Office Hours - We Could Be
Dec. 31st, 2037 11:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shieldof[Faith's door remains closed, the brass "PRIVATE" plaque silent and unyielding. Trying to force the door yields no results, but- she said you could contact her here, so just go ahead and knock. Worst case scenario, you're no worse off than before, right?]
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Date: 2025-10-15 01:50 am (UTC)[That her protection was a delusion, that her mission was one of cruelty and oppression.]
You were- ...you are correct. I was foolish to believe that rule five was anything but a cruel gingerbread house. That bloodshed was not the point.
[She looks down at her desk for a moment, unable to meet his eyes.]
And despite everything, I still cannot believe it is the ONLY point. That there is no other purpose, that- that Solarinace would harbor such malice. Is that also foolishness?
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Date: 2025-10-15 02:13 am (UTC)Whether Solarinace's nature and intent are good or evil is neither for me to judge, nor is it necessarily so clearly definable as that. I agree that sacrifice for sacrifice's sake feels an incomplete purpose--that all of this being for its own sake would feel so futile as to be illogical. So yes, I would believe there is a greater reasoning for all of this; perhaps a small group of sacrifices bent towards the benefit of all.
But I know too well that...irreparable harm can be done without a shred of ill intent. I do not deny the possibility that they do not see or even comprehend their own actions as cruelty--that does nothing to change the fact that they are. To achieve a noble goal through bloodshed is a shorter path, but a tainted one--and there is no guarantee that goal will even resemble what one hopes it will.
[His hand dropped from his hair, turned over idly as he stared at metallic fingertips in tired resignation.]
...I see too much of myself in the pair of you, Faith. That frightens me--for your sake just as much as our own.
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Date: 2025-10-15 04:30 am (UTC)I want to understand why they are doing this. Solarinace- I have known them, served them my entire life. And this- it feels wrong. Unlike them. I would know why.
[Know if she has been a fool, or if she has been actively lied to.]
Would you also do the same?
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Date: 2025-10-15 12:56 pm (UTC)If you say this is unlike them, I believe you. And so too do I believe one must seek a clear picture with a calm mind before passing judgement or taking action.
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Date: 2025-10-16 04:30 am (UTC)[There is shame, to her, even if Viktor thinks there shouldn't be. In being party to the cruelty being heaped upon them all, in being unable or unwilling to stop it.]
[But affirmation that she's not just blindly chasing delusion- it helps.]
And I promise I aim to stop this. And save as many as I am able. Including my god, if they can be saved.
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Date: 2025-10-16 02:15 pm (UTC)[He reached over and placed a small object made of thin twisted wire on her desk.]
Here--it is not much of significance, but I find having material reminders one is not necessarily alone to be a reassurance.
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Date: 2025-10-17 01:20 am (UTC)[oh, now she gonna tear up a little]
I. Thank you. ...Sir Kinger quite liked butterflies. This is- ...thank you.
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Date: 2025-10-17 01:42 am (UTC)[oh gods he's fucked up he has no idea how to handle this]
Butterflies are...a commonly understood symbol of many things. Primarily, concepts like fate and evolu--metamorphosis. I simply thought it might suit you.
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Date: 2025-10-17 02:58 am (UTC)Hope for the future, then? Thank you.