[Anonymous Voice/Written]

[voidseeing]

[The events of a week and a half ago still hang heavy over Gai's mind, something that's unusual for him. He's had his body altered without his consent, even his mind during a few experiments before, but to have his memory messed with... it's far more disconcerting than even he wants to admit. Add in everything else that happened, and you've got one broody former terrorist leader who can't even take out his unhappiness in the Battle Dome due to that damn virus.

So he opts to express himself in another way that's familiar to him, one that doesn't require any physical exertion. Something tells him that he's not the only one feeling this way right now...

When the journal entry begins, the camera is covered, obscuring its owner. All there is is a song playing over the journals, letting the music and the lyrics speak for themselves.

But that isn't all. Once it finishes playing, a written message will appear in a neat and practiced hand.]

There is a universal constant among this world and every other. The world will always force a choice on those within it: either to sit quietly by and be selected out, or to adapt and change. Those are the only two paths that can be chosen.

Our opponents made a fatal mistake when they expected us to choose the former. They underestimated our desire to survive, and that proved to be their undoing. We rose to the challenge, and we survived. And we will keep on surviving, no matter what they may try to send at us. We won't roll over and play dead the way they expect us to.

Well done, Luceti. You should be proud.

Comments

[written]

[voidseeing]

It might, or it might have the opposite effect. You're assuming that the identity behind them is someone whom others have a favorable opinion of.

[written]

[frost_jewel]

You are assuming that they do not.

[written]

[voidseeing]

Call it a gut feeling.

[written]

[voidseeing]

You prefer to keep a low profile?

[written]

[voidseeing]

Only if they don't respect you as well.

[It takes a balance of both to be an effective leader. Gai never really cared whether people liked him as a person or not. As long as they respected him as a leader, that was what mattered.]

[Text] Anonymous

[voidseeing]

You'd be surprised at how good people can be at convincing themselves that it does exist.

[Written]

[voidseeing]

I'm not sure this town is ready for the results of me trying my hand at something like that.

[written]

[voidseeing]

That's an admirable goal, but is it a realistic one?

[Text] Anonymous

[uccellodifuoco]

I will bet that they are as good as those who say that killing the "evil" guys in the name of "justice" doesn't make then killers themselves and it's not a crime that some people would want to give them punish for.

[audio]

[aerialassault]

Then it might be better to keep doing what you're doing. You know the deal, and you seem like the sort who has a good head on your shoulders.


It just happened on accident for me. And, I'm still something of a new guy here-- no one'll listen to what I've gotta say, and people have already got those bases covered.

The game's already rolling. I'm just gonna watch and let it roll for a while, but you sound like you've got something different in mind.

[written]

[selphie_t]

[Screw you and your realism, Gai.]

Maybe not but it's still something that I like to believe is possible.

[written]

[dangerouswind]

It's habit.

[written]

[frost_jewel]

[She has a few ideas about his identity after all.]

Have you found the answer you were looking for?

anon written; god I know this super late and feel free to drop but im so sorry

[hero_of_smiles]

Now that's just plain stupid. Why go and die when you can live and still get that glory and junk while you're alive?

anon written;

[voidseeing]

Is glory really that important to you?

[written]

[voidseeing]

I wasn't looking for an answer. But I did get some interesting conversations out of this, so it wasn't a total loss either.

[written]

[voidseeing]

Not a bad habit to have in a situation like this. The less you attract attention, the better.

[written]

[voidseeing]

You can believe it as much as you want. That isn't going to make it true.

[Sorry, Selphie, but Gai is jaded as heck about this kind of thing.]

anon written;

[hero_of_smiles]

[Ahaha...shit. Not something he wanted to be put out there. Thankfully, he was smart enough to stick this on Anon.]

No [lies] I just think why would someone want to go and die if they're only doing it to be praised? It Seems kind of pointless in the end.

anon written;

[voidseeing]

We agree on that much, at least. Why does it matter how much praise you receive if you aren't even around to hear it for yourself?

anon written;

[hero_of_smiles]

Pretty much. I mean, I can get the whole heroic sacrifice thing, but, just doing it so people like you? Dunno if I can get behind it.

[Could he honestly pull the Martyr card for glory? Probably not. He wanted to be around to hear it. And dying scares him too much, even if it's not permanent.]

Wonder if that's also a reason the cultists are so willing to just throw their lives at people. Other than the obvious of wanting to wipe all life out.

[Text] Anonymous

[voidseeing]

You'd be right. It's amazing what lengths people will go to in an attempt to pretend that killing isn't actually killing, or that it's acceptable as long as it's justified.

[Gai learned long ago not to bother trying to pretend that it was anything but.]

[Written]

[voidseeing]

Then you're already several steps ahead of most of the other people who show up here. It isn't often I encounter someone who is intelligent enough to sit back and learn the ropes before jumping headlong into things. A nice change, if you ask me.

anon written;

[voidseeing]

Who knows? I'm not sure they're even sane enough to be able to think of anything beyond fighting and sacrificing. Their drive is what makes them dangerous.

[Text] Anonymous

[uccellodifuoco]

You won't be amazed enough at it until you watch them scream at Hell's tribunals about how they are heroes, not sinners.

[Ikki personally never needed cold water thrown his way to know that reasons didn't matter in the big scheme of things and that there wasn't such a thing as general justice.]

Or until you see this "wonderful" "friendly" village turn their backs to someone and want their head because something the Malnosso did to them turned them into monsters and caused havoc around. I'll never get tired of how quickly they forget that we're all in the same shit and that it could have happened to anyone.