yourhatred | thirteen crows (朱) action/voice

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[Itachi doesn't get drunk, not in any way that shows, anyhow. He's the sort of stoic, no-nonsense individual who never appears to be affected by anything, even when he is.

He hardly looks it now, as he makes his way back to his apartment, but the ever so slight unevenness in his footsteps might be a giveaway to some.

Once he's home, he opens up his journal and just stares at the pages for a while before speaking.]

Not everyone deserves a second opportunity. What right do the Malnosso have to say who does?

((ooc: Feel free to catch him on his way home.))

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If you mean the Malnosso, we had to escort to safety some during the last draft, or at least they were linked to the Malnosso if they wanted those saved.

[A pause.]

If you meant someone like they are, I've met plenty even before coming here.

[There aren't many ways to describe the Gods anyway. Not even Saori was free of fault, though she did change at least.]

Like them? You know this for a fact?

[He'll ask about those others soon enough.]

I do. I can't think of many differences between them.

And what were they in your world?

What they were? They were Gods, [Then again... Thinking about Julian and Saori...] or at least beings powerful enough to have attained a status that could only be labeled as divine.

[Depends on whether one really accepts the very existence of Gods or not. Personally, Ikki has never cared either way.]

Gods...

You speak of something all-powerful. Do you truly think their abilities are that limitless?

Gods aren't all-powerful, neither are her abilities limitless. They are just powerful enough so that it seems they are so to the average human. The Malnosso are far from being Gods, but they have placed themselves in a similar position, they claim control of our lives and existences, control over the land we stay in, they control everything in Luceti. How's that different from a God that claims to control the whole world?

It's all just a matter of them being difficult to reach, once you get there face to face with them is when you see that there's no such a thing as an eternal, all-powerful being that can't be brought down.

Is this something you've done - bringing down gods?

It can be considered that it's what I was born for. I wasn't alone, though, so I won't claim to have the power myself to bring down a God single handedly. But I'm not weak enough either to just be crushed by them.

You worked with a group formed for that purpose?

Exactly as you said it.

[They were born for it. They were made orphans for it. Even since before they were born, their destinies were already decided to be those facing against Gods and anything that tried to harm the world.]

You chose to do this?

I did, but it's not as if I had much choice in the matter as it was everything settled so we would make this choice. It was this or death.

Do you prefer what you chose?

I see no point in wondering what would have been better. It was my choice no matter if it was settled to be like that or not, so I'll follow it through the end no matter the cost or pain.

[It was what Esmeralda wished for too, what she asked from him with her last breath. They weren't words of love, or even words of forgiveness, they weren't words of compassion, just a mere wish, a belief she had deeper in her heart than he had it. That he was the Phoenix and that his flames would soar through the sky away from that hell, no matter what path he had to follow for it.]

...Has it cost you a good deal?

It has... It may have yet to cost me even more, but going back is impossible anyway and I would lose far more than I have already.

[He lost his childhood. He lost his own self, he regained some of it but even he knows that the boy he once was has long since died. He lost Esmeralda. He lost his pure and innocent brother, because no matter how pure Shun manages to stay, they are in a cruel world and in constant fighting, there's no way he hasn't lost part of himself. He lost his future and life, or maybe he never had them to begin with, since everything was settled for him to do what Mitsumasa Kido wanted them to do. But he still has things that he can lose, it's hard to say if he's glad for it or not.]

Sometimes there are no good choices, it's true.

[Itachi knows this just as well.]

...You said you met some of the Malnosso. Tell me about them.

There was nothing useful in them. They were weak and we had to escort them to the safe areas back in the last draft, because they were too stupid and helpless to reach there themselves. A few scientist types and people who seemed only linked to them by family ties. If they are an example of what those guys really are the only problem with them is just getting to where they are to get them.

Not everyone can be a fighter. It's possible they're bereft of their own.

That's true, but not every dangerous enemy has to be a fighter either. And sometimes the most dangerous ones aren't the strong ones but the smart ones. That said, back then the others were indeed more dangerous than the Malnosso that remained in the area.

If you consider the Malnosso a while group of beings, then some are bound to have more power than others.

[He's well aware that some of the most important voices in any society come from those who do very little of the actual fighting.]

That's true, and if it's an organization indeed we can expect it to be constructed in layers to ensure the strength of the group as a whole. Getting to them would only be the first step, but I'm confident in my strength in a physical fight no matter the opponent.

[The problem would be the intellectual part of the group in his case.]

And how would you suggest we do that first step of getting to them?

I'm not a strategic but a man of action. With the previous enemies I've faced we just took advantage of a counterattack or even were kindly invited to their lair, still had to fight our way up to them but we didn't have to search for them. The only enemy who hid from us was still easy to track down by following the energies of the soldiers they sent against us. I would say that managing to track down those droids that kidnap people could lead us somewhere but I've the feeling that the barrier may get in the way. And it seems that people are rendered helpless while they are kidnapped so we can't use that either.

[Maybe it would be different if Shiryuu was here, he was good at thinking. Or any of the Gold Saints, like Mü or Shaka. They would probably be able to see further than what Ikki can see.]

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