FOURTH CURSE: video

[cawsforalarm]

[When the video turns on, viewers are presented with a Henry surrounded by leaves, with the summer sun peeking in through the branches -- seems he's decided to climb a tree for this broadcast, or maybe he was just chilling here anyway. In either case, the expression on his face is uncharacteristically somber.]

Heya. So... this is going to be, like, Serious Business Time. [He glances off somewhere into the foliage. Honestly, it seems like he's not totally comfortable with the idea of Serious Business Time himself.] I've been kinda mulling stuff over, and I wanna hear all your responses! [The smile flickers back for a couple of seconds, but it's gone just as fast.]

What do you think makes someone a bad person? I mean, just for you, like I said. ...Traits or whatever are fine.

…

Yep.

[And that’s how the video ends.]

Comments

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[cawsforalarm]

Uh-huh. [Henry nods along in understanding. The first part, okay, he's got it. There are things he finds unforgivable, sure.]

That's... really weird. It wasn't like that back home... [Mainly because his home country is basically the Land of the Assholes, and by the time he got to Johto/Kanto he had stopped caring completely.]

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[solas_ion]

Eh? [Lancer tilted his head, honestly curious.] Then what's it like, where you're from?

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[cawsforalarm]

Well, basically everyone there is a selfish bastard to some degree or another. And the biggest, strongest one rules the kingdom.

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[solas_ion]

...Eh, I guess it works like that in some places too.

[sounds like connacht, the bastards.]

It's tough to define a clear 'good' or 'evil', kid. What I know is right might be completely wrong and unthinkable to people like that.

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[cawsforalarm]

Well, I mean.

What you're sayin' is kinda close to unthinkable for me, over here.

[Yeeeeah, Plegia kind of rubbed off on him a little. Or a lot.]

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[solas_ion]

[Frowning, he leaned his head on his hand.]

I'm listenin', kid.

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[cawsforalarm]

I... never really thought about it before, you know? [He laughs, nervously.] To be good or to be evil. It all sounded really complicated so I just let it fly over my head and went back to doing what I like to do.

Which is... um... killing people.

[H E N R Y]

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[solas_ion]

[Lancer blinked, but didn't react very much past that. He wasn't one to call morality when it came to murder--far from it, really.]

Define 'people'. We talking in a warfare context, or in the 'fuck everyone but me' context?

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[cawsforalarm]

Uh, both.

I was sent into the army 'cause I was good at magic, and... I stayed there 'cause I had fun.

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[solas_ion]

...So?

I ain't really following. Even if you like killing people, evil people don't worry about whether or not they're evil.

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[cawsforalarm]

I didn't. [Until very recently.]

It's just kind of like. "Oh."

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[solas_ion]

But ain't that better than not worrying about it at all?

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[cawsforalarm]

...I guess the answer to that is yes, huh?

Truth hurts or whatever.

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[solas_ion]

Right.

If you're thinking 'shit, I might be a total bastard', then you ain't a lost cause yet.

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[cawsforalarm]

[There's a bit of a pause between that and the next message as Henry contemplates this further.]

That... helps a lot. [He looks relieved.] Thanks.