Melodious

Myriad Reality

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I don’t know! But anything is better than some kind of desperate rampage.

@Techspert

Well…
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*Slumps back down onto the couch and crosses my arms dejectedly, pulling the brim of my hat down over my face*

Myriad Reality

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Then what’s the point? Where does going off the deep end now get you?

@Techspert

Absolutely nothing tangible! But it’s not about that. I’m so done! How long do I have to wait before I can actually live again!? Before I can have something, anything?

Myriad Reality

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If you die here, your songs stop. Do you care about making music, or do you care about fame, recognition, glory, and profit?

@Techspert

*Frowns and furrows my brow*
If that was the reasoning, I’d have gone off the deep end months ago. I don’t appreciate that insinuation.

Myriad Reality

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You'd throw your life away for a song?

@Techspert

It’s more than just some song to me! It is me. My work, my life, my thoughts and my feelings- my soul- all enveloped into that package you call music. It may be a shallow term to you, but to me it’s everything.

Myriad Reality

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*With a sigh, walks in front of you and starts to lift my arms as if to put my hands on your shoulders, but decides against it in the last moment and crosses my arms instead*
If you die out there, then you truly won't have anything left.

@Techspert

*Speaks softly, but with fiery conviction*
If I let them take everything before they come for me, I might as well be dead already.

Myriad Reality

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I'd normally agree, but your opponents have enough resources that time isn't their bottleneck. You, on the other hand... Well, there's only so much one person can do, no matter how many talents they happen to have.

@Techspert

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*With my arms at my side, clenches one fist so tensely that my hand shakes in frustration*
I can’t let them have everything, Time Line. I’ll have nothing left to fight for.

Myriad Reality

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I can't help but question the wisdom of this straw, as you helpfully put it. If they're going to attack you anyway, do you burn your preparation time?

@Techspert

“Preparation time” works both ways. Only, preparation time is more efficient for a bunch if people than it is for just one person, right? They benefit way more from both sides just biding their time.

Myriad Reality

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Couldn't anyone perform your songs on their own time if they wanted to anyway?

@Techspert

Not live. And especially not live for profit.

Myriad Reality

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Is it wise to draw the line here?

@Techspert

There’s nowhere else to draw one! This is it. The last of what I have.

Myriad Reality

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And to be clear, after everything you’ve gone through, this is the unpardonable sin?

@Techspert

More like the straw that broke the camel’s back.