[ general overflow post ]

[kirkwalled]

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[adnan]

Yeah, coulda done without the bile! The sugar was probably the only good part 'bout it.

[ just sayin', tbh. ]

I mean, for a kidnappin', I guess they were kinda nice 'bout it, beyond droppin' the whole "yer world's been destroyed!!" bullshit on us.

[kirkwalled]

Sugar is usually fine, but not in combination with something as rancid.

[ but... eh... he has a point. ]

Kidnapped into comfort and security? It's a nice treatment but I wonder if they just want to make us feel good to avoid something else. Not that I mind but it's still nice to be aware.

[adnan]

[ omg yee conspiracies ]

[ points at her dramatically. ] That's exactly it! They're jus' lullin' us into a false sense 'a security— 'course, I never doubted they were the real bad guys, but this just proves it!!

[kirkwalled]

[ just some surprised blinking. that was incredibly dramatic. ]

You are aware there's no proof, right? That what I said was just a hypothetical.

[adnan]

Well, that was a hypothetical, sure—

[ this fact throws him off his groove a bit, but he quickly recovers. ]

But there is some! [ he thumps his chest. ] I'm proof of it alone!

[kirkwalled]

You? Are you secretly impressive in some way?

[ a pause ]

Well, besides the very nice mask, of course.

[adnan]

Whaaat? Oi, it ain't "secretly" impressive— Ya must've not gotten a very good look at me!

[ thank you for the distraction ]

[kirkwalled]

[ she's just going to drag her eyes over his body from top to bottom, yep. ]

I'm not seeing much, serah.

[adnan]

[ JAW DROP... what does she mean, that she isn't floored by him!! at her gaze, he defensively puffs out his chest a little. ]

Well, ya must've caught me on an off day! [ the only explanation. maybe if he were wearing better clothes... ] I'll have ya know I was a conqueror for centuries, man. One of the longest lastin' empires out there!

[kirkwalled]

[ well!! that's kind of. weird? who the hell describes themselves as an empire? good thing the whole "centuries" thing isn't that weird to her.

in a deadpan: ]

You're telling me that you're an empire. I wasn't aware people could be empires these days.

1/2

[adnan]

Was an empire. Was! Tense is important here!

[adnan]

[ anyway, after that defensive correction... he frowns momentarily at the skepticism. it's not something quite unexpected, at the very least. ]

Yeah, uh, I'm like... the spirit of a nation! This body might look human, but it ain't. [ hurr ] —An' I'm a republic now, technically.

[kirkwalled]

Spirit of a nation.

[ SO SHE MET A SWORD. AND A NATION. ALRIGHT ALRIGHT ALRIGHT.

she just sighs and pinches the bridge of her nose. ]

You didn't... take the body from anyone, did you?

[adnan]

[ he knows it sounds weird...!! he flares up a bit, shoulders hunching at her question. ]

What the hell! No! I ain't some creepy bodysnatcher!

[kirkwalled]

[ . . . ]

But you're a spirit.

[ in her world, any time spirits physically manifest it's because they've stolen someone's body ]

kill me for this late

[adnan]

[ that gives him pause. ]

Soooo what? Maybe my body's part 'a my spirit too, huh? [ which is a more accurate explanation than he intended to give, probably. ]