April System Mingle

[thespaceopera]

Who: Everyone!
Broadcast: Possibly!
Action: April System
When: Month of April!


[Welcome to the Belt, a huge asteroid belt that's been terraformed for life. Here you can explore the different asteroids, become a rock star, race on some ATVs, enjoy not being underwater.

In other words, it's a mingle! Get in everyone!

> System Info ]

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[searingedgelord]

[Yeah, that lines up with everything she'd observed about Sorey so far. Even the thing about Eizen's sister trusting him.

She sighs and shakes her head slightly at his explanation about the abbey.]

I was surprised.

[Of course she'd also been on her way into a rage at the time, and wasn't thinking logically. Plus, she'd never been a student of history, and she certainly never experienced as much of it as Eizen probably had. But especially when she found out the term Shepherd was still being used, she thought it meant he'd gone down in history as some sort of martyr. She knew the church could spin things if they wanted to.]

He thanked me, you know. [She's referring to Sorey.] For defying Artorius.

[He's a stupid, sappy kid, Eizen. She couldn't eat anyone that sappy.]

[rockily]

[ Of course she was, she was likely angry, wounds both fresh and festering aching furiously. He would have been surprised if she hadn't been surprised, if she looked upon the Abbey's actions with disinterest instead of outrage. ]

I'm guessing, of course, who can really say how the Abbey will go about cleaning up their mess.

[ They will either erase Artorius' actions from history or spin a tale more befitting them, turn him into some sort of martyr, a holy figure to be revered by the grieving masses who still think him to be such. Regardless he knows they will find some way to clean it up, to twist it to their advantage, just as they always do.

Her next words give him a pause, eyebrows raising slightly. ]

He did? [ Huh. ] You told him what Artorius was trying to do, I take it.

[ Tilting his head slightly Eizen finds himself smiling, just a little. ]

That must have been a first.

[searingedgelord]

Yeah.

[It was very much a first. She still feels a little awkward about it, because she knows she did what she did for selfish reasons, not because she was altruistic. But she'd told Sorey as much as well, and he still thanked her.

She crosses her arms, leaning against a nearby wall and sighing.]

He said he wanted to know the truth of the Shepherd's origins, so I told him. [A shrug.] I guess whatever they teach in the future has nothing to do with Artorius' beliefs or Innominat.

[rockily]

[ He can only imagine what her face must have looked like when Sorey thanked her; eyes widen, mouth partly agape. The thought brings a grin to his face that only lasts a moment. ]

Either people forgot, or they thought it better to never give mention to either of them.