Alex Benedetto (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
chanteuser) wrote2020-10-27 05:42 pm
chanteuser) wrote2020-10-27 05:42 pm
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QUASIPLATONICROMANTIC NOT-MESS
i'm still wheezing y'all
i'm still wheezing y'all
i'm still wheezing y'all
i'm still wheezing y'all
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god.
that gets a proper smile out of her, the stupid singing. ]
You too, huh?
[ she runs fingers through his hair, looking amused when she’s left with little sparkles on her fingertips. ]
Did you find anything? 🎵
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Yeah, it must be an effect...
[From the music room, of all places. Of course. He shakes his head lightly, and more glitter can be seen. He's so sparkly.]
Uh...well. I found Jeanne's standard in one of the baths. You know, her big flag?
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Seems like it. Alphonse and Chiron were with me and they were singing too.
... in one of the baths? [ that flag isn’t... small or subtle. ] And nothing else?
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Yes. Right in the bath. And there was a little dinosaur running around, but I don't know if it belongs to Jeanne, or not.
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[ she raises at hand again, to rest on hansa’s cheek, thumb brushing against his cheekbone ]
... she hasn’t been removed, right?
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[His face falls, even as he leans into her touch.]
No, she hasn't. I found her earlier.
[Then why is he so sad about it...?]
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...
You think she was involved, somehow.
[ it's... not really a question, she can put two and two togther. ]
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[His voice is quiet.]
Alex...do you know about the rule that would allow everyine to be revived?
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... I think everyone must've by this point. There are double the usual number of bodies.
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...That's not all there is to the rule, too. The first kill has to be of someone splintering, ordered by a Leader. And the next...has to be taken in our hands, and be of someone who's not. Its a...horrid rule.
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[ she just closes her eyes and leans her forehead against hansa's. ]
So if a lot of people have already completed the first part, then this is a lot of innocent people who've been killed for... what, this place's idea of fulfilling a condition?
[ ... she gets it. she doesn't want to abandon anyone who's been removed, especially those who'd be wrongly accused, like Kano or Bucky. but it's incredibly cruel to put those kinds of laws and limitations on saving people in place. ]
Why? I know the Realm works differently to how we do but--? [ this is just cruel for cruelty's sake. ]
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[His hand comes up to rest on the back of her head.]
To think that people here are forced to kill innocents simply for the greater good...I hate it.
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[ ... ]
We don't have any choice but to go through with the trial and hope that we can somehow cause the least damage along the way, do we? [ ... it's both better, and worse knowing that everyone who kills is doing so because of something beyond their control. better, because she can believe no one's lost their empathy here, but worse because no one wants to condemn someone for trying to save everyone. ]
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[To condemn someone for a noble reason...is that something they have a right to do? But in the end, murder is still murder...]
But what can we do? The only thing is to...play by the rules. For now, at least.
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[ she shifts slightly so she can kiss his forehead instead. ]
We just... have to do things as right as this place lets us. Try and figure out what we can and make our guesses from there.
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[Ah, turning his head sharply at the news]
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[And then his face falls. He looks like he's trying to decide what to say.]
But...she's still here. Jeanne. She hasn't been Removed.
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No, she hasn't.
But it implies that she might have killed.
[His expression is neutral as he speaks.]
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[He's just silent at that, not looking at Chiron.]