L: You've been deemed worthy to complete an epic quest!
C: Another one? We're already on a quest.
L: Huh?
C: A string of them. A king, a dragon, the goblin queen, a talking spider. Quests all the way down! #DnD
C: I'm beginning to think we will never see the end of these quests.
L: Oh, uhh...
C: It's almost like we're just being kept busy with a string of endless tasks.
L: No no, that can't b-
C: But why would someone want to keep us busy with all these tasks?
L: Uhh...
C: Alright Lich, tell us what is going on.
L: N-nothing brave adventurers! Now about my quest...
C: I have the Archbane Deatheater Mace. Don't make me use it.
L: *tch* And you wonder why we would want to keep you busy.
C: Excuse me?
L: Adventurers can't be left unattended.
L: You walk around, with the power and the drive to change everything, and you often do. Not everyone wants that.
C: But we're heroes.
L: Until you get bored. Then you have to do something with all that power. Either you use it irresponsibly or you try and protect it.
C: What's wrong with protecting it?
L: Nothing inherently. But the world moves on, do you hide the power away or try and preserve your place in it? Either way, you become the villain of another story. So we have to keep you busy, keep you feeling important, content.
C: So we're just on an endless treadmill?
L: Yes.
C: Until?
L: Until you go bother another reality. Then you're their problem.
C: I don't... know how to respond to this.
L: You don't have to. Play your role and move on.
C: What if we don't?
L: Then I'll fight you for real.
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F: What would you know about this? You're always angry or whatever.
B: I am not but I could be now.
F: Sorry.
B: Don't be. The monster you face now is powerful indeed.
F: What? I'm not fighting, I'm just sad.
B: I know sad, this is not simply sad. You think I am only rage but that is not true. To derive power like mine from an emotion, one must understand their own on an intimate level. I am not just rage. I am sad, I am happy, I am compassion