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12 (The Fire Fighters)

Oct 06, 2010 10:35

[Video! Minnie is happily holding hands with Melfina to one side, and her Azumarril 'Mickey' to her other. She swings her arms, they're heading into Goldenrod! Surely nothing bad will ever happen there! And... she's singing. Which isn't so bad.... except it maaay get stuck in your head.]

( i blame chat. )

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[Video] usedgigadrain October 6 2010, 20:54:57 UTC

[Nuru, now a Quagsire, tries to sing along but is failing badly]

Nuru, what are you--

[Kisame sighs] Minnie-san.

[Video] her_mouse_jesty October 7 2010, 04:30:28 UTC

[Her hands are to her mouth, and those are definitely tears in her eyes. Yes, she's upset, and horrified... but it's not directed at him. No, he has her pity, her sympathy, in those eyes.]

[Video] usedgigadrain October 7 2010, 05:04:10 UTC

[Very softly.] Don't pity me. I had a choice then; I could have let myself be killed instead. That's the "good" choice, isn't it ( ... )

[Video] her_mouse_jesty October 7 2010, 12:51:40 UTC

[And down the tears roll, hot on her cheeks. She tries to rub her eyes, but nods slowly, having a good idea what happened, and for him to continue. Sniffle sniffle.]

[Video] usedgigadrain October 7 2010, 16:29:03 UTC

We were ambushed on a mission. It was perfectly planned and they even sent their head interrogator along. We were outnumbered, outpowered, and surrounded; it was clear what would happen ( ... )

[Video] her_mouse_jesty October 7 2010, 16:41:11 UTC

[By this time, she's sunk to her knees, the tears unstoppable. At least the cries are quiet, there are no loud bawls or hiccups. She just nods again, slow, her heart in pain.]

... I must hear it. We can't... stop now.

[Video] usedgigadrain October 7 2010, 17:14:37 UTC

[Softly] Brave of you...

[He looks off at something offscreen for a minute.] The man controlling the Mizukage--the Fourth-- revealed himself to me. I don't know how long he'd been using the Fourth as a puppet, but I suspect the Fourth had never had a chance to lead at all. The real Mizukage told me about his plan to remake the world into a world of truth. I doubted at first--how foolish of me--but eventually I believed.

[If that smacks of manipulation, it's because it was. But only the manipulator knows how far back the manipulation started. From his voice and his face, Kisame believes with a single-minded, desperate devotion ( ... )

[Video] her_mouse_jesty October 7 2010, 17:20:09 UTC

[Give her a few moments, so she can cry. Once she's able to speak, she faces the screen again, face still wet. But... there's still no hate. There is no despising, no loathing. Just a pure innocent sadness and pity. Yes, these things were terrible - some of them beyond forgivable, she's not thinking he's entirely blameless.

And yet...]

What is this... What is this world of truth, that you think you can find... with all of that blood?

[It's not an accusing tone. She honestly wants to know what he believes in, maybe so can help him see the true light. Or, even stranger... she just doesn't have the ability to hate.]

[Video] usedgigadrain October 7 2010, 21:27:42 UTC

I don't know; it's not my vision. [Dry laugh] I can't even begin to imagine what a world of truth would be like, but I know he's powerful enough to change the whole world and he's promised me it will be a world of truth.

I'm only told what I need to know to help bring it about.

[That might set off a warning bell or two. He's been manipulated all this time, but he really does believe that he'll see his desperate desire come true someday.]

[Video] her_mouse_jesty October 7 2010, 21:57:55 UTC

But... how can you follow that so blindly? Truth could mean anything! His truth and yours... they could be worlds apart in difference. Maybe his world won't even want you when you're finished being his tool.

[And she breaks down again, crying, holding her face in her hands.]

Kisame... Poor Kisame...

[That's right. Still pity, still sympathy. she even cradles the pokegear a bit, as if she could hug Kisame, she would.]

[Video] usedgigadrain October 7 2010, 22:17:04 UTC

His truth, my truth... Aren't those just polite ways of saying lies?

[A little uncomfortable. He doesn't like being asked questions he can't really answer.]

There's no one else that can change the world, or even that is trying to bring about more truth. If I have to die to see it through [hesitation] then I will die.

[He is quiet for a while as she cries and then he sighs.] Don't cry for me; my life isn't even that terrible.

[Video] her_mouse_jesty October 7 2010, 22:24:37 UTC

I... I can't help but cry... I know you have light within you, but you are being forcibly smothered... b-by darkness...

[Azumarril whimpers, worried for his master. He tries to pet her shoulder, but she can't stop crying, so deeply troubled.]

Truth... truth doesn't need blood, or pain... Your own truth is deep inside you... Only you can know what you truly want...

[Video] usedgigadrain October 7 2010, 22:33:55 UTC

Not force, Minnie-san, I made the choices that made me what I am. There was always a choice.

[Quietly.] I want a world of truth. [And after a very long pause, reluctantly] Who creates it matters less, but he was the first so that's where my loyalty lies.

[Video] her_mouse_jesty October 7 2010, 22:36:35 UTC

But you're following a blind path, no knowing where it ends! What if his truth is just putting himself in charge, and changing nothing else? What if his truth is hurting those who have done nothing? Surely... Surely you must have enough confidence in yourself, to know what you can make your own world of truth!

[Video] usedgigadrain October 7 2010, 22:53:45 UTC

[Uncomfortable with the first part, but not responding to it]

It's not confidence that's needed, Minnie-san. I've just finished telling you how terrible I am; you were right that a world of truth would reject me.

[Video] her_mouse_jesty October 7 2010, 22:57:45 UTC

[Oh no, you're not getting away that easily. She swallows, hard, rubbing away more of her tears. She then grabs the Pokegear, glaring at it. Still no hate - just anger, frustration, and a demand.]

Tell me what your truth is! Tell me what your world of truth is. Or are you still willing to work for nothing but an empty promise?

I won't give up on you, Kisame, because I know there is a chance for you to change your path. It may not happen today or tomorrow or for a long time... but I have faith in you. Tell me, Kisame, what is your world of truth!

[and... exhales deeply. as if just doing that had taken a lot out of her. she doesn't even know if she should expect an answer. but felt it had to be said.]

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