63. [Voice]
[A little static, a little tap, and Priscilla immediately starts talking. This time she's not hesitant, not even slightly.]
[In fact, she seems to be in a pretty good mood.]
Hello everyone!
Umm... Patrol scheduling and partnership lists have been updated... here.
[ A little link appears.]I'm sorry that it took so long. I was kind of... not ( Read more... )
[In fact, she seems to be in a pretty good mood.]
Hello everyone!
Umm... Patrol scheduling and partnership lists have been updated... here.
[ A little link appears.]I'm sorry that it took so long. I was kind of... not ( Read more... )
[A moment.] If you do not trust your own senses, what do you trust?
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[She bites down on her bottom lip.]
I don't know.
...a few weeks ago, before some of us went missing [Before they were replaced with other versions of themselves], I felt something arrive. Miria and the others felt it too - I can only guess you must have as well, since you're the best sensor here.
I didn't know what it was, but it felt like reiatsu. Spirit energy, like the shinigami.
That energy today... one of the sources was that... thing that arrived.
...and I trust your senses... much more than mine.
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There has been a report of a man injured. It may or may not be related to this occurrence, but I think it might be prudent to investigate. What is the standard procedure that you have adopted for the patrol, for such circumstances?
[She carries on, quite calm.] Given our limited knowledge of the situation, it would doubtless be for the best to act with utmost caution. A calculated risk, however, could also be of some benefit. I have yet to determine what move might be most advantageous to us, however.
Mm. Understood. [Well, she is pretty awesome. So she won't speak against that.]
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[Which is annoying. Since he works for her. But he's so hard to argue with...]
I've gotten some information from the others. Kaien says it was a conflict between two of the new arrivals.
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[Which is to say, she might interfere. If it suits her. From a tactical perspective, of course.]
Did Kaien report if there were any witnesses?
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He didn't see it, himself. But he recognized their energy signatures. ...Dietrich likened it to the power of an Abyssal One, but I--
[...not that she's spent a lot of time with Abyssal Ones. ... but.]
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[Back to serious business.] Deitrich is certainly not one to be underestimated when it comes to her judgement. [There's a 'but' there. "But she never caught me," namely, although that is not exactly relevant.]
Are there ties between these individuals that we should be made aware of? It would not do if others were to become injured because of attempting to intervene in a conflict they do not properly comprehend?
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...in any case. Um. ties?
It's my understanding that one of them is considered a traitor to the other. In that sense, it can be said that it isn't really our area.
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Ah. That would surely be enough to stir up conflict wherever one was located. With the laws of this place in mind, what action do you suppose you will take? Even if one is a traitor, then they amnesty here. Was it the traitor who attacked first, or the other?
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It doesn't feel right, though.
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I am, however, curious. Your reason conflicts with your gut feeling on the matter?
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Amnesty is my own policy, really. And I do believe in it, and I've applied it even in the cases of the Abyssals. And I wouldn't want to move against this person without their acting here. But.
If someone he hurt in the past decides to go after him, I wonder if it's fair to punish that person, really.
I don't know. It's...
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[Not said bitchily, in fact, or harshly. A simple question.]
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And for another thing, she was guilty of murder at that time.
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Let us consider.
They were indeed orders. However, it is possible there is information concerning the former Number One that was not divulged. Perhaps it is the same in this circumstance; one group's traitor could be another's hero. One group's murderer could be another's saviour. So far as the Organisation are concerned, with our current knowledge, I am dubious of any judgment they pass down. As such, I am also doubtful of the judgment of other worlds.
With so many shades of complications possible, I would be cautious of our considering an act of 'one hurt' forgivable simply because he was hurt. Do you follow?
... Forgive me. It would seem it is a can of worms, for lack of a more pleasing image for comparison.
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But the truth is, even now I do not believe there are any circumtances under which it is appropriate for a warrior of Teresa's standing to kill humans. Even if the people in question were dangerous, considering her level of ability there is no reason she could not incapacitate them without that incapacitation becoming fatal.
...um. I do understand being dubious of their judgments. That's why--
[She stops talking, because she really doesn't need to throw "that's why I've been hanging around with Abyssal Ones sometimes" out there.]
In any case, I do believe there are things that I can never forgive.
...and if Clare were to come after me for that now, it would also be unjustified considering that as of the time of my arrival here, I had not killed her. But I would. If I needed to... and if she were still here.
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