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hadriel2018-01-09 08:34 am
puzzlingly) wrote in hadriel2018-01-09 08:34 am
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duel 6. ( video. )
「He's been stalling on this for a while now, not sure of how to address it any longer, back then, when he first had learned about it, he was angry, frustrated, but now, not so much, he just wants answers. Might as well do this before there is more people coming into the city.
He looks thoughtful, mostly, as he stares idly at the camera not caring to hide the Millennium Eye stuck in his left socket as he did when they took pictures at Delmar's home. If everything went right, this would be the last time he would be seen wearing that creepy eye.」
Since everyone seems to be on the topic lately, I might as well remind you that there is a murderer among us. One that remains unpunished.
「Or so he thinks. He cannot keep wondering any longer, he needs to know. He needs to make sure there isn't someone running around killing people just because they think it's right. If that's the case.」
You, the one who killed Yukari, he might have deserved what you did to him, you made him pay for what he did, but you don't have my gratitude for it. Don't think you can hide forever. I will find you, no matter what it takes. And I will make you pay on his behalf.
「The tiredness in his voice, the aloofness in the way he speaks, the passion lacking in his usually prideful speech, doesn't quite make up for a good threat, maybe it's is not intended that way, but, it doesn't mean he's less determined about it. He will find them, he will read every person's mind in this city with the Millenium Eye if he has to. He can, why not simply do it?」
He looks thoughtful, mostly, as he stares idly at the camera not caring to hide the Millennium Eye stuck in his left socket as he did when they took pictures at Delmar's home. If everything went right, this would be the last time he would be seen wearing that creepy eye.」
Since everyone seems to be on the topic lately, I might as well remind you that there is a murderer among us. One that remains unpunished.
「Or so he thinks. He cannot keep wondering any longer, he needs to know. He needs to make sure there isn't someone running around killing people just because they think it's right. If that's the case.」
You, the one who killed Yukari, he might have deserved what you did to him, you made him pay for what he did, but you don't have my gratitude for it. Don't think you can hide forever. I will find you, no matter what it takes. And I will make you pay on his behalf.
「The tiredness in his voice, the aloofness in the way he speaks, the passion lacking in his usually prideful speech, doesn't quite make up for a good threat, maybe it's is not intended that way, but, it doesn't mean he's less determined about it. He will find them, he will read every person's mind in this city with the Millenium Eye if he has to. He can, why not simply do it?」
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But her words does make him wonder, has he changed? For as much as it helps him see, it doesn't let him see himself.」
My drive... it's always been the same. I'm not doing this for myself...
「Neither was his uncle.」
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[It would be much simpler for her to just pluck the answers right from his head. But that's what she would do before, when she was a mere phantom unseen than a voice among the living.
[No... They can discuss this the natural way, as people ought to. Perhaps then Atem will be able to see without having to be forced to by anyone's hand. The future isn't always so clear to her.]
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「No matter what it would take. But that's the thing, isn't it? Hadn't he learned how to do this in a kinder, less destructive way? Yeah, he had.」
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[She's seen it happen over and over. All she could do at the time is watch.
[Not now, though.]
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I would never harm anyone who doesn't deserve it.
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By all counts, there are many here who would be deserving of the manner of justice you wish to carry out. What about them? When does it end?
[This coming from the fact that it has never been her place to judge those that she reaps.]
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Someone has to do something. Why not me?
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Because you are not king here, Atem. These people are not your subjects.
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Atem stumbles back until he's sitting down on the couch behind him again. It has a funny effect, what she says, overwhelming in more than one way.
On one hand, with such simple fact, she effortless lifts a crushing weight off his shoulders, but at the same time, she leaves him in the dark. He's no king, he doesn't have to help if he doesn't want to, he doesn't have to give himself away for the sake of others, but where the hell does that leave him if that's all he's always done, if that's all he knows? Everyone he's ever met, had always treated him as the Pharaoh, even after he was nothing but the mockery of ghost.
If he's no king, then what is he? Who is he?
It's that same question that he made himself when he spoke with Yukari, a few days back, and it still has the same answer. He doesn't know.
Atem keeps his eye(s) at her feet, though he's not really looking. Moments pass in silence, maybe not nearly as long as it feels, or maybe, it's all the opposite.」
... What should I do...?
「His tone, pleading, more like the lost child he is and less like big shot Pharaoh everyone had always lead him to think he is.」
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Perhaps slow down. If you take on too much burden too fast, it will change you in ways you do not wish to be changed. There is no weakness in asking for someone to shoulder the responsibilities, and no selfishness in looking after yourself.
You may not be king, but you are one person in a city where there are many.
[There's some food for thought, bro.]
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Am I... changing?
「Has he? He cannot tell without someone else telling him, unfortunately, that's normal for everyone right?」
People in this city have done nothing. They wait, just wait for something to happen. I am not like that. I will not-- I cannot... 「What? Let them be?」
I just... I wanna help.
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Does it make sense to murder a murderer who killed a fellow killer? Where does the justice end before you are satisfied?
And another question: Would the discovery of your culprit even satisfy you at all? [Because to her, Atem sounds like a dog chasing after a car -- it doesn't know what it'll do when it actually catches up. But comparing the boy to a beast probably isn't the best analogy to make at the moment.]
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I never said I would kill him!
「And he had found out, and truly, he didn't know what to do. Not what he had planned to at first, that's for sure. But it's obvious that having found out hadn't been pleasant at all. It never had been. Whereas Seth reveled in making the culprits suffer, he had little or no interest on it. Some deserved it, he wasn't going to deny it, he had given the order himself when it had been necessary, but others...」
My sentiments shouldn't affect my judgement. 「But they always do, in a way or another, he cannot stop being human.」 You'd rather have me do nothing. I'm not like you.
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No, I would rather you abandon your emotions and use your head, if this is the path you intend to take. Not to exact justice with the heat of revenge. Otherwise, it becomes more about your feelings than it is about the justice.
[Pause.] Unless, that is, you intend on exacting judgement on every offender, and not just ones you have a personal investment in. In which case, you'll have your work cut out for you.
[That's the problem with these things. You can't pick and choose. The Guard already gets flak for those assuming a sense of power that the group has never claimed; one boy taking it upon himself to be judge, jury, and executioner wouldn't be much better.]
In a way, being here is enough punishment for many. If not, then it will come. [That's the dangers of complacency.]
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「That makes him laugh, it's not his usual carefree and warm laugh, however.」
Is that what you think this is all about? Me seeking revenge for someone I know? Yukari– he... 「He had tried to kill him, sure, death didn't mean anything there, but it wasn't the point, he had hurt him deeply, not just only physically. 」 I hate him.
「In truth, it's not quite hate, it's much more complicated than that but there is a great general disgust about the man, but he tolerates him, now, it's... useful. He knows it wasn't going to be easy, it never was, personally, despite of the tremendous help he always had.
But it's that last what shuts his babble and disarms him, completely.
It wasn't the first nor it would be the last time he had felt he had done something terrible. That he was paying for it when the Door pulled him in, denying him from what he had been promised.」