Astrophobia

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

[Jonathan Crane, PhD, scans the Plane with bespectacled eyes in his very nice suit. To all appearances, the Plane has just won itself a new university professor]

Acrophobia would hardly be an irrational fear at present. Indeed, it would be very [takes a step] very [another step] practical. This is possibly one of the very few instances in a normal individual’s life where siderophobia might be considered rational as well. And so they would cease to be phobias.

Incongruous but coherent structure... far too lucid to be any breed of hallucination or dream. The idea of it being true space is out of the question, of course.

[picks up a discarded hat, examining it] The two most likely options are thus illusion or reality. I wonder which it is. [sets the hat down again and carries on his way]

Comments

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

Or perhaps they've found something more important to fight for. Like friends and family.

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

Ah, things which outweigh the risks... Though demons have neither.

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

No family? That does beg the question of how they come to be.

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

Well, of course they have the family but demons don't see them as family, they don't seem to make any relationships really, it's strange.

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

Not too strange, if their young mature quickly and don't require the assistance of the adults of species, as it is with humans. The part of the brain in humans which is designed for social attachment and bonding may simply be absent in the species.

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

[Wut] ...Oh, right, I suppose that's a possibility.

...Demons would kill their own mothers though.

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

That is not the best development evolution has given a species, but I suppose it provides nutrition for the young. Other species follow that pattern as well.

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

...Oh, which ones?

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

Several species of spiders, though it escapes me, at present, which. Many parasitic species will feast on their hosts after birth, but that's a different case altogether, of course.

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

...Well, there are several spider demons I suppose.

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

...they specialize?

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

Uh... Well, not really, they take their shapes from things on our world.

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

Ahh. Then they can change form. That must be useful.

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

...Well, some of them can.

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

They have subspecies?

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

...Possibly? We don't really know.

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

How unfortunate. I hope you learn more of the enemy in your battles.

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

I don't want to learn about them, I want to kill them.

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

You're a very violent young woman, aren't you?

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

I am what I am... Though I prefer to think of myself as practical.

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

Even so, knowledge is one of the greatest weapons.

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

...Perhaps I can allow that, it isn't the greatest though.

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

What would you term the greatest?

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

[She drops off of the Plane and returns a few seconds later, carrying a sword] This is... Well, most swords are great, but this one is the best.

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

I think I'll stick with knowledge. I'm afraid I'm not a very physical man.