It really was! I mean, it's a shame that the way we got the writing samples was because of Master Revali's death, but when you have very distinct handwriting, Mister Nero.
[ he says this lightheartedly. nero can now see who's handling who.
okay.
ahem.
he crosses one leg over the other, his hands folded neatly over his lap. ]
Mister Nero, I'm about to give you an offer you do not want to refuse.
[ is this a scene straight out of a mafia film? ]
I want to make a...Team....A and uh...Team B alliance. If you know what I mean. I don't think that the two teams should be fighting each other; we should fight the-- [ he points up! ]-- instead. I have a feeling that you're a Team B kind of person. So...would you like to help?
[ this is like "dead dove dont open" levels of disappointed but not surprised. xie lian frowns, reaching up to rub his hand gently over san lang's big qilin head. ]
...Mmm. In a way, then, we can expect these weekly events to continue, but - I wonder if there is a certain threshold to be reached by either side? So far, we've heard that the conflict itself is about balance.
I hope that doesn't imply we're all expected to die in order to end it - I have a feeling that won't be the case, but I could be wrong. [ bad, though he's thinking more about the impacts of that on others moreso than himself! hate it. ] It doesn't seem particularly final, in that more will simply just be pulled in if we fail.
[Don't know what I was expecting in a murder game, but also. You know. Gotta give an attempt.
Disce sits on Nero's shoulder in her mole form.]
Could be that, it could also be a certain amount of people need to die in general. Did hear we were originally balanced in the number of people on each team.
Movin' forward... Yuri said somethin' about tryin' to find out what happened to make these worlds turn on the angels.
From what I've gotten so far the places we've ended up in were "To shed light on the war crimes of disobedience" more or less. So maybe all these worlds we've ended up on are to show us what happens if we don't listen to them.
When I asked about what this conflict was about I got apple, serpent, tree. Suriel thinks that means that means both sides think the other is the root of all evil. But considerin' everything we've been findin' I dunno if that's right.
I wonder if it’s true that something might happen to this place soon…
[ flat looks a bit conflicted about the idea, but quickly pushes it aside. ]
I spoke to Shamsiel a bit about it, and they say that the ones above them want to win no matter what. But… snakes were meant to be liars right? I mean, they’re usually meant to be bad animals… [ a pause. wait— ] N-not that I’m a liar or bad! That’s just my role title. But the snake, apple, and tree… that kind of reminds me of a story I heard in class…so I think I can get why Suriel thinks that too.
[ hate this! hate all of it!! xie lian's expression looks briefly stormy, and san lang makes a low, displeased rumble. ]
Especially in this realm we are in currently - where apparently, there has been communication with the Angels even while we have been here, if what the others said yesterday was correct. We could be in the middle of it, or about to witness the destruction of this place.
[ there's nothing more he'd like than to prevent it - it aches in his chest, heavy. the only distraction from this imminent fierceness is flat, because it's affection week, so he reaches out and puts his hand on flat's shoulder, giving it an immediate squeeze. :( ] You aren't either of those things.
[ just agreeing! now. ] ...Is it the same story that Allen told? About the garden. And this place was supposedly at one time protected by a serpent, if that skull is anything to go by.
But... what do these places and their 'disobedience' have to do with it? There hasn't been much evidence of both 'sides', has there? In these places. Just...wanton destruction from the Angels as a whole. Were these places enlisted to be a part of this conflict? And if so, were they sorted into factions as we are?
Seems like somethin' already happened here, with the "windows" bein' left open. We saw remnants of other worlds by the outpost. Sheba also found somethin' in the ruins, remember?
[Nero's not good enough with his words, so he will let Xie Lian handle Flat.]
I don't know any stories about apples or snakes back home.
So far we haven't really seen "sides" in the places we've gone. But I think... Maybe the people who lived in this world disobeyed somethin' the angels wanted them to do. Could be what we're seein' are their punishments. The "disobedience" dunno exactly what it was.
[ well give him a moment to reboot because he didn’t expect the reassurance at all. why is xie lian so good to him. ]
Yep, exactly like how Allen said it! Though that’s not the only place that apples cause problems… I think there was an “apple of discord” or something? It’s Greek and it caused a lot of fighting! A whole war, actually!
[ fufu ]
But I think that the whole sides thing is also part of the lie… I mean, we never really see, like, people talking about Celestials vs Temporals, right? They’re all just “angels” to them. [ he pauses. shrugs. ] Either way, the normal people are probably unimportant to them. Smiting a couple cities doesn’t mean anything to them.
Mmm. I remember- I just am worried that it may happen again.
[ especially if those rumors were true. ]
It seems the people 'punished' are then turned into monsters of some sort. Resentful spirits - the 'fish devils', as Miss Power called them, and then the hellbound... who only knows what, here.
[ xie lian nods along to all of this, though - san lang makes a discontent growly noise, but its at the angels, not at either of the others in the room. ]
...I think you're right, Flat. [ that these people, these lives, are just collateral. the idea makes his blood boil. ] There are so many mysteries it feels like we are nowhere close to unraveling, either. I suppose the next step would be to figure out what the limitations - or, perhaps, the parameters - for how to achieve the end via death, whatever that might mean.
Did the locals say anythin' about seeing the angels again? Recently?
It's possible. Maybe all of the dead adults from the first city we were in turned into the Spectres, the second world the fish, the third...? And now this one.
[Disce shifts so she's hiding underneath the collar of Nero's shirt. Strangely the idea of this doesn't make him angry, it just exhausts him. It's been a long, long time since he lived in a place like that. He moved for a reason, damn it.]
What does "the end" look like, if we gotta have death? Why are do these places call the angel's liars? A lotta questions to get through.
The end that they want will probably look like a win for either side. Which probably means that the other side will be wiped out. Or something like that.
[ he???? shrugs. ]
But I'm not sure what they'll do with the rest of the other side...honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if they would just use those "winners" as fuel too.
[ after an appropriate amount of time has passed and people are no longer panic searching and stuff, xie lian is seeking these two out!!! ]
... I found another one. [ An Role ] If... while we bide our time until tomorrow, you two would be amenable to meeting with them, they have requested your attention.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
w2, saturday!
Here we are, Mr. Nero!
no subject
Disce is here as an actual leopard cat.]
no subject
Mister Nero! You're here!
[ his worst nightmare ]
no subject
no subject
[ he salutes! ]
no subject
Alright. [THIS IS HAPPENING...] Ya got me.
no subject
[ sparkles....! he's here in the background but otherwise you two talk away ]
no subject
[ he's BEAMING ]
So you said you wanted to work with us? How come?
[ is this a fucking interview. ]
no subject
's this an interview?
You're the one who asked first.
no subject
[ im losing it. he puts his hand gently on flat's shoulder. ] You are the one who asked him first...
no subject
[ he says this lightheartedly. nero can now see who's handling who.
okay.
ahem.
he crosses one leg over the other, his hands folded neatly over his lap. ]
Mister Nero, I'm about to give you an offer you do not want to refuse.
[ is this a scene straight out of a mafia film? ]
I want to make a...Team....A and uh...Team B alliance. If you know what I mean. I don't think that the two teams should be fighting each other; we should fight the-- [ he points up! ]-- instead. I have a feeling that you're a Team B kind of person. So...would you like to help?
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
w3: Thursday
Asked a question earlier in the week "Is there a way to end this conflict without more deaths?"
Results were alpha & omega and helmet. Looks like the only way forward's more death.
[Clearly unhappy about it.]
no subject
no subject
...Mmm. In a way, then, we can expect these weekly events to continue, but - I wonder if there is a certain threshold to be reached by either side? So far, we've heard that the conflict itself is about balance.
I hope that doesn't imply we're all expected to die in order to end it - I have a feeling that won't be the case, but I could be wrong. [ bad, though he's thinking more about the impacts of that on others moreso than himself! hate it. ] It doesn't seem particularly final, in that more will simply just be pulled in if we fail.
no subject
Disce sits on Nero's shoulder in her mole form.]
Could be that, it could also be a certain amount of people need to die in general. Did hear we were originally balanced in the number of people on each team.
Movin' forward... Yuri said somethin' about tryin' to find out what happened to make these worlds turn on the angels.
From what I've gotten so far the places we've ended up in were "To shed light on the war crimes of disobedience" more or less. So maybe all these worlds we've ended up on are to show us what happens if we don't listen to them.
When I asked about what this conflict was about I got apple, serpent, tree. Suriel thinks that means that means both sides think the other is the root of all evil. But considerin' everything we've been findin' I dunno if that's right.
no subject
[ flat looks a bit conflicted about the idea, but quickly pushes it aside. ]
I spoke to Shamsiel a bit about it, and they say that the ones above them want to win no matter what. But… snakes were meant to be liars right? I mean, they’re usually meant to be bad animals… [ a pause. wait— ] N-not that I’m a liar or bad! That’s just my role title. But the snake, apple, and tree… that kind of reminds me of a story I heard in class…so I think I can get why Suriel thinks that too.
no subject
Especially in this realm we are in currently - where apparently, there has been communication with the Angels even while we have been here, if what the others said yesterday was correct. We could be in the middle of it, or about to witness the destruction of this place.
[ there's nothing more he'd like than to prevent it - it aches in his chest, heavy. the only distraction from this imminent fierceness is flat, because it's affection week, so he reaches out and puts his hand on flat's shoulder, giving it an immediate squeeze. :( ] You aren't either of those things.
[ just agreeing! now. ] ...Is it the same story that Allen told? About the garden. And this place was supposedly at one time protected by a serpent, if that skull is anything to go by.
But... what do these places and their 'disobedience' have to do with it? There hasn't been much evidence of both 'sides', has there? In these places. Just...wanton destruction from the Angels as a whole. Were these places enlisted to be a part of this conflict? And if so, were they sorted into factions as we are?
no subject
[Nero's not good enough with his words, so he will let Xie Lian handle Flat.]
I don't know any stories about apples or snakes back home.
So far we haven't really seen "sides" in the places we've gone. But I think... Maybe the people who lived in this world disobeyed somethin' the angels wanted them to do. Could be what we're seein' are their punishments. The "disobedience" dunno exactly what it was.
no subject
Yep, exactly like how Allen said it! Though that’s not the only place that apples cause problems… I think there was an “apple of discord” or something? It’s Greek and it caused a lot of fighting! A whole war, actually!
[ fufu ]
But I think that the whole sides thing is also part of the lie… I mean, we never really see, like, people talking about Celestials vs Temporals, right? They’re all just “angels” to them. [ he pauses. shrugs. ] Either way, the normal people are probably unimportant to them. Smiting a couple cities doesn’t mean anything to them.
no subject
[ especially if those rumors were true. ]
It seems the people 'punished' are then turned into monsters of some sort. Resentful spirits - the 'fish devils', as Miss Power called them, and then the hellbound... who only knows what, here.
[ xie lian nods along to all of this, though - san lang makes a discontent growly noise, but its at the angels, not at either of the others in the room. ]
...I think you're right, Flat. [ that these people, these lives, are just collateral. the idea makes his blood boil. ] There are so many mysteries it feels like we are nowhere close to unraveling, either. I suppose the next step would be to figure out what the limitations - or, perhaps, the parameters - for how to achieve the end via death, whatever that might mean.
no subject
It's possible. Maybe all of the dead adults from the first city we were in turned into the Spectres, the second world the fish, the third...? And now this one.
[Disce shifts so she's hiding underneath the collar of Nero's shirt. Strangely the idea of this doesn't make him angry, it just exhausts him. It's been a long, long time since he lived in a place like that. He moved for a reason, damn it.]
What does "the end" look like, if we gotta have death? Why are do these places call the angel's liars? A lotta questions to get through.
no subject
[ he???? shrugs. ]
But I'm not sure what they'll do with the rest of the other side...honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if they would just use those "winners" as fuel too.
w3, friday
... I found another one. [ An Role ] If... while we bide our time until tomorrow, you two would be amenable to meeting with them, they have requested your attention.
no subject
Yeah, I'd be fine with it.
no subject
Yes!! Xie Lian, you’re incredible!
[ he’s nodsing so fast you think his head might pop off. ]