...He thought that about the kill itself, as well. [ for his friends, for his home. a valiant reason, but - still no reason to murder someone else.
he seems to mull something over, for a moment. ] ... I spoke to him about it last night - did you get the chance to talk to him about his motivations at all, afterwards?
[ he makes a quiet, displeased noise. san lang rattles unhappily. ]
When we spoke of it, he said that he felt like he had to accept. Rather, that creature chose to manipulate him using the things dearest to him, and then gave him no chance of breaking free of its influence. It is vile.
...I asked him if he did take out the other side - and he said he did not.
[ quietly. ]
I don't believe that creature had any intention of letting him 'succeed'. And if he only acted once, and did succeed -- would it simply let him leave? Or would it keep changing the terms of a vague deal like that? "Take out the other side" - that could mean until every team member on the other side was gone.
...There are many ghosts that act this way, in my world. They are the root of evil; they exist on human suffering. I don't believe this was truly that different.
Yeah, I heard that they were both Temporals... Which makes the reason he did it make even less sense, if that was his goal. Unless... There was a suggestion that maybe there's an unknown team we don't know about.
Hm... It sounds like that could be the case, too. Preying on fears over loved ones.
...As far as I understood, the Angel simply just didn't tell him. He had to guess.
[ which is part of why xie lian is so sure there was no way to actually win that little deal. how cruel. ]
I have always considered such deals to not just be offerings, but thinly veiled threats. Especially when we walk through these cities that may have been destroyed by this very conflict.
[ so, he's not totally sure, but. the spectres bit has him hum, a little, the noise thoughtful. ] And... maybe. The spectres wanted to - as far as I could tell, it felt like they were simply siphoning our life force.
[ his and qi rong's, anyway. ] ...Or, our Dust, I suppose.
...who knows. There could be a connection... but, I don't feel like I know enough yet to make it.
[ he shifts a bit to reach into his pocket, putting out what appears to a little waterproof sack of some sorts? reaching inside, he grabs out a worn down note, leaving the other paper items inside.
and he hands it over, in very loopy writing "of a learned scholar": These windows between our worlds, opened with greedy hands, have so foolishly been left open - and so we are all punished for that hubris, as the spectres take all that we are. ]
I've meant to share it more, but things kept happening. I've told a few people about it already.
xie lian takes the note and reads it over carefully, brows raising. ]
...I see... I suppose that explains some things - like, how we are all here, for one. [ windows between worlds, and all. ] So, some sort of calamity brought upon by attempting to connect together different universes...?
Did you all find this...? Thank you for sharing with me, Mr. Kotetsu.
...So, we must find a way to close these doors. [ xie lian frowns. ] I wonder if the other group that disappeared received anything of a similar nature...? We ought to have another meeting as a whole to discuss information like this.
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[ he shakes his head, for as much conviction he had, it's still not right. ]
I thought maybe there was something I could do. That we could have stopped it this time. But he... I know he would have killed me if I hesitated.
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he seems to mull something over, for a moment. ] ... I spoke to him about it last night - did you get the chance to talk to him about his motivations at all, afterwards?
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I did. About what happened... His choice.
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[ he makes a quiet, displeased noise. san lang rattles unhappily. ]
When we spoke of it, he said that he felt like he had to accept. Rather, that creature chose to manipulate him using the things dearest to him, and then gave him no chance of breaking free of its influence. It is vile.
[ he has some Feelings about this. ]
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[ quietly. ]
I don't believe that creature had any intention of letting him 'succeed'. And if he only acted once, and did succeed -- would it simply let him leave? Or would it keep changing the terms of a vague deal like that? "Take out the other side" - that could mean until every team member on the other side was gone.
...There are many ghosts that act this way, in my world. They are the root of evil; they exist on human suffering. I don't believe this was truly that different.
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Hm... It sounds like that could be the case, too. Preying on fears over loved ones.
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[ which is part of why xie lian is so sure there was no way to actually win that little deal. how cruel. ]
I have always considered such deals to not just be offerings, but thinly veiled threats. Especially when we walk through these cities that may have been destroyed by this very conflict.
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[ he sighs, feeling a bit worse about how everything happened. how... it ended. ]
Is that what you think's going on? Could they be tied to the Spectres?
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[ so, he's not totally sure, but. the spectres bit has him hum, a little, the noise thoughtful. ] And... maybe. The spectres wanted to - as far as I could tell, it felt like they were simply siphoning our life force.
[ his and qi rong's, anyway. ] ...Or, our Dust, I suppose.
...who knows. There could be a connection... but, I don't feel like I know enough yet to make it.
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[ he shifts a bit to reach into his pocket, putting out what appears to a little waterproof sack of some sorts? reaching inside, he grabs out a worn down note, leaving the other paper items inside.
and he hands it over, in very loopy writing "of a learned scholar": These windows between our worlds, opened with greedy hands, have so foolishly been left open - and so we are all punished for that hubris, as the spectres take all that we are. ]
I've meant to share it more, but things kept happening. I've told a few people about it already.
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xie lian takes the note and reads it over carefully, brows raising. ]
...I see... I suppose that explains some things - like, how we are all here, for one. [ windows between worlds, and all. ] So, some sort of calamity brought upon by attempting to connect together different universes...?
Did you all find this...? Thank you for sharing with me, Mr. Kotetsu.
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It was waiting for us when we got finished in the castle.
The note does give us some clues on it, but... it sounds like those spectres are going to keep coming if they're not taken care of, right?
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[ hmmmmmm. that's concerning. ]
...So, we must find a way to close these doors. [ xie lian frowns. ] I wonder if the other group that disappeared received anything of a similar nature...? We ought to have another meeting as a whole to discuss information like this.
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