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[ this is quite the gender reveal party. honestly mizu get his ass.
anders is, uh, pretty aware of that kind of posture. he's hung out around fenris long enough to know a violently wound string is about to snap. he'll do his best to stay out of swinging range.
`Biggest city in the world is burning to the ground, as a blood sacrifice to your revenge.` Well. it's not like mizu had tried to hide it, the desire for revenge. but that ... is pretty familiar. ]
Mizu.
anders is, uh, pretty aware of that kind of posture. he's hung out around fenris long enough to know a violently wound string is about to snap. he'll do his best to stay out of swinging range.
`Biggest city in the world is burning to the ground, as a blood sacrifice to your revenge.` Well. it's not like mizu had tried to hide it, the desire for revenge. but that ... is pretty familiar. ]
Mizu.
[he may not be within swinging range, but he is still close enough to have a sword pointed his way when mizu whirls around to face him, sword drawn as a kneejerk reaction.
the memory loops again in the background, painting the maze in bright red and orange hues.]
Anders.
[congratulations, it's a girl! she has complicated feelings about gender and just burned down an entire city in order to get to you. oops. in the background, the maybe daddy of the year says little miss again — and mizu's grip on the sword tightens.]
... If you tell anyone else about what you just heard, I will kill you. And not even the angels will find your body.
[this does not sound like a joke.]
the memory loops again in the background, painting the maze in bright red and orange hues.]
Anders.
[congratulations, it's a girl! she has complicated feelings about gender and just burned down an entire city in order to get to you. oops. in the background, the maybe daddy of the year says little miss again — and mizu's grip on the sword tightens.]
... If you tell anyone else about what you just heard, I will kill you. And not even the angels will find your body.
[this does not sound like a joke.]
I'm already dead.
[ as always, he mostly just looks kind of offended a sword is being pointed at him instead of scared.
but look, he gets it. no one likes to be outed against their will especially when by your horrible maybe dad who seems exceptionally gross and then another white man dares to stomp his way in and have Opinions about it. ]
I'm not going to tell anyone. Who would I even tell? [ people dont GOSSIP with him. ] That's your business.
[ as always, he mostly just looks kind of offended a sword is being pointed at him instead of scared.
but look, he gets it. no one likes to be outed against their will especially when by your horrible maybe dad who seems exceptionally gross and then another white man dares to stomp his way in and have Opinions about it. ]
I'm not going to tell anyone. Who would I even tell? [ people dont GOSSIP with him. ] That's your business.
You could be dead and lost.
[anders... your GOSSIP... this is sad.
though, the near non-reaction does help. mizu huffs, some of that defensiveness seeping away from her posture with how flippant he's being over the whole thing. white men really do just keep happening to mizu, huh.]
Do you swear it?
[anders... your GOSSIP... this is sad.
though, the near non-reaction does help. mizu huffs, some of that defensiveness seeping away from her posture with how flippant he's being over the whole thing. white men really do just keep happening to mizu, huh.]
Do you swear it?
[ white men really do just keep freaking happening to to mizu. it's so unfair.
in return for her defensiveness slipping off, he'll get less flippant - more solemn. ]
I swear it. [ ... ] And he seemed like a bastard who had it coming.
in return for her defensiveness slipping off, he'll get less flippant - more solemn. ]
I swear it. [ ... ] And he seemed like a bastard who had it coming.
Ask God ... ?
[ this is not a joke, by the way. he says this in such a serious way. ]
You wanted revenge for your mother, then?
[ this is not a joke, by the way. he says this in such a serious way. ]
You wanted revenge for your mother, then?
[ welcome to the void. anders is glowering at his phone. ]
I can't make heads or tails of this ...
I can't make heads or tails of this ...
No. Seriously. You can send a message through the phone.
[ ITS A SERIOUS SUGGESTION. ]
Why are they hunting you down? Are you owed some inheritance? A title?
[ ITS A SERIOUS SUGGESTION. ]
Why are they hunting you down? Are you owed some inheritance? A title?
[ UGH. ]
I don't know what half of them mean. A purple monster? An echo?
I don't know what half of them mean. A purple monster? An echo?
There's three eyes? Perhaps it's referring to Eupha?
It seems specific doesn't it?
[ no this is definitely a reach. ]
[ no this is definitely a reach. ]
[?????]
You've done this before?
[is she going to have to learn how to text for god. help me.]
It's nothing like that. White men, like him, are banned from entering my country. It's been the law for decades now. His presence, and that of his partners, was tolerated only as long as they weren't seen. My very existence as one of their bastards is a threat to their business dealings.
You've done this before?
[is she going to have to learn how to text for god. help me.]
It's nothing like that. White men, like him, are banned from entering my country. It's been the law for decades now. His presence, and that of his partners, was tolerated only as long as they weren't seen. My very existence as one of their bastards is a threat to their business dealings.
A while now. It has not garnered a response as of yet. But I feel I'm close.
[ in this timeline! anyway. he does not necessarily get this exact type of racism but there's plenty of race allegories to make the context clear enough. mizu is a threat to someone making a profit, and therefore is a large problem. easy to unerstand - there's plenty of bastards in the world. ]
Oh. I see. So you were a mark of shame.
[ that's fine. he was too. actually. have mem. ]
[ in this timeline! anyway. he does not necessarily get this exact type of racism but there's plenty of race allegories to make the context clear enough. mizu is a threat to someone making a profit, and therefore is a large problem. easy to unerstand - there's plenty of bastards in the world. ]
Oh. I see. So you were a mark of shame.
[ that's fine. he was too. actually. have mem. ]
[ well we have a whole beautiful candy kingdom but anders today can actually be found in the hospital clinic, undoing the bandages from his hands to check on their progress. ]
You'd think it would be further along.
[ the emotion is. a big horrible wall of grief. sorry. ]
You'd think it would be further along.
[ the emotion is. a big horrible wall of grief. sorry. ]
Yes.
[ mizu is correct. it does not have a happy ending. ]
Eventually. He was made Tranquil, and used as bait to lure me into a trap in an attempt to capture me.
[ mizu is correct. it does not have a happy ending. ]
Eventually. He was made Tranquil, and used as bait to lure me into a trap in an attempt to capture me.
[ HE'S IN THE HOSPITAL. because he can't move fast enough to leave it.
it takes him a while to fully wake up - he won't be completely unconscious for very long, but he's extremely dazed and out of it for a while - there's a lot going on here, but most obviously are the gaping wound on his chest - more like an animal tried to take a bite out of him - and some scattered gunshot wounds. his arm is also deeply fucked, though it's hard to tell if it's broken or not. he's covered in bruising once the blood has been cleaned off.
and then finally, yes, the sunburst brand on his forehead, though that looks nice and healed over. :)
oh and the emotions? deeply bad. just awful.
eventually he'll start moving around enough that it's clear he's awake, if groggy. ]
it takes him a while to fully wake up - he won't be completely unconscious for very long, but he's extremely dazed and out of it for a while - there's a lot going on here, but most obviously are the gaping wound on his chest - more like an animal tried to take a bite out of him - and some scattered gunshot wounds. his arm is also deeply fucked, though it's hard to tell if it's broken or not. he's covered in bruising once the blood has been cleaned off.
and then finally, yes, the sunburst brand on his forehead, though that looks nice and healed over. :)
oh and the emotions? deeply bad. just awful.
eventually he'll start moving around enough that it's clear he's awake, if groggy. ]
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