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[Fiona is a little out of breath, like she just hustled very quickly away from somewhere. Which she did, but that's neither here nor there. The background behind her is some innocuous wood panelling; she's in a house.]

Okay. So. Crunch time. Things are getting nuts out there, if you didn't notice. We are gonna wind up super screwed if we don't hop to figuring out what the hell to do.

[She holds up a vial. It has some alien writing on it, as well as a familiar symbol on the label.]

We found this inside the hospital. A shit-ton of them, actually. So who wants to find out what Zymandis asshole is responsible for this mess and beat an antidote out of them?



[ ooc. PS, maya, hanzo, and mccree might show up in your threads. feel free to threadjack as well! ]

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[feytality]

But, when you say justice, do you mean....

[mimes throat-cutting]

[respired]

Yes.

[ To be absolutely clear: ]

If I find him, I will kill him.

[feytality]

But--- isn't this guy part of Zymandis? [oh, wow, she pronounced it right] They.... they're parasites in human bodies, aren't they? You're not going to..... it's the parasite you're after, right?

[respired]

[ He raises an eyebrow. ]

What evidence do you have that all Zymandis agents are necessarily Taraxan?

[feytality]

They're not?

[She's just catching up on Zymandis Drama now......]

[respired]

[ Baffled. ]

No. Not at all.

[feytality]

...Oh.

[This is good news??? Maybe??]

So, if they're not parasites, then....?

[respired]

I cannot say what other races they are. Many looked human enough, but I'm no expert on those matters.

[feytality]

Did you meet them...?

[respired]

They came in ships to collect their Taraxan allies. Some of them were shot down, and we killed them as they emerged from the wreckage.

[feytality]

[oh my god why is there so much murder]

[and this is coming from an Ace Attorney character]

I-- I thought we were here to fix timelines, not to... fight a w-war.

[looking steadily more horrified]

[respired]

[ Girl ... ]

This is a war. It has always been a war.

[feytality]

[No one even mentioned murder or war before this now. Now she's getting real with Koltira Murderpants]

But... W-Why? Why do we have to fight?

[respired]

Because our enemies seek to destroy all life. All that is or was or will be.

[feytality]

But they can't just bring us here and expect us to kill people! That isn't right! W... We... there's got to be some other way, or....

There are little kids here!

[respired]

Who is 'they'? Do not repeat the nonsense conspiracies of our comrades, or I will know you for a fool.

[feytality]

[Does he not already??]

ALISTAIR! Th-- They're the one who put us on this team, weren't they? And now you're saying they just wanted us to fight their battles?

[respired]

[ He does give people a chance. ]

We are ALASTAIR. 'They' does not exist. We were not placed on this team. We fell together by accident, pulled through the rifts. There was no deliberation behind it.

We are here to protect the timeline. The multiverse. What idyllic world are you from that protecting something never requires a fight?

[feytality]

There's a difference between fighting and war, and murdering! And--- We're Audentes! ALASTAIR is the organization behind us.

[What's what Lloyd said, anyway...]

[respired]

We are part of ALASTAIR. No difference exists between us and any other team. No larger entity exists beyond such teams.

[ He shakes his head. ]

If we want to preserve these worlds, we will have to fight for them. Sometimes that will mean death. That is the way of things.

[feytality]

.... Nothing you're saying is adding with anything else I heard, mister. Are you sure you don't have it wrong?

[Bites her lip]

Like shooting Zymandis down the second we see them? We really have to do that?

[respired]

I have been with this team for over a year. Do not feed yourself on the fictions of those with paranoid minds or less experience.

[ As for Zymandis ... he furrows his eyebrows. ]

That is what I plan to do. You're free to take your own approach.

[feytality]

[gosh Koltira that's what in the faq?? are you calling the mods fake news???]

If we're really ALASTAIR... if we're really a team, then... we're supposed to work together, aren't we? What makes you so sure your way is the only way?

[respired]

[ ALASTAIR is Audentes is ALASTAIR. It's always been like that! And described as such by NPCs ... he doesn't understand the discrepancy. ]

Because it works.

[feytality]

[read the faq, Koltira???? smh]

Here? Or.... you mean, in wars you've fought before?