Chapter 4: An inevitable fate descends; Ryuubi speaks to the people

[fightingvirtue]

[As the feed switches on, Ryuubi is sitting on a mostly-darkened room, the faint gray light from the stormy day outside barely penetrating. Lit from below by the PCD, his expression can best be described as raw, all exposed pain and tattered courage. Yet it's wistful as well. He is staring into some distance only he can see

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[bunny_flower]

Forgetting pain might sound nice, but ultimately it robs life of its very substance, Ryuubi-san.

[fightingvirtue]

Oh, no, captain, believe me... sometimes, enough is enough.

[bunny_flower]

I have lived long enough to know that it is not necessarily true, Ryuubi-san.

One might think so on occasion, but one comes to know it is not so in the end.

[fightingvirtue]

Except that there is no end, and there never can be.

[bunny_flower]

Really, now ?

[fightingvirtue]

Never... how can it ever end, when I am Ryuubi Gentoku? The empire, long united...

I'm sorry. I really am. My siblings aren't here to stop me talking about this.

[bunny_flower]

It does sound like you need to speak about it, but I am afraid I do not really understand.

[fightingvirtue]

No... no, I just cause myself misery. Ekitoku would beat me over the head... heh, if she knew... it doesn't matter. I'll make my peace with fate eventually, if not in this life then maybe in the next.