Northernlion on the Voices in his Head
"NL did you hear that the Butcher died"?
Wait, what? No, man, I did not hear this. They killed her? Like, permanently?
"Yes"? "The Undersiders killed her"?
Okay, okay, wait, hold on, cause I'm seeing a lotta conflicting messages here. I thought the Butcher couldn't die permanently, cause it's like a memetic virus, like a 'if you kill a killer the number of killers stay the same' kinda thing. Now you're telling me they actually solved it? Somebody get Plato on the line, hoooly 😂
Actually though, can I say something? For the last few years I've been carrying around this insane fear that I'd, like, say the wrong thing to the wrong chatter and I'd somehow butterfly effect-Rube Goldberg my way into accidentally one-tapping the Butcher and I'd end up with fourteen new psycho tenants in my brain, so honestly this is kind of a weight off of my shoulders.
"That's insane behavior"?
I mean, not really. 😅 Have you seen the shit you guys type because you feel like you've got a bubble shield of psuedonymity? Naw, man, I'm fighting for my life out here every damn day. I guess the real insanity is that I thought that anything would change if I became the Butcher. Fourteen voices screaming at me to end myself because I made a slightly suboptimal guess in Capedle is already my nine-to-five, man. For me it's everyday, bro. Honestly, limiting it to just fourteen assholes would probably be a step up.
"You'd have badass superpowers though"?
I mean, I gueeesssss? That's not really why—okay, hold on, I think I get what's going on here. You guys have this completely unfounded idea that if you got Butchered, you'd be able to tank the voices and walk away with a whole suite of brand new superpowers with basically no downside, and I'm sorry to be the voice of reason here, but that shit is not true. You guys can't even talk to your Doordash drivers without staring at your feet, there's no chance in hell you'd be able to tank the 24-7 social interaction, your asses would fold after like ten minutes of polite conversation, you disingenuous so-and-sos