#debatable and also he's not even slightly purple so your argument is not valid

[asleepinawell]

I put the rings of power show on in the background while doing chores and the elves are all like "we don't have a word for death" and "we only know joy" and then they have to fight a snow monster and I can't believe this show ripped off critically acclaimed mmorpg ffxiv's latest expansion endwalker like that and didn't even bother to include a purple twink

[loviswriting]

Writing prompt - Disillusioned

Found an august writing prompt set, by @downwithwritersblock , so I wrote a scene from my sci-fi project “Between the space and the stars”.

It was not often the great council of Atarah assembled. Only in times of peril or great celebration were the council to be assembled, but today was neither. Today’s assemble was in the name of flourishment, prosperity and responsibility. The people and planet of Atarah had reached a point in civilization where they had come as close to a utopia as they could; they knew better than to believe in real utopias, but they were wise enough to know that they also had hit the ceiling of prosperity. But with prosperity comes power and with power comes responsibility. And also the approach to not take things for granted…

“The council is summoned, computer start recording. Welcome dear council members”, the head of the council and council member number one, Aoife, said to her fellow council members slowly waving her grey arm across the triangular table which the nine of them sat around. The other members replied with the same gesture, a gesture of respect and welcoming. She continued, “As we all know, our people and planet has now reached total prosperity. Our people never starve, we do not consume more than our planet is capable of, and we have peace and outstanding technology reaching all our needs and magic honed to help us in our daily life. Thanks to the stone of Quintavius, we have reached a balance between emotions and soul, no longer in the grasp of one or another. This calls for celebration”, the members around the table made a bow shaped gesture in the air with their hands, calling forth small pinks sparkles, as they nodded and cheered. “Alas”, Aoife continued, “we as a civilization reached this point because of generations of hard work. A hard work we need to keep up. So before discussion celebration, we need to discuss our path forward. Where shall we lead our people now, in this age of well-being? Feel free to talk a bit about the subject, although I’m sure some of you already have ideas.” The other members started to murmur between each other, sharing ideas. The ninth council member, a woman named Cerelia, rose her hand and the council quieted. “There is no more to achieve, but the ability to maintain our current state. If we take this prosperity for granted, it would only mean that we have not truly reached this point. We should lead our people into maintaining what we have, a status quo”, several of the council members nodded in agree. “A reasonable voice as always, Cerelia”, Aoife commented, “more thoughts and ideas?”. Council member number four, Kenaz, rose his hand and the council turned their attention to him. “A status quo would never be a realistic thing to strive for. The only constant is change and we know that. Of course we need to maintain what we have, but there are so many more possibilities. We could share our technology and resources with other planets and civilizations, make them prosper as us”, this time some of the council members nodded again, some looked to be in thought. “A noble thought Kenaz, but you know that is not possible. The Quintavius is key to our state of prosperity and there is only one Quintavius and it cannot be shared. It has given us a state of mind that makes us accomplish this prosperity and that state of mind, also, cannot be shared”, Aoife said with a slightly sad tone, wishing it was possible. “There could be one way though…”, Kenaz replied, “do we really need the Quintavius in these days?” Some of the council members gasped and let out confused comments between themselves. “Of course it is needed!”, council member number seven, Winola, said as they put a hand on the table in protest, “Without our balanced state of mind, how could we possibly keep this path?” “I agree with them”, Cerelia said, “But let us hear you out”, she said and got nods form the rest of the council, and Kenaz continued. “Perhaps we can maintain our state of mind without the Quintavius, have our species not reached that level of intellect after thousands of years?”, he took a pause and the council quietly waited for him to continue, “What if we split the Quintavius back into the stones of Melantha and Lulidja”. The council members was shocked, “You cannot be serious…?”, Winola said, “What good could possible come from that and how would that even be possible?”, they said shrugging in disbelief. Aoife took tone, “The suggestion is still valid until proven otherwise, although I am doubtful I have not seen clearly before, please elaborate Kenaz”, the others nodded in agreement. Kenaz bowed his head slightly, “Thank you dear council members. The stones of Melantha and Lulidja once made our emotions and souls rule us in a chaotic manner, but have we not learned enough about ourselves to be able to still maintain balance in our emotions and souls without the Quintavius? And with the stones of Melantha and Lulidja, we could spread our wisdom. Unlike the Quintavius, the Melantha and Lulidja are possible to break apart into smaller pieces” The atmosphere in the room got could and silent for a while. “That has been done before and it was a mistake and led to horrible bloodshed”, Aoife said with a grave tone. “Yes, may those poor souls of our ancestors rest in peace”, Kenaz continued, “but I believe I have found ways to split the Quintavius with a magic that will prevent the stones powers from going out of control.” “No magic could be powerful enough to affect the stones like that!”, Winola said, shaking their head. “Perhaps we are wrong in that? Kenaz is our most potent and capable sorcerer”, Aoife said, trying to keep her calm and maintain the right to speak and keeping her openness. “That he is…”, Winola replied with uncertainty. “I am sure it will work” Kenaz said, “And with the stones of Melantha and Lulidja, we could turn them into smaller pieces to give to other civilizations in exchange for knowledge and goods!” Aoife rose and calmly slammed the palm of her hand in the table, “No. There is nothing to gain by that kind of exchange. That is not the way of our people; that is the path to greed and capitalism. If we are to share the stones power – if it even is possible – we will do it for free craving nothing in return”, she looked sternly into Kenaz purple eyes, not moving an inch, the rest of the room frozen. “Aoife, please see me through this, other civilizations may not accept the stones freely. If we just give the stones to them they might see it as a sign of weakness from us or try to exploit us once they get the power from the stones”, Kenaz rose to meet Aoifes yellow eyes, with a kindness in his voice, pleading to her reason. “That is a good argument to not split the Quintavius and not share the Melantha and Lulidja”, she said turning his words against him. “That may be so, but as I said before; the only constant is change!”, Kenaz spoke with a louder tone, “It is our responsibility to share our prosperity with other planets and to make our people grow through what we can get from others!” “Our only responsibility is the one to take care of our people”, Cerelia said, reaching into the heated debate with a clam voice. “That is what I am trying to do!”, Kenaz quickly replied, with his purple face marks on the cheek turning glowing pink. “Kenaz, you are letting your emotions take control!”, Aoife said to him. “First council member, so might you be”, Cerelia pointed out. Aoife felt her own face marks turning pink and sat down sighing, “You may be right”, Kenaz sat down as well. “This calls for a voting”, Aoife said and placed her hand on a plate in front of her on the table. The other members did as well, and the plates lit up. Shortly after, one green flame showed up in the middle of the table, two grey flames and six red flames. “The council has down voted the suggestion from Kenaz, although good in mind”, Aoife concluded. Kenaz shook his head, “How can you not see, this is the path forward, you are all mistaken and I am disillusioned with you…”

The meeting continued and after some prolonged debate the council decided to keep a status quo to maintain their prosperity. Afterwards, Kenaz went to the temple of Quintavius. The huge dome shaped grey building let its doors open with identification from his palm and he stepped into the great temple, an open room with vegetation on the walls, and on a small podium in the middle, the Quintavius floated a few centimeters up in the air. Kenaz walked up the pointy stone, about a meter long. He sighed and looked at it with determination. “If they cannot see the right way, they give me no other choice”, he gravely said, with his face marks turning into a strongly bright pink color and his purple eyes turning black.

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To anyone reading this, hope it was enjoyable!