[Event Post]

[by_the_pricking]

::So it's a fabulous late spring day at Labirinto. The air is nice and cool. And there appears to be a sale on clothing, as well as guidebooks to interpreting your dreams and how to make friends. There's also a sale on candles. And winter themed statues.

Enjoy walking about.::

Comments

[thefrozenstorm]

... Yes, I wouldn't mind doing that.

[by_the_pricking]

::Gets his daughter or Seichi to take the register, and walks you upstairs.::

[thefrozenstorm]

*Seichi takes over, as he follows you up the stairs.

He has to ignore the stare from Seichi, though. Him and Seku never got along.*

[by_the_pricking]

Do you and the boy have some sort of grudge? ::Opens the door to his personal office.::

[thefrozenstorm]

I believe he and... Kantai, Sekuta, have never gotten along, while he had been working as an assistant in Duel Academy. There was no... Real reasoning for it, it was just... Incompatibility.

*he seems a bit awkward trying to separate himself mentally from Seku's own persona. like he wants to glitch about it, but is stopping himself.*

[by_the_pricking]

... Hrm. Hrm. So territorial issues, perhaps? That's what it sounds most approximate to.

[thefrozenstorm]

Possibly. The grudge with the boy isn't anything I'm specifically concerned with, myself. It's a rather... Harmless dislike.

[by_the_pricking]

How curious. I wonder if it has to do with him being a part of that family.

[thefrozenstorm]

... Possibly. I've noticed that it's rare for many of them to... Find companionship with each other. I think his-- mine-- his continued good relations with Souha are purely out of a fluke.

*ah, it managed to slip out a bit*

[by_the_pricking]

... You're the Guard, aren't you.

[thefrozenstorm]

*... he looks down, nodding*

Yes. Is the disconnect obvious? I've noticed at times my speech...

[by_the_pricking]

Fouls up, yes.

[thefrozenstorm]

*shakes his head*

I didn't even notice it before, until it got pointed out to me. After that it became more obvious that I seem to be... "Glitching", I guess. I don't know why it happens. But it has me afraid of the day when I do it accidentally around the people I don't want to know about this.

Out of fear of being stabbed.

[by_the_pricking]

::Takes a breath.:: ... You could be breaking down, sadly to say. You weren't made to last most likely, or something's compromised you.

[thefrozenstorm]

... Breaking down, huh?

*looks surprisingly unafraid of it, but... he's probably more just keeping himself calm*

... I guess it'd be no surprise. I'm not a real Guard in the first place, and I wasn't exactly meant to exist in terms of "long term".

As far as I know, there are any number of things that could've compromised me. The attempt to separate my influence from Kantai Sekuta's mind-- though without that, I probably would have continued to try to overwhelm him. Or maybe the shock of events that have happened. Being injured so severely, as I was. Or needing to be in control of this body for so long, because of how "cracked" Kantai Sekuta has become, emotionally.

There's any number of things that would have decreased my chances for continued survival. It's just a question of how long it will be before I break.

[by_the_pricking]

::Laughs dismissively:: No, the right question is, how much do you want to keep on being alive.

[thefrozenstorm]

*smiles sadly*

I want to stay alive. My drive is to exist-- to succeed. To be better than the one who I'm supposed to be based on. I hate taking these cowardly actions I have to do, to survive. But I do it because a desire to survive is stronger than pride. Or at least, that's how it works, to me.

I just know though... That if I continue to exist like this, regardless of what we want, there's only going to be trouble. No one can accept what Kantai Sekuta wants-- and no one can accept that my intentions may not be malevolent.

[by_the_pricking]

I accept your intentions are not malevolent. That is a start. And one person is all you need to convince to fix something.

[thefrozenstorm]

Hm... I guess that's true. I'll admit, I didn't expect any assistance, though.

All I had wanted to know what I was. But I guess I shouldn't undersell others.

[by_the_pricking]

Well, now you know. And now we can try and help. So what would you like to do?

[thefrozenstorm]

Well, I guess the main thing to wonder is... Is there any way to make sure I can stay alive?

I don't think destroying my then-physical body to enter another person's would... Exactly work, again.

[by_the_pricking]

You'd need someone trained in magic probably. The problem for you is a weak soul/essence, but that isn't impossible to repair, nor is there much trouble to help your host.

[thefrozenstorm]

Hm... Magic? For instance... a witch?

*he seems to have someone in particular in mind*

[by_the_pricking]

Well yes, seeing as they are a female spellcaster, I wouldn't see why not.

[thefrozenstorm]

... Hm... I might know who to ask as well, then.