08-[Dictated/Action]

[heal_theworld]

[Martel isn't quite sure what to say to him, but she needs to make sure he's all right, even if it does seem if he's ignoring her. She is worried about him. She knows he's still here, he just hasn't been around, and there's a lot of things she needs to tell him.]

...Are you all right? You haven't been around lately at all. You never answered my message earlier this month, either.


[Martel is sitting in the courtyard in a green winter coat she had the Castle magic up for her so she could be outside. Feel free to approach her, though she might be distracted.]

Comments

[azuredemonic]

[...More hesitance. He paces a litte, like three steps, before turning to look at her again]

If you will so indulge me, you said your time is over from where you came, correct? And thus, there is little point in trying to ascertain any sort of power, to spend what little was left scrambling for a semblance of greater strength.

[heal_theworld]

Well, I did die. There isn't much I can do if I ever go back. But being here is like a second chance. I have more life to live now, until the Castle decides to return me to my death. [She looks at him curiously.] But we're not talking about me, are we?

[azuredemonic]

No, we're not, but indulge me.

You've accepted your fate is what it is. But what would you do if you had uncovered the very real possibility that your fate is not what you had believe it to be. That instead of simply ceasing to be, you became a weapon. Wielded by a thing you spent your life opposing in whatever method you so chose. What would this become to you?

[heal_theworld]

...[She wonders if she should tell him about what will happen to her, what she knows is going to happen, even though she is dead.] I haven't been entirely honest with you, Vergil. I die, but... not completely.

[azuredemonic]

[...oh you have got to be kidding me...]

What do you mean?

[heal_theworld]

[No, no she is not, Vergil.]

My brother-who I don't remember, as his memories are my loss- couldn't stand my death, so he took and tied my soul to the seed of our World Tree, and created an entire religion, making me the Goddess. All to help create a girl who would match my exact mana signature, so I could live again in her body.

[azuredemonic]

[...There are so many uncomfortable parallels there, he feels like he needs to sit down. Instead he just stands there in pristine silence. He's not sure which is worse. That they share what could be construed as a similar fate, becoming twisted tools towards unreasonable ends...or that he could very much relate to her forgotten brother.

When it rains, it pours. And eventually...]

...I believe I'm doomed to become an instrument to the very thing that saw my mother killed, and my family splintered.

[heal_theworld]

...Who told you that? Or...or did you figure it out yourself? Because if you don't have proof, you can't possibly believe that. [She's trying to figure out if he's sure or not that's going to happen to him.]

[azuredemonic]

Parts of both. I was told of a time where I became a great and powerful monster, and that it had something to do with that very thing. Given what and whom is waiting for me upon my return, it is far too convenient to be mere coincidence.

[heal_theworld]

[She's horrified, but she knows enough not to try to hug him or offer him comfort. She'll just sniff a bit, because she can't even think about that happening to him without tears.]

...Then that's why you're here. You must be here to get extra time. [She looks down, at her hands in her lap.] Though, I'm not sure if you can change your future.

[azuredemonic]

I assumed as much as well.

[Returning to those thoughts trouble him, and after a moment his own eyes turn down to the ground.]

One of the more annoying residents mentioned that people lived beyond the castle, away from it's reach and it's influence. If I cannot change my fate, then perhaps I can escape it entirely.

[heal_theworld]

Maybe. Maybe you should try that. If you can get away, then maybe you won't have to go back... I don't want that to happen to you Vergil. [She looks him in the eye directly.]

[azuredemonic]

[Yeah, he's just gonna keep looking away for now]

The simple fact is that a chance has now become a necessity. Death is no longer the true breadth of my fate. If I cannot acquire what I need, or find my escape...then I am damned in ways beyond understanding.

[And after a moment, a mirthless, cold laugh escapes him]

And now the prison has become my purgatory.

[heal_theworld]

Purgatory, or a chance to make everything right? You have to stop thinking so negatively. If you do, nothing will get done. I don't like to say this but...your time here is at the mercy of the Castle.

...I'll help, in any way I can, though I doubt I can help you very much.

[azuredemonic]

Is it negativity if I am being realistic about my odds? [A sigh, and he shakes his head] It is funny to me. I spent my life looking for the power to make my enemies flee. Now I'm looking for the cause to flee from a power greater than my own. I'm rather glad Dante is not here. He would revel in this, I am sure.

If I need help, as much as it pains me to admit, I will reach for it. I have no choice.

[heal_theworld]

...if he was your brother, I would think he would try to help you.

...Then I'll be here, whenever you need help. [She's really happy he'll accept help now. It seems like he tries to do everything on his own.]

[azuredemonic]

You do not know my brother.

[Oh god, what has he done? He just looks at her sideways]

Shouldn't you be considering doing the very same? After all, both of our fates are respectively bleak.

[heal_theworld]

I know I can't change my fate. I know what happens, and I know that it does finally get better. I may be dead, but there's other people who will fight for my world.

[azuredemonic]

There is an apt saying from my world. Perhaps it is undue, as you are already dead, but all the same, our situations do feel eerily similar.

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Perhaps this is as much a chance for you as it may be for myself. Only instead of preserving what minute amount of existence I am left to enjoy, you are exacting what little time you can before returning to your slumber.

[heal_theworld]

I know. [She smiles at him.] This is my second chance at life. My second chance to be with my fiance, to do as much as I can before the Castle decides to send me back.

[azuredemonic]

[And he...honestly looks at her confused]

Why?

[heal_theworld]

Because, why not? I have this chance, why wouldn't I take it?

[azuredemonic]

That is not what I meant, and I feel as though you know that.

You are alive, here and now. You are not from where you've come. Why resign yourself to the inevitability of returning home when you could do as I intend to and find a measure of escape here?

[heal_theworld]

Vergil, I can't just leave. I have friends, there are people from my world, my fiance. I just can't run off and leave them because I'm afraid of death. I can do good here, working in the clinic. So that's what I'm going to do.

[azuredemonic]

Well, it seems that my not having nor needing friends will be to my benefit then.