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Lucifel's Ideal World, v.2

—The world is ugly, he once declared.

Chaos is inevitable in this world. Pure good can’t be achieved, and pure evil breaks down. And these two extremes are always incompatible with each other. There is still some evil in a good world. That is how the world is, and it is what continues to create ugly things. Evil sneers at good, and good rages over evil. But, in a world where good and evil oppose each other, there is a group that is far more numerous that always appears.

That is ‘grey’. Neither good nor evil. A group that drifts through life haphazardly and merely exists. They don’t believe in goodness and are simply proud that they aren’t evil. Even though they affirm evil acts, they deny evil intentions. They happily say that ‘I am not evil, I am a good person’ and pardon all forms of cruelty.

They kill people while sneering. They kill people out of contempt. They kill people as part of a game. They use the excuse that they can’t restrain their desires—That’s how humans are. That’s how the world is.

Yes—this world is extremely ugly. Neither dyed by good nor fallen into evil. Unable to decide on a color, the wills of people continue to waver. As long as such evil intentions and such foul-smelling corpses aren’t destroyed.

The world will surely continue to rot eternally.

While wrapped within a curse-like fog in darkness frozen to its core.

He thus concluded.

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You need to get out of there. You're turning to stone.

Oh—this?

[ looks to his feet. shrug ]

Using the Grail requires touching it, but I'm alright. It's not harmful.

Then stand up.

I'm working right now, though. . .

Please? For me?

[ frowns a little more, but he does stand—the organic stone does not seem to break, but rather, it pulls; still, his legs seem to be uninjured and intact. ]

Now come over here so I can see you?

. . . What are you worried about? Izanagi-san. . . .

[ but he is stepping out—hopping out, really, and while the stone seems to react like a living creature, almost trying to beckon him back, it sinks into itself. ]

Because it's my job as little brother to worry about everyone.

[Can he. Take his hand. And tug him towards the house.]

We should head back for dinner with everyone.

[ he does let his hand be taken, but he doesn't quite move yet ]

. . . Alright, alright.

Did Dia-san send for you? Just let me clean up here, first. . .

I gueeeeess. But try to hurry.

[If he acts like a whiny little brother will that help.]

[ frankly the fact that he got up at all speaks to izanagi's little brother charm

stepping back, letting go of his hands so he can crouch low; his hands press to the spider lilies—that's certainly blood on his hands, now—and the red flowers seem to shrivel up, turning into dust. Their essence—blood—flows into his veins, puncturing his wrists on both sides, leaving fresh wounds on them. ]

Edited 2020-08-08 04:25 (UTC)

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Concern.]

What was that?

Mm. . . ?

[ wiping his hands, though he doesn't seem to care to heal his wrists while he goes to place his hands on the stone ]

They're the people that died for me.

[Well that's cool and great.]

Yeah? When?

How well-versed are you in history?

I still don't have all my memories back.

Then, I'll tell you a story.

[ while his hands smooth over the stone, sinking into it ]

A long, long time ago, just at the start of the Tokugawa era, there was a lord. He was a greedy one, who raised taxes by the year, for he wanted to build a castle.

Some time before that, there were men from the west that traveled to Japan. They brought with them things to trade—material things, like guns, but other things as well. Recipes, religion—and so on.

Their religion was unusual, and it was spread along the land—but those in power did not care for it, for it was new and different, different from what they knew. Over time, they grew hostile toward anyone who practiced it.

. . .

In that particular lord's land, there were many who practiced this new religion. Since they were ostracized, and since they were looked down upon, nobody would help them when cruelties were enacted upon them. Nobody looked when their taxes were raised exorbitantly, to the point that they had nothing left for themselves to eat—and moreover, those in power encouraged violence against those people, too.

[Grabbing for his hands to try to pull them away from the stone again.]

...And the victims of that, they died for you?

[ hey he's trying to conduct business here ]

. . .

They prayed and hoped for a savior. It was even prophesied that one would be born. Then—they discovered a boy who could produce miracles, just as the holy texts had written.

The violence grew worse. Eventually, it was to the point that they would have to fight back, or otherwise die.

. . .

Even if they fought back, they would surely die. Still, they wanted to die with meaning—

So they believed in me to lead them. They believed in me, to bring them peace, and if not that, then meaning. Then, the lords struck them all down.

Thirty seven thousand people in total.

No more work. It's dinnertime.

[Tug tug tug.]

So what happened after that to bring about this?

. . .

Well. . .

[ quite slowly, carefully keeping his fingers curled to keep the blood off of izanagi ]

Since I'm here now, I thought I would try. . .

. . . Forgiving myself, bit by bit.

Are you taking the blame for those deaths?

It is my responsibility.

They chose their own fates.

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