soul_campaign | 001. Voice

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001. Voice | Jan 27, 4am

[Soft female voice. If she didn’t sound so amused, it’d be easy to tell she is incredibly pissed due to the current circumstances]

Do tell me, are you actually helping this world and its war? I am sure all of you are dying [she loves to use this word when addressing to humans] to go back to your little homes, however, it’s no where in the contract saying you’ll be returned once the war is over and won. It’s a promise, yes, but promises can be broken so easily, can they not?

Are we supposed to believe them? To trust them? [Demona doesn’t laugh, however she hums]

Hm~ tell me more about your war and the Witches.

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[He really probably shouldn't be having this argument in a stranger's entry, but Aion's got him worked up enough at this point that he's not at all rational.]

How does death solve any of our problems? Mary was the one good thing that happened for us in that entire mess and you couldn't wait even one day to try to come up with another solution? If Mary hadn't been there we all would've been killed, and you know that!

What it brings to me is that for once in my life I've made my own decision instead of following an order that I despise. If I can fix what I did to her--if I can save her than maybe I'll at least feel like I had a life worth living.

[The urge to snap at the idiot grows stronger the longer Chrono keeps up his pathetic whining, but he forces it down.]

Mary has come to us with the knowledge that it would end with you killing her. You heard her when she admitted it. [He takes a deep breath, apparently forcing himself to remain rational.] You weren't the only one who liked her, Chrono. All of us did. And she died the moment when she helped us to defeat that terminal and Pandaemonium invaded her head. It wasn't just for you and neither was it your fault nor your responsibility.

[Another deep breath because the idea that Chrono might have hated being by his side even before hurts him, as much as he hates to admit it. And as always, he rewards a blow with a blow.]

I insisted on making it quick because Pandeamonium had already hijacked her body when you and Shader ran into us that day. She talked to me through her, Chrono. You might enjoy making yourself the victim of this, but I am the one carrying the responsibility for Eden and the lives of all its inhabitants who decided to risk their lives trusting me. Hate me for it if you want, but sacrificing even more of us just because one of us is unhappy but never managed to open his mouth about it until it was way to late has never been an option to me.

Rizelle has lost everything beneath her waist. Gennai lost both his eyes and his arm. Viede was lucky, but those two are never going to heal. Mary-Magdalene sacrificed herself by saving us, letting Pandeamonium infest her mind and body! Yet you are here, yapping at me at how I'm rushing things and never read your mind! You know what Pandaemonium is capable of and how far Mary's powers reach. You know what it can do with them! And yet you selfishly forced her to keep living in that state, dragging her with you from city to city, helping to spread the disease. Does Pandeamonium have to reach the world of humans that we escaped into as well to make you happy? Is that the prize you are willing to pay in order to 'make your own choice' and to atone for a sin nobody but you yourself have ever blamed you for?!

I love you brother, but I can't be on your side about this one. Fear might have rushed my hand, but your decision was selfish and arrogant.

[He takes a deep breath and makes a gesture as if to show that they'll cut this argument off. His voice is cold, full of authority and still very, dangerously calm.]

Enough of this, Chrono. We aren't going to agree so we might as well end this discussion here.

The real reason I contacted you is because I was curious if you met the maker of this post before. [Since he had followed a bit of their conversation and had noticed a certain amount of familiarity from his brother's words.]

[Chrono's seething--partially because he has to admit that Aion might be right about a lot of things, and he HATES thinking that he might have made things even worse--but he doesn't say anything more about the argument. When he responds, his voice is as cold as Aion's and almost monotone, partially in an attempt to not let Aion know that he actually got to him.]

She's one of the guests I saw when I volunteered on the tour.

[Ironically, the use of such a voice gives him just as much away to somebody who knows him as intimately as Aion as if he would have just started to scream.

Aion is done provoking him, though. Chrono had went too far baring his fangs against him and had received a backlash for it that he was sure his brother won't forget anytime soon. He has no reason to attack his pride any further.

His tone remains calm and business-like when he continues, but most of the anger in it has vanished. He would never admit it, but there is a part of Aion that wishes that Chrono would more often be like and show him his strong side. He likes the predator way more than the hurt hatchling.]

Is there any reason to assume that she's an enemy?

No, not at all. She was moody but that's to be expected.

[There's a pause, and then Chrono sends another message, sounding a liiittle more flustered than he did before.]

...I just realized this entire conversation is public.

Really. [Yep, that's the standard 'brother, I like you but sometimes you're a giant idiot'-tone of voice. Why do you think he keeps deliberately using their mother tongue the whole time? Certainly not because the strange mixture of hisses, growls, ancient dead languages and alien noises is easy to understand for any curious ears.]

Is that so? She asks some interesting questions.

Eh, well--I wasn't--[He's only now even aware that he IS speaking in their native language. He'd responded in kind to Aion so automatically that he wasn't even thinking of it.] Tch...

Mm. That's one way to put it.

[Honestly, sometimes Aion can't help but think that there are beings that are just too strong to get themselves killed by being clueless and that Chrono has to be one of them. It's hard to keep in mind how good of a warrior the other demon is when he keeps acting like that outside of battles.]

How would you call it?

Ah, well..."She has trust issues?" [As soon as he says that out loud, he winces.] Geez, that's rude to say behind her back like this, isn't it?

Actually it's more like 'in front of her' than 'behind her back', but otherwise you are right. We are probably being rude. But I wanted to use the chance to speak with you without risking that you'd hang up on me right away.

[And that observation is very interesting.]

She certainly seems to be the careful type. I wonder if I should try and recruit her.

[under his breath] I wouldn't hang up on you right away unless you gave me a reason to...

[Then he raises an eyebrow.] "Recruit" her?

I think that's what I said. [and his tone is right back to a mixture between sly and teasing.]

[In a "you know what I meant!" tone.] Recruit her for what?

Now, that's nothing for you to worry about anymore, is it? We do not share any same groups anymore, after all.

[In a "catch me if you can" tone right back.]

We're on the same side in a war! That doesn't count as "sharing" a group? We even have the same Queen-damned weapon form!

No, I'm pretty much sure that that only counts as us both wanting to survive. I never agreed to join any sides of this war.

[Dodging the detail with the identical weapon forms? Of course not!]

You're in that "Watch" group, aren't you? And I doubt Takuto wants to fight for the witches.

So? I make my own decisions.

[Silly Chrono, you should know better than to assume that he'd willingly order himself into any kind of system again.]

[siiiigh] That's not how being part of a team works. I'm pretty sure you know that.

Just as well as you, I'd say. Responsibility comes from both sides, Chrono. I am well aware of that.

Geez. You're even more aggravating than normal today...

I am? Funny that, I wasn't even trying to be.

Anyway, thanks for the information.

[As short and distant as he can manage while still being polite.] Didn't think you were. You're welcome.

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