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05 ✪ backdated to April 4th ✪ video

[For anyone that happens to know Kotetsu, you might be a little surprised at the serious, almost stern features on his face. He almost looks as if he has something dire and important to say, and in fact, he does. He opens his mouth-- and then closes it, his eyes going wide slightly, and he stares down at his feet as if trying to recall what he was going to say.

Damn it, public speaking wasn't ever his strong point, but Barnaby had taken care of the first message relating to this subject so it was only fair that he'd handle it this time around. Finally, with an assured nod, he lifts his head up.]

Okay, I'd like to have everyone's attention please! I know a lot of people probably know more than enough about those killings going around, and if you haven't, get outta that rock and read yourself a newspaper. It's good for you. I'm not sure how many of you remember the message someone named Barnaby gave about this "serial killer" in the area, but it's related to that.

[Kotetsu takes a deep breath and removes his hat, his expression going serious again.]

They're calling the guy that everyone is looking for "The Crim Cutter". But that's not his name. His name is Lunatic. He's from my world, and from the looks of it, he's now in Death City. Back home, he was famous for going after criminals and giving them his own brand of justice, and that was by killing them. No one knows what he really looks like because he wears a mask and an outfit, and no one knows how to catch him. Not yet at least. He's never gone after regular, innocent people though, so there isn't too much to worry about. Still, he's dangerous, and he shouldn't be here. We can't let him stay loose for long.

...some people might think that he's not that bad of a problem because he goes after criminals, people who you think deserves this sort of thing, but that's not true. It's a lie. No matter who he goes after and why, he's killing people, and no matter what, that sort of thing can't be forgiven. You don't get any kind of justice with murder. It's not right!

[He doesn't realize the tightened hold he has on his mirror or the raised tone in his voice until he hears it slightly echo in the room he's in, and Kotetsu jolts slightly, surprised at his own outburst. Calming down, he rubs at the back of his neck and continues.]

Ah, so, if anyone has any questions, don't hesitate to ask me or my partner. --oh, my name's Kotetsu. My partner's Barnaby. We've dealt with this guy a lot longer than Death City has now so hopefully, we can help out in catching Lunatic and getting this all to stop as soon as possible, because trust me, he's not gonna stop for anything.

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And yet the Kishin Eggs that you destroy and consume are humans that have killed innocent people. You do not condemn yourself or the Weapons of this city who go out and do the exact same thing.

There is no difference in what this 'Lunatic' you speak of, and the Weapons and Meisters of this very world. All the difference that I can see is that this individual is intelligent enough to discover those who prey on the weak and pathetic before they fall into the ultimate darkness.

[Oh yes, he's definitely enjoying this... all of it. Not that he cares what others think. Just seeing this pathetic man squirm was enough to bring him almost the feel of ultimate dark pleasure. It has been far too long.]

[He really absolutely hates this. Kotetsu hated being reminded of the doubts and worries he'd had the first time he had ended up in Death City and had been told exactly what he was meant to do, the efforts he'd have to got through in order to help with this supposed "war", and yet over all the time Kotetsu had spent here, he had simply told himself again and again that the Kishin Eggs were nothing like human beings, even if they were the result of lost lives.

They were different, they weren't people, they were corrupted souls. Those weren't people, that was something else entirely, he never did anything wrong with fighting against them. That wasn't killing, that was... that made him nothing like Lunatic, and nothing Lunatic did was intelligent in any way.] Those things aren't people though! You-- You're not listening to me! That's not how it is!

The Kishin Eggs take lives for nothing but selfish reasons, and then they turn into... into those things! And they're nothing like people! What they do is exactly what Lunatic does! He doesn't have any right to strike down people, no matter what sort of crimes they've done! You can't just take the law into your own hands like that, it's wrong! He thinks he's saving people that way but he's not, he's just causing more pain!

Oh~? I'm the one who isn't listening? I believe that it is you who is walking through life deluding yourself with lies.

And what do you believe the criminals of this world are doing, hmm? Why do they take lives if not for their own selfish and twisted reasons? Kishin Eggs may be the creature that we're fighting, but they are very much as human as most of the people in this city. Some could say, that the Kishin Eggs are a perfect representation of the human race, and the monster they truly are deep down beneath the surface.

You speak of justice, the law, and right and wrong, and yet you are no different than this man you speak of. He kills. You kill. Anyone who fights here in this war does. You're taking the laws right into your own hands here in this world as well every time you strip the life of a Kishin Egg. Wars is the term given to allow those who fight in them a reason to justify their differing opinions when all they are doing are genocide. If somebody doesn't agree with your opinion, what better way to answer that disagreement other than to wipe out any last trace of it. To prove your point through a show of strength.

By what you're saying, am I to understand that you find it acceptable that the murderers and criminals that this Lunatic destroys are better off continuing with their work against the innocent people of this world? If you are, then why are we fighting this war at all? By your flawed logic, nobody should be fighting since every time somebody does, they are taking the life of a human. Yet you do, and you turn a blind eye to the actions you yourself take and those fighting in this war.

You cannot have such double standards, little parasite. Pain is so subjective. Do you think the families of those murdered victims, the parents of that child, are in more or less pain now that the one who took the life of their loved one is gone?

The human race has always been arrogant, and yet so close-minded as well. This is something you have proven well beyond a point.

[The words are sort of like a loud gust of wind that blows past Kotetsu so hard he thinks it might knock him off his feet. His fingers grip tightly at the mirror in his hands, and he can't remember having ever been this angry in a long time, doesn't even know that he's yelling.]

Don't you dare act like you know what kind of person I am! You don't know anything about me! You don't...!

[He doesn't want to hear it, and he tries so hard to not drop his mirror and simply slap his hands over his ears so he can block it all out, because he's wrong, everything he's saying is wrong, even if a part of him that is somewhat listening can actually make sense of it but no, none of it is true, it can't be true. He's never killed anyone and he'd never kill anyone, would never intentionally wish for someone's life to end, think they were better off no longer existing because of a few mistakes they made in their life. No one deserved death as a punishment, no one deserved that sort of thing and he'd never wish it upon anyone and yet he'd done so many things in Death City that he didn't think he was capable of but that was different it was all different he was nothing like Lunatic he'd never be like Lunatic it was all different he wasn't a murderer. He's a hero, he protects people, he saves people, he's a hero he's a hero he's not a murderer he's never killed anyone he's never done anything wrong nothing he's done is wrong stop telling him these things just stop stop stop stop please stop ]

[It's at this point that Barnaby steps in. While he doesn't look completely pleased, he's quick to turn the conversation.]

The situation is rather different when it comes to Kishin Eggs, unfortunately. [He's so glad he went to Spirit about this.] While I imagine it's possible for a Kishin Egg to reform, there's no safe place to keep one that doesn't risk endangering not only the school's population but the city as a whole. One Kishin Egg can do a lot of damage, and it drifts away from being a recognizable human.

When it comes to normal criminals, however, the resources to hold them safely until reforming them are readily available, so attacking them, especially when they're not attacking anyone, is unnecessary. When a prison is created for Kishin Eggs that doesn't risk other lives, then I can imagine that they'll have us just capture and arrest them. But until then... The situations just differ too much. I'm sure keeping them alive would have been the better option, but it's not the most plausible at the moment.

[The silken smile on his lips tells Kotetsu more than any words would say: that he's an easy fool to read even without putting in any form of effort.

Then the communicator is taken and a new face enters the screen.]

If distinctions like that help you sleep at night, then who am I to destroy your delusions, hmm?

The prison system is an amazing creation - a mystical place in the world where criminals magically enter into and return from it repenting their crimes and sins. You are a fool if you think incarceration will magically reform all those locked away.

Your world mustn't have any criminals... oh wait... wasn't this announcement warning the people of this city of the fact that there is one going around removing criminals from your streets?

Although, going by what you say, criminals shouldn't be dealt with until they're 'caught in the act'. So you believe that it is fine for them to continue to be a threat towards society until a figure of authority catches sight of their criminal activity?

Besides, you are a fool to think that if walls could ever imprison a kishin egg, that the fighters of this world would lock them away. Why should they when their very souls are needed in order to win this war?

Now you're just misconstruing everything I've just said. I'm not sure why you feel the need to argue you on any of these points, but let me clarify where you're mistaken:

First, neither of us said prisons were magical reformation institutions to return repented criminals on the streets. To my knowledge, depending on the prison, most of them are better for keeping the criminals from remaining in public. That way, they're kept out of normal human interaction. When it comes to the witches, Shibusen doesn't have a place to hold them - it would endanger most of the students to even think of creating a prison in the school.

And second, I never once said we should leave criminals until they're caught. Once they've committed a crime, they should be caught. However, in Lunatic's case, we've been trying to catch him for weeks now; we only just identified him as the criminal from our world. That doesn't mean we were just letting him roam free, we just had nothing to go on. Don't mistake that as us wishing to let him roam the streets, seeing as that is the last on our mind.

[He takes a deep breath, and his calmness is nearly gone. He's doing his best to keep his temper down... it's just not working as well as he would have hoped.]

I deal with criminal every day in my world. While I'm not the expert, and I certainly wouldn't think like one, I'm not taking it lightly when I say that a murderer, whether of criminals or normal citizens, is still a murderer. It's still a crime, and they still need to be removed from our streets.

Aaa but you did say that prisons were there to safely hold those dangerous criminals until they've reformed. Unless, of course, you're going back on your word now, hmm? You speak words and attempt to come across with such solid reasoning, but you look at the world in such a stark form of black and white.

[There's a chuckle when Barnaby once again retracts what he'd said moments ago. Sephiroth's certainly having far too much fun here.]

Perhaps, but you did say that those around them should remain inactive unless the criminals in question are actively involved in a crime. Unless that also was another verbal misstep on your part. My my, your logic seems to be gaining more holes in it with every passing moment.

Such idealistic nonsense, little parasite. The world is a far cry from the fantasy you've deluded yourself with. If murder is a crime, then all who fight within this war is guilty of it and should be sentenced to jail. Unless you find taking the life of someone under the guise of a war is acceptable?

It's funny, isn't it, what humans say and do in order to justify their own actions. They are, perhaps, the cruellest of species out there, and yet they are filled with such a superiority complex that they feel that everything they think and believe in is the right way where every other thought is completely wrong. What happens to those that disagree with them, hmm? I believe that you're intelligent enough to figure that much out.

If murder is murder, as you say, then you should be looking at yourself in the mirror and condemning yourself as a criminal by your very logic.

The world is only as black and white as we can reason it, but it's that grey area that we're always muddling through that concerns me. That's the part you're arguing.

I still disagree with the idea that a Kishin Egg remains human. Unless it reverts back to any sort of human for or thought, it's nothing short of a beast that cannot be contained.

And wars are a different situation. I don't agree with them either but they've become something more accepted. In my world, we don't fight wars, not anymore. But honestly, I don't see why this is even an issue. Our issue isn't combat here.

Why are you so interested in trying to argue this point?

You cannot ignore the gray area merely because it's 'inconvenient' for most humans live within that aspect.

Heh, you've not much experience with them then, hmm? [There's a definite silky edge to Sephiroth's voice. Barnaby will get quite the shock when he comes face-to-face with some of the more human-like kishin eggs around, and he would take great joy in seeing just how the 'hero' would respond.]

Wars are only different because they're labelled differently. Taking a life is still the same, regardless of what you all attempt to foolishly comfort yourselves with in order to help you sleep better at night. No, our 'issue' here is one over death. You are the one who has foolishly linked it to combat.

Because I find it interesting how humans segregate themselves from life.

I never said I was ignoring that grey area. I merely stated that it was where most of the arguments lie, and where our own argument begins.

[There's a long pause at that second remark. The tone just reflects the fact that there's something Sephiroth knows that he doesn't - and it's that something that bothers him.] I'll admit that I haven't, but it isn't going to change my viewpoint. Arguing the different 'labels' is all we have to go by. Things are labeled due to purpose and identity, and this argument could branch down many other angles outside of Kishin Eggs versus humans. It could be used to claim that it's not good to eat animals because they were once living - death brings them so. The only difference is we're not combating most animals. But we are encountering the Kishin Eggs in fights, so I don't see why we would pull it out of that circumstance.

[But even as he says this, Barnaby looks certainly uncomfortable with the idea of continuing this discussion. Sephiroth has definitely introduced a new perspective - and it's not one he likes.]

Heh, and just what are humans and kishin eggs? If we take away all of their arrogance and sense of self-importance?

Even without that so-called arrogance and self-importance, a Kishin Egg is no longer a human.

[There's a small puff of amusement from Sephiroth's end. Oh he noticed Barnaby's purposeful ignoring of his question.]

Humans. They're always the same. So full of arrogance and self-importance.

[Barnaby's eyes narrowed.] There's no convincing you otherwise. You're too clouded by thinking your own foolish, incorrect beliefs. You're hopeless.

[Barnaby's reply rewarded him with an amused chuckle. Oh how much Barnaby is proving Sephiroth's point in the ex-General's mind.]

Clouded, you say? Perhaps I was once. Blinded by the innocence that had once obscured my world. I understand human nature far too well, for I was created and born from their arrogance, their curiosity, and their hunger and thirst for power.

I see the world, the universe, for what it is. But fear not, there are those of us here who do what needs to be done so that parasites like yourself can continue to live in their sheltered worlds.

You can keep your delusions to yourself and I'll continue living in reality.

[A smirk followed Barnaby's answer, but Sephiroth didn't bother wasting any more of his breath. He knew the truth, even if this parasite wanted to remain in the shadows from it. So he simply disconnected the feed between them instead, leaving the hero with nothing but that smug arrogance in his wake.]

A word of warning: You two are discussing morals with a man who tried to destroy an entire planet and its populous to gain godhood. He planned to absorb the entire life energy of the planet to do that, so... he's technically tried to eat souls before. He was raised for war; right and wrong doesn't always play a strong factor beyond survival.

[Too bad that by the time Kotetsu is even relatively calm enough to speak to anyone, he has no intention of checking this message just yet, let alone respond to it. It's at least a good warning to have, even if it's... kinda too late at this point.]

Thank you for the warning.

Unfortunately, it does neutralize my wishes to continue trying to argue this matter. [But he figures he should finish what he started. Despite the fact that he really doesn't like this crazy guy anymore.]

Argue at your own risk. He's pig-headed and likes to play with words. I'll punch him if he gets too bad.

It's alright; I doubt any violence is needed. However, I may refrain from responses or cutting the conversation short if this gets out of hand.

I do have a question for you, though: do you know him from your world?

It seems like the best policy if he gets out of hand. Most people just try to argue with him to no avail. Yes, he's from my world. He's a beast to fight, physically, mentally and emotionally when he wants to be a jerk. Any other questions?

I can certainly see why. It's almost human nature to fight, whether it's necessary or not. [Although Barnaby's starting to doubt the 'human' part of this new individual.]

I think that's all I needed to know. It's... rather unfortunate that this is occurring, but it's common.

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[Video] ....I so shouldn't want these two to log... but I totally do T3T

[Video] that would be the worst log ever... YOU ENABLE SUCH HORRIBLE THINGS.

[Video] By worst, you mean best ;D

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