AUDIENCE FOR: Emet-Selch

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Who?

[ they sound curious, now. ] It wouldn't count, but, I mean, I wouldn't mind.

[ktiseos]

Dimitri, if he does not already come to you.

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[ O: ]

Uh, no, not really. Well, besides business stuff, I guess. Can I ask why?

[ktiseos]

...mm. He expressed some concern over what may or may not be fated, in his own future.

I thought there would certainly be worse people to speak with than you.

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[ aw. there's a bit of a smile in their voice, as they lean back against the desk. ]

Well, sure. Send 'em my way. Wouldn't mind. Iunno how much he likes me, really, but, poor guy could probably use a little stress relief, at least.

[ktiseos]

It is worth trying, at the least. Mayhap it shall prove helpful.

[guestservices]

Maybe. Seems like I cause you more stress than relief, though, so, it's a surprising recommendation.

[ teasing. ]

[ktiseos]

Oh, be quiet.

[he grumbles, with a roll of his eyes.

but speaking of causing stress- hm. he's quiet a few moments.]

Aquila. I've wondered something.

Were our positions reversed, what is it you would choose to do?

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... What do you mean?

[ktiseos]

I think you know well enough what I mean.

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[ ...

they sigh. ]

Depends. If I was playing in this game? Depends on who I had to try and keep safe. I've never been the type of person to think shit through, Emet.

[ktiseos]

I'd never gotten that impression, no.

[an attempt at teasing, albeit a weak one.]

Assuming it was someone you loved, however-- what would you do for them?

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[

they struggle, for a moment, like they're trying to decide what they can and can't say, and they unwind the bracelet from their wrist just for something to do with their hands.

... ]

For her? Anything.

[ they don't specify. maybe emet can read between the lines. ]

[ktiseos]

...even if it is not what she would wish to be done?

[quiet. a little cautious, maybe.]

[guestservices]

Already done that. She just didn't know.

[ktiseos]

I see.

[...it isn't fully surprising, really. a little, but not fully.]


...I suppose I can understand it.

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I'm not saying I'm a good example, Emet-Selch. I'm just saying that's what happened.

[ they look away, folding their arms. ] So. My job as a staff member isn't to sway you any way. You gotta make that choice yourself.

[ktiseos]

...I very nearly killed in the Prism, to protect others, although it proved to be unnecessary. It is different here, but in some ways mayhap it is the same concept.

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Maybe. Iunno.

[ they reach up under their veil, pinching between their eyebrows. ]

I don't know if - [ ... ] Have you talked to anyone else about this?

[ktiseos]

Lup insisted it would simply make me more like my future self.

[he mutters, with a shake of his head.]

[guestservices]

What'd you think about that?

[ktiseos]

She is the same one who also insisted my future self is not irredeemable.

[huffs.]

I do have my concerns. Were I rushing in heedlessly, I would have already done it.

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Yeah. I doubt I have to tell you anything I'm thinking about it.

[ emet... big.

they're like, half unwinding the fret bracelet while they talk, though it's just to do something with their hands. ]

If you really want to know what I think, you need to stop comparing yourself to him. You're right, that you aren't him, and I know, fate, unavoidable, all of that, but that's not right now. You're you, right now. What you could become a million years in the future, or what you might become at home, is out of your hands. If you let yourself get bogged down in him, then, you're never going to make any steps forward or backwards. You're just gonna stand still.

[ktiseos]

...I am attempting not to. Difficult enough, when it sometimes seems half the individuals here know him.

[and no one knows him, not really.]

I've worked to remedy this, yes, but it is not so simple to ignore his existence, particularly with his memories.

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[ they keep fiddling with the bracelet. ]

I know. I just think you're getting in your head about it, again. 's all. [ what's it like to be so cerebral. ] It just comes down to - are you going to let his memories influence you into acting? Or into not?