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[chaos_vessel]

[ooc: this is posted the morning after this. ]

[Vincent is not in the best state. His hair is wild and messy, not held back as it usually is by his headband. He's covered with small cuts, and there is dried blood at the corner of his mouth. He is cradling his head in his hands.]

I'm sure you all have your suspicions, after that announcement. [He

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[video]

[pinkgospel]

[Oh, Vincent. What happened to you? Now you got Aerith staring at you with such worry now.]

Killing you won't solve anything! Vincent, don't cheapen your life like that. You're our friend, we couldn't do something like that to you.

No! There has to be another way...

[video]

[chaos_vessel]

If there is another way, I don't know how to find it. Chaos is a demon, a creature born of the Lifestream itself. What could exist here that would contain it?

[He swept his hair out of his face in a frustrated gesture.] If you do not fight back, then Chaos could hurt one of you, kill you even. I cannot let that happen. [Their own lives were so much more valuable than his own. They all had so much left to live for, and Vincent never wanted to have to be the one to take it away from them.]

[video]

[pinkgospel]

But you're giving up already by suggesting we should kill you!
We will fight this battle together and win! Trust us, Vincent. Just trust us!

There has to be another way.

[video]

[chaos_vessel]

I trust you. It's myself I don't trust.

[ video ]

[flameguardian]

You haven't hurt any innocents yet. And if you hadn't... dealt with him, I would have.

[ His tail twitches. ]

Do you think going to Wutai is wise, Vincent?

[ What he means is, "Will you be able to handle it? And if you can't, are you hoping Sephiroth will be the one to kill you?" ]

...There has to be some way to control him. Now that you're here, I would rather you didn't come to an early end.

[video]

[chaos_vessel]

Yet. I'm sure that it will happen eventually. As for controlling him, that would need something similar to the Protomateria that you told me of, if not that materia itself. I doubt something like that can be found in this world.

[Vincent's glare is challenging, as if he is daring Nanaki to take this chance away from him.] He asked me of his mother. This meeting is to answer his questions. [Vincent remembered that learning that Jenova was his mother was what drove Sephiroth insane while they were on Gaia. He seems to be hoping that learning of his real mother will stabilize Sephiroth.]

[video]

[flameguardian]

[ Hesitantly: ] There is the same substance I was experimented on with. Nethicite. If you fought his Rooks, you might remember it; the strange stones at their cores.

...I hope that is all that will occur.

[video]

[chaos_vessel]

[He doesn't remember- he barely remembers the Rooks.] I'll look into it, I suppose.

What do you expect me to do, sleep with him? [He snorts. He's clearly cheering up some.]

[voice]

[heartofheaven]

Vincent...

Do you know why it happened? There must be some way for you to get them under control again...

And you're meeting Sephiroth? Why?

[voice]

[chaos_vessel]

Only recently before I found myself here, one of the Tsviets took a materia from my chest during a fight. According to Nanaki, it is what allows me to keep Chaos in check. I was attacked, and Chaos took advantage of my distraction.

[For a moment, he almost looks angry, but most of the anger morphs into well-worn sadness. He sounds tired] He's her son.

[voice]

[heartofheaven]

You had a materia in your chest? So, to stop it happening again, we have to find this materia, right?

...I see.

[voice]

[chaos_vessel]

I lost it while on the Planet. I doubt it can be found here. [He's not being stubborn on purpose. Vincent is just having a hard time thinking of anything else that could help. To him, Chaos is an unstoppable overpowering force.]

[Of course she doesn't, not really, but as long as she doesn't stop him, he doesn't mind.]

[loveandstrife]

Don't say stupid things, Vincent. You're a smart guy.

Killing you won't solve anything. Besides, you killed a madman. It's a good thing.

[He pauses for a moment.] Why are you meeting Sephiroth?

[chaos_vessel]

[Vincent is ignoring that for now. One day, that comment will come back to bite you, Cloud.]

If nothing else, it brings much more trouble down around us. [Madman or not, Vincent hates it when Chaos kills a person instead of an insentient monster.]

He wants to know about Lucrecia.

[loveandstrife]

[Doesn't it always?]

I'll clear it all up at the Heads of State meeting. I've got a lot to sort out there.

...I guess that's understandable. Are you... gonna be okay?

[chaos_vessel]

Heads of State meeting?

As soon as I wash the blood off. [He is actually anticipating this meeting with Sephiroth. He wants to know what kind of a man he was before he was driven insane.]

[voice]

[gtfomyhighwind]

How fuckin' old are ya? Shit, Vince. Getta grip. Would'a thought ya didn't own a lick'a sense.

Ain't no way in hell am I ever gonna kill you.

[voice]

[chaos_vessel]

Then kill Chaos, if it makes you feel any better. [He sighs.] Highwind, I don't take my own life lightly, [Not any more.] but I don't know what else to do. He's too strong.

[voice]

[gtfomyhighwind]

I ain't killin' that bastard either, he's apart of ya! He dies, you die! I ain't gonna do that, Vince! If ya don't know how ta take care'a the damned thing, do something they taught ya when ya were a Turk! Didn't they teach ya some meditation mumbo jumob?

I mean shit, there's gotta be a thousand different ways ta handle it and takin' the easy way out ain't gonna fly! 'Specially not fer me.

[voice]

[chaos_vessel]

[Vincent is rubbing at his forehead again. If he keeps not realizing that he's doing it, the gesture will probably become a habit when he is irritated. He won't make a snappy comment that uses Reno, but he's tempted.] Self-discipline is the only thing that has allowed me to keep him contained so far.