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genessia2017-11-17 09:29 pm
guitar_hero) wrote in genessia2017-11-17 09:29 pm
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[he is sleeping on a cream sofa in the middle of a black void. There is a single lamp, lit, casting a pale circle of light around him and not much else. Right at his head is a night stand with curved legs and a book of Edgar Allen Poe Collected works 1317-9794.
In his sleep his eye lids twitch and his head turns as if in some dream. His hand curls, arm falling off the couch to brush his knuckles against the floor, fingers out almost as if he's reaching for something and then, with a ragged gasp, his eyes fly open and he half whispers a strangled:]
Clara!
[he falls off the sofa and then hurries, half falling, to where his communicator is]
[locked to 11]
Where are you?! Where are you, you silly bow tied bastard?! Come on! Answer me!
[open video]
[Some time later and the camera focuses on him sitting on a stool with nothing but the void behind him, the lantern just out of view as he plays a hesitant song on his guitar]
A wise man said, not so very long ago, with great power comes great responsibility. It's a straightforward message when you think about it. If you have the ability to do good, you should do good. Especially if you have the capacity to do a lot of good. You should.
It means also, you shouldn't be selfish with what powers you have. You need to understand the balance and the imbalance your abilities can cause. If you have super strength, you can rob a bank to get yourself out of debt, or even to afford that vacation in Outer Bermuda, but at what cost?
You can--
[he swallows, plays a few more chords]
You can save the universe, save a life. Save a hundred. Save a billion. But the ones who are most important to you, when they leave--die... become trapped, uploaded-- [he smiles] Even if you had the ability to go back and change the one thing you did--even if you remembered how, you shouldn't. That's just common knowledge. [he taps his temple with a forefinger before he resumes playing]
Because if you do, you risk upsetting everything. Causing a chain reaction. Bringing about the end of the universe even. Time can be a prickly thing.
Only... my question is, when you start being a hero-- when do you get to stop? When do you get to say sod it and break every rule you have just to fix mistakes or give a few more days, months, years to the people you love?
When do you get to retire? When do you get to say. That lot over there needs my help, but I'd rather be sunning myself in Outer Bermuda or swim with the crystal dolphins? So sorry, maybe next week, maybe never. Can't tell, I'm booked.
When do you get to say, no more? That I am staying just as I am. Right here. Right now. No more helping. No more caring about the rules. No more fighting with the past or worrying about the present or bothering with the future.
When do you get to say, I'm tired?
[he continues to play, without speaking for a long time and then, finally:]
I wish I had an answer for that.
[and reaches off screen to shut off the light]
In his sleep his eye lids twitch and his head turns as if in some dream. His hand curls, arm falling off the couch to brush his knuckles against the floor, fingers out almost as if he's reaching for something and then, with a ragged gasp, his eyes fly open and he half whispers a strangled:]
Clara!
[he falls off the sofa and then hurries, half falling, to where his communicator is]
[locked to 11]
Where are you?! Where are you, you silly bow tied bastard?! Come on! Answer me!
[open video]
[Some time later and the camera focuses on him sitting on a stool with nothing but the void behind him, the lantern just out of view as he plays a hesitant song on his guitar]
A wise man said, not so very long ago, with great power comes great responsibility. It's a straightforward message when you think about it. If you have the ability to do good, you should do good. Especially if you have the capacity to do a lot of good. You should.
It means also, you shouldn't be selfish with what powers you have. You need to understand the balance and the imbalance your abilities can cause. If you have super strength, you can rob a bank to get yourself out of debt, or even to afford that vacation in Outer Bermuda, but at what cost?
You can--
[he swallows, plays a few more chords]
You can save the universe, save a life. Save a hundred. Save a billion. But the ones who are most important to you, when they leave--die... become trapped, uploaded-- [he smiles] Even if you had the ability to go back and change the one thing you did--even if you remembered how, you shouldn't. That's just common knowledge. [he taps his temple with a forefinger before he resumes playing]
Because if you do, you risk upsetting everything. Causing a chain reaction. Bringing about the end of the universe even. Time can be a prickly thing.
Only... my question is, when you start being a hero-- when do you get to stop? When do you get to say sod it and break every rule you have just to fix mistakes or give a few more days, months, years to the people you love?
When do you get to retire? When do you get to say. That lot over there needs my help, but I'd rather be sunning myself in Outer Bermuda or swim with the crystal dolphins? So sorry, maybe next week, maybe never. Can't tell, I'm booked.
When do you get to say, no more? That I am staying just as I am. Right here. Right now. No more helping. No more caring about the rules. No more fighting with the past or worrying about the present or bothering with the future.
When do you get to say, I'm tired?
[he continues to play, without speaking for a long time and then, finally:]
I wish I had an answer for that.
[and reaches off screen to shut off the light]