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futurology2016-04-07 02:10 pm
monologuing) wrote in futurology2016-04-07 02:10 pm
Video | username: owl
I fear this will be self indulgent and not necessarily helpful to the goal. I wish to record and reflect on an event I could not before.
[ He takes out a skull to set carefully to the side. A brief pause before he then produces a rather unique-looking teapot. He rests the teapot in his lap before turning the skull so the name carved into the resin is seen -- Oda Nobunaga. ]
Not his real skull, unfortunately, but I hope to one day acquire it as a new cup. [ A sigh. ] Nobunaga-kou allied with me once. He allied to help me remove the legacy of my lord from the world. I believe we have succeeded. So few recall I, too, once was a retainer after all.
Whether my lord deserved that or not isn't for me to say. It was what I wanted. Would it change the narrative if I said my lord killed innocents? Does that then make me a just man? Does it make Nobunaga-kou in his assistance? No. Of course, it doesn't. Murder begets murder but it is not right or just.
This [ He gestures to the teapot. ] is the only treasure that I had to my name. The only thing I could say was mine and mine alone. And Nobunaga-kou was the first ever to corner me.
[ He lifts and drops the teapot. Of course, it shatters onto the ground. It is seconds later that he tosses gunpowder on the unseen pieces before setting the broken mess on fire. ]
And this is how I knew I would live. [ A beat. ] Ashikaga is the sun. He burns bright and burns by accident. No one would wish him dead and mean it truly in their heart. He will survive until his flame burns out. Nobunaga-kou is evil incarnate. He is one that would drown everything in blood. He will die because he is an evil all can see and feel and rally against.
I am an owl. I am the emptiness that exists in all things. Not evil by sin. Not good by virtue. People will come for me but I see myself in them. I shall be replaced one day. An owl is too commonplace to not exist again in the world.
Perhaps, this is what these natives need to learn. But which "this?"
[ He produces a second Hiragumo to drop into the flames. Holding his hands out, he lets them be warned by the fire that he made by destroying something he once held dear. ]
[ He takes out a skull to set carefully to the side. A brief pause before he then produces a rather unique-looking teapot. He rests the teapot in his lap before turning the skull so the name carved into the resin is seen -- Oda Nobunaga. ]
Not his real skull, unfortunately, but I hope to one day acquire it as a new cup. [ A sigh. ] Nobunaga-kou allied with me once. He allied to help me remove the legacy of my lord from the world. I believe we have succeeded. So few recall I, too, once was a retainer after all.
Whether my lord deserved that or not isn't for me to say. It was what I wanted. Would it change the narrative if I said my lord killed innocents? Does that then make me a just man? Does it make Nobunaga-kou in his assistance? No. Of course, it doesn't. Murder begets murder but it is not right or just.
This [ He gestures to the teapot. ] is the only treasure that I had to my name. The only thing I could say was mine and mine alone. And Nobunaga-kou was the first ever to corner me.
[ He lifts and drops the teapot. Of course, it shatters onto the ground. It is seconds later that he tosses gunpowder on the unseen pieces before setting the broken mess on fire. ]
And this is how I knew I would live. [ A beat. ] Ashikaga is the sun. He burns bright and burns by accident. No one would wish him dead and mean it truly in their heart. He will survive until his flame burns out. Nobunaga-kou is evil incarnate. He is one that would drown everything in blood. He will die because he is an evil all can see and feel and rally against.
I am an owl. I am the emptiness that exists in all things. Not evil by sin. Not good by virtue. People will come for me but I see myself in them. I shall be replaced one day. An owl is too commonplace to not exist again in the world.
Perhaps, this is what these natives need to learn. But which "this?"
[ He produces a second Hiragumo to drop into the flames. Holding his hands out, he lets them be warned by the fire that he made by destroying something he once held dear. ]
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[That sure is a skull he's got there...................]
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Hisahide...
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You're a really good actor!! I don't know what play that was from, but it was certainly something!!
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I suppose it is a play in its own right. One that will repeat itself one day. And how do you fare? I am in a reflective mood, as you can tell.
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[This is what bad lying sounds like.]
You seem like you're always in a reflective mood. That must be hard, thinking that much all the time!
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[ A shrug. ]
It is not hard. It simply is. I have lived alone for a long time and so I am with my thoughts as I should be. When one is with only their thoughts, they speak on them.
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[He took it as a real question rather than shade being thrown...]
Oh, you've been alone for a long time...? That explains a lot!
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[ More shade thrown. ]
Explains what?
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[???]
That you talk out loud to yourself so much!
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Ah, yes, a habit I will not soon break. I ask patience with it, as I have patience with others' poor manners.
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[He's actually rather shocked at this. He doesn't remember lying??]
Oh, of course! I don't see anything wrong with it! I do it on occasion as well!
[...Also because sometimes he used to get lonely. But also because he likes hearing the sound of his own voice.]
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[ A cant of his head. ]
Thank you for your patience.
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[Is it lying if he really thinks he is?]
You're welcome!
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[ Papyrus seems like the kind of person who would say he is well when he is not. So he will assume lying until believing that the skeleton honestly believes himself well. ]
oh whoops i should have specified video here too
Are you... worried about me???
no worries that works for me
[ If he dies before he sees the world as the rotten place that it is, that would be most disappointing. ]
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Regardless, I am feeling quite fine! I will admit, I think I am finding myself allergic to this island though!
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Allergies, is it? Then I thought things turning south for no reason. Still there are others talking on how they do not feel well. So I wonder.
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[ He is literally making this up as he goes. ]
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I do not know ... skeletons... so I do not know. I shall believe for now. If it becomes that you are lying, you understand now this is a discourtesy to me, all right?
[ Heh. ] Now, I am going to go investigate this place. I would like to grant you Nobunaga-kou's replicated skull to watch over. I fear it has no means to talk, but you can speak to it as much as you like. I believe it may have grown tired of my voice and wish for another's.
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[ Isn't it careful how that's phrased... ]
OH! YOU'RE ENTRUSTING ME... WITH ANOTHER SKELETON!! Or part of one. WORRY NOT!! I WILL TAKE GOOD CARE OF IT!! I'm very good at taking care of skeletons!!
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[ Should he be worried? Is he as stupid as he seems? ]
Please do. I hope to one day show it to Nobunaga-kou.
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Your reasons and mine are different, the Great Papyrus.
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Well, try my reason instead! It's probably better.
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