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[personal profile] txt 2021-07-01 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
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She takes Lalli's arm and returns it so it's over Yamato's shoulder. She eyes Lux's pen for a moment, before she plucks it from her hands with a shake of her head, shoving it in her pocket. Noooo summoning satan in this Christian, heterosexual server.]


Whoa, whoa, guys... Calm down. Didn't you hear him? Everything is going to be just fine.

[Haha! No. But, sure. She turns to address this binch.]

Rae-san... Heal Lali-san and rescue them from the fire, and I'll go with you. You'll do that for me, won't you?

[Placidly, smiling. If he does as she says, she'll even hold his hand! Wow! But real talk, though. If he heals Lalli and saves them from the fire, she will immediately try to stab him with the pen the moment he lets her get too close to him or turns his back on her.

(Can't wait for this not to work. Whew.)]
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[personal profile] ghoststrums 2021-07-01 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[ alone in the void again after all of that, yamato stares at the two cards in front of him.

kill him or spare him.

yamato... has the memories of everything and everyone rae has hurt in mind. this wasn't a simple hurting others, either. the remorseless killing of those mercenaries, the hybrids they rescued, the people at ladle, nearly lalli, SL and the rest of them-- some people have the capacity to redeem themselves, but it needs to be worked on and wanted. you can't force someone to be good. they have to want it for themselves.

ken, blackwargreymon, even oikawa-- they were people who had hurt others, and they didn't expect forgiveness, but they were willing to make up for it with their actions or their lives. they felt guilt. he doesn't think rae has that capacity anymore. redemption has to be earned, and forgiveness can't be expected, either.

so even though he rescued rae that first time, yamato picks the kill card this time. he'd made his choices.

and yet, that second choice is a lot easier.

of course it's worth it to help people. no matter how much it hurts, or how the world has turned against them-- yamato's not going to regret that. he's always going to choose to help if there's something he can do. no matter if helping means killing a friend to put them out of their misery.

if no one helps, how can things ever get better? they were chosen because there was something they could do to help, but they all went for it because it was what they wanted to do. he'll always believe that.

so.

he picks yes, of course. ]
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[personal profile] illuminance 2021-07-01 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[ tagging after zia is embarrassing wtf

but demacia is a kingdom of retributive justice. criminality tends to be seen as something black and white. you're either good or bad - and if you're bad, you don't belong in society. which lux is sometimes critical of and sometimes not.

it's easier to not be critical of it when it's someone she doesn't know. so she reaches for the kill card at first but - hesitates. the thing is, memory week also means she's been reliving all of her sylas trauma already and that was before watching him die - what, a couple days ago? minutes? who knows! and she let him die here when it was him or someone else, but if she had more choice in it... she would rather spare him. even after everything.

... except spare sucks too! "further experiments" what the fuck is that? he does bad things but you think you can get something from him, so you try to force it? maybe it's better to do just die than torture someone like that. god. lux genuinely considers it a greater act of compassion for rae-who-she-is-definitely-projecting-on to settle on kill. so that he doesn't just become a living test subject.

and the second question just gets zero hesitation no matter the consequences. yes, it's better to help people. obviously. chooses the girl who just voted to kill someone. it's fine. ]
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[personal profile] txt 2021-07-01 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Tagging after Cola is embarrassing.

But hello darkness, her old friend.

This is not a simple choice at all, however. On one hand, the scientific advancements would be tremendous. As terrible as his deeds were, there's no denying that Rae could save countless lives if his abilities were put to good use. Incurable illnesses could become a thing of the past. Water shortages could be eradicated. Those who have been plunged into world of endless pain and suffering could find salvation.

From a researcher's point of view, she would be a fool to deny the world this opportunity.

... But having gone through the Rae ExperienceTM, she knows it won't be that easy. That singleminded determination, the willingness to take down anyone who stands in the way of achieving your goal — it's not one she's unfamiliar with. Especially when said goal is one that gives your previously empty existence meaning. When he escapes, there's no telling how many countless lives will be ruined. All for the sake of that one, unreachable dream.

Sometimes, death is the only way to force someone to give up on their beliefs.

She would know.

Ichinose reaches for the cards, and takes the kill card in her hand.

The second choice is... well. It all depends on what one considers as help. The human heart may not be able to handle the ridicule and scorn. Human solutions are ridden with human errors. If they take away those variables, if they remove those feelings from the equation, then—

She picks yes. If she has the choice to do good over evil, why wouldn't she? It's not a question of whether or not it's worth it. It's a question of... well, would any other choice truly be superior?

(Killing Rae absolutely counts as helping.)]
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[personal profile] silentscout 2021-07-02 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
[It should be an easy choice for Lalli. His whole life has been spent killing before something could hurt another. But when it comes down to it, he has always killed monsters, not people. Killing monsters is just releasing them from the hell they exist in, but killing a living, thinking person, well...

It's tough. And Lalli does hesitate. "No mistakes" echoes in his mind. He has to choose correctly, but what is the right choice?

Ultimately Lalli chooses kill, but it is with an unsure hand. Rae's powers might help, but power in the hands of someone who misuses it is useless.

The second question is a much easier one to answer. Lalli's life belongs to his family, his friends, and the people who need his help. In that order. It's painful, it's caused him so much heartache, but it's his very existence. The day he stops jumping to action when someone says 'Lalli, help!' is the day he might as well lay down and die, because he will have outlived his usefulness.

Yes, undeniably.

Plz no bulli about any autocorrect I miss too, this is a phone tag as I wheeze in my car.
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