Video;

[satsujinki]

[Standing in the rain, Shiki stood in front of a ruined castle. His communicator was soaked, the audio a little distorted and the video a little blurry. Not minding this at all, he could be heard walking under a little bit of cover, just to get out of the rain. The steam from his breaths could be seen and his voice sounded somewhat hoarse, as if he'd just been screaming for awhile.]

I wonder. If I killed enough soldiers, would I get sent back? How much would I have to kill for these people for the world to decide my ticket here is up?

Maybe if I volunteered for a lobotomy, I'd be able to work with this.

[Shiki fell onto his backside, setting his comm down and watched the ruins awhile longer.]

Comments

video;

[satsujinki]

Would you relax? I understand you wanting someone else to not give up on things, but how could you even hope to fix this or even reason it out?

That's too ridiculous for one person.

voice;

[timehalt]

I'm sorry! I didn't mean--

...I just wanted to help.

video;

[satsujinki]

So? Wanting to help doesn't mean you'll be able to. I want to do a lot of things.

Because of where I am and what year it is, I can't.

voice;

[timehalt]

I know that! But--[Gosh, what can she say against this?]--I still want to try. And-and trying is better than not doing anything!

[This is what we call progress! Even if the this guy has no idea how much it means for her to say that.]

video;

[satsujinki]

What you want conflicts with how we're supposed to 'save the world', according to our beneficiaries. Suppose someone fights their best when they have a certain condition met and that condition boosts their survival rate.

[He wouldn't even bother mulling this over a few years ago. Had it not been for his need to essentially hunt down borderline impossible to pin vampires, he wouldn't have even considered battle-field logic.]

Regardless of that condition, shouldn't it be considered? You don't get that my conditions for victory are most likely ones you would consider horrendous.

voice;

[timehalt]

Well--yes, I don't know what you'd do, but--but you do have to do that in order to help. I mean, if you don't want to fight because of those reasons, I'm sure you can find something else. If you still want to help, that is.