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[moonlitknight]

Posted: May 21st
From: Kiryuu Zero
Location: Temple of Hades

[ The video turns on showing Zero in a dark room inside his temple. A quiet look falls across his eyes as he faces the camera. He's not one to speak to people let alone about himself but after his encounter with Sheryl, he has no choice. He knows what happened even if he can't remember it. He lost control. ]

My name is Zero Kiryuu and I was here before as a shinki.

[ A pause as he squares his shoulders to face his crimes.  ]

I need to know if I killed someone.

They took my memories when I was brought back as a god but that doesn't erase my crimes. I need to know what happened. What I did.

I won't let this go.


[ OOC: He doesn't know he died, he simply assumes his loss of memories is due to the whole turning a shinki into a god deal. Some kind soul, please spring that up on him. Also, for any future in-action meet ups Zero will mysteriously have some pomegranate fruit/seeds on him at all times. If you eat them you'll be sentenced (only if you want!) to stay one night at his temple before the seeds effects let them escape! ]

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[moonlitknight]

[ He keeps his face schooled. Steady. Even. Neutral.]

I won't put them in danger.

[miraculo]

...So you'd rather be alone?

[ It seems like the same mistake he made last time. But what else can she say? She's on the verge of tears, but she withholds them from falling. ] That doesn't seem right, but... I truly, dearly hope you won't hurt anyone else.

[moonlitknight]

[ Zero is kind of enough to let her keep her pride and refrains from pointing out her precarious condition. ]

The temple provides me with the bloodtablets I need to keep the bloodlust under control.

I don't know what happened before, but they're all I need.

[miraculo]

[ Blood tablets over friends? That seems... too cruel to do to himself. ]

Is this what you truly want, Zero?

[moonlitknight]

[ A look. ]

What I want doesn't matter.

[miraculo]

[ A frown. ]

What makes you say that?

[moonlitknight]

I regained my memories.

I know my duty.

[miraculo]

What is your duty?

[moonlitknight]

To protect humans from vampires.

[miraculo]

And that must be done alone...?

[moonlitknight]

That's done by Hunters.

[ The same way she was born a priestess with her own duties, he was born a Vampire Hunter with is own special upbringing for the duties he inherited. ]

[miraculo]

Isn't it something we have in common, then? To protect humans?

[ She asks, not quite understanding his logic. ]

[moonlitknight]

[ He nods in agreement. ]

[miraculo]

And it's something many others here have, too. So then... why do you have to be alone in this duty?

[moonlitknight]

The number of people who responded is reason enough.'

[ He had lot control once. He wouldn't let it happen again. ]

[miraculo]

[ She shakes her head. ] You feel guilty for what you've done but can't remember. But shutting yourself away from those here isn't the right way to make up for it.

1/2

[moonlitknight]

I'm not trying to make up for it.

I'm stopping it from happening again.

2/2

[moonlitknight]

[ His eyes fix on her. ]

You weren't the only one who offered your blood freely. If I hadn't gotten close to people, you wouldn't have let that [ his voice rises ] thing take anything from you.

[miraculo]

But-- [ Well, he has a point. ] I couldn't just let you attack others. [ She eventually says, a pained look on her face. ] Would you rather I just have tried to rend you right then and there?

[moonlitknight]

Yes.

[miraculo]

[ ...Ah. ] And... I suppose if it were to happen again, you would want me to do the same thing.

[ It's hard for her to swallow. ] But... if this is truly your wish, then I promise I will do so without hesitating.

[moonlitknight]

... Sanea.

[ His voice turns soft. ]

I won't put that burden on you again.

You've done enough already.

[miraculo]

[ The more this conversation goes on, the more she gets the feeling he truly does not want her anywhere near him. Maybe this is a sort of poetic justice, for not being able to do more. She had wanted another chance to help him-- and this time, with working together with others-- but it seems she won't be granted that. ] It... hurts.

[ She says, and she brings a hand over her heart. ] It hurts right here, when I cannot help a friend. [ More specifically, when a friend won't let her help them. ]

Is this goodbye, Zero?

1/2

[moonlitknight]

[ He watches that hand close over where her heart should have been and Zero wants nothing more than to console her, hug her, anything to remove the pain out of her eyes, her voice. He looks up, trying to will himself to keep to his promise. It was better for her this way. She didn't need someone like him in her life. Some monster she had no reason to endure. ]

2/2

[moonlitknight]

[ So, he endured in her stead. ]

I know... But I've already hurt you enough. I won't keep doing it.

I won't put the burden of killing me on your shoulders again. Not when I can see the pain it's caused you.