Aurificium Magica

[thewishfire]

I keep thinking about my name. Or, I guess it's not really my name as such, just the name that was mistakenly given to me when everyone thought I was Theofratus' son. Aurelius. I thought about just dropping it-- I even told sensei she could take it off my records. After all, I'm a Mana. Mana don't generally have last names, although I guess there's

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[pillarofruin]

I don't think you were denying everything you were, not in the way that-- that I was, that people are when they say that. I think you didn't have the pieces in place to know what you were, but I don't think you ever thought otherwise from the principles of alchemy. You never had a thought in your head that denied it. You just didn't know what it was.

It is a shame that he didn't see his way through a little further... I used to be glad that you didn't know what you were, but that was when I feared your power's awakening. But I always did think you could have done with a bit of an explanation, not necessarily about yourself, but about alchemy. How could you know what you were for if you didn't know where you came from or what you were meant to serve? A creation like you isn't used up once and forgotten. You were going to continue to tick, to move, to do things, and you ought to have at least enough direction to know the point of existing at all. Had you really been a child from a family of alchemists, you'd have known the point of existing, you'd have been taught, you'd have known what you were for. But you were abandoned the moment you were complete... It is truly sad that he was so lost at the end, that he didn't even think to take care of simple things...

[thewishfire]

I could have helped him... I just didn't know what to do.

I would have liked to know. And if I spent so much of my time here not knowing, and being frustrating for you all on that account, I'm sorry... I regret it for myself, too, because this knowledge is so much.... But I have it now, I know now, and even if it took me a while to figure it out... it's not too late, not at all.

[strivinghigher]

I know you didn't frustrate me on purpose.

[thewishfire]

I know... and I don't blame myself, or anyone. I know there wasn't anything I could have done to know faster.... But I do regret that it ever bothered you. I guess I just do, because it was a bad thing, and it would be nice if it hadn't happened... and... I feel like that about bad things, I guess.

Thank you, though, for your words.... It's still so nice to hear that.

[justicewearsred]

Ah, and that's the heart of it there, dear Roxis. We knew your so-called rivalry was a canard for your, ahem, frustrations all this time, you know....

[strivinghigher]

That's not true! I might have thought he was attractive, but I didn't care that much, not until I realised what he was.

[justicewearsred]

Ahah, so you do admit you found him attractive, at least!

[strivinghigher]

Well, yes! It annoyed the hell out of me! Yet another thing that was perfect about him.