Group Intro

[oi_theoi]

Who: new kids
When: Day 51, evening
Where: shrine area
What: intros

[YES THESE AGAIN! at least the monkeys are gone]

[Tsuyukusa | Kayneth | Diarmuid (AU) | Sola-Ui]

Comments

[retracing]

No one, but my former master has decided she wants me back once her current servant finds someone that fits her better.

[beautymark]

Have you been here long, then? Are you existing on your own?

[retracing]

A week. Normally I would only last two days, but that's another one of the conveniences of this place.

[beautymark]

You must be weakening, still. Otherwise there's little reason to seek out a master at all.

[retracing]

I'm sure I would eventually disappear, it just takes longer. I wouldn't push it too far but it's more than enough time to find someone less troublesome.

[beautymark]

... [ sigh ] It's an improvement, at least.

[retracing]

Had your fill of masters?

[beautymark]

Of bad ones and of uninformed decisions, yes.

[retracing]

So don't make a bad and uniformed decision.

[beautymark]

I intend not to.

[retracing]

[gosh

you are so a saber]

What sort of master would you want?

[beautymark]

[ He's not sure how to answer that question anymore. He pauses, to look both thoughtful and troubled. ]

Ah... I can still say I wish for a master at whose side I can find honorable fights and an honorable life. But that's a naive dream. If I'm to follow anyone now, I only wish for mutual respect.

[retracing]

[aw but broken

that seems to happen a lot]

Depends on your idea of honorable, I suppose.

[beautymark]

[ His luck is still rank D man. ]

The kind of honor I lived for is no longer part of the "normal" way of thought. It would be a waste of my time to look too hard for it.

[retracing]

[man don't talk my luck rank is E]

[sigh]

It would be better if you didn't find it anyway, or your illusions would feed off each other. Respect shouldn't be too hard.

[beautymark]

[ Hah, I've gained some ground in that respect! ]

So you'd imagine. I'll have to see it for myself.

[retracing]

[haha]

You have had a rough run. Lancer seems to have found a master he's content with. There's a good chance his qualifications are the same.

[beautymark]

I'll stay hopeful. It can't be impossible, I suppose.

[retracing]

[hm

what is this feel i am feeling





oh

ha ha]

How nostalgic, it's been a long time since I was the optimist in a conversation.

[beautymark]

[ A pause. Ah, it's true. He wonders when it was that he got so cynical -- Ah, well. It's safer this way. ]

I apologise if I've been difficult.

[retracing]

[shrug] It really has nothing to do with me. But I think you're putting your pessimism in the wrong place. There are plenty of fools in any time, including 'honorable' ones. There's never a lack of people idealizing something. Saber, the Saber I know, is currently hunting for a master who shares her ideals, which are probably very close to yours. And that brand of idiot might not be common but they certainly exist.

[beautymark]

You don't--

[ cutting himself off before he can be rude. ]

... They would be foolish, wouldn't they?

[retracing]

[ha ha ha

god i wonder how much of a dick i have to be before you'll dick back

I SENSE YOU WANT TO]

Obviously. It takes a blinding naivete to believe fighting and killing can ever be justified, much less honorable.

[beautymark]

[ he's trying very hard not to be one. It's an exercise in acting like he isn't really fucked up.

he's starting to lose it, though. ]

Are you trying to insult me?

[retracing]

I think it's the natural inclination of Archers to grate on Sabers. But then again, you're the first Saber I've met to agree, so what's insulting about that?