[Video | Private]soreloserchanMarch 1 2011, 21:37:32 UTC
[Byakuran has been a very, very good boy lately Peter. You see, he's been aware of something for a short while now - an idea implanted into his mind during his experiments with Gokudera. Really, all he had to do was put two and two together and the answer had been clear enough.
Exactly why he had felt so suspicious, that first night.
Byakuran does not care about what is happening in Kannagara; it does not affect him personally. It has not threatened him yet. He has no capacity to feel pity for the others who have suffered at the hands of the natives. But Byakuran has been looking for a chance to approach Peter and this morning he is feeling testy and sharp and this is an opportunity.
When he opens a video channel, he is smiling. Deceptively friendly, as always. He makes the extra effort to give it a sad tone, even. Sympathetic to Peter's concern and his anger.]
I'm really sorry, Peter. About your friend, I mean.
[He pauses, thinks of the best way to articulate what he wants to say.]
But you know right, that you have something to help you out here~? You have an ability to see what no one else can see~!
[He stops himself from sounding hysterical and his smile warps into something nasty.]
You have that ability that you stole from me Peter~. So why don't you use it to have a look and see into every other Kannagara and use to your advantage~?
[He sneers, eyes narrowing.]
And while you're at it, why don't you have a look and see if you can predict exactly what you've landed yourself into by stealing my ability~.
[Video | Private]ad_salvatioMarch 1 2011, 22:36:14 UTC
[ Great. This is just fucking great, just what he needed. Byakuran taunting him when it's the last thing Peter wanted to deal with. But what he says is unexpected, entirely confusing. ]
What the hell are you talking about?
[ And a little frightening as well -- how did Byakuran know that Peter could absorb powers? It's not exactly something he's gone around telling people. Well, except maybe Lelouch. But he doesn't know why Lelouch would tell anyone about this. ]
I didn't take your ability.
[ Or did he?
Something happened when he shook Byakuran's hand, but he wasn't sure what that something was. ]
[Video | Private]soreloserchanMarch 1 2011, 22:48:26 UTC
[Byakuran clicks his tongue and fixes Peter with a steady, even glare. He is not fond of those who play innocent - but Peter has an annoying earnest and honest face and he can tell that he genuinely does not know what Byakuran is speaking about.
Well - ignorance is no excuse.]
That painting, Peter~.
[He pauses, shakes his head. Not just the painting. Every other Byakuran in every other Kannagara had screamed and whispered Peter's name to him in sharp, irritated voices. References to every great theft in history had been thrown at him and he hadn't got it until he saw that damn painting.
He is unaware, of course, of Peter's precognitive ability to see the future. But he knows now, even if he has misinterpreted the hints. He knows that Peter has taken what is - has copied it into his own flesh and brain.
Byakuran sneers.]
Don't play ignorant with me. At the party; you felt it didn't you? The flashes from other worlds.
[That headache makes sense now. Byakuran is livid at how long he has been in the dark about this.]
[Video | private]ad_salvatioMarch 2 2011, 01:01:42 UTC
[ The flashes of other worlds, of himself and Byakuran -- Peter remembers that mostly because he hadn't understood what the hell had happened. He thought it might have been some kind of hallucination, some kind of strange images Byakuran put in his head. But now this is all starting to make sense. Seeing into other dimensions, or in this case, the possibilities of multiple futures. But that painting had nothing to do with Byakuran. That much is true, even if Peter now knows that he has some kind of ability he doesn't have any idea how to even use. ]
That painting thing was something I could do even in my own world. Unless you're saying that I somehow stole your ability to paint the future before I even met you.
[ Yeah, he's going to try and misdirect the conversation now. ]
Exactly why he had felt so suspicious, that first night.
Byakuran does not care about what is happening in Kannagara; it does not affect him personally. It has not threatened him yet. He has no capacity to feel pity for the others who have suffered at the hands of the natives. But Byakuran has been looking for a chance to approach Peter and this morning he is feeling testy and sharp and this is an opportunity.
When he opens a video channel, he is smiling. Deceptively friendly, as always. He makes the extra effort to give it a sad tone, even. Sympathetic to Peter's concern and his anger.]
I'm really sorry, Peter. About your friend, I mean.
[He pauses, thinks of the best way to articulate what he wants to say.]
But you know right, that you have something to help you out here~? You have an ability to see what no one else can see~!
[He stops himself from sounding hysterical and his smile warps into something nasty.]
You have that ability that you stole from me Peter~. So why don't you use it to have a look and see into every other Kannagara and use to your advantage~?
[He sneers, eyes narrowing.]
And while you're at it, why don't you have a look and see if you can predict exactly what you've landed yourself into by stealing my ability~.
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What the hell are you talking about?
[ And a little frightening as well -- how did Byakuran know that Peter could absorb powers? It's not exactly something he's gone around telling people. Well, except maybe Lelouch. But he doesn't know why Lelouch would tell anyone about this. ]
I didn't take your ability.
[ Or did he?
Something happened when he shook Byakuran's hand, but he wasn't sure what that something was. ]
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Well - ignorance is no excuse.]
That painting, Peter~.
[He pauses, shakes his head. Not just the painting. Every other Byakuran in every other Kannagara had screamed and whispered Peter's name to him in sharp, irritated voices. References to every great theft in history had been thrown at him and he hadn't got it until he saw that damn painting.
He is unaware, of course, of Peter's precognitive ability to see the future. But he knows now, even if he has misinterpreted the hints. He knows that Peter has taken what is - has copied it into his own flesh and brain.
Byakuran sneers.]
Don't play ignorant with me. At the party; you felt it didn't you? The flashes from other worlds.
[That headache makes sense now. Byakuran is livid at how long he has been in the dark about this.]
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That painting thing was something I could do even in my own world. Unless you're saying that I somehow stole your ability to paint the future before I even met you.
[ Yeah, he's going to try and misdirect the conversation now. ]
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