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[departed_child_of_gods]

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*It takes a bit, but she finally gets a hang of this new artifact. Useful. She supposes.*

To the mortals out there: Do not think that my fighting by your side means that I am in any way interested in becoming "friends." I am no longer human, and I see no reason to become attached to them anymore. That you are catching me in a time of my life where my resentment no longer burns as it once did is fortunate on your part, not mine. I fight for one reason and one reason only: to preserve the world my Prince Shoutoku resides in. I have no interest in anything else.

I am Soga no Tojiko. We work together in this fight. That is all.

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[gorgeous_gorgon]

[Rider is not impressed. And imagine she's wearing glasses and a sweater.]

And what do you have to say about the non-humans here?

[departed_child_of_gods]

I do not have an opinion one way or another. My Prince does not care much for youkai, and my rival even less so, but being as I am one myself I find myself indifferent.

[gorgeous_gorgon]

That only accounts for youkai. There are other kinds of non-humans out there.

[departed_child_of_gods]

As I said. My resentment burns only for humans. It is my nature as a bourei. As for others, if they do not bother me, I will not bother them.

[gorgeous_gorgon]

And yet you chose to defend a human city. How ironic.

[departed_child_of_gods]

I am aware of the irony, yes. This is a strategic move. If this place is truly the last vanguard between these foes and a full invasion of my own world, then I am obligated by my duty to my lord to defend it. I do not understand even why they would not have picked HER for the task; she -- and even my rival -- care more for humanity than I do. But I suppose I won't question it.

[gorgeous_gorgon]

Clearly they saw something in you that they did not in your master. What that is...I suspect you will have to learn that yourself.

[departed_child_of_gods]

If you say so. It cannot be power, I know as certain as that.

[oforder]

Mortals?

[ Wilhelm is seated in a dark room, most of the light coming only from a dimly-lit oil lamp, and green light coming from the green cube in between two rotating circles placed on the center of Wilhelm's desk. ]

You believe that the ability to die is all that separates humanity from inhumanity?

[departed_child_of_gods]

I believe being alive creates the separation. Or at least differentiates the barrier between them and I.

[oforder]

Death has a strange way of changing an outlook on the universe, doesn't it? To die, to sleep; to sleep, perchance, to dream.

[ Quoting Hamlet. One of Wilhelm's favorite plays. ]

You remind me very much of a man I saved from death's door. In the end, he rejected his wish for death, and instead accepted an offer to transcend mortality itself, to serve a greater cause.

[departed_child_of_gods]

*She might appreciate the poetry if she hadn't died several hundred years before Shakespeare was a glint in his mama's eye. Not that she was much of a poet even BEFORE then.*

To be perfectly fair, I did not exactly... anticipate this form. (Stupid Mononobe.) I have found, however, that it suits my purposes better than any mortal form anyway.

[oforder]

I can see why it might be useful.

[ Looking like an innocent little kid definitely helped Abel and the URTVs. ]

Tell me. How did you acquire this form?

[departed_child_of_gods]

I was INTENDED to ressurrect as a shikaisen along with my lord and my... companion, if you will. However, some FOOL decided it would be amusing to replace the object I was to incarnate into with something that would degrade. And since Buddhism pettily decided my interactions with my rival denied me the right of reincarnation, I found myself in this form instead, denied access to the cycle of reincarnation entirely.

I suppose I should thank her for her little prank, honestly.

[oforder]

[ As she talks, Wilhelm slowly leans forward in his seat, folding his hands on his desk, clearly fascinated. ]

Perhaps I wasn't wrong to come to this place after all.

[ Wilhelm mused quietly. ]

Such a fascinated variety of characters, on such a brilliantly decorated stage.

[departed_child_of_gods]

It is... a unique mix, yes. And no doubt it will only get more diverse as time goes on. I just hope the judgement of the valkyries is sound.

[oforder]

If it isn't, I will be one of the first to know.