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This is Flynn. Hi!
This is Flynn. Hi!
Yeah, I'm fine. Just... trying to sort through my head, you know?
[That's putting it mildly but somehow it doesn't feel right to dump his problems on a friend who came for aid because he was cut open and stuffed full of wires right now.]
... Did I ever get around to tell you about Epicurus?
[That's putting it mildly but somehow it doesn't feel right to dump his problems on a friend who came for aid because he was cut open and stuffed full of wires right now.]
... Did I ever get around to tell you about Epicurus?
Well, good luck. [It’s said in an honest and not sarcastic way. He really did hope Flynn had a better time of doing it than himself.]
Eppy-whothewhatnow? Nope.
Eppy-whothewhatnow? Nope.
Epicurus. One of the major philosophers in the Hellenistic period. Father of epicureanism, a philosophical school opposed to stoicism.
[Flynn settles back, drawing his blanket around his shoulders.]
Epicurus was all about hedonistic ethics, meaning he regarded happiness as the highest good one could obtain, the goal a person should aspire to.
[Maybe the right school of philosophy to talk about today.]
[Flynn settles back, drawing his blanket around his shoulders.]
Epicurus was all about hedonistic ethics, meaning he regarded happiness as the highest good one could obtain, the goal a person should aspire to.
[Maybe the right school of philosophy to talk about today.]
Edited 2017-11-27 03:58 (UTC)
[Peter's about to fall asleep after the first sentence. Maybe even the first word. But he fights past it.]
You mean living it up for the sake of living it up like there's no tomorrow? My man.
You mean living it up for the sake of living it up like there's no tomorrow? My man.
We can call it an anomaly, if you like?
[ Will knew that he pushed Flynn ruthlessly, even to the point of cruelty at times. Perhaps there was something about Flynn that reminded Will of himself, before he had tumbled to the frailty of his own mental instability.
Will hadn't let himself study it too closely, though he realized he might have to start factoring it in to their conversations in an attempt to stop being deliberately provoking.]
[ Will knew that he pushed Flynn ruthlessly, even to the point of cruelty at times. Perhaps there was something about Flynn that reminded Will of himself, before he had tumbled to the frailty of his own mental instability.
Will hadn't let himself study it too closely, though he realized he might have to start factoring it in to their conversations in an attempt to stop being deliberately provoking.]
[Don't you d a r e, Peter.]
Thought you'd like that. [Flynn gives a small smile.] Though, not exactly. To him, happiness was the absence of physical pain and mental disturbance. [Which would be so nice right now.]
Everything we do, he claims, we do for the sake of gaining pleasure for ourselves. Problem is, as we get older we lose track of what really makes us happy. Fear of punishment, of the gods, of death inhibit us, make us seek out pleasures we think we want? But won't actually fulfill us in the end.
He actually proclaimed that humans should not live in fear of the gods which at the time was pretty revolutionary.
Thought you'd like that. [Flynn gives a small smile.] Though, not exactly. To him, happiness was the absence of physical pain and mental disturbance. [Which would be so nice right now.]
Everything we do, he claims, we do for the sake of gaining pleasure for ourselves. Problem is, as we get older we lose track of what really makes us happy. Fear of punishment, of the gods, of death inhibit us, make us seek out pleasures we think we want? But won't actually fulfill us in the end.
He actually proclaimed that humans should not live in fear of the gods which at the time was pretty revolutionary.
[But facts and learning stuff, Flynn...]
Huh. That's...interesting...
[Stop you're losing him you're making him think this is hard he's about to fall asleep again. He stares for a little too long, about to nod off, before continuing.]
Explains a lot of the older Ravager guys I've seen that get grumpy in their old age.
Huh. That's...interesting...
[Stop you're losing him you're making him think this is hard he's about to fall asleep again. He stares for a little too long, about to nod off, before continuing.]
Explains a lot of the older Ravager guys I've seen that get grumpy in their old age.
Edited 2017-11-28 03:40 (UTC)
[Never.]
...what?
[Peter blinks, caught completely off guard. He has to think about it for a minute.]
...my friends, I think. And flying, of course, piloting my ship. Candy. Hot babes. I mean, not so much random babes anymore, there's someone that I...yeah, her. She makes me happy.
[Imagining his mom was proud of him. Him telling her he saved the galaxy--twice even--and her laughing and calling him her little Star-Lord.
Imagining things like that made him happy.
God, he was gonna get choked up again. He clears his throat.]
How about you?
...what?
[Peter blinks, caught completely off guard. He has to think about it for a minute.]
...my friends, I think. And flying, of course, piloting my ship. Candy. Hot babes. I mean, not so much random babes anymore, there's someone that I...yeah, her. She makes me happy.
[Imagining his mom was proud of him. Him telling her he saved the galaxy--twice even--and her laughing and calling him her little Star-Lord.
Imagining things like that made him happy.
God, he was gonna get choked up again. He clears his throat.]
How about you?
[Flynn smiles at Peter's list and the subtle transition from 'hot babes' to something more personal and real.]
I don't know.
[He rests his chin on top of the book in his arms.]
Learning. Learning makes me happy. [Learning will always make him happy.] I used to think it's the only thing I need and then I became a Librarian and then that made me happy. And miserable, and stressed, and lonely but... happy. I just want to do right by it all.
I don't know.
[He rests his chin on top of the book in his arms.]
Learning. Learning makes me happy. [Learning will always make him happy.] I used to think it's the only thing I need and then I became a Librarian and then that made me happy. And miserable, and stressed, and lonely but... happy. I just want to do right by it all.
Learning, really? [Peter smirks, but it's not mean.] God, you're such a smart guy, but I mean that in the nicest possible way. [He's so used to dealing with outlaws and practical people that the only intellectuals he knew were a scarce amount of his contacts to sell things to.]
It's lonely being the Librarian?
It's lonely being the Librarian?
Come on, learning is the greatest feeling in the world. There's just so much knowledge out there we don't know. So much history! All the languages? And cultures. Art!
[He exhales, deflating a little.]
Well, I... back in my world I can't tell anyone about what I'm doing and I'm very busy so... it can be.
[He exhales, deflating a little.]
Well, I... back in my world I can't tell anyone about what I'm doing and I'm very busy so... it can be.
Learning is haaaarrddd. [A whine. He thinks all it has to do with is memorization and boring things.]
Art is great when it gets me money, I guess. I actually know a little bit about it because of...things. [Totally didn't steal fancy art to sell it on the black market nope.]
It's like you have a secret identity. That sucks, dude. I mean, secret identities are cool when you have someone to share the secret with. Do you have like, a sidekick or anything?
Art is great when it gets me money, I guess. I actually know a little bit about it because of...things. [Totally didn't steal fancy art to sell it on the black market nope.]
It's like you have a secret identity. That sucks, dude. I mean, secret identities are cool when you have someone to share the secret with. Do you have like, a sidekick or anything?
Getting a headache cause of numbers and dates and old guys who did stuff to other people is soooo not fun.
[Teach him to like learning, Flynn!]
That's too bad. [Hmm.]
A mentor? Like Obi-Wan? Because that would be awesome.
[Teach him to like learning, Flynn!]
That's too bad. [Hmm.]
A mentor? Like Obi-Wan? Because that would be awesome.
Oh man, I dunno, everything? [He's whining for real.] Math, history, social studies, just everyyyythinnnng, God.
Is he mysterious? Please tell me he's mysterious. He needs to be mysterious.
Is he mysterious? Please tell me he's mysterious. He needs to be mysterious.
[ He was often unpredictable to talk with, and sometimes you couldn't even be sure who was talking, depending upon how tightly one of the monsters was wrapped around his mind at the time.
But for the moment, Will is also chuckling softly. ]
I have my moments. Though usually they are unintentional.
But for the moment, Will is also chuckling softly. ]
I have my moments. Though usually they are unintentional.
Okay, but take history for example. There's just so many fascinating stories out there, how people lived, what they did, how they experienced the world... Give me a time in history. I'll tell you something cool about it!
[Challenge accepted.]
Mysterious? [Flynn puffs his cheeks, thinking.] He's... pretending not to be. Which, in turn, makes him kind of mysterious, yeah.
[Challenge accepted.]
Mysterious? [Flynn puffs his cheeks, thinking.] He's... pretending not to be. Which, in turn, makes him kind of mysterious, yeah.
[It's a nice change of pace and a welcome truce on this already exhausting day. If they can make it through a conversation without provoking and prodding at each other Flynn will gladly take it, no questions asked.]
I'll keep that in mind.
So how are you these days? Besides being unintentionally funny.
I'll keep that in mind.
So how are you these days? Besides being unintentionally funny.
Yeah, but they're all so booorrring. Like hey, man, I'm a dude in ye olden times and I watch Shakespeare and everyone I know died of the plague.
Well that kinda does sound like a gnarly way to go but anyway. Sure, let's see...what's the most boringest time ever...what about...like...? Oh! I know? John and Sherlock's old timey times. Not the guys we know, but the ones from the books and the tv show. With the ladies in those really awful poofy dresses and horse carts and little kids selling papers and stuff?
[He's trying so hard, Flynn.]
Does he talk like Obi-Wan?
Well that kinda does sound like a gnarly way to go but anyway. Sure, let's see...what's the most boringest time ever...what about...like...? Oh! I know? John and Sherlock's old timey times. Not the guys we know, but the ones from the books and the tv show. With the ladies in those really awful poofy dresses and horse carts and little kids selling papers and stuff?
[He's trying so hard, Flynn.]
Does he talk like Obi-Wan?
Edited 2017-12-01 03:53 (UTC)
[Peter, you are causing him physical pain.] The plague hit Europe in the 14th century, Shakespeare did not live until... well, I guess if he were immortal it could have happened, but...
[Right. Just... moving on.]
Sherlock and John? That would be the Victorian Age, sometimes leading into the Edwardian Age. Boringest time? You'd be surprised, definitely not for the people who lived in it!
[His voice warms with sudden enthusiasm.]
It was a time full of change, especially towards the end. The arts were alive with fin de siècle, the anxiety and euphoria that a century was ending. Everyone was excited but also afraid – what would the 1900s bring? Advances in technology and means of communication were everywhere. Everything was brimming with movement and change! Take the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes for example. Rationality and science at the forefront – and forensics, which back in the day was still in its infancy.
Newspapers increased their numbers, turning into a mass medium. The telephone was still a very recent invention. New means of traveling and transportation appeared, the automobile, the airplane – which, you of all people should have an appreciation for. Can you imagine it? Being there, experiencing these new technologies for the very first time? The world was changing!
[His eyes are gleaming, his voice rising dramatically, his arms spread, he is so into it.]
These people were living in a time where the world around them sped up considerably. Some were on the losing side of this advancement, of course. A lingering Depression, class unrest, people losing their jobs, and unbeknownst, looming in the very near future [his hand curls into a dramatic fist] the approaching shadow of the Great War.
[Right. Just... moving on.]
Sherlock and John? That would be the Victorian Age, sometimes leading into the Edwardian Age. Boringest time? You'd be surprised, definitely not for the people who lived in it!
[His voice warms with sudden enthusiasm.]
It was a time full of change, especially towards the end. The arts were alive with fin de siècle, the anxiety and euphoria that a century was ending. Everyone was excited but also afraid – what would the 1900s bring? Advances in technology and means of communication were everywhere. Everything was brimming with movement and change! Take the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes for example. Rationality and science at the forefront – and forensics, which back in the day was still in its infancy.
Newspapers increased their numbers, turning into a mass medium. The telephone was still a very recent invention. New means of traveling and transportation appeared, the automobile, the airplane – which, you of all people should have an appreciation for. Can you imagine it? Being there, experiencing these new technologies for the very first time? The world was changing!
[His eyes are gleaming, his voice rising dramatically, his arms spread, he is so into it.]
These people were living in a time where the world around them sped up considerably. Some were on the losing side of this advancement, of course. A lingering Depression, class unrest, people losing their jobs, and unbeknownst, looming in the very near future [his hand curls into a dramatic fist] the approaching shadow of the Great War.
Did Shakespeare get bit by a vampire or something?
[Because that would be AWESOME.
As Flynn continues, Peter can immediately feel himself start to drift off when he uses that French word thing...but he snaps back awake because it would be rude and mean and he might be rude but he certainly wasn't mean and he had to stay awake please just stay awake--]
Oh, cool, so that's when everything kinda like...got modern then, right? Those old timey airplanes must have been a trip to fly. Especially like when they first invented it?
[Look, he found something to be interested in! It's working!
...but man, Flynn. You're really into it.]
World war 1, right? [He remembers something!]
[Because that would be AWESOME.
As Flynn continues, Peter can immediately feel himself start to drift off when he uses that French word thing...but he snaps back awake because it would be rude and mean and he might be rude but he certainly wasn't mean and he had to stay awake please just stay awake--]
Oh, cool, so that's when everything kinda like...got modern then, right? Those old timey airplanes must have been a trip to fly. Especially like when they first invented it?
[Look, he found something to be interested in! It's working!
...but man, Flynn. You're really into it.]
World war 1, right? [He remembers something!]
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