(meme) TELL THE TRUTH...

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IC TRUTH MEME...!

- Quite what it says on the tin, really.
- TL with your character
- Other characters ask questions from them, and they have to answer with honesty
- DRAMA!
- remember, the threads from the meme are not accepted as ac.

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sephiroth ( ffvii: ever crisis )

[aonibi]

[conflictresolution]

Did they allow you to celebrate birthdays where you were raised?

[aonibi]

[ oh. ] No. I suppose that would have been strange. It's possible they don't know the exact date of my birth, anyway.

[conflictresolution]

[Oh.]

That makes two of us then. I expect they know, but they withhold the information to dehumanize you.

[aonibi]

Is that what happened to you?

[conflictresolution]

No. I was born in the dark on who knows what date.

[aonibi]

Your mother died? [ or left, possibly. ] .. Are they that important? [ birthdays, not mothers. ]

[conflictresolution]

No. [That's an interesting question.] For many, I believe so. For me, not particularly. Does it define who you and I are based on a day we took our first breath?

[aonibi]

I don't believe my age has a bearing on my work for the company. [ so no. ] You're the first person I've met who doesn't seem to mind, though.

[ ... ]

I don't know how to answer people that seem upset.

[conflictresolution]

There are laws of restriction on how old someone must be to contribute to certain types of work. Not where I am from, of course.

I expect it's something to do with family. Birthdays are celebrated as a special event when it isn't. People seem to take a personal affront that they don't have a day to pin a person to in order to shower them with gifts. Or forget and need to beg some wasteful forgiveness.

[aonibi]

That's usually true for Shinra, as well. [ though there's been some talk of lowering the enlistment age, he's heard. ]

.. I see. [ he thinks? ] I don't need any of that. How can one possibly care appropriately for the gifts one is given if there are so many? [ as it is, his few personal items are extremely well taken care of. ]

Your home sounds like a very difficult place.

[conflictresolution]

But you're different. You're special to this company of yours.

You're not used to having personal effects, are you? Gifts are supposed to come with use or sentimental value. We keep them because they hold a good or bad association with them. But we can't miss what we never had, I suppose.

It is. But no more difficult than anywhere else considered slums.

[aonibi]

Yes. I was very expensive to develop, and equally expensive to maintain.

I have weapons, armor, and other gear. It's not the same as a gift, though. I received one of those here, and it's very important to me.

.. How did you survive? [ infancy, childhood to adulthood. the slums of midgar are considered dangerous places, too, but he doesn't have much first-hand experience in them. ]

[traumaticus]

Do you miss the war?

[aonibi]

I don't know if 'miss' is the most appropriate word. I like to feel that I'm serving my purpose.

[traumaticus]

Both body and mind will go dull and lazy if not applied properly. Just like sword will rust and lose its sharp edges if not used.

I understand you.

[aonibi]

I think that.. it's something like that, yes. I was designed for war. What else is there?

[traumaticus]

Your own ambition.

[aonibi]

Ambition for what?

[traumaticus]

You will have to be the one to give me answer for that. Only you can know what is the light that soothes the darkness in your soul, making the life worth of living for.

[endcaller]

Tell me more about the fall of Rhadore.

[aonibi]

[ an uncomfortable shift. ] .. What about it?

[endcaller]

You mentioned a mako reactor, yes? Let's start with that.

[aonibi]

They draw and refine mako from the planet, turning it into energy that's used to power most of the world's infrastructure now.

[endcaller]

And something unfortunate happened to this reactor...?