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[moonlightalter]

If you had to describe the three moons and their respective cycles with a single word, how would you describe them?

And please tell me that Iris isn't the 'sex moon'.




[This next bit is sent as a private message, specifically directed at anyone who he came across while he was under the moon's effects.]

I am so, so sorry for what happened. I had heard stories, but I didn't know it would be as bad as it was.

I'll be taking precautions in the future, but if there's anything I can do to make up for what already happened then please let me know.

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[moonlightalter]

I wouldn't know, I'm new here. Which is why I'm asking.

[voiceofanimus]

[You poor soul.]

Some enjoy them and what they bring with them. Some experience nothing at all with the changes in the moons. And then some are moved to apologies for behaviour provoked by the moons. You are likely to get a variety of answers.

[moonlightalter]

I suppose that's fair. People are varied, after all, so their answers will be varied.

I wonder what makes the difference for everyone, though.

[voiceofanimus]

I assume what people experience. I have only heard stories of the transformations men undergo to become beasts here.

[And by 'men,' he means the general populace, as everyone regardless of how they identify is subject to changing. He hasn't had to endure it yet, but he imagines his time will come. And then he'll be even less pleased than he was to begin with.

Somehow unsurprising, considering next to nothing pleases Caim.]

[moonlightalter]

Men transforming into beasts, huh?

I guess we're all beasts beneath the moonlight here, aren't wee?

[a rather ironic echo of an important line from a book he read once. Even if Caim doesn't get the reference, he still chuckles to himself.]

[voiceofanimus]

With or without the moonlight, we are all beasts.

[It's unfortunate that the reference is lost on him, but it's valid in a literal sense as well. Not too long ago, Caim offended plenty of people by comparing them to beasts anyway.]

[moonlightalter]

[Fortunately, Atsushi isn't offended by it. because he already knows he's a beast.]

I'm pretty sure the metaphor there is that it takes the moonlight to reveal someone's beastly nature, and that it's normally hidden behind polite words and smiles.

[voiceofanimus]

I was unaware such a story existed. Moonlight is hardly needed to see a man's true nature. Dire circumstance does not take moonlight into consideration.

[Soldiers, for instance, reveal their nature on the battlefield. Caim is not exempt from that either. His true nature shows the moment a sword is placed into his hand. Well, not just any sword. His sword. At least, he might have said this upon initial arrival. Even Lunatia is capable of turning him from once sought after obsessions.]