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SHIVERS: Back in the place that was once your home, children play in a decrepit playground. Rain pours from the heavens, the swing set threatens to collapse with every repetition, and the ground is littered with used needles and empty pharmaceutical blisterpacks. The children do not care about the misery they are immersed in. The only see the fun they create with each other.

CONCEPTUALISATION: This is just like Gorbino's Quest. This is the Gorbino's Quest of life.

#from the pale #hope after all?#happiness in misery #Gorbino #disco elysium #fiction

RHETORIC: Everything he says is true and you know it. Every single little scheme is forced onto the masses under the guise of keeping the people safe. First it was your wallet, then your information, then your biometrics and now they're coming for your soul. It will truly never stop.

DRAMA: BLOOD SPATTER IN MY FACE. DEAD SUITS IN MY WAY. BULLETS PIERCING ME. MAMA HERE COMES LIBERTY.

#from the pale #there's always a catch #they will take everything #if you let them #wake up samurai #disco elysium #fiction

COMPOSURE: A quick glance through the window beside your bed is usually enough to put your mind at ease on a long journey. No reason why today should be different.

PERCEPTION: As your eyes instinctively peer outside of your quarters, you are greeted by nothing but the most picturesque blue waves and cloudless sky; both so perfect and endless that you can barely even tell that a horizon exists.

#from the pale #life at sea #almost like another planet #disco elysium #fiction

PHYSICAL INSTRUMENT: It is not his fault that he is so much weaker than you. Do not hate him for it; pity him instead. Pity is the much kinder option here. You are a goliath to him. Not rippling with muscle, not at all. What you have is functional strength. Your might does not need to flaunt for aesthetic purposes. You crush things. Sometimes people. And you could crush him at any second if you fancied a bit of action. You both know this.

#from the pale #terrifying presence #you could end him #disco elysium #fiction

CONCEPTUALISATION: Simulation theory. You've heard of it; everyone has heard of it. The idea that the world around you, including all the people in it, are part of a massive simulation and that your physical body is out there somewhere. Maybe it's being used as a battery, or maybe some kind of hyper advanced species is extracting our bodily fluids for sustenance. Maybe it's all part of a weird sex thing. The truth? None of this matters. It has never mattered and never will. Nihilism is the way. "The way to what?", you ask. It doesn't matter. Everything is shit and none of it matters, so why care? Transcend caring about anyone or anything. Become enlightened.

#from the pale #simulation theory #fuck it all #nihilism #disco elysium #fiction

PERCEPTION: A cold object knocks against the back of your skull. Based on the size as well as the smell of a burning match cord, it is probably an old matchlock musket; utterly antiquated when compared to your vastly more reliable and user-friendly flintlock.

HALF LIGHT: HE CLEARLY WANTS TO ROB OR KILL YOU. END HIM WHERE HE STANDS.

ELECTROCHEMISTRY: It wouldn't even be hard. The gentle sway of his muzzle suggests significant inebriation.

#from the pale #something isn't right #try something different #pirate #disco elysium #fiction

SHIVERS: You lean against the cold railing of your balcony. At this moment in time, you are the motel's only guest. A frigid morning breeze caresses your bare arms as you gaze intensely towards the coast.

AUTHORITY: That which exists without your knowledge exists without your consent.

#from the pale #judgement is yours #don't just hold your ground #go and find them #disco elysium #fiction

VOLITION: And here you are again; the end of another excruciating day. Each new interaction felt like torture, but you made it. You made it without a drop of booze or even so much as a thought about amphetamines. This seems to be a regular occurrence for you now. Good job, friend.

#from the pale #it never gets easier #every day is a test #stay the path #disco elysium #fiction

VOLITION: Looks like your first full night of quality sleep in a long time. No inner turmoil, no nightmares; you were actually at peace. Whatever you did differently yesterday, keep doing it. It clearly helped.

COMPOSURE: It's nice to not wake up every 45 minutes like clockwork, covered in cold sweat and drowning in your own tears.

#from the pale #a full night's sleep #well rested #hope it wasn't a fluke #disco elysium #fiction

ELECTROCHEMISTRY: Look at him. So drugged out of his mind that he can barely even perceive you standing three feet away from him.

EMPATHY: Still a flicker of something in his eyes, though. Some life in there. Some shred of who he was before he ended up in this hospital bed. He knows why you are here.

HALF LIGHT: NOW FUCKING END IT. BEFORE THEY FIND OUT YOU LIED TO THEM.

#from the pale #is it ever worth it?#disco elysium #fiction

RHETORIC: He's alive. So he is, in a sense, getting away with it. Not for long though.

PHYSICAL INSTRUMENT: There is almost nothing left of him now. Find him and squeeze the life out of him with your bare hands.

#from the pale #served cold #not over until you say it is #the hunt #cyberpunk 2077 #disco elysium #fiction

INLAND EMPIRE: As you stare into the distance, your eyes lose focus; the world in front of you blurs and before you know it, you are somewhere else. Something else. No longer a man, but a colossus of iron and unfathomable technology that may as well be magic. You tower above the landscape around you. Yet before you can take any of it in, something hits you. An apocalyptic shockwave reverberates through you, right to your core, and drops you to your knees. Then, darkness.

ENDURANCE: Even in your dreams, you are not immortal. A titan, but killed so easily.

#from the pale #daydreaming #self doubt #disco elysium #fiction

DRAMA: Look at him over there. Standing on his soapbox and exclaiming his virtues to the people. Some of them are even taken in by it; he's coming across extremely charismatic and well travelled. They have no reason to doubt him. In fact, they want to believe him. But you are not convinced so easily. You can see through it all. You know better. He is a fraud.

ELECTROCHEMISTRY: And to top it all off, his mannerisms absolutely scream "coke fiend" from a mile away.

#from the pale #don't fall for it #they are all fools #how do they not see?#disco elysium #fiction

SHIVERS: 2 miles away, in a partially burned down home, a middle-aged man strikes his wife of 30 years for the first time. He always said he was never that kind of guy; that it was a line he would never cross. Several blocks from you, in a fast food restaurant, a teenager cuts in before his girlfriend can speak so that he can order for her. Even closer still, 4 doors down from you, a young lady has reached her breaking point and leaves her fiancé. He grabbed her arm just a little too hard this time.

RHETORIC: All reminders that you are not special in this world. There are unfortunately many, many men like you.

#from the pale #trying to change #made a fresh start #running from the past #disco elysium #fiction

REACTION SPEED: In the distance, you capture a few sporadic words emanating from the public announcement loudspeakers. All you are able to make out are the words "conscription" and "former service personnel".

HALF LIGHT: IT'S FUCKING HAPPENING. JUST LIKE YOU ALWAYS KNEW IT WOULD. YOU. WILL. DIE.

VOLITION: Stop and actually think for a second. You know nothing yet. You caught scraps of information from hundreds of feet away with no context. Do a little research. Look into this further.

#from the pale #don't jump to conclusions #keep your cool #disco elysium #fiction

PAIN THRESHOLD: Is it worse than it used to be? Of course it is. It used to be that your hands would only hurt in the cold; now it's most of the time. This is all to be expected as you get old. Nothing to be ashamed of.

PHYSICAL INSTRUMENT: Old? Fuck that right in the face. You are in your physical prime right now. Your hands aren't in pain. That's just your knuckles itching for some action.

#from the pale #getting older #don't need to keep fighting #regret the past?#disco elysium #fiction

LOGIC: You know that what you are doing makes no sense. Welding small patches of aluminium over rust holes will not fix the problem. The rust will still persist and spread until your car falls apart around you.

RHETORIC: Now this is a fitting metaphor for a guy like you.

INTERFACING: If only you had this arc welder back in the day. Feels much better in the hand than a blowtorch.

#from the pale #car repair #welding #just can't let it go yet #disco elysium #fiction

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