The Musings of the Seven of Swords

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[Action]  A cafe downtown

[Liz has been on her guard due the kill or be killed feelings in the air, however, she needed some time away from the group to gather some things.  She's been shopping for food and decided to sit down in a cafe for dinner.  She may have her guard up, she may not, she's very hard to read, however she does not look to be

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[nimblehurricane]

[Well, this is interesting. Legault, frankly, has been more bothered by the loss of his things than by the erupting chaos; he's been trained to not be caught, and he's secure in his ability to get out of most fights. Just in case the threats laid out in his letter were true, he'd decided to scope out his target... and, as luck would have it, she has been making no effort to hide herself. Putting on his best gentlemanly smile, he moves to sit across the table from her, lacing his fingers together on top of the table so she can watch his hands.]

Miss, please don't be alarmed, but I have been sent to kill you.

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"I had assumed someone would. Now the real question is will you do it for the false offers of the town?"

[She ponders for a moment]

"Would you like me to order some pie and coffee for you? The pecan here is really quite wonderful."

[nimblehurricane]

I only kill wicked people, and no longer at the whims of corrupt leaders. I would only truly follow their orders if you fit the profile of someone who had mistreated others to the point that their suffering outweighed your right to live.

[All through this, his tone is pleasant and honest, and there's a part of him that's relieved that she hadn't panicked. He likes her already.]

That would be wonderful, though it would be rude of me not to pay when my mark is so lovely.

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"I do not know if I am wicked... I have sent people to kill and die, and fought many nightmares... However, my end goal was simply to keep humanity from being devoured by its darkest desires. Now, this town would have me kill a small girl, but would that not be giving in and becoming a dark desire myself?"

"Of course, payment is a negligible thing, but conversation is an investment in one's soul."

[nimblehurricane]

Children haven't had time to accumulate enough sins to deserve death. You shouldn't believe anything Mayfield tells you; why they would bring so many of us here only to thin us out is a mystery to me, unless they intend on keeping the strongest for some other purpose.

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"No, I do not believe the town, nor am I hunting the child. To do so would only give Erebus power and that is not what I seek. I have been doing what I can to protect children from my world that will one day grow to be... More. I believe that they are doing this to set us against each other and destroy the few alliances people have made to escape."

[nimblehurricane]

Mm... then I have no quarrel with you.

[He smiles.]

Erebus?

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"There is much magic where I come from... Erebus and Nyx are two things from before the days of the Gods... In this case the Gods of Olympus. Erebus is given power by humanity's urge to destroy itself, and Nyx when awakened will bring the final end of humanity. Both were sealed long ago till recently, when a fool of a man who was chasing power awakened Nyx and while she was sealed once more, this awoke Erebus and forced a man to give up his soul to seal the Nyx away."

"My goal is to return Erebus to its slumber, and were I to do something like this, would it not feed the self destructive impulses of humanity?"

[nimblehurricane]

It absolutely would; you're right to not contribute to that. In this environment, I commend you, even. It's tempting to go down dark paths.

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"I was born in the darkness, and sent to see the shadows for what they were... No.. I do not wish to live in the blackness, one day I wish to frolic in the sun with the seal..."