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[trollophoroi]

[ Nearly the very second the last note of music fades from Uta forever, tucked away in Δ Hidden Forbidden Dead Wood, Corbenik defeated, as though he had known this was going to happen, was expecting it— ]

Ahahahaha! Ha ha! Ha! You killed her! You actually thought you could save her? Amazing! Amazing!

But no, you did it, you put her in a grave, ju̠͡sṯ̐ as I͈͐ ̱̐foṛ̕es̺͞a̤͡w̲͑ ̯͞y̪̕ȏ̮u̗̿ ̥̍w̤̉oul͓̃d͆ͅ!

Tell me, was it worth it? Was your steadfast belief that there is a place to escape to for you more important than her life? When you knew? You knew! You all knew! She could only exist here! How you all delude yourselves into thinking everyone can be saved while putting them to the sword in the same breath.

Macha and Tarvos were too kind to you.

I would say to take this as a lesson but I already know that you will not. You have chosen the path of destruction, as humans oft do. Now live with the consequences, those of this inevitable f̍ͅä̢́t̹̿e, to kill, and kill again.

Comments

[tablescraps]

Don't talk to him like that.

[trollophoroi]

Are you going to make me stop, Macha?

[tablescraps]

Yes, I am. If you're so sure of your fate, then you should have nothing to fear from meeting me.

[trollophoroi]

I would rather think not meeting you would be a part of ensuring my fate, do you not?

[tablescraps]

An "inevitable fate" is not a thing ensured. It simply is, regardless of action. Do I have to be the one to tell you that? Do I know your data better than you?

If your whinging about invitable fate is true, then my blade will fail to slice you clean. But if you have fear, if you doubt that this fate is true, then you'll keep hiding away from me.

Your choice says more about the legitimacy of your data and Cubia's heaven more than anything you type here ever could.

[trollophoroi]

Tempting me to lose my temper and offer to meet you. Still the Temptress, then, even as you pretend not to be.

It is not time to meet, that is what simply is.

[tablescraps]

( Unlike Barrett, he doesn't detest innately to be referred to as Macha. He sees his time as Macha as one under the influence, and altered in mind, but - hadn't that been himself under the professor's hand, too? He was altered, but that was still a time in his history, that was still himself, if as a puppet.

He would just have to kill the ones who made him suffer through it. )

I am what I am. I'm no longer manipulated into serving Cubia's ends, so I no longer call myself Macha. But if you still find me so tempting, I'll bring you to your knees again, and take your head with my guillotine.

Hide all you want. I'll be looking for you.

[trollophoroi]

You must forgive me, Macha. I still find myself preferring the healer's company when it comes to that, even now, as an AI. Indulgent of me, I realize, but please do not look down upon me too terribly for it.

Regardless, do enjoy your little hunt, futile though it may be.

not here

[secondthoughts]

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not here

[tablescraps]

( mithrun really is going to kill both of you so he never has to read about your sex life on the forums ever again )