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[fourthmade]

This is a place to send your prayers to the Fourth god. He may not always respond, or he may respond in ways you don’t expect, but he is always listening.

Speak, he hears you.

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Oct 27th, after reviving

[soundsurfing]

[The moment Beat's awake enough, on his bed in his Arcade room, he throws a prayer at Elias.]

Tell me Felfri ain't whatchu really want, brotha. I love you, dude, but that...

[His voice cracks and he raises his hands to cover his face, scrubbing hard to try and get himself back under control. His limbs ache from being revived, new scars from being blown apart by Harry.]

But that's too much. You can't do that if you want people to trust you, to be yer friend! You can't monitor them and discipline them if they don' act the way you want them to! That's not friendship that's... that's worse than the Fog, yo! That's control of the worst sort!

[Sitting up, he swings his feet over the edge of the bed to sit there, fingers dug into the soft mattress as he looks around his little apartment.]

Please, yo... please tell me that weren't you. Felfri ain't whatchu really want. An'... peeps from the arcade was... was people who don't agree. An' the priests!

[Beat's crying, he can't stop it, he can't help it.]

That ain't friendship, Elias!! It's horrible an' MEAN. Please, yo!! I trusted you! Tell me the truth!

[fourthmade]

of course its not what i want beat
i dont want war with her
never
never ever
drawn out war
gets my friends hurt
it means everybody has to make
difficult choices
) :

felfri wasnt supposed to be that way
originally
but the fog got in
and ruined it

so i decided
to shut the fog in felfri

it worked
your plan worked
its not over yet
but weve gained ground

youll notice soon
shes weaker here

i know it was hard
it didn't go how i thought
and im sorry

but isnt it worth it
to take away the power the fog uses
to hurt you
?
and your friends
?

[soundsurfing]

No!! Don' go blamin' Felfri on the Fog! Don' do that to me!!

[Reaching into his pocket, fumbling, he yanks his keycard out and slams it on the bed. He doesn't take his hand off of it though, his breathing heavy and ragged and wet from his crying. His fingers clench around it, clench into the bed.]

The chips! The surveillance! Shocking people if they don't play by yer ideal of peace! You took away their choice, yo... you took away their freedom. That's jus' as bad as the Fog! It's worse!! An' the peeps in the visors! THE PRIESTS!!

[He has to yell, his emotions raw. He picks the keycard up again and presses it to his forehead, eyes clenching shut.]

Be honest wid me... Please, Elias. You hurt me an' my friends much worse than the Fog ever had. I wasn't me in Felfri, around E an' L, whoever they is. You can't do this to us if you want us to be your friends. If you want us to trust you. I want to trust you but I dunno if I can anymore...

[fourthmade]

felfri
gives monsters back
the chance to be themselves
as long as they respect
other living beings

its not hard
to live by my ideal of peace
dont hurt
dont steal
dont destroy

if youre the kind of person
who cant be happy unless youre free to hurt someone
then
can i trust you
beat
?

[soundsurfing]

[That hurts, so much. After all the work Beat put in for Elias. He's silent for a moment, clenching the keycard tight enough to dig lines into his hand. He takes a deep breath, holds, and releases it, then stands. Bottles his emotions.]

I gave you so much, yo. You really gotta ask that question? I jus' want freedom, brotha. Everyone do. The freedom to decide fer themselves how they lives go. Free will.

[A swipe down the door of his room to open it up to somewhere outside the Arcade. Home.]

Please, yo. Think 'bout this shit. We here fer you! We gotchyer back! Butchyu got to be honest wid us. 'Bout everythin', aight?

[But maybe Elias can feel the doubt in Beat's words, creeping at the edge.]

I gotta think some shit over, brotha. Be good, aight?

[And he will leave the Arcade.]

[fourthmade]

[As Beat leaves, if he glances at the screens of the arcade games at all, he'll see words appear -- individual messages on each screen.]

i dont lie

everyone in felfri was free
to do anything but hurt
before the fog ruined it

felfri is freedom for everyone
not just the ones who are strongest
or richest

surveillance and shocks
make that possible

the priests were an accident
i took care of them when it went wrong

throw it away if we dont agree
that people who are weak
should be as safe
as the strong ones