Audience: Medb

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Comments

[fergalicious]

I felt a painful transformation. It... felt like it could've been connected to all of you Avatars. Horns, tails, claws—I think there was something for all of you, but it happened so fast but not fast at all.

[ That's the best way she can describe all at once but time freezes.

She saw a memory of his. She knows he didn't always sport his Avatar look. ]

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[...his hands flex a bit, claws outstretched and fingers stiff as if he's having a hard time moving. she isn't quite close enough, but every now and then she might feel a little draft of cold air blow through the room.

the way she describes it both is and isn't surprising.]

...to recalibrate is to reset. A recalibration here is simply a means of resetting how things are done. The two-person competitive executions are a recalibration. These adventures you disappear to are recalibrations as well. Likely, whatever happens this evening will be a recalibration, too.

But not all recalibrations are enacted by choice. Some happen on their own. [he pauses.]

We chose to recalibrate initially. I believe what you may have experienced is a brief moment of our own recalibration as we became Avatars.

[fergalicious]

[ She eye(s) the movement of his hands, his claws. Curious enough, she takes a few steps closer. She registers the cold air but has no idea what connection there is, but it's a little worrying.

If so much of what's done here is a recalibration... ]

What exactly is being reset? How things are done—what is that?

[ The executions are still happening. The adventures are still happening. The murders are still happening. So what's being reset by each and every one of them? What's experienced for each of them? ]

What were you choosing when you became an Avatar? Did you know?

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[unfortunately she's going to quickly realize the cold air is coming from miles himself, a standing block of ice even while wrapped up in his cloak. he doesn't move though.]

This place. The base. Operations. All of those are being reset without our knowledge most of the time. What happened that first Thursday when Suoh was killed was the result of a recalibration we did not anticipate or account for. Likewise, the execution that weekend was also the first time we had seen something of the sort.

So long as murders continue to happen, these will continue to occur on a schedule.

[...the claws flex again.]

We didn't think it would be like this I think, no. But I suppose by now it's a bit obvious, isn't it? We were choosing to continue.

[fergalicious]

[ Why is he making things icy?

All of that is really worrying actually, and she does want to address it, but first things first: ]

Why are you making things cold?

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[ah.]

It's...not on purpose. [sometimes there are side-effects to having freezing, spiderweb veins all over.]

[fergalicious]

Can I have your cloak?

[ She's assuming he isn't affected by his cold generation, but she is? ]

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[no he's very much affected by his own freezing but she just got mauled so he wordlessly takes off his cloak and hands it to her. now she gets to see he's still dressed like a nerd. though also i guess i should mention he's paler than the last time she saw him without a hood, those veins taking on a slight blue-black color and skin a little stiff. the shadows continue to roll off of him and from his eye sockets in little wisps, hollow and sunken in.

but otherwise he's probably fine, even if when he speaks his fangs look a little sharper and longer.]

Better?

[fergalicious]

[ STOP DON'T GIVE HER YOUR CLOAK, THEN, MILES. I'm in tears.

Wish Medb could be a mean girl about his nerd outfit but her usual trial outfit sports a similar cravat/jabot thing, too. Awful.

She slings his cloak over her shoulders, and she smiles. ]

Yeah, thanks.

[ She looks more carefully at the differences in his Avatar transformation. ]

Did you go through another recalibration after dying? [ ... ] And what exactly is being continued, here?

[ By their choosing to become Avatars... the indulging... their wishes? ]

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[hate that for both of them. he doesn't quite smile back, but the expression's more one that says he doesn't mind as much as he should.

that question is a bit more difficult though.]

Not exactly, no. [he looks at his hand again.] This started on its own but...it's changing without notice.

[from there, he folds his arms loosely over his chest.]

We chose to become Avatars, Medb. I think you can wager what, exactly, we were trying to continue.

[fergalicious]

[ What does it mean if the Avatars' transformations are evolving? She isn't sure it's a good thing. She doesn't think it's good at all, actually.

She gestures to the space ship at large. ]

This whole thing? Do you have a wish you want granted?

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[hm. it's probably fine?]

When this originally started, yes. There was a wish I had. [still have, but he's clarifying anyway.]

[fergalicious]

It sounds like there's a but here. Or an and?

[ She tilts her head. ]

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...no, I suppose there isn't. It's still something I want.

[but you know, being an avatar. etc.]

[fergalicious]

You have something you want, but something has changed from when you became an Avatar. Or because you became one.

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Something to that effect. Being an Avatar means there's much left to be done before I can even think of what I want again.

[fergalicious]

Duty before desires? That's not very greedy of you.

[ She hums. ]

Will you tell me what you want?

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[a wry smile.] I know. But it can't be helped.

[...]

...a few incidents have occurred that have begun to change how the law is viewed by the public. One of our young prosecutors has just been arrested for a murder I firmly believe he didn't commit.

[a pause.] ...and a year ago, a friend was disbarred for presenting false evidence to the court. I don't believe he did that either.

But without proof, this is what the public believes. An age of corruption has begun to set in.

[the dark age of the law.]

[fergalicious]

[ THIS CANON POINT i hate it

Medb thinks she can draw a conclusion. ]

You want to fix your law system, and you'd like to see those two people cleared.

[ Medb's views on justice as a whole are not strict or great. Her morals are corrupt, and she just does whatever the fuck she wants. It really is a wonder how she gets along with Miles as much as she does. ]

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[:D]

Yes. Exactly that. [it's maybe a wonder, but sometimes it's not.] ...Wright cleared my name once before. It's only fair that I return the favor.

[and blackquill...it didn't make sense. but finding answers on his own hasn't been going well.]

And if the law cannot be trusted, then I'm afraid of what the future may hold.

[fergalicious]

People in power do like to bend the law to their will.

[ She is a prime example sometimes. Not that there was much of a law system in Celtic myths, but you know.

She could have been so terrible with the rule ability, but she just used it to be funny. ]

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It isn't unfamiliar to me, all things considered. I'm sure some may find my desires a bit underwhelming, but...this is what matters most to me. The truth. And making it right again.

[fergalicious]

What you want is what you want. What's important to you is what's important to you. Who cares how people view it, as long as you hold it as important?

[ Own up to your desires and don't back down. That's how Medb tries to operate, much to my crying and screaming at how I don't know how any of her relationships developed.

Even if she can't fully relate to him, she likes him enough that she wants him to get what he wants eventually. ]

—Oh. Which of you owns an umbrella?

[ IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MEDB'S SECOND QUESTION TO HIM, BUT I FORGOT BECAUSE THE CONVERSATION SPIRALED KSDFLKSDJSAD ]

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And I suppose that's why I'm the Avatar of Greed, among other reasons. [because at the end of the day miles always just does whatever he wants to get the results. even if they're not as underhanded as they used to be.

he at least appreciates that medb is taking this in stride. it's why he also doesn't mind the change in topic and he blinks for a moment.]

Ah. A little rain would damage the fire, wouldn't you say?

[fergalicious]

[ That's probably why they get along. Even if their morals are kind of opposed because he no longer is that underhanded. ]

Okay, got it! Thanks, Miles. You should probably go unless you want to get locked in here with me.