[ raikou isn't searching for don, but he also isn't someone who's going to sleep tonight given everything. so he's out and about wandering, the relative solitude of the night drawing the horrors he pushed out of his mind to the forefront.
We crave blood. Tis our sustenance and many of my kind see it as the only way to soothe the emptiness of thine souls. When we feed on blood, we become stronger. Faster.
[Hmmm]
There can be compulsion for us to spread this disease, because the burden is too much to carry on our own.
Yes. Many centuries old. I hath lost track at some point, as I spent two of those centuries in complete oblivion, locked away from the world around me. Yet, I am not the Eldest either.
I can't even begin to understand what that was like, nevermind how long a period of time that is. But that you still have heart, even now...that's both a miracle and admirable beyond words.
Is it? [She blinks, wondering. She had surrendered her memories for two centuries because she couldn't handle the guilt and regret anymore, clawing at her every waking moment. Having it all come back had broken her in a different way, even if she had been rebuilt once more] I...simply hath a dream. A seemingly impossible dream, but a dream nonetheless.
Mmm. Thou hath carried thyself with nobility and chivalry.
[Detective hats. All a mimicry of one Shirlock Colmes, the greatest Detective Fixer in history. It keeps her from looking at the altar, and the mirrors]
[the stained glass feels like it's haunting her but she ignores it]
Like a true Fixer. Someone who does their utmost to uphold their code of values. But...mm...I suppose it would be like that too. Though I hath only known one knight.
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late saturday night
how's don doing? ]
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Apologies...should be accompanied with something meaningful. That is the twentieth lesson of the Fixer's Guide Book.
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What's the nineteenth?
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[She's relaxing talking about this at least but then she looks over in surprise. Hello.]
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A noble code.
[ a beat. ]
I'm sure you've been asked this already and will be asked it more in the future. But what exactly happened before?
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'Tis...my curse. My disease, unrestrained. Rocinante controls and binds it. But once my body had been restored, Rocinante was not there.
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Rocinante? A seal of some sort?
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[She points...at her shoes]
As long as Rocinante stays on mine feet, I shall always remain in control.
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[But they just look like ratty running shoes?]
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So they're enchanted. I see.
[ give him a moment. ]
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...forgive me for asking, but what are you exactly? [ he's expecting an answer he can understand like an alchemist or some practitioner of magic. ]
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[not human but human enough???]
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[Hmmm]
There can be compulsion for us to spread this disease, because the burden is too much to carry on our own.
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[ he gets it now. ]
And you're long lived too, right? [ he remembers her tombstone, but he still wants to confirm. ]
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I can't even begin to understand what that was like, nevermind how long a period of time that is. But that you still have heart, even now...that's both a miracle and admirable beyond words.
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Indeed. A life without dreams or passions is empty. So I will keep fighting for this.
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Thank you for dealing with Elan.
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'Tis only my duty that I was able to carry out for you had Young Tsukasa under your care.
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Your duty...I understand that.
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[Detective hats. All a mimicry of one Shirlock Colmes, the greatest Detective Fixer in history. It keeps her from looking at the altar, and the mirrors]
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Like a true Fixer. Someone who does their utmost to uphold their code of values. But...mm...I suppose it would be like that too. Though I hath only known one knight.
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I haven't heard of a Fixer before. Have you heard of samurai or shinobi?
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Tis not a term I hath familiarity with.
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[It's a little sad. A little frustrating]
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[ he...has feelings on it but ultimately, he'd rather do something than nothing. ]
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