... Seven years ago, my village was attacked by a human. A monster. My parents called for reinforcements from the army, but they never came. Halia was destroyed until there was nothing left but ashes.
[ it's still burning, in leon strohl's heart. it may never stop. ]
And the reason it was left to burn - my people left to die - was to make a point. To show the world that the humans were a real danger. An [ the words come spit out of his mouth, some of the bitter temperature picking back up and threading through his words. ] adequately dramatic demonstration, the general who gave the order said, to make the king and church recognize the threat. A necessary sacrifice.
And now this. The murder of two people, for the supposed greater good. From a message from a dream.
[ thanks he loves spilling his backstory to people he just met its a hobby
... there's a soft noise to that, almost a huff of a laugh, and he shakes his head. ] Can't hardly keep it straight who we told or not. Sorry.
People like near everyone here - we'd know you as elda. [ he reaches up to absently tap the curve of his own ear, unpointed. ] Because you've got these, and nothing else.
In Euchronia, "humans" are monsters. Massive, destructive monsters.
They're like these... huge, confusing-looking monsters that eat people. They're really hard to kill, and sometimes entire communities get wiped out by just one...
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[ brutal
he doesn't deny it, though. ] That kind of thinking is unconscionable.
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The whole, "sacrifice a few for the many" thing? That thinking?
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... Seven years ago, my village was attacked by a human. A monster. My parents called for reinforcements from the army, but they never came. Halia was destroyed until there was nothing left but ashes.
[ it's still burning, in leon strohl's heart. it may never stop. ]
And the reason it was left to burn - my people left to die - was to make a point. To show the world that the humans were a real danger. An [ the words come spit out of his mouth, some of the bitter temperature picking back up and threading through his words. ] adequately dramatic demonstration, the general who gave the order said, to make the king and church recognize the threat. A necessary sacrifice.
And now this. The murder of two people, for the supposed greater good. From a message from a dream.
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Yeah, okay... Guess that would hit a few sore spots.
I'm not a big fan of "sacrifices," either. Not for any reasons as huge as that, but... you know.
... What do you mean, a human did it, though? How could they be that dangerous?
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... there's a soft noise to that, almost a huff of a laugh, and he shakes his head. ] Can't hardly keep it straight who we told or not. Sorry.
People like near everyone here - we'd know you as elda. [ he reaches up to absently tap the curve of his own ear, unpointed. ] Because you've got these, and nothing else.
In Euchronia, "humans" are monsters. Massive, destructive monsters.
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[ way to name them in the most confusing way. ]
... Guess they might be kinda like the Man-Eaters back home.
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[ glancing over ]
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...sounds like a human, yeah. Do they come in different shapes? Different types?
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Or like, another one had a big, hard shell, and it could turn invisible...
I don't think any two are alike, actually.
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…Ha. Put yours and ours together. Maybe they’d take each other out. Natural order.
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Damn. I'd pay to see that. Maybe put some money on the fight, too.
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[ a soft laugh in exchange - the smile that tugs at his mouth is small, but it's there. ]
Sorry. That you've got to deal with it, too - I'd not wish our situation on anyone.
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[ ha ha... ]
You fight them with that thing? [ with a nod down to her gun. ] Whatever it is.
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[ says this with a straight face. ]
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What.
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there's a little part of him that thinks that naming an attack after yourself is kind of cool... it's that home grown chuuni ]
A... beam.
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[ kiru beam igniter ]
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[ makes fingergun motions ]
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Yeah, you see it in movies... and video games, and manga, all that stuff. You don't have any of that stuff where you're from?
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[ SO!!! ] Different... worlds, or what have you. Is it really all that its cracked up to be? You able to do that now?
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