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@DONQUIXOT3, video
[ yes it has been some days. yes this is not the first time she's spoken to the network at large. this time, however, she is showing her face and standing quite proudly this morning in front of a parking lot. cars, empty of gas but otherwise whole, scatter the background. ]
Good morn, dear fellows! I have come to thee today to ask a favor, to grant thee an honor, and help this young knight with a missive most important to all!
[ a beat. she swings into frame an umbrella, popping open the apple printed "lance" with a laugh before closing it as she continues, easy-going like she isn't going to be talking about what she is.
unbeknownst to most, don quixote needs this. ]
Thou may have seen some days ago an anonymous message regarding murder. Well! I am here now, asking thee to assist me with something like it -- nay, the exact same! I would like to see for myself, and as proof of the effects for others, what happens when one dies.
I shall not fight thee, unless thou shall wish for it for I am most happy to oblige, and I shall take only one volunteer. Whomever has the daring, the will, and the capacity to kill, I ask that thee throw thy hand up and seek to claim my life! My dear friends need not apply, for I shall reject thee post-haste!
[ she is NOT letting a fellow sinner do it. not her coworkers. she's been fussed at and she's going to be fussed at again. she might let one of the other city-dwellers do it, given they're both fixers (or formerly) but not her coworkers, war vet be damned.
gregor couldn't do it the other time, after all. ]
However, allow me to lay bare the possibilities of what may happen to thee should thou take it upon thyself to do so.
There is a chance thou may forget that which is most precious to thee, that thou will forget the moment of my death itself, and face... certain difficulties in speaking about it. [ she doesn't know if kromer mentioned that, but it's something regardless. ] I may suffer the same. The goal of this is to learn if it is the victim who forgets, if it is the murderer who doth, or if both have it struck from their mind; the secondary goal, a more personal one, is to learn if both may suffer from the others I have mentioned.
... I understand it is difficult to think of killing another, but I can assure thee, such a thing comes up frequently in my work. We are ever prepared to do so, and to die just as well!
[ helps they don't stay dead but she's not. gonna. say that. it might be odd to wonder what effects who in this case, but. well. a lady keeps her secrets. ]
Any who wish to act as witness may attend as well, for we will have need of thee. I thank thee heartily for thy time and thy consideration on the matter.
[ a small bow, hand to her chest and umbrella tucked behind her, and that's that. ]
Good morn, dear fellows! I have come to thee today to ask a favor, to grant thee an honor, and help this young knight with a missive most important to all!
[ a beat. she swings into frame an umbrella, popping open the apple printed "lance" with a laugh before closing it as she continues, easy-going like she isn't going to be talking about what she is.
unbeknownst to most, don quixote needs this. ]
Thou may have seen some days ago an anonymous message regarding murder. Well! I am here now, asking thee to assist me with something like it -- nay, the exact same! I would like to see for myself, and as proof of the effects for others, what happens when one dies.
I shall not fight thee, unless thou shall wish for it for I am most happy to oblige, and I shall take only one volunteer. Whomever has the daring, the will, and the capacity to kill, I ask that thee throw thy hand up and seek to claim my life! My dear friends need not apply, for I shall reject thee post-haste!
[ she is NOT letting a fellow sinner do it. not her coworkers. she's been fussed at and she's going to be fussed at again. she might let one of the other city-dwellers do it, given they're both fixers (or formerly) but not her coworkers, war vet be damned.
gregor couldn't do it the other time, after all. ]
However, allow me to lay bare the possibilities of what may happen to thee should thou take it upon thyself to do so.
There is a chance thou may forget that which is most precious to thee, that thou will forget the moment of my death itself, and face... certain difficulties in speaking about it. [ she doesn't know if kromer mentioned that, but it's something regardless. ] I may suffer the same. The goal of this is to learn if it is the victim who forgets, if it is the murderer who doth, or if both have it struck from their mind; the secondary goal, a more personal one, is to learn if both may suffer from the others I have mentioned.
... I understand it is difficult to think of killing another, but I can assure thee, such a thing comes up frequently in my work. We are ever prepared to do so, and to die just as well!
[ helps they don't stay dead but she's not. gonna. say that. it might be odd to wonder what effects who in this case, but. well. a lady keeps her secrets. ]
Any who wish to act as witness may attend as well, for we will have need of thee. I thank thee heartily for thy time and thy consideration on the matter.
[ a small bow, hand to her chest and umbrella tucked behind her, and that's that. ]
un. dimitri / voice.
Notwithstanding the ridiculousness of a knight asking for volunteers to turn into murderers, nothing about your stated goal is important enough to warrant the sentence. Please reconsider.
[ he says please but like, not in a nice way, in like, a demanding way. ]
no subject
[ she'll cut to the point. does it matter to him if she dies? ]
no subject
This achieves nothing but pain, in which both parties are going to be privy to suffering for the sake of this morbid fascination with death.
[ how frustrating that she will continue. it's obscene to dimitri that this is even an option. ]
no subject
It is fine. I myself am no stranger to pain, and mine opponent seems quite fine with it as well. I thank thee for thy concern, but the value I have in myself is far higher than thee would assume! It is because of the City I hail from that I am so carefree, [ and because of her circumstance as an employee, ] so do not think that I value myself so little.
[ even if she'll throw herself into a blast to protect her allies with no hesitation whatsoever ]
no subject
This is a selfish endeavour. It's hardly worth spending your time here finding out the intricacies of death in another world. Again, I ask you to reconsider.
[ it's not fine! he doesn't like it. ]
no subject
he really hit the nail on the head, but she doesn't show it past the widening of her eyes, just a bit. ]
... I shall not reconsider. [ firmer. ] If thee speak of knighthood, then surely thou must understand that once the gauntlet is thrown it does not matter who would wish a ceasefire -- it begs the pride of a knight to see it through without turning tail. I am certain in what I am doing and whom I am doing it for, so that another may not try it in my place nor use it as an excuse for inexcusable acts.
[ it's safer for all if one takes the fall. if one person decides to prove whatever may need to be proven, that way it's said and done and there's no need for anyone else to do so -- unless it be their own desire, which in turn makes them a villain worth putting down.
don quixote is not without logic, mad as she is. ]
Do thee not see the merit in it? None at all? It matters not to me if thee do or not, but I shall not allow such an insult to pass thy lips again!
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I would rather see a knight choose to withdraw the proverbial gauntlet, with the understanding that this is nothing but a desire to placate one's selfishness and one's ego. That is the right thing to do. People who wish to hurt others will do so without heed of your so-called sacrifice. As a knight, encouraging others to participate in needless suffering is the last thing you ought to be doing.
Once again: if it is insulting to demand that you reconsider, perhaps reflect on why such a demand would be deemed insulting by a knight as yourself. Your mentors have failed you, and I am sorry to say that. I truly am.
no subject
[ don quixote draws herself up further, flourishing the umbrella--
and gently taps to end the conversation. ]