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riverview2017-04-06 10:44 pm
anthropophagite) wrote in riverview2017-04-06 10:44 pm
Text ; Anonymous [cw;discussing cannibalism]
[ baby's first network post and it'll be an anonymous text post, because Kaneki's priority is to know just how bad his situation really is without having others freaking out. He has thousands of questions, but none are as important as these: ]
Does anyone know what Ghouls are? Do they exist in your world? Do they exist here?
Does anyone know what Ghouls are? Do they exist in your world? Do they exist here?
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Just stories. Lots of them place them as either not-quite-vampires, or something like your modern day zombie.
And, according to your description, not much unlike what you're talking about.
Except with the bonus of 'not being able to tell the difference'.
Let me guess.
These things hide among regular humans.
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They are a different species, but they are very close to humans.
And they live among humans. [ they aren't things, and where else could they live? It's true that it was all very scary for Kaneki but ghouls don't have any other choice, either ]
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Are you asking if there are any here because you're worried?
Going to guess these things are common where you're from. If they live among humans and eat them...
Troublesome existence. Unless they're just the corpse-eating type.
[Maybe it's because he's something not-quite-human himself with a habit of draining corpses of life--he doesn't see a problem with devouring human bodies after they've already died.]
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Wouldn't you be?
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Not personally, no. Man-eating creatures aren't exactly something I'm too worried about.
Others might be. Such as yourself. No saying if any ghouls followed you here from your world.
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I don't think they'll answer this post if they are here.
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You know.
Talking like that about creatures you're suggesting are 'dangerous' is a little weird, you know.
But you're preaching to the choir. I know plenty of things that look human and live among them despite it. So if you're some sort of ghouls rights activist...
You don't need to waste your speech on me. I don't particularly care if they eat people. Just don't do it where people have to watch.
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I'm not sure if I want other ghouls here or not.
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'Other' ghouls?
Interesting word choice there. Or was that a slip?
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Or maybe he is.
This post is anonymous anyway, it doesn't matter ]
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[ what a weak attempt, Kaneki ]
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You're going to have to try harder than that.
If you are a ghoul, it doesn't much matter because you're speaking anonymously.
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And even if you're some sort of man-eating monster, it means very little.
The corpses of the dead aren't much use to anyone in the ground. So what if they're used for food, instead?
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And a lot of ghouls do hunt and kill people.
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I don't know what I am.
It's complicated. I have ghoul characteristics, but I'm human.
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When you're like me, you get used to being called a monster and it doesn't bother you so much.
Alright. So you have the 'characteristics' of a ghoul. Do you have the same diet?
You do realise you're going to have trouble if you're not careful about procuring your meals.
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My diet is taken care of. People here are helping me. [ apparently, cloned meat is something ghouls can have ]
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It's hard to explain what you are when you don't know yourself, don't you agree?
I've taken to the word Wraith. I absorb nutrients from the bodies of the dead.
And good for you. Then you'll be able to get along with the people here, won't you?
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It's not that simple. Even if I don't hurt anyone, I'd still be killed.
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It's a little different than eating. But it's fundamentally the same. It's more like absorbing.['Dried, hollow husks of the bodies of the dead left in his wake'. He's certainly a man-eating thing of a sort.]
Is that right?
Is this the truth for your world, or do you think you'll be killed here, too?
Can't say I'm surprised, either way. Humans don't take care for what might hurt them.
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I'm sure I'd be killed here, too. there are a lot of humans, and when something is scary, that's what people do. I know that because I used to think like that as well.
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You might say I'm a bit infamous in my own world. We won't go into detail.
And you won't be killed here. Not if you keep your nose clean.
Not telling you to tell me who you are, but if you get into trouble? You call me.
Just because you're something different doesn't give others the right to fear you. Not unless you want them to. If that's the case, then you live your own consequences.
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I don't want to be feared, I just wanted to be normal.
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Humans will always fear what they don't understand.
So you either keep what you are a secret to everyone you meet, and be afraid of prosecution yourself until you eventually slip up.
Or.
You learn how to accept what you are, and make sure everyone else knows you either mean them no harm, or that you won't show mercy to those who aim to take your life out of irrational fear for their own.
Whining about wanting to be normal is, at this point, tired. Useless.
And I'm sure about this because I've been living like it for over a decade.
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