( video, un: koriel )

[passio]

[ it’s this guy again. although he seems considerably less sad than he did the last time he appeared on the network to talk about accidental sympathy with the oracles of the sinless, that may not be the best thing in the world once he begins speaking. he's also wearing small angel wings, visible in the view of the camera—they're definitely fake accessories, however, rather than being a moonblessing or even a more permanent effect of the bracelet. ]

…hello.

[ he's nervous? he's nervous, and his shoulders fidget slightly. he can't look at the camera. ]

There’s been a lot of people asking about churches. [ ah. ] …I am a member of one that recently opened. It is… a re-establishment of the Order I used to belong to in my world before.

[ it isn't a ringing endorsement, but it is the truth. ]

We don’t worship any god. It is an order that focuses on the internal self and what people are capable of. A man named the Archangel is our leader. If you’ve met him… um, anyway, please come by.

[ and included, information about the Order of Malkuth, located in a primo spot on level one. go ahead, join the cult. ]

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[passio]

[ the transitive property of being an asshole… ]

What qualifies someone as being… that?

[juniorchampion]

You really are sheltered, huh?

You know how they kept you from eating junk food or seeing cats? That qualifies. If they're mean to you without a reason, they're probably an asshole.

[ Again, Yuri considers his justified, even if most wouldn't. ]

[passio]

[ dextera didn’t know his brother wanted to do those things. it troubles him to think that other people are just talking to his brother so openly, but in the sense that it’s like a personal failure—no one is at fault but him.

he frowns, thoughtful. ]

Then… what would you do?

[ he answers now, without skipping a beat, as if he really is his brother. ]

[juniorchampion]

What I wanted to do. I wouldn't let somebody tell me that I couldn't do normal stuff without breaking some kind of law. It's not like they were stopping you from killing people or something.

[passio]

[ how would their childhood have changed, if they could go elsewhere? how would dextera’s adulthood have? ]

By the time I was old enough to do things on my own, the world wasn’t very accommodating.

[ he means: the order protected them. ]

But I do understand… your concern. Thank you.

[juniorchampion]

You did leave?

[ Yuri assumed he was in the group until transported here. ]

[passio]

I… never left. I couldn’t.

[ that’s true for both of them, at least. ]

But there’s an age of adulthood for anyone. It just didn’t matter. I don’t know what else I would have done, outside of the Order.

[juniorchampion]

Stuff you wanted to do. Not follow somebody else's orders. Find cats. Whatever the hell you wanted.