boyutpedia Chapter 1545: Chapter 1545 What’s in a Name
Chapter 1545: Chapter 1545 What’s in a Name
--- Kat ---
After Hunter's 'Blunder' Meg kept much closer to her. While before Meg might have been standing next to or around Hunter in general now she would occasionally bump into Hunter with her shoulder or hip check her slightly.
This may have been sweet if every 'inadvertent' touch wasn't accompanied by the biggest shit-eating grin Meg could manage, constantly taunting Hunter for the single slip-up she'd made.
Kat honestly felt a bit bad about just going along with calling Meg well... Meg. Kat wasn't sure why it was now that Hunter slipped considering she'd been putting up with this for years. Perhaps Kat's small involvement was just a grain of sand in the dessert, or perhaps it was a much bigger deal. Kat didn't know and she couldn't take it back. Not that Kat was certain she should.
*While I do feel a bit bad... if Meg wants to be called Meg I feel like it's fine to indulge her. Granted she's now made an ass of herself by playing it up to this degree... so maybe not? Gah it's hard. I want to respect Hunter's beliefs and values but they just seem so dumb to me. Is it not better to respect Meg's wishes here? It's not like she's asking us to kick puppies or crusade against the innocent.
She just wants us to call her by her name.
Which... god I don't know. Hunter... and Meg have both turned it into a big deal. Hunter because it's important to the clan and Meg because she MADE it one. Perhaps if she was less of an ass about it I'd be siding with her. It may be important to Hunter and her clan but Meg has clearly made her peace with the fact the clan won't be happy... and it IS much easier to say Meg instead of... what was it? 23HX502?
Anyway... it puts us all in an awkward position where now I'm not sure what to... say... do. Really anything. It doesn't help that everyone is scared of Meg. It's worn off a lot for me, especially because she keeps referring to use as Hunter's friends so I'm guessing that if push comes to shove then she won't do any permanent damage... look I don't know. I guess I'm just ranting at this point.
What are your thoughts Lily? You've been a bit, mentally, quiet.*
[Well... I don't know what to do either so it seemed better to just let you "talk" about it. Maybe you'd manage to work something out? I agree it's hard. We're Hunter's friends first and foremost... in large part because Meg's not very nice or understanding but... it IS a very strange and dehumanizing requirement.
Like, I get it, they want to push people to EARN that name... but the criteria seems to be... live long and Rank up which well...]
[It doesn't really seem to be something you can influence much. I mean, we all ranked up because of the drake but if Hunter goes out on these sorts of missions regularly it can't be a normal thing. Not sure what was different here, probably the time energy if I had to guess... but that's just a guess.]
I feel like I'm repeating myself but I just... urgh what's the right choice?*
[I'm really not sure there is one. Hunter definitely could stand to lighten up some... but Meg feels like she's one step away from being an anarchist, or at least, if given the chance to destroy the clan I'm pretty sure she'd take it and that would devastate Hunter.]
*Not sure destroying the clan is all that likely... but I get what you mean. I don't even know what's better long term. As much as I want to try and convert Hunter more towards my own way of thinking... that seems like a shitty thing to do? I don't want Hunter to be more like us, I want Hunter to be a better version of herself.
And I don't know if Meg is really helping achieve that... god it would be so hopeful if I could just see the future!*
A beat passed. Then another. Then another. [What are you waiting for? I can FEEL you waiting for something.]
*Oh well I was sort of hoping that between the time magic, the fact we were sent here because of at least one seer and my own desire to know what the future would hold in that moment... I was hoping my Rank 4 ability was to let me see the future. It'd be really helpful right about now, and if you think about it that's almost exactly how my Rank 2 ability came about.*
[Wasn't there a spell setup to help you even if you didn't gain that ability all of a sudden? And how do you explain your other abilities with that logic?]
*I dunno. It was mostly wishful thinking.*
[Kat I could feel the sudden spike of anticipation.]
*I was hoping if the universe thought I gave up on my shiny new power it would suddenly come to me in a moment of irony, signalling that I was wrong to despair... or something like that.*
[But you weren't despairing at all! Plus do we even know how any of the future sight abilities work? Surely there must be some sort of caveat to most of them. Even if it's something simple like sitting down on dreaming.]
*Ooh, that could be on theme. Prophetic dreams!*
[Stop banking on future sight to solve your problems!]