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[sharktrash]

Who: MANTICORE and possibly you
What: catch-all for all your MANTICORE needs
When: april
Where: various (see toplevels)
Warnings: Squalo, will add as necessary

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Comments

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

...You got that at one of those weirdass specialty stores, didn't you.

[Jecht remains stubbornly, resolutely skeptical -- because the alternative has too much dark, disturbing possibility behind it to be considered.]

[snapcrackleburn]

No. I have no reason to lie to you. This is related to the visions and the other lives we've all been taken from.

I understand if you need further proof to be convinced. Name something here you know hasn't been tampered with and I'll use that as an example.

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

I ain't buyin' any of that vision stuff, let's lay down that law right here. Maybe you can do something freaky, what the hell do I know, but that... [Jecht shakes his head.]

[snapcrackleburn]

Why the hesitation to believe? Haven't you grown suspicious?

I hate to break it to you Jecht but I've already been informed of the truth. Between what I've learned about Santiago and the woman from my real home who came to find me I have no reason not to believe the visions I've seen are memories. I only know how to use alchemy because of what I've seen in visions.

It's as real as this table. Well. Chair. [ He pats the wooden "chair" with a couple thumps. ]

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

Maybe for you. Maybe you believe it. But I don't. [Jecht folds his arms, not even able to glare nor even to look at Roy directly.]

I'm human, damn it.

[snapcrackleburn]

...Is there a reason to consider the possibility you're not human?

[ Supposedly the labels had taken people of all kinds. Who knows what limits there are if any on what type of people had been targeted. ]

A fellow doesn't have to be human to be a person.

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

Trust me. Monsters are made in actions as well as deeds. And some people don't... even exist.

[snapcrackleburn]

[ Roy sits in the chair and leans forward, speaking in a low slow voice. ]

I haven't told anyone this but some of the memories that have returned to me have revealed terrible choices and terrible things that I've done with my power. I know monsters can be made. It turns out, I've been called one before.

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

Okay. And were ya the size of this building, traveling the world and destroying everyone you touch?

[Jecht's problems are on a literal other level from moral troubles and questionable choices.]

[snapcrackleburn]

[ He doesn't respond immediately. What a terrible memory. Jecht's denial is understandable even more now. ]

No. I was destroying entire buildings with a simple snap of my fingers. Burning civilians from my own nation where they stood. My commanders called me a hero but I was truly a monster.

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

...Shit. Ain't a picnic either, man. If you believe it.

[snapcrackleburn]

[ Roy nods his head in silence. ]

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Do you remember any loved ones who would be back in your world waiting for you?

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

There's no going back.

[The absolute finality in his voice says it all. Even if he went back to -- whatever is waiting there, his family's gone. Lost.]