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[impiety]

You know...

I have grown very tired as of late. To die... to come back... to apparently be returned to my world and brought back here... to know that nothing done here matters at all. But that's the wrong way to think.

It does all matter.

[ He lets out a sigh. ]

Those that are imprisoned in the Lightless... I refuse to allow them to be held there any longer. What reason do we have to keep them there? What reason beyond that these people say they deserve it? What reason should they not be granted forgiveness?

This world is built on a system I refuse to humor anymore.

[ And, Archangel begins to use his Exalted ability -- his dragon voice to coerce those listening both Prismal and Moonblessed. ]

The Moonblessed sycophants that joined the Moon Knights are to be killed on sight! And everyone else... come to the lowest level and break the barrier to release those in the Lightless! Now!

[ ooc: Hi, it's that plot that I had mentioned with Archie returning. He's causing riots with his dragon voice and "convincing" everyone to break the barriers of the Lightless. Will he succeed? The answer is, of course, no. But he's going to cause a lot of chaos. For simplicity's sake -- I'll keep all my stuff to this post and anyone can do what they want with the madness that Archie has created. ]

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[mayoninofukucho]

[In a world of sheep without wolves there'd be barely any suffering, that's for sure. But maybe it'd be more like a world of zombies without victims... peaceful, but also pretty damn disturbing. Even if Hijikata could properly process what's being said to him, the Archangel is on such a higher level of twisted philosophy that he'd have to break it down to the source to understand where he's coming from.

As it is he can't even grasp around for his sword, still overwhelmed by the pain that's been transferred to him and pressing his hands to the non-existent gaping hole in his chest. If the Archangel doesn't make it stop he won't even try to pry his hands off his neck, because honestly, being choked out feels like a mercy right now. He sure as hell didn't think he, with his fearsome 'demon vice commander' nickname, would go out like this, but sometimes life - or death - comes at you fast.]

[impiety]

Yes... that is what awaits me when I return.

[ The eternal agony. He wonders if that is what Hell is truly like. But still... but still... he clings to his belief that he can save everyone. He believes once the world is rid of free will; peace can finally come to the deserving and undeserving lives that inhabit the world. No more fear; no more pain; no more strife; no more suffering on the inside and out. ]

... live and see the world that I'll create here.

[ Archangel lets go of the man's neck. Uncertain if he's choked him to death or not -- it doesn't matter, he supposes. If the Moonblessed die, they will be brought back. By then, he believes he will have remade the entire city -- the entire world -- into something like the paradise that he wants for everyone.

Those of the Lightless will be broken down by experience the agony that Archangel can inflict; driving them to a mindless state so to be part of his cult. They will cull the wicked and clean the world of those that would trample upon peace. And everyone will live a happier life.

Of course, he doesn't realize that he won't succeed. Or well, maybe, he does realize that he won't win. Maybe he realizes that he's just doing the impossible and destroying his own chance at happiness in this new world.

But that is fine, too, because it shows even he doesn't deserve free will. ]

[mayoninofukucho]

[Had Hijikata been able to properly follow the Archangel's arguments he'd only have given him more disheartening feedback: that all his efforts will be futile, that free will finds its way and people will always fuck things up for themselves and others, and that there'll never be a perfect world.

Whether it was the Archangel's upset at not being understood, anger at being challenged by a perceived traitor, grief over all the pain he experienced, or a mix of everything, it gave his hands enough strength to properly end Hijikata, so he's finally completely quiet. His body starts crystallising right away, at first just looking like it's being covered in an inexplicable frost, and sooner or later he'll likely be collected and put wherever they showcase the dead Moonblessed - he never actually visited the place. The device on his wrist is still streaming the footage of his drones, one hovering overhead, the other keeping its camera on the elevator to the Lightless, where the mob has now overpowered the other Moon Knights and is streaming forward.

There's a nasty battle ahead, no doubt about it, and later on Hijikata will disgruntled over having had to sit it out, but if nothing else he learned to be respectful of even fake angels today. If the Archangel will be safely imprisoned by the time he revives he'll make sure to inquire if he's been given any therapeutic help, because he thinks he needs it. After this experience he has no doubt that he came to Prismatica straight from hell.]