06 | Video

[unitas]

[ It's obvious this is being filmed in one of the many temples, all cool hard stone behind her, and, given the subject matter of the video, most likely to be Hope's. Sharon does not look pleased. Furious might be the better descriptor but it's a calm sort of fury. There are a few spatters of dark blood on her cheeks, dried and cracking; old. She has no wounds just stains and memories. She leans in towards the lens and whispers: ]

So, which one of you fuckers killed me? [ Her killer could reply, he might not, but she won't stop until she finds him and returns the favor. ]

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[noctyourking]

[ The waitress......... Noct spent some significant time staring at the picture of the paused video post as he recollects his time in her diner. The experience of being utterly happy and delusional leaves his chest feeling tight. Soon enough it was revealed to all be a lie and the lot of them were fooled. However, what she says puzzles him and concerns him. ]

... Sharon..? [ Not that they were ever properly introduced, but he knows her name from the shared delusion. ] What happened?

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[unitas]

[ Wait, it's... the gentleman from the diner, right? Back when things were supposed to just be normal. Not... Not what it became. She shakes her head at him, swallowing a tight lump. ]

I died. [ She shrugs like it's nothing. But it is. It is. ] I guess that's what happens when you paint pictures of people you don't even recognize really. Crazy fucker.

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[noctyourking]

[ No .. Noctis has a hard time understanding her explanation but what he can understand (even if it's projected onto her) is the feeling behind "I died." He knew that heaviness that carried with the loss of your own life. Strange that they would be in a place where some have come from a time of death and yet they were alive afterward––

would it be appropriate to mourn your own death, and if so... how would one do that? ]

Without knowing who killed you, it's hard to assess who you're safe around here.. [ He muses the obvious .. part of him figuring this out. ] Is there someone here you can trust with your life? Someone who will help keep you safe?

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[unitas]

[ The sheer amount of people that show concern, despite her clear fury in the original post, but it warms her more than she'd ever thought. ]

I... I know who killed me and I doubt he has the balls to try it again now that I'm myself. I do have people here who will keep me safe, though, but I doubt I'll need it. I don't think he'd try to kill me twice.

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[noctyourking]

[ He nods, takes in a deep breath, holds it, then exhales. He's glad for that. Although, this business about being killed and yet surviving was strange to him. He wondered on that, but he didn't feel it was appropriate to ask her, or at least it would be insensitive to ask! ]

This.. might be a stupid question .. but, is there any governing forces here.. any police or military to help keep ... some ordinance?

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[unitas]

The Guard likes to think of them as a... task force that pretends to take charge when shit gets flipped. They're useless as a police force. Hell, the last guy that killed me, that they went out of their way to capture, they only caught him because he died and they grabbed him as he came back. [ No, Sharon is not a fan of the Guard. She rolls her eyes, clearly unimpressed with the Guard. ]

We govern ourselves. That's it.

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[noctyourking]

[ That told him a lot more than he previously knew. He's glad for that. Additionally, he's glad to hear that her killer was caught––

even having died himself.. that's a little unclear still but he'll figure it out later. ]

That gives me some peace of mind, though.. you don't speak too highly of them so.. it's a wavering feeling at best. What do these... gods have to say about rules..?

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[unitas]

The gods don't have rules. You can fuck up their buildings and they may give you a slap on the wrist but murder and all that jazz? Come on, what better way to get the emotional juices flowing than to let chaos have control.