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driftfleet2017-03-25 05:32 pm
searingedgelord) wrote in driftfleet2017-03-25 05:32 pm
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Who: Velvet Crowe and You!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: aboard the SS Red Fish
When: right after the Shuffle
[Velvet had woken up in one strange tin can and had only just started to get her bearings when she was suddenly transported to another strange tin can. This isn't how she was expecting today to go.
She stumbles a little but manages to catch herself, oblivious to the fanfare that signals her arrival.]
Where--?
[She takes a moment to steady herself, shaking her head to clear it. She blinks, focusing on her surroundings, trying to make sense of things.]
...Is that pudding?
[Where does pudding fit into all this? And that's not even mentioning the confetti. Actually she hasn't even noticed that yet, or the fact that a lot of it has fluttered into her hair. She looks pretty festive for someone so cranky.]
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: aboard the SS Red Fish
When: right after the Shuffle
[Velvet had woken up in one strange tin can and had only just started to get her bearings when she was suddenly transported to another strange tin can. This isn't how she was expecting today to go.
She stumbles a little but manages to catch herself, oblivious to the fanfare that signals her arrival.]
Where--?
[She takes a moment to steady herself, shaking her head to clear it. She blinks, focusing on her surroundings, trying to make sense of things.]
...Is that pudding?
[Where does pudding fit into all this? And that's not even mentioning the confetti. Actually she hasn't even noticed that yet, or the fact that a lot of it has fluttered into her hair. She looks pretty festive for someone so cranky.]
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Shepherd, huh. [She says it like a curse.] They're still using that word.
[Honestly her anger isn't really directed at Sorey specifically. It's just a sort of restless freeform rage borne from her hatred of Artorius and the concept he created.]
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Ah. Right, the Shepherd- he's not a good person, in your time. Right?
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I guess that depends on what you consider good. The needs of the many, right? He's good at that.
[She speaks of him in present tense because to her he's still alive, still an enemy, still the brother-in-law she loved who betrayed her.]
He's also good at human sacrifice, enslaving malakhim and forcing people to turn into daemons. Anything for his Utopia of Reason.
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And that bit about Utopia of Reason...that's worrying. Even with Mikleo hissing don't you dare tell her, Sorey!, he has to- he has to know more, at least.]
What do you mean, his 'Utopia of Reason?'
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They don't talk about Artorius' ideals in the future? If you suppress human emotion you get rid of malevolence.
[Not that Artorius really advertised his ultimate goal with Innominat, she supposes it wouldn't be hard for history to leave that out.]
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I've never heard of a Shepherd Artorius before. We've lost a lot of our historical records and all... [He really should tell her he's a Shepherd. If she finds out through Eizen she'll be even more upset, like he'd lied to her. He really, really should tell her.]
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Really? He was the first exorcist to call himself the Shepherd and you've never heard of him?
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[Sorry, Mikleo...!]
I...I'm even a Shepherd, and I've never heard of him. Though I did kind of fall into the role in a hurry.
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Are you stupid? What kind of idiot tells an angry daemon he's a thing she hates?
[She's not exactly enraged at this point, not anymore, but she's wary and not entirely trusting.]
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Um. It just didn't really seem very fair, for me to talk to you like normal when you didn't know. [Especially because he's something she hates. Like he's deceiving her to get information, when if she knew she probably wouldn't want to talk to him.] Though I really don't want to fight you, especially not here. These ships really aren't that large and someone could get hurt.
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[Not that she seems to be jumping into attack mode now, either. The more he talks the more he proves he's really nothing like Artorius. He's not trying to manipulate her. He's just honest to a fault, apparently. "A good kid," Zaveid kept saying. It occurs to her now, this is why.]
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IMAGINED GUILT OR NOT]
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You really are nothing like him.
[Her hatred of Artorius is so intensely personal it's difficult for her to fully project it onto someone else. Especially someone who bears so little resemblance to him. Even if he calls himself a Shepherd.]
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I'm- [Ah, wait. She doesn't like him apologizing for things that aren't his fault.] I don't know if this will make you feel any better, but Shepherds- at least all the legends I've read and been told, they don't enslave malakhim anymore. And I've never heard of that emotional suppression thing, so at the very least, this Artorius's ideals don't stick.
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Instead he wasn't remembered at all. The concept of Shepherd didn't belong to him. He was nothing. His ideals were nothing. Eizen had told her they won, and even though she hasn't experienced that herself yet, it feels a little more like a real victory now.]
Yeah...maybe a little.
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That's...that's really nice. It's the first time he's felt good about being a Shepherd since talking to Eizen. If he can offer her even a little bit of comfort, then it's worth hearing the whole truth of the Shepherd legend.
He ducks his head with a smile; he's already getting used to her malevolence.]
I'm glad you defied him. I wouldn't like a world where nobody can feel anything either, so...thank you.
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...Don't get sappy on me, kid. I didn't do it for anyone but myself.
[She doesn't want him to think she's some sort of hero when she's not. Her motives were selfish and she knows it.]
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Yeah? Not a bad philosophy.
[Better than all the "birds fly because they must" bullshit, anyway.]
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Sorey idly bounces back against the wall and his hands, shifting his weight.] ...could you tell me more about it? I'd like to know the truth about how the Shepherd legend really began.
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I...right now?
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[It might be a little unclear if she means it's a long story or just a really heavy one. Honestly, though, it's both. She could probably sum it up pretty quickly, but Sorey seems like the type to have questions and want details. Since it's sort of personal for her, it would be a lot to cover in a first meeting.]
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...plus he's already heard a ton of disturbing news today and honestly he's feeling a little numb. Now might actually be a good time.]
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All right. He used my little brother as a sacrifice to awaken Innominat. [Anger creeps back into her voice here. Even now that she knows Laphi was a willing sacrifice, it still makes her angry. Angry at both of them.] It allowed everyone to see Malakhim, which meant anyone could become an Exorcist.
I was in jail for most of his rise to power. But he was head of the abbey. He led the exorcists that helped bring order to the chaos caused by daemons. He made people feel safe. He was good at that, I guess. [She sounds bitter. There was a time she felt safe with him. It didn't last.]
Only a few people knew his ultimate goal was to rid the world of it's pain by suppressing human's ability to feel anything. The abbey was good at keeping its secrets and spreading propaganda. Most people saw him as a hero and a savior.
[She mostly just focuses on Arotirus as the Shepherd, because that's what he asked about.]
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