178. Private to Coyo.,

Aug 02, 2011 14:06

We're going hunting. Meet me in twenty minutes at the door to CES.

Bring your nets.

coyo, warden business, stand back! i'm a professional

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leadsthestars August 2 2011, 18:20:31 UTC
No, I don't think we will.

It will not be enjoyable for you.

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Private. thegooddrjones August 2 2011, 18:22:32 UTC
I want to hunting.

I want you to teach me how you'd teach other Aztecs.

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Private. leadsthestars August 2 2011, 18:29:32 UTC
Hunting is the wrong word. It has always been the wrong word. When I hunt here, on the Barge, I go to war. That is all this is, Martha. When you bring me to the CES, it is to wage war. It is to spill the blood of animals that disappear, instead of hurting others on the Barge.

Do you want to learn how to go to war, Martha Jones? Do you want me to teach you the art of flower war?

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Private. thegooddrjones August 2 2011, 18:37:29 UTC
Yes. Teach me the art of flower war.

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Private. leadsthestars August 2 2011, 19:52:42 UTC
Fine.

Tell me what you fight for. Tell me why you go to war.

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Private. thegooddrjones August 2 2011, 19:53:58 UTC
I fight for you. I fight for hope. I fight for the power to change things for the better.

I fight for the people I care about to have better lives.

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Private. leadsthestars August 2 2011, 20:00:47 UTC
Those are your reasons. Now hear mine.

I go to war because blood revitalized the earth. I go to war to slaughter, because violence is the way of things. I fight because I want to renew the earth, rebuild the world.

I war with the sun because I am the moon, and I must fight.

I can fight no battles here, Martha Jones. I sit here in mortal bones and I rot. I enact little battles in the CES because I want to kill you all, because I feel it in my blood, because I am Coyolxauhqui and I will always want to lead an army.

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Private. thegooddrjones August 2 2011, 20:22:10 UTC
You don't not fight battles here, Coyolxauhqui, the battles are simply those of another kind.

You shed blood, but it's not the blood of other people, it's like the blood of the things you've done. You're waging war on yourself, and in this moment, it's the battle of not caring.

I'm here to be your guide in this battle, to help you. And if helping you shed the blood in CES helps you with that, then that's what we're going to do.

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Private. leadsthestars August 2 2011, 23:22:12 UTC
The battle of not caring. [Insert disdainful snort here.] That is not a battle.

Shedding blood in the CES helps you, it does not help me.

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Private. thegooddrjones August 2 2011, 23:29:49 UTC
So what do think would help you?

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Private. leadsthestars August 3 2011, 02:17:33 UTC
In what way?

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Private. thegooddrjones August 3 2011, 02:21:32 UTC
Anyway. Let's talk about what you want.

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Private. leadsthestars August 4 2011, 01:06:05 UTC
No, Martha. In what way? What do you mean?

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Private. thegooddrjones August 4 2011, 01:14:32 UTC
What do you think would help you feel less like you were here rotting?

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Private. leadsthestars August 4 2011, 14:57:52 UTC
[There's a long, long pause.]

Blood!

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Private. thegooddrjones August 4 2011, 15:48:26 UTC
Spilling it?

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