audio; un: centuryegg

[fellsound]

( the voice that pipes up on the network only does so after a prolonged pause, and when it does, it's... flat. quiet. spacing out words carefully as though it's trying very hard to think of the right way of phrasing things.

or like it's simply never figured out how to talk correctly. )

... What are humans like, in your world? Are they... good?

( he's met humans here, both otherworlders and natives, and seen Red Wine post asking how Food Souls would be treated on other worlds, but he asks the question anyway.

Cordyceps would not approve of this, but Cordyceps isn't here. the situation is different. the aims and goals are different. and the people he listens to are different too. )

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audio; un:dunmerdragonborn

[fireandhoney]

In my world, some are good, some can go eat dung, and others vary. Also, in my experience it depends on what race of human we're talking about.

[fellsound]

( race, huh? Century Egg hasn't had many opportunities to speak to humans at all since he escaped the mausoleum, not that he'd want to, and his memories of his days with Xuan Wu are hazy at best. how many foreigners did they meet back then? he can't recall. )

That... makes a difference?

[fireandhoney]

Most races of man have a certain culture, and that culture can dictate how they feel about others, like myself. For example, on average, the Nords tend to look after their own first and look down on we elves. But then the Redguards tend to be more open-minded towards other races.

But then, I've met more than a few Nords who are quite pleasant and one or two Reguards who tried to stab me in the eye.

audio

[dragongrrl]

Difficult. Some treacherous. Some weak.

Some good.

[fellsound]

( another answer like this, hm? )

Do they respect others? ... Who aren't like them?

( others who might have been created as weapons, for example. )

text: anon

[peninhand]

evil

well i haven't met many, im sure in fact most of them are great

but those i met? horrible

[fellsound]

( Century Egg has really only got to grasps with the audio functions of this piece of technology, so he sticks with it. )

They do... bad things to food souls. But others here... they're nice. Warm. Like light...

audio; un: stargazer

[leicesters]

Personally, I like to think all humans are capable of good, but the reality is that plenty of humans like to stick dividing lines between each other to make it difficult to generalise. They get hung up on where they're from, their social standing, what they believe in... Stuff like that. What's "good" to one person winds up being unthinkable to another, and that leads to conflict.

I suppose that's a long way of saying it depends what you consider to be "good". How about you? What's your opinion of humans?

[fellsound]

( that does sound like a longer version of what some of the others said, yes. )

I... don't know. My master betrayed me. Left me in his tomb. ( Eggs don't have a sense of "what is information best not dropped on people in initial conversations". ) Then... ( the pause is broken by a hiss, almost pained, as Century Egg pushes back at the way his mind spirals. left alone. left to rot. to wonder what he'd done wrong all those years that Xuan Wu believed he should die together with his master.

hadn't he been a good servant? a good confidant? ) Ngh. Other food souls. They also... were hurt by humans.

( so it made sense, to Century Egg's broken mind, that humans weren't shit and Cordyceps' plan — whatever it may be — is one he should carry out as a good weapon. )

But people are kind here. Red Wine trusts them... Trusts humans on Tierra.

( read: he's very dumb and confused. )

Audio | un: pikohammerhero

[pricklybloom]

For the most part, yeah. I mean, there are bad humans too, but...the same could be said about anyone, really.

People can be good or bad. It doesn't matter what they are.

[fellsound]

( black and white thinking has served him well, when the rest of everything in his mind is a hazy, vague mess. when all he could do is rely on Cordyceps' judgement for what is right and wrong.

here it's different. Red Wine doesn't want him to rely on him constantly, and so Century Egg finds himself with the headache of a question:

just what does he believe? )

But... sometimes a good person can... betray you.

( Xuan Wu had been a good person. strict, perhaps. not the most loving of people, but he was a leader. important. busy. Century Egg understood that and helped him without question, as a good servant should.

and then Xuan Wu betrayed him. )

video; UN: firstfallen

[corruptedsave]

Humans are horrible and selfish creatures. If that's good or not is up to you.

[fellsound]

... It isn't.

( that is one thing he doesn't need to debate over. human selfishness led him to be what he is. hurt Cordyceps and Chishui Moth Tea.

he doesn't like the people of Tierra.

but the people of Avalon. the otherworlders...

that's different. they're different. )

video; un: RRRrrrr

[wuf]

[ Here comes someone who clearly seems to be human. ]

Humans... sometimes good. Humans sometimes bad.

[ He looks thoughtful. ]

Think most like that.

uwu baby boy

[fellsound]

They are kind here.

( the screens are still... not the best thing for Century Egg to look at, but he can hear the thoughtfulness in the young man's voice as he speaks. )

Many humans... are not, on Tierra.

( too convinced that Food Souls don't count as living creatures. that they're simply weapons given human form. )

audio; un: hypnos

[verytired]

I think humans are mostly good where I'm from. But like all things, some are good, some are bad. That applies to anything, though.

[fellsound]

( nothing about hearing this contradicts any of his experiences in Avalon, and yet it feels wrong to hear it again and again, from people he assumes to mostly be humans themselves.

this was never the case. not on Tierra, where they looked at their weapons and thought them disposable, beating hearts and nerve endings and all. )

Everything can be good?

( hmm. sounds fake. )

voice;

[reloves]

I mean.. it's usually really hard to put all humans in one category, right?

[ If Minako is aware of anything at this point, it's that. Even though she's been fighting to save humanity back home all the same..

.. and it kind of makes her worry what this person is, if not human. He has to not be human, right? Otherwise he'd have no reason to ask that. ]

Isn't it like that with all species out there? No matter what exactly they are, some can be good, and some can be bad. Or is it different where you come from..?

[fellsound]

The humans on Tierra...

( it's an obvious question for someone to ask but OH BOY. Red Wine would be in a much better position to give this girl a measured answer, but here we are. )

They do terrible things.

voice; un: Rider

[amakakeru]

Where I'm from, humans are both good and bad. There are those that will do what's right when necessary, those who will give up everything they have to make sure those around them have what they need...There are also those that will exploit the suffering of others for their own gain and those that will do everything in their power to maintain their status and keep anyone they deem undesirable from trying to get a better life.

I saw more good than bad in my time, for what that's worth.

[fellsound]

( another answer along the same lines. he can accept that, maybe, that's the truth for these people, but it still feels unfair.

what terrible kind of fate allows people like Cordyceps and Chishui Moth Tea, or himself, to only encounter the terrible ones? )

Who were these good people?

audio; un:oftheskies

[ranksinmistlore]

They are... people. Some are good. Some are not. And still others are in-between.

[fellsound]

I don't know good people on Tierra. ... Only bad ones.

audio; un: redwine

[judgementor]

[There's a soft sigh before he actually answers, as if he started the response too soon.]

... Are you all right, Century Egg?

[He's used to hearing peculiar questions from the other Food Soul by now, but he hasn't seen him do something like this.]

Something on your mind?

[fellsound]

( there's lots on his mind, partially spurred on by Red Wine's question to the network a while ago, partially by the people he's met since coming here. )

I... I want to trust humans again.

( he did. for a while. before Xuan Wu's death. back then, he didn't see betrayal around every corner. didn't think he would lose everything and be consigned to the darkness and forgotten about.

he doesn't want to be a slave to those thoughts. he never did. )