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[Movie] Hollow Wisdom; Semi-Open; Seth, Ask
Topic Started: Aug 12 2014, 05:00 AM (367 Views)
Katyusha
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A slowclap followed Seth out of the room as he stormed out of the meeting.

With a sneering smile, the magus in red applauded the young man, leaning against the outer wall of the classroom.

At the start, Misae hadn't expected the meeting to accomplish very much, and so hadn't bothered going inside. She did however, decide to listen in anyway from the outside, on the off chance that it'd produce something useful.

Thus far, it hadn't. Only silly schemes that depended on resources they didn't have and had little means of acquiring. Though the way of a magus was to take power from elsewhere if you lacked the means to do it yourself, this of course hinged on a place to take the the power from.

Theoretical, unusable power was just as useless as not having any.

"Quite a speech there." she said, almost disgustingly cheerfully, still clapping her hands "As expected of Seth Ryouga."
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...

Is she purposely showing him what karma is? He vaguely remembered having the same attitude when he butted into their party.

The young man just stared at her for a while before sighing in resignation. "Sena, uh. It's nearing lunch time so... go ahead to the cafe, I'll get around in a bit,"

The ordinary girl that had been silently following him around the whole time in turn stared at him, perplexed. She turned a worried glance to the red-head, then back at him, before hesitantly stepping away.

A quick, wordless bow to the two before she scooted off. What was with his expression...?



The young man waited until his sister was properly out of sight before turning his attention back to Misae. Forgive the glare, he has nothing against her. But the little discussion in the room earlier had left him in a bit of a sour mood. "I don't know about that," He said with a shrug. "Never been good with speeches. Not even sure if the message even got across,"

Was there even something he wanted to deliver in the first place?
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"Oh, but you got quite the message across."

Meeting his gaze with narrowed eyes and an almost sinister smile, the red daughter of the tower almost seemed to be congratulating him, even as her voice seemed to be filled with derision.

"The callousness and contempt. Not caring about anything or anyone, the hypocrisy at it's finest. Had you not done that, I'm sure someone would have insisted you be in charge." her eyes seemed to glow in almost callous delight as she lowered her head ever slightly, masking her face in shadows "Recognising your lack of ability as a leader and passing the burden to someone else lest you commit a mistake that brings about only disaster."

But was her voice truly filled with derision? The mocking tone was mixed with an eerie cheerfulness. Was she congratulating him? Mocking him? Praising him?

"Such a decision is worthy of one of the most experienced of this city's stalwart defenders, don't you agree?"
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Callousness and contempt... was it?

...Well, he suppose he did brush them off pretty harshly while they, despite their lack of proper method and guidance, were at least genuinely honest in trying to do the right thing. ...Hopefully that's the case.

So what about him then?

"...I don't know where you managed get that impression of me," The only thing he managed to return in response to the odd, mixed signal expression she had, was a simple, stern look of annoyance. "But I guess I have to agree. Being a leader means taking a lot of responsibility, and those who can't handle it should just give it to someone else,"

A moment of pause as his eyes drifted downward slightly, before raising it back up to meet hers again.

"...It's just annoying, really,"

The young man shrugged. "I hope you don't have any more business here than to just ridicule me anyway," In the end that was the conclusion he had made for her, knowing her odd habit of toying about with people. Could this be any different? He doesn't know, he wished she could be more direct about... well, everything. "Excuse me then,"

...But that's not the way to the cafeteria...?
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"But this isn't ridicule." she said, with the same sing-song tone "But praise for the effort of trying to convince yourself. I mean, it should be obvious where I get my views."

She cheerfully tapped her temples with one of her fingers

"I've been into your head afterall." she smiled with a hint of cruel approval "Though, you are being a terrible liar to the little girl if you're going that way. I won't forgive you if you aren't going to be a gentleman. Come now~ I can walk with you. There's still a few things left to be said afterall."
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Praise... was it?

For what? Being cold and dismissive and admitting to himself that he is a simple, selfish bastard with no sense of empathy?

What was the point of the little speech he made earlier then?

Hypocrisy at it's finest.

The young man clicked his tongue in annoyance. It's one thing when he himself can't figure out what he really wants, it's another when someone else knows him better than himself.

It would help if he even bothered to find out in the first place, really.

A glance back over his shoulder to the red-head. He hadn't moved since she said something.

"...Do what you want," He said as he started walking again, keeping to his initial route anyway.

It's not like he can't take the long way to the cafeteria.
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"Mmm.. even with a first level cosmosphere dive, you're surprisingly easy to read you know. Sometimes, I wonder if you know yourself as well as others do."

Even his reaction was easy enough to guess, she thought, with a thin smile as she started quietly singing, keeping the same pace and step just behind him, hands clasped behind her back as she seemingly paid little attention to the world around them.

"You can sail across the ocean~♫ You can run around that hill~♪"

Reverting to English, the pleasant, almost sweet, shift in tone was almost as surprising as it was sudden if one didn't consider her talent in singing.

"You can show your emotion, don't be afraid to fail~♪"

"You can run around in circles, you can say that you don't care, tell me what are you believin' but don't say that life's unfair~♪"

"You can run, you can hide~ I want to feel what you feel~♫ You can laugh, you can cry, you don't have to be alone~♪"
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You don't have to remind him of that, it's embarrassing... Especially when it led to him remembering whatever happened prior to the dive.

Let's just not reply so that she wouldn't have the thought of bringing it up any more than she should.

...And then she started singing.

...Well, he suppose there's no reason to tell her off. Besides she can sing quite well too.

The young man stayed silent, letting her singing carry his mind adrift. Tension slowly alleviated. Annoyed and irritated no longer, simply lingering around in his own thought. "...Could you tell me what you see in me then?" The young man suddenly asked as he kept walking, without looking back. Odd, by the way, for him to inquire what others think of him. "I'll give you my promise I won't get mad even if you say the worst of stuff,"

No, he totally will get mad.
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"Mmmm... didn't I tell you? It isn't gentlemanly to lie to a lady~"

He was too temperamental not to burst out. They both knew it. Instead she merely smiled thinly, and tilted her head as she caught up a little closer to him.

"However, there's one thing I want to hear from you, Seth Ryouga. I can make a guess, but I wish to hear it from you yourself. I wish to hear it so I can hold it against you." the smile seemed to grow slightly more sinister "Do you really intend to leave things as they are, knowing that they hurt that friend of yours?"
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"Couldn't you at least hide that terrible intent...?" Though he supposed it's something that he had come to expect from her now, he wasn't too surprised about it.

The young man wonders if he is the only person to have the misfortune of being her plaything.

Probably not.

Now what was the question again? "...I'm not one to go looking for revenge. It's too much work," The young man chose to clarify that first thing first, before continuing. "But if they dare to hurt her one more time, I'll personally make sure the thought... will be their..."

...

Hold on a second. All of a sudden he stopped dead in his track. Eyes wide in surprise as he then turned to glance back at the red-head.

"...How did you know Youma was hurt?"
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"Someone confronted you about it at the start of the meeting." She waved it off casually "I do have rather good ears you know."

It did after all, make sense for a musician to have good hearing to some degree. She also took rather good care of it, and using sorcery to keep it in shape didn't hurt either. Misae casually flipped her hair again, as if to say that such a thing was trivial and needed no further attention.

"So you're saying you're going to stay out of this battle. Absolutely, for certain. That this is none of your business." another impish smile "So what's that voice in your head saying? The same thing?"
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...Oh yeah. It was that part when he actually nearly lashed out...

...So she's actually been there since the very beginning, what had she been doing, following him around?

...Well that... doesn't matter he suppose... Or so he thought anyway, as she then once again raised the same question she had asked him earlier. To the point of actually pressurizing him to answer properly.

Though it really ended up raising the irritation that he had just managed to suppress. "Oh come on, what's with your obsession on what I want to do?!" The young man groaned in exasperation, ending up only giving whatever answer he could grasp at that very moment. "I said I don't care so I won't care! I don't know what kind of enjoyment you're getting out of this, just shut up dammit!"

Well he did get mad in the end. Even though he said he wouldn't. "Now get off my back, my sister is waiting," The young man finally told her off, resuming his walk at a much more brisk pace, though it was less a matter of wanting to get away from her and more just... wanting to get away from himself.

Of course he doesn't care... I mean why should he, it's not like the others matter to him... He's not a hero, nor a defender of justice, he can't be there for everyone...

Then what about all his talk about how the strong should always protect the weak?

Isn't he the strongest...?

As of right now, he really hates that girl...
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"Ufufufu.... it really isn't very gentlemanly to lie. Both to yourself and to a lady."

She let him go for now.

He had already given him everything she needed to be sure.

Yes, she thought, he really was predictable. Regardless of what he said, his intentions were fairly clear from that alone, and that outburst had merely confirmed it.

"Well then... I'll see you on the battlefield." she said quietly, and resumed wandering down the hallway, humming to herself
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