Negative_Null They/Them Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 Quote I thought not, it's not a story the jedi would tell you
Condensation she/her Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, Ookla the Channelknight said: "Have you ever heard, Harmony, about the ancient King of Yin?" "No, will you tell me?"
Channelknight Fadran Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 Just now, Ookla the Grammatical said: "No, will you tell me?" "I would love to. The story begins across the sea, on an island aptly named Yin."
Condensation she/her Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 Harmony nodded and sat down, offering a spot to Leonas.
Channelknight Fadran Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 6 minutes ago, Ookla the Grammatical said: Harmony nodded and sat down, offering a spot to Leonas. Leonas sat down beside her. "The king was a vain man, but he ran his country well. Nobody starved in the streets, crime rates were low... everything was fine."
Condensation she/her Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, Ookla the Channelknight said: Leonas sat down beside her. "The king was a vain man, but he ran his country well. Nobody starved in the streets, crime rates were low... everything was fine." "Sounds like a nice place. What happened to them?"
Channelknight Fadran Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, Ookla the Grammatical said: "Sounds like a nice place. What happened to them?" "Well... there was another island, called Wil. It was run by just about the most humble person in the world, but people were dying every day. There was scarcely a night that you didn't go to bed hungry."
Condensation she/her Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 Just now, Ookla the Channelknight said: "Well... there was another island, called Wil. It was run by just about the most humble person in the world, but people were dying every day. There was scarcely a night that you didn't go to bed hungry." "So they were opposites, basically."
Channelknight Fadran Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 Just now, Ookla the Grammatical said: "So they were opposites, basically." "Shh. You can't spoil the moral of the story before the story's over."
Condensation she/her Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 Just now, Ookla the Channelknight said: "Shh. You can't spoil the moral of the story before the story's over." "Okay, okay."
Channelknight Fadran Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 1 minute ago, Ookla the Grammatical said: "Okay, okay." "The two kingdoms largely ignored each other, but one day, the King of Yin said to himself, 'those people on Wil are so sad! I, the great King of Yin, could save them from their squalid life.'"
Condensation she/her Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 1 minute ago, Ookla the Channelknight said: "The two kingdoms largely ignored each other, but one day, the King of Yin said to himself, 'those people on Wil are so sad! I, the great King of Yin, could save them from their squalid life.'" Harmony frowned. "But of course it'll have a price. It always does."
Channelknight Fadran Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 Just now, Ookla the Grammatical said: Harmony frowned. "But of course it'll have a price. It always does." "At the same time, the people of Wil said, 'look at all those happy people over there! We should join them and be rid of our wretched lives.'"
Condensation she/her Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 3 minutes ago, Ookla the Channelknight said: "At the same time, the people of Wil said, 'look at all those happy people over there! We should join them and be rid of our wretched lives.'" "That's reasonable."
Channelknight Fadran Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 Just now, Ookla the Grammatical said: "That's reasonable." "So it all worked out. The humble King of Wil didn't argue as the King of Yin took Wil's people and brought them to his island. So all the people lived happily ever after, the end."
Condensation she/her Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, Ookla the Channelknight said: "So it all worked out. The humble King of Wil didn't argue as the King of Yin took Wil's people and brought them to his island. So all the people lived happily ever after, the end." "Really? That seems to good to be true."
Channelknight Fadran Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 3 minutes ago, Ookla the Grammatical said: "Really? That seems to good to be true." "Yup. That's it. The end."
Condensation she/her Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 Just now, Ookla the Channelknight said: "Yup. That's it. The end." "Well, at least they got a happy ending."
Channelknight Fadran Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 Just now, Ookla the Grammatical said: "Well, at least they got a happy ending." "In one version they did."
Condensation she/her Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 1 minute ago, Ookla the Channelknight said: "In one version they did." "And in the other version?"
Channelknight Fadran Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 Just now, Ookla the Grammatical said: "And in the other version?" "In the other version, we instead start with the King of Wil and his squalid people."
Condensation she/her Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 1 minute ago, Ookla the Channelknight said: "In the other version, we instead start with the King of Wil and his squalid people." "Okay."
Channelknight Fadran Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 3 minutes ago, Ookla the Grammatical said: "Okay." "But then their neighbors, the people of Yin, saw their humble lifestyle and thought to themselves, 'man, look at how hard their lives are! We should join them and become humbler.'"
Condensation she/her Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 Just now, Ookla the Channelknight said: "But then their neighbors, the people of Yin, saw their humble lifestyle and thought to themselves, 'man, look at how hard their lives are! We should join them and become humbler.'" "So they'd give up a good life for just an opportunity to be humble?"
Channelknight Fadran Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 1 minute ago, Ookla the Grammatical said: "So they'd give up a good life for just an opportunity to be humble?" "What did I say about spoiling the moral of the story?"
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