Video 006 - Bleeding hearts

[paradoxfeline]

[The feed shows  an image of what looks like  a paper red heart. It was simple and irregular. Obviously handmade. Then a familiar voice is heard.] Why is it on Valentine's day that people give other fake hearts

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[candidate_no_12]

(Feeding his dalmatian a chicken leg, that in turn is chomping on his hand.)

That is just ridiculous. Why should the ritual be an exchange of hearts, whether they are paper or real? If one wants to show their affection, they should derive an object that is important to their significant other. If everyone gives a heart, then that is simply worthless.

[candidate_no_12]

(A smart boy. Must be far older than he looks to come to that assessment about humanity, Wrath thinks. Not a boy at all.)

(He catches the smirk.)

Yet another world where alchemy is not functional.

And what use do your superiors have for a broken system?

Who would that one person be?

(He frowns at Schro's apologetic smile. What the devil does he look apologetic for? Offending him? )

(At the boy's embarrassed comment, closes his right eye in understanding, which has become blue again.)

Fifty. You are like my siblings. They have not aged in the hundreds-odd years they have been alive. They are containers--though I suppose I am a container as well, though I age like a human. Like yourself, I have no reproductive capabilities.

(At the boy's last remark, Wrath grows sullen.) Of course. No scientist creates a being so they can live out their life as normal. There is always a hand guiding it along.

Though you refer to your burden in the past tense. Have you overcome your state of servitude?

[paradoxfeline]

My superiors were looking into different systems to give them a desired result. They wanted to ensure that the won the war that was going on at the time.

[Schrodinger then smirked when Wrath inquired about who else used Alchemy.] I'm afraid I can't reveal their identity.

State of servitude? Yep, I completed my mission to the fullest. Just how the Major would want.

[candidate_no_12]

(Different systems to win a war. Made enough sense. That is what his generals had wanted--to find the best way to win the war--for the nation, for glory, for security on the borders, for peace, and endless other human reasons

[paradoxfeline]

Yes, my superiors were human.But I guess, some people might feel otherwise.

[ His superior were infamous for one the biggest known genocide in his world's history.

But with Wrath's inquiry on the details of his mention, the catboy's smile stretched just a little.]

My mission was to kill an old enemy.

[candidate_no_12]

Ah? And why would that be?

(Schro is being cagey about identities. But what can his superiors do to him at this point?) All that Wrath knows about them are that they're human. Of course--man_always controlled monster. It was only on his world that monster controlled man.)

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[candidate_no_12]

Wrath observes the stretch. Quite casual--it does not seem that Schro had anything personal against said enemy. He is curious about enemy in the singular.)

Really--just one enemy?

[paradoxfeline]

[Schro wasn't afraid of revealing who his superiors were, but like most people he encountered, they didn't know anything about Germany let alone what A nazi was. Although, Schro didn't mind explaining, he wasn't sure if Wrath wanted to hear all that.

If the catboy was vague it was only gauge how interested the other was.]

Well, although my superiors were human. They did a lot of inhumane things. It was thanks to them that my country is known for the notorious genocide of entire group of people. But it wasn't just the fact, they killed innocent people. It was the systematic and organizational ways they went about it. I won't go into detail about that, though.

[Laughs] Also their also known for making artificial vampires. During the time my superiors were in power were involved in a war and they looking up every avenue to make sure they won. That's why they showed an interest in Alchemy. It was no wonder that Alchemy would lead them to the legend of the vampire.

[Schrodinger shrugged.] It was one enemy, but he's a very powerful one

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[candidate_no_12]

(It is true, Wrath does not know what a Nazi is, or what Germany is.)

(He listens to Schro as he tells him about his superiors, nodding slowly in comprehension.)

A systematic genocide of an entire group of people, (Wrath repeats, pausing.) Yes, I can relate. I initiated the massacre of an entire group of people as well.

It is interesting to what lengths humans go to to ravage their own kind.

(He is unapologetic about the fact that he perpetrated genocide--most likely because he considers the motives and the contexts of a human group distinct from his own: he is not human, so it does not matter to him that he kills humans or has humans killed.)

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[candidate_no_12]

(Perhaps on his world, the alchemists know of vampires, but he is not an alchemist, and does not know of any such legend. They must be fanciful creatures, as Homunculi are on other worlds.)

And if you would not mind sharing, what are vampires?

(The father of the vampires? Then it is no longer a mystery as to why Schro was created to destroy that creature. Wrath wonders if the father of the vampires is anything like Father, but he dsaves this question until after Schro will have told him what vampires are.)

Sorry for the lateness!

[paradoxfeline]

[Schro's interest is pique when Wrath mentioned that he initiated the massacre of an entire group. It reminded him of what he had just done in his own world. Well him and the last battalion.]

Well, the reason my Superiors did it fifty years ago was because of purging.When My major's group recently attacked London, we were only doing it for fun. But we could only see the murder of thousands in a detached way because we weren't human.

[Schro then raised an eyebrow, but at this point, he wasn't surprised if Wrath didn't hear of vampires. Most people here didn't know what Europe, Germany or Hitler was.]

They're undead beings that live off the blood of humans or animals. They're are a lot of interpretations, but in my world, in order to become a vampire you must be drained of your blood as a virgin human.

No problem! ^^ 1/2

[candidate_no_12]

(Schro's rising interest tells Wrath that the former can probably relate to genocide. This 'London' they attacked, it was for fun. Interesting. Fun. Envy, too, killed humans for fun. Had he still been alive he might hit it off with Schro, Wrath thought.)

(At Schro's justification, he agrees.)

It is exactly the same with us. I neither feel remorse for the people I ordered to be killed nor remorse for the people I kill. They are not my species. And these humans always make such a fuss whenever one of their own dies. It makes me angry.

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[candidate_no_12]

They drink human and animal blood to live, you say?

(He listens curiously to the rest of Schro's explanation, but it goes over his head. It shows when his brow creases fitfully, and he raises a hand to ask him to--)

Stop and go back. What does undead mean?

(Never mind virgins and blood being drained, he wants to know the basics, first.)

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[paradoxfeline]

A fuss when I another human dies? That's an interesting way to put it, but I don't see it that way.

[Schrodinger says as he places a hand to his chin, considering why humans were upset that others died. Even Seras was upset when Pip died, even though she was a vampire.]

I've seen my comrades die and I never felt a thing.It was just something that had to happen and that was fine for me. But I guess a human feels something when one of their own dies because of their "humanity", they have feelings and these emotions go out to their own kind. It's something beings like us will never understand, I suppose.

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[candidate_no_12]

Yes, quite the commotion.

(As Schro places a hand on his chin, looking contemplative, it is not clear on what point does Schro disagree with him. If Schro thinks non-humans also grieve for humans, or if humans do not make a fuss. But the topic has passed.)

(He nods as Schro describes his lack of feeling upon his comrades' deaths. Naturally. An inevitability. They had to die. It would be unnatural, Wrath thinks, if Schro felt for his dead comrades. )

(He continues to listen to Schro, agreeing silently--until his last statement.)

I hope you are wrong about that. I was born a human. I want to recover that ability to feel.

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[paradoxfeline]

[Nods] That's right. Blood is a form of life energy, so vampires consume the blood of others to continue living their undead lives.

And what I mean by undead is that you have died,but you've been brought back to life. I think animate is a better word. Though, you're not the same being you were when you were alive, when you become part of the undead, you are no longer the person you were, so a lot of things get lost in the transition. Like emotions, motor skills...

[Schro places a finger on his mouth.] And undead is not only vampires. But zombies, ghouls and even ghosts can be the form of the undead.