video; un: eraserhead

[eyedrop]

[ Aizawa's lolling against some tree somewhere. Terrible, slumped posture; hair wild about his face. His expression is neutral, bordering on irritable, and his voice is an exhausted monotone. He sits with one leg folded over the other, idly tossing a cat figurine from hand to hand. ]

Hey. Myself and a few others did some looking around. Apparently, both the sea clan and the mountain clan have their allies--but they're not within easy reach. In the case of the sea clan, the empress's brother is married to some far-off queen. The mountain clan's allies aren't too nearby, either.

[ He shifts minutely. His eyes flutter briefly shut, and he sighs. ]

Point being, war between these two would be irrational. The old man we spoke with said no one really wants to start anything, but I don't know how true that is. I haven't tried to approach the nobles.

[ He really doesn't look or act the part, and he knows it. Nor does he have an escort. ]

If you've spoken to any of them, what's the mood? What do they want?

[ He cards a hand through his hair, frowning slightly. ]

They're the key to this, I think. Certainly the key to actually meeting that empress of theirs. So if you've got info, or if you've made any connections, spill it.

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[eyedrop]

[ Hey, it's somewhat useful information! His opinion of Loki raises very slightly. ]

That's good to hear, actually. Suggests she's a reasonable person.

[selfimage]

I don't doubt that. The problem doesn't seem to be her—but the situation itself. Tsk, tsk, time to get complicated.

[eyedrop]

Is it? Too much overthinking going on already.

[selfimage]

Well, someone has to be right.

[ that's the way it went with ALASTAIR when everyone got together to discuss, she's not entirely certain it will be much different. ]

I take it you're more of a straight-forward sort of fellow.

[eyedrop]

I make decisions based on logic, and I don't like to waste time. Seems like that's not common around here.

[selfimage]

[ she's not entirely convinced, after his show of morality. ]

Everyone comes from different worlds, so perspective always seems to get tossed into the mix.

[eyedrop]

[ he's confident that not stealing from and thus potentially upsetting a delicate culture that you are trying to preserve is pretty logical, actually ]

Yeah, I can see that.

[selfimage]

[ on the contrary this place seems to need some delicate culture balance upsetting from her chaos god perspective. ]

But something needs to change, regardless. It's just how. I suppose that's when the perspective differs.

[eyedrop]

Change already happened. We just have to mitigate the damage.

[ Correct unfairness. Ease suffering. That's a hero's job. ]

[selfimage]

As you will.

[ while there's a simplicity to it, there's still half a story to hear. she's not entirely convinced, but there's no changing his mind. ]