MIKA

[foreverphantom]

shitpost tbd

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[foreverphantom]

[ the epic highs and lows of high school tea parties.... ]

Huh. So a case of choosing the lesser evil? Choosing to kill if it means a better outcome?

[eleisoned]

[ basically. ]

Rather than thinking about it as if there are lesser evils, it was simply a matter of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend."

I don't think anyone who nearly gets their best friends killed can claim that they were thinking of a lesser evil.

[foreverphantom]

Well. 'Nearly' implies it didn't work, so you didn't get your best friends killed.

...why'd you do all that?

[eleisoned]

Seia was hurt badly. Nagi I intended to imprison so that I wouldn't have to kill her. For a while I was even led to believe that Seia had been killed, and I continued on anyway.

... And I did it out of nothing but hate for Gehenna.

[foreverphantom]

...all that, but the thing you're actually going to get killed over was a complete accident.

What a joke.

[eleisoned]

But this is the kind of person I am. So it's just karma catching up.

[foreverphantom]

...I guess so. Karma doesn't care when or how you get your comeuppance. Just that you do.

[eleisoned]

... In the end, Seia recovered and my plan was dissolved. The Eden Treaty was signed, and after... a little bit more trouble, Arius faded back into the shadows.

I was just trying to move on, but...

[foreverphantom]

Huh. So you failed but you're still getting punished for trying in the first place.

[ folds his arms ]

Sounds about right, honestly. The only thing life loves more than karma is being unfair.

[eleisoned]

Do you consider it unfair?

[foreverphantom]

You don't?

[eleisoned]

No, not really.

[foreverphantom]

That sounds optimistic, coming from someone who's about to be executed.

[eleisoned]

... It's a little hard to wrap my head around that, so maybe I'm not as scared as I should be. But I wouldn't say I'm optimistic.

[foreverphantom]

Well then what would you call it?

[eleisoned]

I'm just being realistic.

[foreverphantom]

Realistic. You think it's realistic to call life fair?

You go back on something terrible you did once and try to move on, only to get sentenced to death over an honest accident, and you call that fair?

[eleisoned]

... I don't know...

Whether it's an accident or not, the result is what matters. Is it 'fair' to let a killer walk free after they pulled the trigger? Just because they didn't realize what would happen?

[foreverphantom]

[ this pulls him up short for a moment as he goes quiet and thinks. ]

...people have done far worse and gotten off scot free.

I mean, even the other "villains" here just get caught and thrown in jail, and I'm sure they've killed others intentionally.

I don't know what 'fair' is...but it's not this.

[eleisoned]

Villains are caught and disposed of. It's the natural way of any good story.

[foreverphantom]

...and you're okay with just lying down and accepting that?

[eleisoned]

... I don't want to make more trouble than I already have. I don't want to be a troublemaker.

[foreverphantom]

Why not?

[eleisoned]

Huh? Is it weird to not want to bother people? I just want to be better than I've been before. I want to be good and not make anyone mad at me or waste anyone's time...

[foreverphantom]

So do I, but...

...Don't you think you've suffered enough?