CCCXXVII.

[dark_butler]

Boring. All you people caught in your might have beens. I think the most boring part of this City is the peace. Yes, the peace.

There is so much complaint of the violence and the curses, but there is no actual war. Just the tastes that Millennium so kindly gives you to remind you that your peace is fleeting. In the end, what remains is blood and

Comments

[banditfox]

I've seen nothing here to merit the effort required for so much as a skirmish.

[dark_butler]

With the curses, war could last two days at most before being interrupted by some childish foolery.

[banditfox]

How do you alleviate the tedium?

[dark_butler]

I have to divert myself with more one-on-one encounters.

[banditfox]

Are you certain you're worth the individual attention?

[dark_butler]

Anyone can say that they are. I know that I am.

[banditfox]

I doubt that you're an impartial judge.

[dark_butler]

Ah, Kurama, is this another challenge to prove myself?

[banditfox]

The number of individuals here who assume familiarity with me is staggering. Let's skip past the tired repetition that I am not myself and assume that we are strangers.

[dark_butler]

Cursed again, I see.

Then what do you want? A listing of my accomplishments? I'm hardly going to bother to give you my resume.

[banditfox]

I want a more immediate diversion than history, and you've piqued my interest.

[dark_butler]

I don't think that the Major will object to my bleeding a former Hellsing pet.

[banditfox]

You can explain yourself when we're finished if you still have a tongue.

[dark_butler]

You'll remember soon enough.

But let's not give you the advantage of the Wild, mm?

[banditfox]

You have a suggestion in mind.

[dark_butler]

The underground. You can still grow your little friends there.

[cocksmanship]

Oh really?

[dark_butler]

I did say it.

[cocksmanship]

Something that could fit on a post-it would have been more convenient.

[dark_butler]

Dear City,

Make war, not whine.

Butler

[cocksmanship]

Now there's Axis Efficiency for you.

[dark_butler]

My pleasure.

[darkest0knight]

Geez, you're kind of crabby.

[dark_butler]

Boredom does that to me.

[darkest0knight]

Find something to do?

[dark_butler]

You wouldn't like that.

[darkest0knight]

Huh? What do I have to do with it?

[dark_butler]

You're attracting my attention.

[darkest0knight]

...Sorry? I was just saying. I mean. There's lots of things to do if you're bored. There's a whole amusement park!

[dark_butler]

I am not the amusement park type.

[darkest0knight]

Oh. Well there's a zoo. And beaches.

[dark_butler]

Because vampires love sunning themselves.

[darkest0knight]

You're goth? No wonder you're crabby.

[dark_butler]

What?

[darkest0knight]

You know. Eyeliner and real pale and that whole scene.

I went to a goth bar once. Drinks were two bucks on Tuesdays. It kind of made up for all the weirdos in capes.

[dark_butler]

I do not wear eyeliner or wear a cape or pretend to be a vampire.

[darkest0knight]

Uh huh. Okay, sure Dracula.

[dark_butler]

Don't insult me with that mewling fool's name.

[alexielobsessed]

Some of us are war weary.

If you disrupt our hard-won peace, you will not enjoy the consequences.

[dark_butler]

Some of us are not and the consequences are part and parcel of the experience.

[alexielobsessed]

The consequence of this would be your long-suffering. Some fates are worse than death.

[ooc: Would totally attempt to shackle and give Walter to Rosiel as a pet.]

[dark_butler]

I've died already. I know a variety of fates.

[ooc: He's off to fight Kurama.]

[alexielobsessed]

None so unpleasant as this.

[ooc: Oooh wires against various plants, now that is intereting]

[dark_butler]

You do not know Millennium's good Doctor.

[ooc: Over here.]

[obliviomancy]

You definitely need a better metaphor. Blood dries and fires go out. Anyway, what's so great about war?

[dark_butler]

Blood dries and stains and the stains don't wash away.

War shows people as what they truly are. It strips away civilized lies and takes everything down to the bone of truth.

[obliviomancy]

Just because you've got something as the foundation doesn't make everything on top of it lies. How's civilization so wrong?

[dark_butler]

Civilization forgets itself under its layers of lies. Be grateful for war to show the truths and allow people a foundation upon which to build new lies.

[obliviomancy]

War gets people killed. I'm not going to be grateful for something like that. And -- I don't understand. What lies?

[dark_butler]

Lies of freedom or equality, of monarchy or democracy or fascism. Everything is a lie.

[obliviomancy]

Including what you're saying right now?

[dark_butler]

What do you think?

[obliviomancy]

I think you're wrong. Not everything can be a lie. Even if a lot of things are, freedom's real. And true.

[dark_butler]

You are always enslaved. Even if it is only to your own morals.

[obliviomancy]

I decide what morals I have. It's not enslavement - I know what I want and why.

[dark_butler]

But if they are truly morals, you cannot escape them. You cannot easily toss them aside. You are still enslaved.

[obliviomancy]

It's not like someone just gave me a set of morals and I never had a choice. I don't want to toss them aside - I like them the way they are. If I'm wrong, I can still choose to change them.

[dark_butler]

You're lying. You don't want to choose to throw them aside because you have been enslaved by the idea that they are right.

[obliviomancy]

This makes my head hurt. Forget it. Whether freedom exists or not, war doesn't exactly help.

[dark_butler]

Doesn't it? It pushes people to their limits. It makes them explore who they really are without the strictures of morality or society.

How far will you go when all you love is threatened? How far?