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expiationnet2023-05-04 09:58 pm
overtid) wrote in expiationnet2023-05-04 09:58 pm
Entry tags:
- ashes of love: runyu,
- bungo stray dogs: nikolai gogol,
- final fantasy viiacc: reno,
- final fantasy viir: cloud strife,
- final fantasy viir: roche,
- jujutsu kaisen: nanami kento,
- jujutsu kaisen: satoru gojo,
- original: abe no seimei,
- original: vincent conium,
- tales of arise: vholran,
- word of honor: wen kexing
01 : VIDEO
[ A video begins, focused on a stern looking man (down to button up, jacket and tie, yeah, he put his suit on for this). Blond, eyes obscured by bug-eyed sunglasses with no arms and green lenses. Useful, to obscure an additional layer of weariness brought on by certain forest dreams, visions. ]
Good afternoon. My name is Nanami Kento, and I'm engaging here because more of "us", the "Chosen", have arrived.
[ And for certain reasons, he no longer can comfortably keep sitting on his ass. Even if this really isn't his responsibility... there had been another man keeping track during and after the forest, but he, too... ]
Amongst the invitations to join a band of miscreants, participate in monster hunting, identify as healers, become sparring partners, peacekeepers, participate in clubs, call in to a "radio show" and general offers of assistance, I believe we've overlooked something more fundamental.
How many of us are there? How many arrived over two months ago, one month ago, and how many recently? If not already associated, would you notice if one of us disappeared?
Have you noticed that already there are statues of Chosen who have disappeared from Aldrip?
I would like to establish a directory, but would settle for a headcount. For the former, given how little we know about the sentencing proceedings, more information would probably be useful. If you're reluctant to share anything, that's sensible. You have no reason to trust me or to feel comfortable sharing anything publicly.
Nonetheless, I'd appreciate it if you indicated your presence for the purpose of a tally. I don't care if you keep anonymous. Frankly, I don't care if you share more or if you lie.
[ Yes, he's aware: that would complicate, even render impossible, any attempt to keep track if something were to happen to one of them. He's also aware this may gain no traction. It's as much a test as a start. ]
I'll be in the tavern this evening if you'd prefer to speak directly. Otherwise,
[ Here, he holds up, fills the video with his unfolded parchment. Not for long, but enough to confirm his name, a few traits if one reads quickly, and of course, his crime: Desertion.
Dropping his hand and with it the parchment, ]
That's me. Do what you want.
Good afternoon. My name is Nanami Kento, and I'm engaging here because more of "us", the "Chosen", have arrived.
[ And for certain reasons, he no longer can comfortably keep sitting on his ass. Even if this really isn't his responsibility... there had been another man keeping track during and after the forest, but he, too... ]
Amongst the invitations to join a band of miscreants, participate in monster hunting, identify as healers, become sparring partners, peacekeepers, participate in clubs, call in to a "radio show" and general offers of assistance, I believe we've overlooked something more fundamental.
How many of us are there? How many arrived over two months ago, one month ago, and how many recently? If not already associated, would you notice if one of us disappeared?
Have you noticed that already there are statues of Chosen who have disappeared from Aldrip?
I would like to establish a directory, but would settle for a headcount. For the former, given how little we know about the sentencing proceedings, more information would probably be useful. If you're reluctant to share anything, that's sensible. You have no reason to trust me or to feel comfortable sharing anything publicly.
Nonetheless, I'd appreciate it if you indicated your presence for the purpose of a tally. I don't care if you keep anonymous. Frankly, I don't care if you share more or if you lie.
[ Yes, he's aware: that would complicate, even render impossible, any attempt to keep track if something were to happen to one of them. He's also aware this may gain no traction. It's as much a test as a start. ]
I'll be in the tavern this evening if you'd prefer to speak directly. Otherwise,
[ Here, he holds up, fills the video with his unfolded parchment. Not for long, but enough to confirm his name, a few traits if one reads quickly, and of course, his crime: Desertion.
Dropping his hand and with it the parchment, ]
That's me. Do what you want.
video;
[ ... please stop him from explaining himself in this manner... they're probably in the same room??? maybe punch him in the throat???? like, infinity isn't even -
oh.
but he's probably off -- somewhere else. there's a sky in the background anyway, clouds drifting lazily by, and the neat rows of rooftop tiles like he's sat on top of a high place when he decided to reply and wave cheerily into the... charm. ]
My faaaaaaavorite cake is strawberry cream matcha on Tuesdays, and chocolate tiramisu on Fridays. Between camping and a five star hotel room, I'd much prefer teleporting! Nothing beats the panoramic views back at home sweet home. I'm a Sagittarius sun! You'll have to flirt to get my rising sign. [ wink wonk ] I can also write all of this down for you.
Oh.
My crime's murder, but supposedly the guy deserved it.
video; 1/2 why? because
But, before the words take shape on his tongue, he realizes that's untrue — there is utility to that response. The more reply, the more others might consider replying themselves.
Keeping it professional (though he isn't working), then: ]
Thank you, Gojo-san. That was more information than I needed, but I appreciate your response.
Please don't write any of it down. If I didn't already know most of it, I still wouldn't want it.
still video;
Since it's you, whether they mean one death or many, it must have been either deserved or unavoidable.
It's irritating to think you'll have to defend it.
[ Even if death in their world would have, after all, involved judgment, the weighing of heart and feather, that should be for their world. Not for whomever these presumptuous, interfering "gods" were. ]