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[guiltyguitar]

[ Klavier backs up, making sure he can get a good view of his SFC and vice-versa. When it clicks on, you can hear a faint song being played in the background by an electric guitar... it stops briefly as he introduces himself: ]

Achtung! Now it's a party. [ He grins. ] My name is Klavier Gavin, and it's a real pleasure, despite our current

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[tofollowhim]

Ah... Pardon me. Is a prosecutor some type of knight, or a soldier perhaps?

[guiltyguitar]

Ahaha. Fräulein... a prosecutor is a man who works for two lovely women: the first is called justice, the second, truth.

[ Or to put it less poetically... ] I suppose you could call me a knight... of the trial. I put murderers and bad people behind bars. That is my job. A life rests in the defendant's chair, and I have to make sure that they are truly guilty... but nonetheless, they generally are.

[tofollowhim]

I... see. [At least, she thinks she sees? If he puts murderers and bad people behind bars, he is basically a knight.]

[guiltyguitar]

Mind you, I'd be willing to daringly rescue any princess in distress. Let me know if you get kidnapped by a dragon, Fräulein.

[ Have a wink! ]

[tofollowhim]

[Wait, what? Dragon?] I should hope there won't be a need for that.

[guiltyguitar]

As should I. I'd hate for any woman to be taken by a monster... be it man or beast.

[ He grins. ] I doubt they even exist in the first place, but I can tell you where the real monsters are... but you might not like to learn that, Fräulein. It is a terrible burden on one's soul...

[tofollowhim]

The real monsters... Don't they exist inside a human's fear, or sadness? [Mass panic... That's when you see humanity's real face. Well, that's what Naoya tried to tell her. Cheria isn't pessimistic enough to actually believe such a thing.]

[guiltyguitar]

Ja, that's right. But more so in a person's anger. All too often if someone is wronged, the worst things happen.

[ One of these days, he's going to be confronted with something like that and remind himself never to use metaphors like that again--because irony is an evil whore. ] People change quickly, Fräulein. Sometimes, they don't even know what it is they've done. Sad, but true.

[tofollowhim]

Change... [Yeah, she knows a few people who've changed for the worse over the years. But to call them monsters is awfully harsh.]

... If they've changed for the worse, they can change for the better again. All it takes is for someone to point out what they've become.

[guiltyguitar]

Ah, you live in such a beautiful world, Fräulein. I'm envious. You make sure you don't let that world fall on your head, though, okay?

[ He gives her a smile. What he knew... was that people didn't always realize or accept what they are. It's unfortunate, but Klavier has seen it a lot--in most cases, it isn't wholly their fault, but that doesn't mean he can forgive murderers. They may have an illness, but that doesn't mean they're suddenly innocent.

... Like his brother. He often wondered what Kristoph was hiding. There's a pause, and he begins play a random guitar chord. ]

Your name? I'd love to connect the dots, if you don't mind. Especially with such a kind girl~

[tofollowhim]

Cheria Barnes. It's a pleasure to meet you, sir Gavin. [She pauses for a moment, before continuing.] May I ask... is that your guitar?

[guiltyguitar]

Ah, no. It's not Libbie, sadly; when I came here, she was left backstage. I wasn't expecting to be swamped, I was more worried about a guitar that had just suddenly become a smoldering fireball.

[ He sighs somewhat melodramatically. ] I actually found it here. Took a bit of digging, but I found the same model. Besides, were this my guitar, it would have the Gavinner's symbol on it--that's what my necklace is.

[ And he motions to the large silver "G" hanging around his neck. It matches the chain on his pants and around his belt, as well, which is pretty big--must be a theme thing. ]

[tofollowhim]

[Libbie? Swamped? Smoldering fireball? Gavinners? Half of that went over her head. But what it comes down to is that it's his guitar and he found it here in Vatheon. Hm...]

Did you find it in a store here, then?

[guiltyguitar]

Ja, that I did. They have instruments here--I was somewhat surprised. Of course, it's not Liberty, but she plays well enough.

[ He names his guitars. Is it really that surprising? Better than what Daryan named his. "Geeter"... really. How unoriginal. But this reminded him of something else, and he smiles sadly. ] Oh, that guitar... if I had known someone had such foul intentions, I never would have used it during the performance.

Have you ever seen a wooden guitar burn? It's like watching a Goddess of music die...

[ ... Wait, wait. He pauses. ] ... Come to think of it, that wasn't long before I woke up here. ... That's very strange.

[tofollowhim]

[So they have instruments here? She'll have to look for a piano. There's no way she can carry it to her apartment all by herself, but perhaps she'll be allowed to play it in the store. That'd be nice.]

Your guitar was burnt? I'm so sorry to hear that. I imagine it must be painful to lose a treasured instrument. ... Do you believe the incident is connected to this place?

[guiltyguitar]

Ja, it was. I... thought it was one of the staff playing a poor joke on me during my concert, but now that I consider it, it's too strange that one of them would do it. They know that guitar had been a gift from a very precious friend.

[ He seems to be thinking. ] ... On top of that, she was visiting our country in good will, so it wouldn't benefit anyone to draw bad press to our band that I could see. It could very well be related.

It could have been because they wanted to distract me, perhaps? They had to find some way to kidnap me...