[video] Third Remembrance

[notsogrimreaper]

[Almost as soon as Ryoji awakes and finds himself back to normal, he searches for the nearest terminal and switches it on. It's late, it's unlikely that anyone will hear this but... he needs to get it out somehow.

His face is pale, and for a moment, he almost looks like he's still wearing that terrifying mask. His bloodshot eyes, though, are there, are real eyes, not empty holes of darkness.

It takes him quite a few minutes before he gets up the courage to speak, and he doesn't have that booming voice anymore, either. This voice is just shaky... and sad.]

... Nyx is not a malevolent being. She only exists to give mankind what they all desire, deep in their hearts. She believes any man keeps this want a secret, hidden from the rest of the world and even himself.

B-But it's still there. The want for death.

It seems that this Tower is indestructible, and therefore Nyx could not bring down the Fall... I think she thought that there must be a way to end it, that she just wasn't seeing it. She thought that... maybe if people didn't want to die yet, then she'd make them want it...

[Ryoji lowers his head for a moment, eyes scrunched together as he lets out a pained sigh.]

That's not an excuse. I shouldn't be defending her-we...

I shouldn't be defending myself. I'm truly sorry. If anyone was harmed, please let me know. I'll do my best to make it up to you.

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...Nyx is still inside me.

[He doesn't feel like he needs to say much else. Those from his old world will know what he expects, and if they don't, maybe that will give Ryoji more of a chance to convince them. The feed shuts off.]

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[notsogrimreaper]

[Well, that's one way to get Ryoji out of his depression. He blinks at the swearing, wondering if he really did something that bad, when...

oh. Oh he looks familiar. This is, uh...

What does he even say?]

I-I'm sorry! I, um... just forget it happened!

[puppy_lancer]

Only if you promise to forget as well.

[Because he doesn't want to be the man who told an underaged boy to "grab a drink and pick up some men".]

[notsogrimreaper]

I-I will! I promise!

... I'm sorry we had to meet like that.

[puppy_lancer]

Nah, it's okay. The Tower fucked with both of our heads at that time.

[Really, tights. What was he thinking?]

Let's just redo our meeting now. I'm Lancer.

[notsogrimreaper]

I'm Ryoji Mochizuki. Um, thank you for forgiving me, Lancer-san.

[puppy_lancer]

No problem.

[It's nice to see that this kid is very different from "Nyx."]

Best of luck keeping that Goddess in check, okay?

[notsogrimreaper]

I-I'll try my best. I don't want her to hurt anyone else.

[He definitely is. Perhaps he just understands where both sides are coming from. As much as Nyx claimed to, she didn't entirely understand the nature of mortals.]

[puppy_lancer]

Great. You seem like a nice kid. I'm sure it'll work out somehow.

[notsogrimreaper]

I try to be nice... It's still difficult to deny my nature.

[puppy_lancer]

...

[He wishes he could say something along the lines of "Nature isn't important," but he knows how well nature could affect one's mind.]

Just do your best. The people around here'll slap you back into shape if you ever go wrong.

[notsogrimreaper]

Right... I do have friends that can do that. I can trust them.

[As long as this Tower can't be destroyed, everyone is safe, right?]