Ryoji Mochizuki / 'Mushi' (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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animus_network2013-01-20 09:51 am
notsogrimreaper) wrote in animus_network2013-01-20 09:51 am
[video] Third Remembrance
[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.]
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.]
[Action]
[A pause for him to remember what he's told about December.]
Not a lot for December. I know at some point, I'll sacrifice myself.
[Thanks for the slip of the tongue, Yu.]
[Action]
As for December, I was gone for most of it myself. I came back at the end to let you make your decision... whether to kill me and forget about the impending Fall, or let me live and prepare to fight.
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[But the tragedies he heard about. If his world got restored and he returns with his memories, can he prevent them?]
...I let you live.
[It's not even a struggle to decide on. To forget means living in ignorance, but the Fall will still come. To let Ryoji live and prepare to fight Nyx is dangerous.]
When the time comes for us to fight, that's when I sacrifice myself.
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[The chances of that are slim, but Ryoji still hopes for the best.
As for his decision, Ryoji accepts it without protest. He knows the truth now, and he knows that letting him live was the right decision. He just hopes that some day Minato can be free from the Seal he chose to become.]
Yes, that's right. I... wish there was a better option, but it was still right for you to do that.
[Action]
And, well, he kind of suspected everyone would give his future dead body a funeral.]
If there's a better option, I would take it. But until we discover it...I'll do what's necessary.
[Action]
That's just a dream, though. He knows that for now, Minato can do nothing except what is right. He gives his friend a sad smile.]
You always were too kind, Minato-kun. To do all this for the world... it's very brave. I don't know if anyone else would be able to do the same.