[25 // video // 13 September]

[want_the_world]

[Mello hardly ever uses video, but he's rather proud that he came out of a battle with a Witch with only minor injuries to show for it: the bandages on both his forearms are the extent of the damage.

Near was slightly more worse for the wear, but he is the one who had to consume a Witch soul. Now he's awake and on the mend, and though Mello hasn't yet left his clinic bedside (the IV stand and bed railing, but not Near, are clearly visible behind Mello), there are public service announcements to be got out of the way.]

Yesterday, my partner and I defeated the Witch Isabella, and became the newest Death Scythe pair.

[He permits himself the closest to a real smile most people are ever likely to see from him, which skews slightly wicked before he speaks again.]

We might have broken the Grand Canyon a bit in the process. Sorry.

Comments

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[vintage_magic]

Playing god? I take it he was killing folks then.

But you mentioned your world was at war. Surely there was more to it than just this one person. Unless those shinigami were also your enemies.

My powers came from a continuum of good and evil. So while a few might choose to use their powers for ill, it certainly wasn't all of us. [Which is part of why she's bothered by the war on witches here.]

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[want_the_world]

That's exactly what he was doing. He started with criminals, but when you stumble into that much power, your whole life eventually becomes about keeping it. I was one of the few people trying to stop him. Most of the others were too stupid to realize a war was even happening, much less that if he won, they'd all be little more than his slaves.

[It still makes him angry, always will, even though the good guys won and he's left that world forever.]

The witches here are more of a united front. I've only heard of one being willing to help humans and Shibusen.

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[vintage_magic]

That's exactly the type of thing my grandmother warned me against, believing you're in charge because of your powers. [Graciela had called it "god syndrome."] And even with criminals, it's not right.

But this doesn't exactly sound like a typical war if it was going unnoticed by most folks. Just how many people did he kill?

I reckon most wouldn't want to if their kind was always being hunted down. That would encourage them to hide rather than help.