beaconkeeper | IN THE NIGHT IC INBOX

Which direction did they come from last time?

They usually come down across the lake, but sometimes they mix it up.

Why?

Because I wanted to know.

OK... then I guess you're welcome!!

Robin

What will happen if they get us?

Do you know?

Um...

I mean, I know that we'll all die. I don't know if anything would happen to us after that? Like, if we were all supposed to end up somewhere that wasn't here... I guess it's possible, since it already happened once!

Buuuuut... I don't really know what it would be like, or how it would... you know. :/

You'd think we'd have more answers by now, huh? It sucks.

They tried to stop them before with weapons, and it didn't work.

Why do you insist we keep trying? Isn't this world destined to fall to Darkness?

Well, it didn't work THEN, in THAT specific way... That doesn't mean it won't work forever.

The first question is an easy one: because dying would really suck!!! I don't want to die forever! Doesn't that possibility freak you out? :(

No.

All things return to Darkness, and I have nothing to return to outside this place.

For all you know, turning these things away and bringing the Light back will destroy us anyway.

Who said anything about returning? I don't really think we have a shot at going BACK to anywhere... Like, we're dead, so I always figured we'd end up staying here or IDK maybe going somewhere else through Maridel's portals, something like that.

But I wish I had your bravery, I guess. Not existing anymore is super scary to me.

Maybe bringing the light back would destroy us, I guess that's a possibility, but like... we don't know anything about any of our paths forward! We're just kinda taking shots in the dark, you know?? Maybe the World Eaters eating us would just mean we get to live in some utopia in its tummy, or something. Who the hell knows!!!

Soooo if it were up to you, would you suggest we all just lay down and give up?

That's disgustingly optimistic.

If I were you all, I'd be trying to find a way off this world instead of worrying about defeating an unbeatable foe.

But you heroes are always more concerned with saving others whether they want it or not than looking out for yourselves.

...I dunno, I kinda think we're all looking out for ourselves? Just, like, together! As a unit!

I definitely FEEL super selfish every time I start a reset. :/

You're trying to tell me almost every idiot here wouldn't lay down their lives for the others? Spare me.

You are selfish, Robin. You hold all the power over the lives of the people here. You'll kill everyone if we can't do what you want, as many times as it takes.

I like that about you.

It's not about what I want!! All *I* want is to get out of this stupid tower! Resets are a part of my job and I HAVE to do them!!

Being selfish isn't gonna get us anywhere. It sure didn't get ME anywhere. :/ It really sucks having to be on the ground but it sucks up here, too! But now that I'm up here there's no going back, so I just gotta keep trying to protect everybody and make the best decisions and stuff...

I gotta NOT be selfish or else we're all gonna die. It's like the worst poetic justice in the world, right? Do something super selfish so now you gotta pay back the karma or whatever!!

Whatever you say, Lighthouse Keeper.

What's that supposed to mean?

[ :))) ]

Do you see that tower as your punishment?

I mean, not LITERALLY...

It's just hard. Like, there's a lot of ways to look at it. If I could go back in time and stop myself from becoming the Keeper, I don't think I would?

But it still feels... ironic, I guess.

Why?

Why do you think? You of all people know it's super hard to get out here...

The Lighthouse Keeper before me went totally nuts and was gonna reset the whole place and then kill himself, so most of us that were left decided to storm the lighthouse. If he didn't want to do the job anymore, fine, but don't take us down with you, y'know?

What we didn't know is that once a reset starts, you can't stop it. :/ Knowing what I know now, I could've edited the code to spare the people that were left, but I didn't know that was possible back then.

Soooo everyone died, except me.

Nobody but you left to take over that lonely job.

Haven't you ever wondered what the point is?

You could just let this place die. Nobody would miss it.

I mean... you're probably right? But that's the part that would suck, I think. The fact that none of us would be remembered and all of this would've been for nothing.

I know that's a possibility for our future anyway, like, if the World Eaters get us b/c we can't find a way to stop them... buuuut if it's gonna happen, I want to be able to say we tried really hard, you know?

I could totally let this place die. That's what the last Keeper was trying to do. I just don't wanna.

You sound like someone else I know.

[ And it makes his heart ache. ]

Good luck, I guess.

:/ Thanks... You too, with whatever your deal is, I guess.

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