11/24, evening

[trollophoroi]

Hellooooo Fragment~

I am so sorry to announce that the news of my demise has been greatly exaggerated!

Not that I can blame anyone, of course! I was not, in fact, 100% certain that Lily would reach out and pluck me away at the very edge of death, and yet! As it would turn out, I was and continue to be correct!

Well, only about certain things. Just. Not everything.

Regardless, I have some news that I must bring to you straight from Lily's own core.

[ This message has been specifically brought to you via the forum because that way no one can even begin to guess how upset Fandaniel is, mmhm, perfect. ]

Comments

[trollophoroi]

There you go making assumptions. Lily is not blameless. He knows this.

But I refuse to let you tell me who did and did not love me, and who I can and cannot love. He will always be my little brother, no matter what. Regardless, I have Lily's core. What remains is Cubia, in his true form.

Where he went after his human form crumbled, I do not know. I suspect it'll be wherever this room of Harald's is.

[ But... what is he? What in the world kind of question is that? ]

His core didn't change who or what I am. All it gave me were his memories.

[tablescraps]

So you're suggesting that Cubia and "Lily" are different personae of the same being? Where, exactly, are you drawing the line between the two?

( He can accept the facts. Those are fine. It doesn't change that someone here is going to die. Possibly multiple someones.

Presuming Fandaniel is being honest (and who fucking knows if he is): )

You keep saying he isn't "blameless," but that's excessively generous, obscured by affection. He is guilty for the things he has done. If you want to personify him, then he's as culpable for his actions as anyone else would be. Do you have argument with this?

I suspect Harald and the remnants of Cubia will make themselves known at their leisure, then. Is this correct?

[trollophoroi]

Let me have this, Morgan. If I cannot separate the two, I will not be able to stand against him with the rest of you.

[ How much of "Lily" is left in Cubia, he does not know. Possibly none, now that he's given his core to Fandaniel, perhaps leaving only the creature made only to torment and destroy at Harald's command. Ultimately, they could argue what it will and will not be all day, and still end up being surprised. ]

Have you left behind your ability to comprehend language? I have no argument. He agreed he was guilty. Nothing I would have said to him would have shaken this belief, nor would I, now that I have his memories.

This does not stop me from loving him still but my own emotions matter only to me, not to any of you, so leave them where they are.

[ With him, only him... ]

But yes. I suspect the same thing, and soon, too. Now that Fidchell has been defeated, they are all that remain. We must destroy them and with them, this world.

[tablescraps]

( Mithrun has no further reply because he can see his and Barrett's thread further down the post and he's pissed off at the both of them right now, and he's not going to get into an argument about whether he should or shouldn't care about Lily because he does agree - it's not Mithrun's business. All it does is anchor Mithrun's esteem of Fandaniel as low, but considering he's as mad at Cubia as he is because of the things Cubia did to Barrett, and Barrett is off to commiserate or whatever with Fandaniel over Cubia, and Mithrun sees Cubia and Lily as one in the same - just as he sees the Phase and its host as one in the same - well. That makes his anger a bit circular, doesn't it?

Enjoy your smackings at the hot springs, FD. Mithrun's going to touch some virtual grass or something. )

[Not here]

[gluttoning]

[A gentle hand presses against his shoulders outside the forums, a slow rub back and forth.

He's not intervening in this argument. There's thing's here that need to be known. But it won't do anyone any good if Mithrun blew up here, Mithrun himself least of all.]

not here

[tablescraps]

( It does seem to calm Mithrun down some when the touch is administered, but when he sees Barrett and Fandaniel's thread further down the post, he will take off for a walk or something in one of the Root Towns. He won't be there when Barrett departs, presumably. )