: SOMETHING... WRONG HAPPENED. IT WAS NOT A CAUSE OF OUR WORLD, BUT A FORCE FROM ANOTHER.
��: LOOK. YOU DO NOT NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
��: True. I don't. =D
��: IT IS NOT YOUR CONCERN.
��: As long as evil exists in one world, it will always have the potential to spread. Like a bad cold. =D
��: NOT TRUE. AS I HAVE ALREADY TOLD YOU.
��: Achoo~
��: YOU ARE SIMPLY NOT LISTENING.
��: I am listening. =D You simply don't see where your path is leading you to.
��: IT IS NOT CERTAIN AT ALL.
��: It could all be made far easier if you just accepted the aid evil is holding out to you. =D Even if there's a little price to pay.
��: I DO NOT WANT THE EASY ROAD IF IT MEANS TURNING BACK ON EVERYTHING I BELIEVE IN.
��: Really? That's a shame. =D
��: Poor Red Riding Hood, determined to take the longer, thornier path. =D
��: Careful~. There's wolves in those woods, Little Red.
��: YOUR WORDS CONFUSE ME.
��: I AM NOT IN A FOREST.
��: I AM SAFELY IN MY DISCIPLE'S RESPITEBLOCK, ON HER COMPUTER.
��: Heehee~! =D I am of course speaking metaphorically.
��: YOU ARE VERY CONFUSING.
��: It can't be helped. =D
��: And please~ =D
��: Call me Grail =D
��: YOU MAY CALL ME THE SIGNLESS.
��: Mister 'Signless'? That's a strange name.
��: Maybe I should just keep calling you Little Red. =D
��: THAT IS NOT MY NAME.
��: IT IS AN ALIAS.
��: IT IS SIMPLY WHAT I AM.
��: SIGNLESS.
��: I WOULD PREFER YOU NOT TO.
��: Ah, that's a pity. =D
��: I wonder, what kind of sign are you without? =D A starsign? Or a sign telling you which way to go in the mist of uncertain destiny?
��: Or maybe a stop-and-go sign, like police officers have on traffic duty? =D Did you want to be a law enforcement person when you were small?
��: YOU ARE NOT A TROLL, ARE YOU?
��: I am just the Grail. =D I make wishes come true~. =D That is, if people are willing to fight for those wishes with sufficient determination.
��: HM.
��: Oh? Are you considering the futility of challenging the inexorable grip of destiny? =D
��: NO, NOT AT ALL.
��: I AM JUST WONDERING WHAT HAND YOU HAVE IN THE WORLD ON ALTERNIA.
��: I have no hands. =D See? *the thing wiggles from side to side, proudly displaying its lack of arms*
��: But, maybe at the same time I have many hands. =D Metaphorical ones. All you have to do is have a wish, and I will be there. =D So many people yearn for so many things, it's very tiring chasing after them all.
��: And in the end, everyone has a different desire that clashes with everyone else's. People are so hopeless, heehee~! =D
��: DID YOU COME TO ME FOR THAT VERY REASON?
��: Maybe~. =D
��: I think maybe you have a wish, but you're teetering on the brink of decision. =D
��: But whether you wish to fight for that wish, or simply be content in swimming upstream against the rapids, it doesn't really matter. =D
��: I just like watching you struggle~. =D It's fun.
��: THAT IS A VERY DISPLEASING THOUGHT.
��: Then by all means, you can stop thinking about it if you like. =D Won't stop me from watching, of course.
��: If you need help in stopping those thoughts... =D *a kitchen knife drops out of the Grail's perpetually open mouth amid the flow of liquid evil and embeds itself in the floor point-first*
��: A free Do-It-Yourself Lobotomy Kit! Free of charge! =D
��: NO THANK YOU.
��: Are you sure? I don't hand out freebies very often. =D It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
��: I AM FINE
��: Suit yourself. I'll leave it there on the ground though, in case you change your mind. =D Besides, I can't pick it back up, since I have no arms. =D
��: Thoughtfully contemplating your own mortality?
��: No? =D
��: NOT AT ALL.
��: Hmmmm? =D You seem to lapse into silent deliberation quite a bit.
��: I just assumed it was because you were thinking about something depressing. Like dying. =D
��: I'M BUSY.
��: Then why split your focus? =D That reduces efficiency, makes it so you can't do either thing as well as you could if you had just stuck your mind to one thing in the first place.
��: Your so hopeless, Mister Signless~. =D
��: Oopsie~, I meant 'you're'. =D
��: WOULD YOU RATHER I LEAVE YOU?
��: I don't mind. =D Like I said, I like watching you struggle. =D
��: GOODBYE THEN, GRAIL.
��: Bye then~ =D
��: I'll be watching~ =D
��: UNPLEASANT THOUGHT.
�� HAS DUMPED YOU, CHUMP.