002 - Backdated to the end of the event

[degozaruyo]

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So...it seems that many of us weren't quite ourselves the last few days. This one certainly was not. [He bows deeply] This one apologizes for his behavior. Please be assured that this one is no longer that person.

As for the young lady this one drew a sword on...this one cannot apologize enough. This one hopes you can find it in your heart to forgive him, though he understands if you cannot. That behavior was inexcusable. This one is so very, very sorry.

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[untrueheart]

Do...you mean me?

[She's wary of him, for that exact reason. Of how easy it was for him - could be for anyone - to turn and be ready to strike.]

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[degozaruyo]

...Yes. You had the misfortune to run into a version of this one that was much younger than he is now, and in a much darker place.

You have this one's sincerest apologies. That was never meant to happen and will never happen again.

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[untrueheart]

I suppose I can accept that apology.

[There is no better example of using false superiority as a defense mechanism.]

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[degozaruyo]

This one is grateful.

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[untrueheart]

You shouldn't carry such things around if you can't stop yourself from using them, though.

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[breezing]

Why're you saying "this one"? Is that your name? Is that someone else's name? Are you apologizing for someone else? Are they your imaginary friend? I think you should've named them something more EXCITING, maybe with, like, rainbows in it!

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[degozaruyo]

[Well hello, small, chatty child. Kenshin blinks.]

Oro? This one doesn't quite understand what you mean.

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[breezing]

What's an oro? My name isn't "oro", it's IKKI. That's MUCH prettier, right?

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[degozaruyo]

[That gets Ikki a smile.] Much prettier indeed, Ikki-dono. This one is called Kenshin. It's very nice to meet you.

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[breezing]

What's a dono? Is that like a chan? And it's nice to meet you, too, Kenshin!!!

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[savedtheworld]

I know I'm not the one who can apologize, but I know I don't judge you for that. That's just... the kind of thing that can happen here, with experiments. They can make us do things we're not proud of. [Aang didn't do something so violent - but he still was reverted to someone who ran from his problems and hid who he was.]

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[degozaruyo]

This one had heard a little about the experiments before, but actually experiencing one... [He sighs, unwilling to admit how frightened of what he had so easily reverted back to he had been.]

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[savedtheworld]

I know. It was the same for me when I first experienced one. It changed my entire life, and even if it still had some good things... I still wound hurting my friends' feelings by forgetting them, and I betrayed my culture without even knowing it. [He had believed her was a Robin and ate meat freely.] We're both unlucky to have our firsts be so bad. But at least... most of them aren't like that.

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[degozaruyo]

What are they like, if this one may ask?

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[savedtheworld]

Well... Sometimes they can still be scary, but a lot of the times experiments can just change the area around us instead of actually changing us. Like one time, everything here went... weird. Gravity was switching in different directions, sometimes doors could lead to completely different places, and trees were saying unkind things.

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[ahappylie]

....Himura-san?

So it was you that I saw that day.

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[degozaruyo]

Yes. This one as a young man, many years ago.

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[ahappylie]

And you saw me as the child I was many years ago. How strange, that we should meet again like that. Your sword is very interesting.

Why do you have it like that?

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[degozaruyo]

It's a promise. A way to protect those who need protecting without having to kill.

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[ahappylie]

You said such a thing before.

[He narrows his eyes at the book.]

Why would people need protecting?

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[toujoursfluer]

[she sighs lightly. This one will have a hard time, indeed. She can tell]

I wouldn't worry about it too much, Swordsman-san. You will probably do it in the future, and perhaps worse. Most come to understand what it's like under Malnosso control in time, and forgiveness is vital if we don't want to lose our minds.

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[degozaruyo]

That is not a very comforting thought.

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[toujoursfluer]

It's true regardless. All who spend time here come to know it eventually. [or deny it. Or find other ways to cope.]

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[degozaruyo]

[How very bleak.]

Then let's hope we find a way out of here soon.

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[toujoursfluer]

Some have been here for five years or more. [not her, thankfully. At least not yet]

And some have found comfort even in the darkest times with the friends they have made.

Destruction and creation all at once. [and she sounds very faintly amused at this. Because it's fascinating in a sense. Though it doesn't prevent her from wanting to tear this place apart]

And, consider, Swordsman-san, Luceti could also be thought of as the last chance for the dead.