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vulcanblazer) wrote2013-01-26 01:33 pm
vulcanblazer) wrote2013-01-26 01:33 pm
Number Unknown - Fourth Wall Event!
[Why does all this feel so familiar? So many people, so many new faces, it seems unbelievable. It's enough to give this poor demon a headache, especially considering he has to be out in the thick of it to make sure he keeps the peace.
Adell can be found pretty much anywhere in town, keeping an eye out for fires that need to be extinguished. Of course, he might have a few of his own to deal with if he runs into the wrong people.
How long of a weekend is it going to be for this guy?...]
Adell can be found pretty much anywhere in town, keeping an eye out for fires that need to be extinguished. Of course, he might have a few of his own to deal with if he runs into the wrong people.
How long of a weekend is it going to be for this guy?...]
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...I see you found those. A lot of memories there. Memories of friends and people I cared about before they somehow got sent back home.
[He walks up beside her, setting the blanket down on his own bed for the moment.]
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There's an awful lot of girls here for someone who always says they hate girls.
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Well, I stopped hating girls awhile ago. Before I even got here. I was stupid to do so in the first place.
[Yeah, it was an admission long overdue in that case.]
...a lot of the friends I had here were women though, you're right.
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Terra was here?
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Yeah, she was my best friend here for a long time... and arrived about the same time I did.
[He can't hide the curiosity, or the confusion, in his voice as he asked the next question.]
How did you know who she was?
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She's a friend of both of ours.
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I've heard of the idea of a small world, but... that? That has to be one of the least likely coincidences I can think of.
[But it doesn't sound like he doubts Rozalin's statement in the slightest. He's just more blown away at the concept.[
...But that's good to hear. She's very kind... and someone you can trust with just about anything.
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[Slowly her gaze goes back to the shelf.]
So... none of them are here now?
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Yeah. Anyone who is on this shelf's... gone back to their worlds by whatever twist of fate brought us here to begin with.
[It's a lot of people. And the number only grows.]
Irreplaceable friends and... well, in some cases, they might as well have been family. Worst part of all of it is none of them likely remember any of it.
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She only wished she knew what to do for him.]
Adell...
I-I'm sorry... You do not need to say anything more.
[Her voice is surprisingly soft and apologetic.]
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Rozalin...
[He shakes his head.]
No, it's... it's okay. Believe it or not, even just their memories are a good thing. I find a lot of strength in looking back at them.
[Of course, that might just lead to further questions.]
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[While there's certainly a few photographs she's more curious of than others, that seems like the safer question, despite that it'll probably involve a long answer.]
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This'll take awhile. But all right.
[He points to the first picture.]
That guy? His name's Stahn. I met him pretty early on, and he was one of my best buddies. A great fighter with that sword of his... and the sword talked, too. And he had an appetite like a black hole, it was something to see. Pretty upstanding guy, if... not always the brightest. He's really the kind of guy you'd want watching your back.
[He moves to the next person.]
And it was Stahn who introduced me to Vyse, and convinced me to join his organization, the Blue Rogues. Vyse said he was a Sky Pirate. Despite the title of "pirate," he actually was leading the only village defense organization at the time. I got to know him, and... he was a really trustworthy sort dedicated to keeping people safe. Stahn, as it happened, was the number two guy in the Blue Rogues.
...Vyse disappeared pretty early in my stay here. Stahn decided he wouldn't be leader material and well... he asked me to command the Blue Rogues in his stead.
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[Adell had been easily their group's leader and defending people was certainly his 'thing', so Rozalin was not surprised someone would ask him to lead such a thing.]
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[He pointed to the next one.]
That's Fatima. She was a Witch who used Darkness magic. She wasn't evil, though, despite what it may have sounded like. Actually, she was pretty interesting and had a different outlook on things, but she was definitely a good person and friend. Kinda serious and reserved at times, too. I think you would've liked her, actually.
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[She says this, faintly amused more in that there was a time Adell wouldn't have been able to stand having someone like that anywhere near him.]
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No, not really. But hell, it's not like a lot of women in the Netherworld are either.
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These people, though. I lived with them for a good while in one of the bigger houses in the village.
Mom was here for a good while. Strange, she showed up when I caught the flu. It's like she knew I had, and showed up to give me a lecture and then take care of me for awhile. Kind of funny, in retrospect. She also learned how to use magic while she was here. She was getting pretty good before she got sent back.
[He looks at the picture of the Scarlet family next.]
Funny story about them. At first I only knew her. [He pointed to the purple-haired woman in the picture.] Patchouli. She was a witch too, with a mastery of quite a bit of magic. Something about her screamed that she had a good heart, despite being something of a shut-in and not great at dealing with people. But we ended up being friends... and she was the one who convinced me to make reading a habit.
[Which would explain the bookshelf, anyway.]
Then, most of the rest of her own "family" showed up. See, she lived in a place called the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Ominous name, but... the people there ended up being like family. There's Koakuma, Patchouli's assistant... [He pointed to the red haired girl with wings coming from her head. She was clearly a succubus, but didn't carry any typical signs of the traits Adell disliked about them.] ...klutzy and harmless, but genuinely kind and caring. [He then pointed to the maid.] Sakuya, their maid, who could stop time and do chores while doing it. Made the best tea, too. [Then to the taller redhead.] Meiling, their gatekeeper, who was a great martial artist and as loyal as they came. [Then he pointed to the youngest girls, first the one with blonde hair, then the one with purple hair and red eyes.] And Flandre and Remilia Scarlet. Flandre was the younger sister, and Remilia was the head of the household. Remilia held herself with the bearings of a noblewoman but had quite a few quirks, and Flandre was more like a normal little girl, though she was still a bit... strange.
They were all youkai, which are kinda like us demons, from what I can understand. Well, except Sakuya, anyway. She was a human. Remilia and Flandre were both vampires, but... they took their blood in tea, weird as that sounds. But, sure as heck better than them going out and draining people, and Luceti provides for vampires anyway.
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[She remembers hearing that complaint several times when they were trying to find Zenon... ]
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[He smiled, with an odd bit of pride to it all, though he doesn't yet continue onto the other three pictures just yet.]
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[Cause... Oh Adell's mom.]
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Oh yes, she did. I think she was especially fond of Flandre and Sakuya.
[He moved onto the next one.]
That's Sylvia. She was a knight from her kingdom back home, and the best friend of her. [He points to Charlotte, but goes back to Sylvia.] She was a woman of few words. Didn't really like talking that much, but for just an ordinary human, she was extremely skilled with a sword. She was definitely a woman who spoke with her actions rather than her words. But she was always honorable, straightforward, and honest.
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...And that's Luka. Luka Megurine. She's... well, she was a Vocaloid, which is an artificially created being, meant for the purpose of singing songs composed by others. Basically, she was like an android or a robot. Though what made her strange was...
She was created with free will. In a sense, no different than you or I. The problem was she... wasn't really aware of it, and at first functioned like an android, needing a Master to follow orders from. Long story short, I became that person for her, but that was before I knew about her true artificial intelligence. I learned about it over time, and it was my job to help her realize her potential while still trying to arrange concerts and such for her.
[He shifted his weight back onto his heels, and slid his hands into his pockets. His voice got more serious and reflective as he did so.]
...To be honest, I wasn't very successful at either. Luka and I were very close, and we cared about each other a great deal, but... I kept making critical mistakes. Luka was a machine. She thought differently than you or I did, and I had a lot of trouble trying to communicate that she could think like us, make her own decisions and be independent if she wanted to be. Eventually, her AI started showing through, but she was terrified of accepting something that was beyond what her stated purpose was.
She thought she was broken. And I never was really able to convince her otherwise before she vanished.
[He loosened back up after that.]
...Still. Neither of us would've traded our time together for anything. Luka's the one that made me realize just how lucky I was to meet and befriend any of these people in the first place. She's the one who calculated the odds of these things happening being infinitely small... and with that in mind, it put a lot of things into perspective.
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...If only her heart would obey her head.]
What about her?
[She nodded hesitantly at the last girl, the words having slipped quietly from her mouth before she could stop herself. ]
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