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The following is an exchange between two Lightwing characters, Elaina storming and Arkus Rufo. Elaina is "rescued" from the research facility by Arkus, Kamil and Leon. Mo (spy_4_hire) and Boots (Asai) made some startling discoveries about their characters through out their conversation. Boots thought it was amazing and insisted it be shared. Mo agreed that, while it's not as amazing as pre-sliced bagles, it desrved to be put up. So here it is, please excuse any terrible grammar and spelling errors since this was written and edited early in the morning.

JPianoPopM (3:22:32 AM): A: Damnit, woman, stop moping and save yourself!

Mormon Lass (4:25:36 AM): E: *tries to scratch out eyes* You heathen let me go! I want to stay!!

JPianoPopM (3:23:49 AM): A: *sighs* You'll thank me, Kamil and Leon later...
JPianoPopM (3:23:53 AM): *knock out*

OOC: Mormon Lass (4:26:23 AM): did you mean A or K?
JPianoPopM (3:24:22 AM): A
Mormon Lass (4:26:39 AM): Arkus?
JPianoPopM (3:24:30 AM): I forgot to also type kamil in there too
JPianoPopM (3:24:42 AM): arkus would love to have you in his debt
Mormon Lass (4:27:20 AM): Oo, are you kidding? She'd be like *spit on you* STFU GTFO!!!
JPianoPopM (3:25:16 AM): regardless of the good deed he'd have to do, holding power over the ever mighty and powerful elaina
JPianoPopM (3:25:31 AM): but you have honor
Mormon Lass (4:28:00 AM): Honor nothing, they're making her commit treason!
JPianoPopM (3:25:52 AM): and arkus loves exploiting those silly, silly honorable people.
Mormon Lass (4:28:46 AM): Elaina's ridiculously loyal and honorable. She'll see it as being kidnapped and being held against her will.
Mormon Lass (4:29:02 AM): She would refuse to be happy or thank any of them

MormonLass (Added for the heck of it): E: How dare you hold me against my will. I demand that you take me back immediately!

JPianoPopM (3:27:06 AM): A: Self-preservation over loyalty, m'dear...you can't be loyal if you're dead.
JPianoPopM (3:27:14 AM): A: and your empire wouldn't care.
JPianoPopM (3:27:32 AM): A: not even a good word spoken in your memory

Mormon Lass (4:31:13 AM): E: They're not going to kill me, you dolt. I'm not useful to research if I'm dead. I swore to serve His Majesty for the rest of my days. I will stay true to my word, I don't need to be remembered in order to have peace of mind. I'm secure with who I am.

OOC: Mormon Lass (4:31:42 AM): She will rip his arguement to shreds

JPianoPopM (3:29:53 AM): A: then why do you feel you are betraying your beloved empire if you aren't troubled by who you are?
JPianoPopM (3:30:21 AM): A: If you are accepting your heritage...
JPianoPopM (3:30:47 AM): A: why is it that you make it your mission to betray that as well?
JPianoPopM (3:31:04 AM): A: and I thought you had honor.

OOC: JPianoPopM (3:31:16 AM): and arkus will poke and prod

Mormon Lass (4:38:44 AM): E: *Gets in face* I have more honor in my little finger than you do in your entire wretched being. My bloodline is just made up of chromosones. Your people and the Xarians are nothing to me. I am Tierisian, and I swore to lay down my life for Emperor Valkier. I would betray him by not trying to get away from the likes of you. The only reason I won't be turning you in is because I don't want Leon and Kamil to pay for their crime.

OOC: Mormon Lass (4:40:09 AM): Elaina would be an awesome Emperor...

JPianoPopM (3:38:14 AM): A: *hmph* Don't you betray your government and your emperor by not turning them in? Is it not already contradictory to act in such a manner?
JPianoPopM (3:38:37 AM): A: And, I assume you actually care about the lives your emperor affects?
JPianoPopM (3:39:04 AM): A: You seem to be someone who would be perturbed by the massive slaughter of peaceful people.

Mormon Lass (4:43:17 AM): E: They thought they were doing what was right. They were wrong, but I am willing to give them a chance to reconcile. They've served me well and it's the least I cloud do. I care about the people yes, but I am willing to make sacrifices for the greater good. The ends will justify the means. Amra has begun to accept that as well as other peoples.

JPianoPopM (3:43:28 AM): A: ...What they thought was right? How would you react if my people killed thousands of your Tiershaan civilians? Would you believe that we made our choice for the greater good? That your people did what they thought was right, but was wrong?
JPianoPopM (3:43:58 AM): A: You would accept slavery to a tyrant?

Mormon Lass (4:46:59 AM): E: Don't you dare compare my people to your slimey race!

JPianoPopM (3:45:14 AM): A: First, you are of my race anyway. Second, what's the difference?
JPianoPopM (3:45:26 AM): A: Ever lived on Keitosia?
JPianoPopM (3:46:32 AM): A: We believe the same thing you do: The ends will always justify the means.
JPianoPopM (3:47:00 AM): A: How can you begin to make a distinction between us?
JPianoPopM (3:47:23 AM): Given on such major points of philsophy, we are the same?

Mormon Lass (4:50:12 AM): E: Of your race? Ha! You're people wouldn't be less willing to accept me than the Xarians. The Empire is working, slaving away to ensure peace and prosperity within our galaxy for future generations. All your people want to do is purge and destroy.

JPianoPopM (3:48:34 AM): A: Peace and Prosperity for who?

Mormon Lass (4:51:09 AM): E: All will benefit.

JPianoPopM (3:48:53 AM): A: Ever heard of a Keitosian conquest?
JPianoPopM (3:48:58 AM): A: you wouldn't,
JPianoPopM (3:49:09 AM): A: they don't happen.

Mormon Lass (4:51:37 AM): E: *rolls eyes because she sees what's coming* Oh joy, enlightenment from a slug.

JPianoPopM (3:49:28 AM): A: We don't see a purpose in seizing things that don't belong to us.
JPianoPopM (3:50:00 AM): A: Which is why we don't like Xarians.
JPianoPopM (3:50:20 AM): A: Do you know how many Xarians tried to turn us back into the slaves of their dragon masters?
JPianoPopM (3:50:45 AM): A: We are free from them. Do you know how good freedom feels?
JPianoPopM (3:51:04 AM): A: You should, because you leave none for others in your glorious wake.

Mormon Lass (4:55:09 AM): E: I am bound to the law. Obediance is freedom in and of itself. Are you afraid of being bound Rufo? Is that why you're a bounty hunter instead of preparing for your throne?

JPianoPopM (3:53:42 AM): A: And those who break the law are...evil to you?
JPianoPopM (3:54:02 AM): A: Hah! Too black and white.
JPianoPopM (3:54:22 AM): A: Are Leon and Kamil evil?

Mormon Lass (4:57:30 AM): E: Idealistic and ignorant are different from being evil.

JPianoPopM (3:55:30 AM): A: Ignorant?

Mormon Lass (5:00:10 AM): E: They didn't understand that I surrendered myself. They thought I was suffering some inconceivable demise. I cannot blame them for trying to save my life. *thinks* I am baffled though. Why did they go through all this trouble? They probably felt as though they were in debted to me some how.

JPianoPopM (3:58:37 AM): A: You tool.
JPianoPopM (3:58:48 AM): A: Can't you see they actually care about you?
JPianoPopM (3:59:14 AM): A: It has nothing to do with why you went.
JPianoPopM (3:59:36 AM): A: The simple fact you went at all was enough to provoke them.
JPianoPopM (4:00:07 AM): *thinks* Ugh, god, I want to gag. This happy idealistic bullshit is going to rot my brain...

Mormon Lass (5:06:14 AM): E: Hah! I'm not as stupid as you seem to think I am. You have no reason to go through all this trouble unless you can profit from it. You're exploiting them and their feelings toward me in order to achieve something bigger. You're using them in hopes that you can use me, you pig. I owe you nothing, Rufo... *smirk* Except perhaps a knee in the groin.

JPianoPopM (4:06:03 AM): A:...Actually, I do care. You, General Storming, regardless of your animosity to me, are perhaps the closest thing I have to a friend in this whole universe. I value that. *thinks* I may not be lying...but did I SERIOUSLY just say that??? Ugh, damn Xarians...

Mormon Lass (5:08:53 AM): E: *Blinks* ... I don't believe you...

JPianoPopM (4:07:24 AM): A: *silence*

Mormon Lass (5:09:33 AM): *Narrows eyes suspiciously*

OOC: Mormon Lass (5:10:15 AM): Fangirls: SQUEEEEEEEEE!!!!

JPianoPopM (4:08:55 AM): A: (no smile, for once)

OOC: Note: This is a milestone in SH history. Elaina can laugh.

Mormon Lass (5:11:39 AM): E: *lips twitch into a smile*
Mormon Lass (5:11:49 AM): E: *Giggles*
Mormon Lass (5:12:03 AM): E: *Bursts into uncontrollable laughter*

JPianoPopM (4:09:55 AM): A: *raises one eyebrow slowly*
JPianoPopM (4:10:59 AM): A: Something terribly funny I missed...?

Mormon Lass (5:14:12 AM): E: *gasps for breath and whipes a tear from her eye* It's just... It's just- *looks at Him and starts laughing again*
Mormon Lass (5:15:44 AM): E: *Gains control and clutches stomach while breathing hard* Excuse me, but It's just.... if I'm the closest thing you have to a friend. You're even more pathetic than I am.
Mormon Lass (5:19:57 AM): E: You and your talk of freedom. The truth is that there's probably no one in this entire universe who is loyal to you, who would lay down their life for you and no one you would risk your life for in return. You're jealous. I have something to die for, and I have people willing to die for me, even if I am a icy b****. The truth is you're enslaved to yourself, and you really have nothing to live for except to heckle people like me.

JPianoPopM (4:19:25 AM): A: And if that were true? Why would I be here right now?

Mormon Lass (5:22:59 AM): E: Who else would you heckle? *sighs and chuckles softly* I honestly don't know why. You're the one who's here. You tell me.
Mormon Lass (5:23:16 AM): E: *Satisfied grin*

JPianoPopM (4:22:08 AM): A: I am here. Risking my life for another person. For something this time. It's a rather odd feeling, I'll admit.
JPianoPopM (4:22:18 AM): A: The real question is,
JPianoPopM (4:22:41 AM): A: Would you risk your life for someone who would have paid you the same favor?
JPianoPopM (4:23:23 AM): A: Or are you as pathetic as me?
JPianoPopM (4:23:36 AM): A: As you so kindly put it.

Mormon Lass (5:26:00 AM): E: *Evil grin* No.

JPianoPopM (4:24:19 AM): A: *The eyebrow raised again*

Mormon Lass (5:30:36 AM): E: You owe me nothing, nor do I owe you anything. You are "free" without any contract to anyone, just as you wished *yawns* Well, this was productive. I am rather tired, and seeing as I am not going to give you want you want, I am fairly useless. Now you are faced with two choices. You can blow my brains out or perhaps you can just turn me in for the money.

JPianoPopM (4:29:58 AM): A: *Hmph* You are sad.

Mormon Lass (5:32:22 AM): E: Not as sad as you are.

JPianoPopM (4:30:08 AM): A: And a coward, I might add.

Mormon Lass (5:32:40 AM): E: At least I've got some sense of decency

JPianoPopM (4:30:42 AM): A: How typical of you to simply take the easy way out instead of actually fighting.
JPianoPopM (4:31:00 AM): A: Not to mention,
JPianoPopM (4:31:14 AM): A: You chose two options you know are not going to happen.

Mormon Lass (5:33:42 AM): E: Oh? *raises an eyebrow*

JPianoPopM (4:31:48 AM): A: Maybe you want me to shoot you. Make it even easier.

Mormon Lass (5:35:05 AM): E: I admit it. It would make my life so much more pleasant if you shot yourself, but I thought shooting me would be more likely.

JPianoPopM (4:33:26 AM): A: Hah, you won't even have a life if you go back.

Mormon Lass (5:36:02 AM): E: My life is the Emperor's.

JPianoPopM (4:35:01 AM): A: I don't suppose you actually think that the Emperor cares about you, do you?

Mormon Lass (5:38:52 AM): E: As long as I am useful, he will care and I will live. When I'm useless, I will die. Nature works the same way. I've never asked to be coddled.

[spy_4_hire]

Ok, here the rest of the conversation. Important character develpoment is bolded (like that). I didn't take the time to edit this much.

JPianoPopM (4:40:25 AM): Damn, she's messed up
Mormon Lass (5:43:00 AM): Yeah, she's a wreck
JPianoPopM (4:40:57 AM): hoo boy
JPianoPopM (4:41:10 AM): even arkus has feelings...
Mormon Lass (5:43:21 AM): but that's why we love her
JPianoPopM (4:41:19 AM): and she doesn't love anyone.
Mormon Lass (5:43:51 AM): love is weakness, my boy
Mormon Lass (5:44:30 AM): She's just resigned herself to her fate, to die for her country and her leader.
JPianoPopM (4:42:38 AM): And just how are we going to slap that out of her?
Mormon Lass (5:45:15 AM): I have no idea. She'll have to be broken...
JPianoPopM (4:43:12 AM): Hmmm...
Mormon Lass (5:45:38 AM): That or betrayed like big time by the emperor
JPianoPopM (4:43:47 AM): Like experimenting on her isn't betrayal enough for her...
JPianoPopM (4:43:59 AM): like if he resieged amra?
Mormon Lass (5:47:34 AM): Hey, if she's more help to the Empire in a lab, she'd do it. Though she was probably pretty messed up when they found her, with her whole fear of needles. She probably wouldn't put up too much of a fight. Too comatose.
Mormon Lass (5:47:48 AM): WHy would he resiege amra though?
JPianoPopM (4:46:03 AM): not sure...
JPianoPopM (4:46:27 AM): What would actually constitute a betrayal for her?
Mormon Lass (5:49:14 AM): I keep imagining her curled up on her bed in the corner when they come in. "No I dun wanna go. Leggo meh."
Mormon Lass (5:50:05 AM): Hmmm.... I'd have to think about this. She needs something that just makes her snap, and probably just enrages the Keitosian
Mormon Lass (5:50:13 AM): part of her
Mormon Lass (5:50:50 AM): the problem is, if she's willing to let him do research on her, what can't he get away with?
JPianoPopM (4:48:55 AM): Disowning her?
JPianoPopM (4:49:16 AM): Like, being caught revealing that he doesn't care at all?
Mormon Lass (5:51:30 AM): No, she'd just become emo and kill herself or something.
JPianoPopM (4:49:26 AM): Doesn't even care about that loyal service?
Mormon Lass (5:52:07 AM): hmmm...
Mormon Lass (5:52:26 AM): this is hard... how to make elaina snap
Mormon Lass (5:53:15 AM): lol, if that's the case and she really did snap like that, she'd probably start plotting to overthrow him lol
Mormon Lass (5:53:30 AM): just like he was afraid of
JPianoPopM (4:51:29 AM): valkier's afraid of that?
JPianoPopM (4:51:12 AM): btw, fangirls started crying when that moment back there fell threw
Mormon Lass (5:53:56 AM): Oh yeah Much weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth
Mormon Lass (5:55:59 AM): it was a possibility. Another reason to keep a close eye on her. There's no way to prove she was completely oblivious that she was half xarian. She knows the language fluently, it's common knowledge that she can fool even the most advanced lie detectors and a lot of the army and the secret police are in fact more loyal to her than the empire.
Mormon Lass (5:56:14 AM): she's far too good at her job
JPianoPopM (4:54:16 AM): So...
JPianoPopM (4:54:28 AM): If we could prove Valkier actively plotted against her/
JPianoPopM (4:54:29 AM): ?
Mormon Lass (5:57:56 AM): She'd probably be devestated, but if she had the chance to think it out clearly, she'd figure out that he was paranoid, and if he saw her as a threat to the Empire, he had every right to put her away.
Mormon Lass (5:58:32 AM): Elaina is so messed up!!!!!
JPianoPopM (4:56:28 AM): um...
Mormon Lass (5:59:02 AM): I want to slap her
JPianoPopM (4:57:00 AM): anything from her family history that might help?
Mormon Lass (5:59:19 AM): not really
JPianoPopM (4:57:18 AM): like about her mother? would that make her snap
JPianoPopM (4:57:19 AM): ?
Mormon Lass (5:59:58 AM): Her mother is a very tender spot for her... one of the few weaknesses she has
JPianoPopM (4:57:59 AM): Score, it's a start.
Mormon Lass (6:00:49 AM): but the empire gave her the justice and the peace of mind that the bad guy got his in the end
Mormon Lass (6:01:01 AM): plus her daddy was keitosian
JPianoPopM (4:58:59 AM): and theres no way to humanize him, huh
Mormon Lass (6:01:32 AM): no way, he raped her mommy then killed her later on
Mormon Lass (6:01:59 AM): I'm surprised you managed to humanize Arkus
JPianoPopM (5:00:00 AM): during this little convo?
JPianoPopM (5:00:07 AM): I was a little surprised myself.
Mormon Lass (6:02:31 AM): That friend thing through me for a whirl
JPianoPopM (5:00:28 AM): Looking at it from his eyes, you can see he does actually care.
JPianoPopM (5:00:35 AM): Arkus never had many friends.
Mormon Lass (6:03:14 AM): Elaina doesn't even want to pay him much less give him the time of day
JPianoPopM (5:01:07 AM): If he actually didn't like her, he probably would have just killed her.
Mormon Lass (6:03:18 AM): why her?
JPianoPopM (5:01:13 AM): I don't know why.
Mormon Lass (6:03:31 AM): awww
JPianoPopM (5:01:35 AM): Its not like he never had emotions
Mormon Lass (6:03:48 AM): Maybe it's cuz she's so messed up
JPianoPopM (5:01:45 AM): see, evil is a perspective
Mormon Lass (6:04:00 AM): mmhm
JPianoPopM (5:01:55 AM): and evil people don't see themselves as evil
Mormon Lass (6:04:11 AM): mmhm
JPianoPopM (5:02:15 AM): no one ever goes out and says, "hey, i'm a bad guy"
Mormon Lass (6:04:30 AM): lol
JPianoPopM (5:02:43 AM): Keitosians believe that Xarians are evil because they are slaves to the divine creatures, in their twisted opinion.
JPianoPopM (5:03:16 AM): They vary from that regular norm of society, and are considered evil by everyone else.
Mormon Lass (6:05:42 AM): hmm
JPianoPopM (5:03:34 AM): Evil is all in how you look at it, really.
Mormon Lass (6:05:50 AM): Yup
JPianoPopM (5:03:49 AM): Just because Valkier's one evil SOB,
JPianoPopM (5:04:02 AM): doesn't mean he doesn't have emotions.
Mormon Lass (6:06:14 AM): Everyone thinks the empires evil But Elaina's like OMG LUV!!
JPianoPopM (5:04:13 AM): Because that's her take.
Mormon Lass (6:06:29 AM): yup
JPianoPopM (5:04:24 AM): What we need is to show her the other perspective.
JPianoPopM (5:04:38 AM): Perhaps this "prosperity" her glorious empire brings.
Mormon Lass (6:07:00 AM): That's going to be hard. It'll be like fixing my daddy'd teeth
Mormon Lass (6:07:29 AM): You'll need to break her, and then put her back together
Mormon Lass (6:07:53 AM): She'll be extremely impressionable though
JPianoPopM (5:05:45 AM): Seriously though, if she sees the empire doesn't serve the good of the people?
Mormon Lass (6:08:23 AM): She'll want to take down Valkier, but not the empire
JPianoPopM (5:06:43 AM): ...it's a start, for sure.
JPianoPopM (5:06:52 AM): not to mention that empire revolves around him
JPianoPopM (5:07:26 AM): Keyere was a fair ruler.
Mormon Lass (6:09:42 AM): Mmhm, but she'd probably get it in her head that she needs to make his nightmare a reality
JPianoPopM (5:07:50 AM): But Valkier only wants for him.
JPianoPopM (5:07:54 AM): His ego.
Mormon Lass (6:10:07 AM): Just over throw the poopyhead and take over
JPianoPopM (5:07:57 AM): His throne.
JPianoPopM (5:08:14 AM): Elaina would be a better empress...assumedly.
Mormon Lass (6:10:48 AM): Not kill him, but let him live with the knowledge that she gets his big fancy chair.
Mormon Lass (6:11:08 AM): Assumedly, it really depends on what she's like after she snapped
JPianoPopM (5:09:08 AM): But how do we get her to snap?
Mormon Lass (6:11:30 AM): I don't know!!!!!!!!!!!
Mormon Lass (6:11:34 AM): ........
JPianoPopM (5:09:48 AM): ....How did the Keitosian find her mother?
Mormon Lass (6:12:01 AM): If she found out the Keitosian worked for the empire...
JPianoPopM (5:10:01 AM): Wow, ESPN
Mormon Lass (6:12:27 AM): holy crap... WHAT IF HE'S STILL ALIVE?!?!?!!
JPianoPopM (5:10:27 AM): Oh, NICE.
Mormon Lass (6:12:54 AM): But how would she find out....
JPianoPopM (5:11:04 AM): Once Arkus learned about her heritage...
JPianoPopM (5:11:10 AM): he'd want to know how.
JPianoPopM (5:11:22 AM): He'd start with empirical records...
JPianoPopM (5:11:36 AM): cross matched with the keitosian history from his ship
Mormon Lass (6:13:48 AM): Who would dare taint their line with Xarian blood.
Mormon Lass (6:13:53 AM): ???
JPianoPopM (5:11:59 AM): He's crown prince, he's given this shit.
Mormon Lass (6:14:39 AM): Plus she is one of the guardians of those despised divine creatures. Double slap
JPianoPopM (5:13:02 AM): And, because he looks beyond the surface, while main empirical records have the keitsian executed, Arkus would indeed discover he's alive...possibly still on the emperor's payroll.
Mormon Lass (6:15:25 AM): Ooo...
Mormon Lass (6:15:38 AM): Elaina would freak....
Mormon Lass (6:15:46 AM): Like blow up
JPianoPopM (5:13:41 AM): Keitosian muscle structure is stronger than the average human...
JPianoPopM (5:13:50 AM): and, powerful keitosians can fly...
JPianoPopM (5:14:17 AM): it is possible that this man lessened the weight on his neck with levitation just enough to prevent himself from dying.
Mormon Lass (6:16:43 AM): Wow...
JPianoPopM (5:14:43 AM): How's that for a mind trip?
JPianoPopM (5:14:51 AM): I think that'd make her crack.
Mormon Lass (6:18:06 AM): What if after they busted her out, they sent her daddy out to go destroy her. Cuz no one in their right mind would want to stay in a lab willingly. Valkier's afraid that she
Mormon Lass (6:18:20 AM): 's gonna join the rebellion
Mormon Lass (6:18:33 AM): or something.
JPianoPopM (5:16:28 AM): Evil, but where does he find us?
JPianoPopM (5:16:38 AM): Arkus is no amateur at leaving trails.
JPianoPopM (5:16:49 AM): *meaning he doesn't leave 'em
Mormon Lass (6:19:34 AM): Don't know, but he will. He'll probably recognize the signs, too perfect=Keitosian or Xarian
Mormon Lass (6:19:45 AM): Why would a Xarian bust her out?
JPianoPopM (5:17:35 AM): Heh,
JPianoPopM (5:17:46 AM): This guy, her father...
JPianoPopM (5:17:53 AM): he's going to be one HELL of an adversary.
Mormon Lass (6:20:13 AM): He's scum
JPianoPopM (5:18:19 AM): And, for kicks, I got two more evil wyverns...
JPianoPopM (5:18:29 AM): evens out that part of the fight.
Mormon Lass (6:20:40 AM): He probably knows his daughters still alive and knows everything about her
Mormon Lass (6:20:51 AM): YES!!!
JPianoPopM (5:19:10 AM): should arkus tell her about her father, and then have him attack soon after?
Mormon Lass (6:21:35 AM): He's probably hidden that he's keitosian though
Mormon Lass (6:22:08 AM): otherwise the Emperor would have known. He's probably a really bad guy even by Ketosian terms
JPianoPopM (5:20:14 AM): Keitosians don't like the emperor.
JPianoPopM (5:20:30 AM): they see him as a boundless usurper, not fit to lead an army
JPianoPopM (5:20:45 AM): he takes without planning. it's foolish by keitosian terms
Mormon Lass (6:23:03 AM): All the more reason to join him. It's the last place they'd look
JPianoPopM (5:21:08 AM): fair enough.
JPianoPopM (5:21:24 AM): wow
Mormon Lass (6:23:40 AM): I mean he raped a Xarian
Mormon Lass (6:23:46 AM): He can't be a good guy
JPianoPopM (5:21:40 AM): keitosians don't liek him, either
Mormon Lass (6:23:56 AM): by anyone's terms
JPianoPopM (5:22:01 AM): he mixed with impure blood, he serves the emperor by principle...
JPianoPopM (5:22:26 AM): The fact that Arkus usually works out of the emperors employ does not please his family when the find out...
JPianoPopM (5:22:30 AM): not like he cares
Mormon Lass (6:24:46 AM): lol
JPianoPopM (5:22:40 AM): he doesn't like Arkus either, but it pays well.
JPianoPopM (5:22:49 AM): and there aren't xarians on his side
Mormon Lass (6:25:14 AM): not a full one anyway
JPianoPopM (5:23:14 AM): no, not a dragon slave, anyway.
Mormon Lass (6:25:54 AM): Could the eagle spirit become twisted like the wyverns were?
JPianoPopM (5:24:01 AM): By Elaina? No.
JPianoPopM (5:24:14 AM): Wyverns were turned evil by some serious dark magic.
Mormon Lass (6:26:25 AM): but with elaina
JPianoPopM (5:24:25 AM): The likes of which haven't been duplicated ever.
Mormon Lass (6:26:41 AM): Mmhm
JPianoPopM (5:24:37 AM): Elaina isn't dark
JPianoPopM (5:24:44 AM): simply misguided in that respect
JPianoPopM (5:24:58 AM): she has that taint, mind you.
Mormon Lass (6:27:08 AM): she ain't exactly light either
JPianoPopM (5:25:16 AM): But it isn't nearly powerful enough to shut down Yankeirou.
JPianoPopM (5:25:51 AM): Who is more than a little depressed at his current host, I'm sure.
Mormon Lass (6:28:07 AM): Ok, so her mother and Yankeirou are probably going to keep her from reaching her true evil potential
JPianoPopM (5:26:06 AM): Yeah.
JPianoPopM (5:26:18 AM): That darkness was contained.
Mormon Lass (6:28:58 AM): Well his plan to keep her safe and to grow up strong and intelligent kind of backfired
JPianoPopM (5:27:11 AM): Strong, yes, Intelligent, maybe....
JPianoPopM (5:27:19 AM): On the correct side...probably not.
Mormon Lass (6:29:34 AM): she was safe, strong and intelligent but her perspective is screwed
JPianoPopM (5:27:29 AM): Yeah.
Mormon Lass (6:30:30 AM): She has to be intelligent
Mormon Lass (6:31:11 AM): She's way to calculating and cunning and learned not to be.
JPianoPopM (5:29:24 AM): Heh.
Mormon Lass (6:31:39 AM): but misguided is farily accurate
Mormon Lass (6:31:52 AM): more like brainwashed though
JPianoPopM (5:30:02 AM): If Elaina joins the rebellion, Arkus will only interact with her when she's not with the others...
JPianoPopM (5:30:12 AM): Cause of those damned Xarians
JPianoPopM (5:30:19 AM): and Hawkes doesn't like him either.
Mormon Lass (6:32:31 AM): I don't know if She'll join the rebellion
JPianoPopM (5:30:28 AM): Seriously, Hawkes wants to smack him around.
Mormon Lass (6:32:44 AM): She doesn't like the xarians
JPianoPopM (5:30:39 AM): True, true.
Mormon Lass (6:32:53 AM): or hawkes
JPianoPopM (5:31:08 AM): She and Hawkes are almost point counterpoint to each other....
Mormon Lass (6:33:33 AM): She'd probably be more apt to stay with Arkus or at least associate with him more
JPianoPopM (5:31:24 AM): Smart, stubborn, always ready to fight.
Mormon Lass (6:33:54 AM): Yeah, except she's got way more issues than he does
JPianoPopM (5:31:47 AM): and eagle wielders
Mormon Lass (6:34:04 AM): Really?
JPianoPopM (5:31:55 AM): Oh yeah, undeniably
JPianoPopM (5:32:00 AM): and yes,
Mormon Lass (6:34:11 AM): Oh yeah the gold
JPianoPopM (5:32:12 AM): Zankeirou, I believe is his current name
Mormon Lass (6:34:29 AM): Yup
JPianoPopM (5:32:36 AM): You read my new Arkus history?
Mormon Lass (6:35:04 AM): have you changed it since you last put it up?
JPianoPopM (5:33:08 AM): no, but you read it, I assumed, from the twisted wyverns comments
Mormon Lass (6:35:28 AM): yesh
JPianoPopM (5:33:37 AM): This will seriously change any divine creature interaction, from here on.
Mormon Lass (6:35:54 AM): mmhm
JPianoPopM (5:33:56 AM): They all know exactly what Melseme is...and they may have even been friends long ago
Mormon Lass (6:36:17 AM): Yankeirou and Melseme are not going to mix well at all
JPianoPopM (5:34:53 AM): Of course, Yankeirou hasn't made himself known yet, has he?
JPianoPopM (5:34:56 AM): Other than dreams
Mormon Lass (6:37:28 AM): not yet, but he will when he Arkus is trying to reveal her
JPianoPopM (5:35:19 AM): That would have confirmed Xarian heritage long ago
Mormon Lass (6:37:33 AM): It's inevitable
JPianoPopM (5:35:44 AM): so...while saving her, or while putting white lightning in her hands?
Mormon Lass (6:39:01 AM): Probably the lightening part because his defenses were only prepared to hide his prescence and her conflicting energies.
JPianoPopM (5:37:14 AM): How's she gonna deal with that?
Mormon Lass (6:40:30 AM): Well, she sorta knows of him, but not in detail. He's been more of a guide a spirit sent by her mother. She doesn't know he's a divine creature of Xaria.
Mormon Lass (6:40:51 AM): He's like Jimmeny Cricket
JPianoPopM (5:38:43 AM): And Melseme will be happy to tell her.
JPianoPopM (5:39:10 AM): All hissy and angry and whatnot
Mormon Lass (6:41:50 AM): Yankeirou will have to come out and be all stfu fool, don't be hatin' my bebi
Mormon Lass (6:42:27 AM): She'll be all what the crap
Mormon Lass (6:43:29 AM): She'll probably turn over the statue to Valkier, so y'all are going to have to save him too
JPianoPopM (5:41:41 AM): Hmm...
JPianoPopM (5:41:55 AM): I don't know if Valkier could stop him from going to his extradimensional world...
JPianoPopM (5:42:08 AM): But Melseme can deal with that.
Mormon Lass (6:44:24 AM): I don't think so either
Mormon Lass (6:44:38 AM): how so?
JPianoPopM (5:42:39 AM): I mean getting him back, really
Mormon Lass (6:44:57 AM): ah
Mormon Lass (6:45:03 AM): but would he?
JPianoPopM (5:43:07 AM): If his master bade him to, yes, begrudgingly
JPianoPopM (5:43:12 AM): he'd have no choice
Mormon Lass (6:45:44 AM): hehe, Yankeirou would get a kick out of that
Mormon Lass (6:45:53 AM): Y: Tool lol
JPianoPopM (5:44:10 AM): M: Silence, demon! Were it my decision, you could rot here!
Mormon Lass (6:47:11 AM): Y: Hehe, what's the little Keitosian going to do, O great Meseme? Turn you into sushi?
JPianoPopM (5:46:06 AM): M: *Spits black flames at Yankeirou* Do you wish to leave here or not? My master is not here right now, and cannot order me otherwise!
Mormon Lass (6:49:17 AM): Y: *Dodges easily and sighs* Fine, since you insist. I miss my Elaina anyway.
JPianoPopM (5:48:11 AM): M: *frees, then flys away in disgust* You should have no trouble finding her, if you truly call her yours.
Mormon Lass (6:51:34 AM): Y: It was a pleasure to see you again, old friend. Send your master my reguards and my gratitude.
JPianoPopM (5:50:06 AM): *A hissing, sputtering rage can be heard in the distance, fading into the night*
Mormon Lass (6:52:45 AM): Y: *satisfied chuckle*
Mormon Lass (6:53:53 AM): Poor melseme
JPianoPopM (5:52:04 AM): His life kinda sucks.
Mormon Lass (6:54:21 AM): Chyeah
Mormon Lass (6:55:06 AM): Yankeirou pretty much get to chill until he's revealed.
JPianoPopM (5:53:12 AM): I want this to happen....
JPianoPopM (5:53:28 AM): save this convo, btw, that was some awesome stuff we have up there
Mormon Lass (6:55:56 AM): Elaina might get along with Hawkes once she's not with the Empire
Mormon Lass (6:56:12 AM): Oh yeah, I'm totally saving it.
JPianoPopM (5:54:18 AM): I mean, Arkus CARING.
Mormon Lass (6:56:41 AM): Omigosh!
JPianoPopM (5:54:31 AM): Hoooly crap
Mormon Lass (6:56:55 AM): The fangirls sang and squealed!!!!
JPianoPopM (5:55:15 AM): ...Aaaaaand then got their fragile little fangirl hearts smashed into tiny, tiny squealing pieces.
JPianoPopM (5:55:24 AM): *Aaaaaand
Mormon Lass (6:57:41 AM): Elaina is merciful to none
Mormon Lass (6:57:58 AM): especially fangirls
JPianoPopM (5:56:18 AM): (*;-;*) (crying fangirl w/pigtails)
Mormon Lass (6:58:56 AM): lol
JPianoPopM (5:56:49 AM): F: WAI? WAI???? IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL!!!! *SOBS*
JPianoPopM (5:57:14 AM): F: AND OMG, THE ACCENTS!
JPianoPopM (5:57:23 AM): AUSSIE AND BRIT AT THE SAME TIMES!
Mormon Lass (6:59:51 AM): Then there's the weird one who think its just a lot of sexual tension and they will write masses of horrible one shots.
JPianoPopM (5:57:56 AM): one shots?
Mormon Lass (7:00:44 AM): a very short story, usually a silly situation that the characters would never be in
Mormon Lass (7:01:00 AM): often these tend to be "lemony"
JPianoPopM (5:59:00 AM): ....Ergh...
Mormon Lass (7:01:14 AM): yeah
JPianoPopM (5:59:20 AM): Maybe just some wholesome fanfics?
Mormon Lass (7:01:34 AM): I did a one shot once for Elaina and Arkus
JPianoPopM (5:59:26 AM): is that too much to ask?
JPianoPopM (5:59:34 AM): O____O
JPianoPopM (5:59:39 AM): you did what
Mormon Lass (7:01:59 AM): they had an awesome fight in a laundromat
JPianoPopM (6:00:14 AM): And I'll assume you jumped over the ecchi part?
Mormon Lass (7:02:54 AM): then once their laundry was done, arkus opened up his washing machine and all his white were pink
JPianoPopM (6:00:56 AM): NOOOO@
JPianoPopM (6:00:58 AM): !
Mormon Lass (7:04:06 AM): he finds some rather scandoulous look red lengerie and elaina says "Thank you." Grabs and walks away from what remains of the little laundromat
JPianoPopM (6:02:14 AM): .....
Mormon Lass (7:04:32 AM): There's nothing sketchy
JPianoPopM (6:02:44 AM): You enjoy torturing/embarassing your characters, don't you?
Mormon Lass (7:04:57 AM): Arkus says some stuff and twists her words a bit but other wise
Mormon Lass (7:05:10 AM): it's just fun fighting
Mormon Lass (7:05:14 AM): oh yes
Mormon Lass (7:05:27 AM): I told you, my characters want me dead
JPianoPopM (6:03:38 AM): I'm sure if they ever came to life, they would love to just tie you to rack and play.
JPianoPopM (6:03:48 AM): Especially Elaina.
Mormon Lass (7:06:02 AM): But they aren't
Mormon Lass (7:06:15 AM): definately elaina
Mormon Lass (7:06:48 AM): Arkus would probably be after my hyde too
JPianoPopM (6:04:50 AM): Yeah, but I think he likes me....
JPianoPopM (6:05:07 AM): except for that actually caring about elaina part...but that's his fault
Mormon Lass (7:07:22 AM): Put in a good word for me then
JPianoPopM (6:05:29 AM): He's not talking to me right now because of that...
Mormon Lass (7:07:52 AM): Who knows Elaina probably will feel in debted to him once she figures out who she is
Mormon Lass (7:08:26 AM): Then he can extort her to his black heart's content
JPianoPopM (6:07:09 AM): Be warned
JPianoPopM (6:07:21 AM): Arkus doesn't play by normal rules...
Mormon Lass (7:09:39 AM): lol
JPianoPopM (6:07:36 AM): he will try for the sexual favor card at least once.
JPianoPopM (6:07:48 AM): however
JPianoPopM (6:07:56 AM): he'll probably learn quick
JPianoPopM (6:08:08 AM): like a fist to the gut kinda quick
Mormon Lass (7:10:28 AM): Elaina's not a push over, and she'll probably ask if she could finish by castrating him with a rusty spoon
Mormon Lass (7:11:09 AM): She'll probably retire to Amra
Mormon Lass (7:11:22 AM): She helped them a lot.
Mormon Lass (7:11:55 AM): She'd probably be more accepted there than anywhere else
Mormon Lass (7:12:24 AM): Considering that she doesn't go loco and try to take the Empire for herself
JPianoPopM (6:10:29 AM): Hey, she might.
JPianoPopM (6:11:26 AM): Arkus would back her...I think
JPianoPopM (6:11:31 AM): he likes her more than
JPianoPopM (6:11:34 AM): valkier
Mormon Lass (7:14:56 AM): Most people do, which is why she's gonna be a huge threat when she finds out how powerful she is. She'll be stupid and surrender to the Emperor's service, but whatev.
JPianoPopM (6:13:14 AM): ...huh?
Mormon Lass (7:15:59 AM): Well, He's gonna freak out that she's half and half.
JPianoPopM (6:13:57 AM): Yah
Mormon Lass (7:17:10 AM): That's obvious, but he just can't fire her, too many people like her. He's going to "relocate her to a facility where she is not a danger to herself or the citizens of the Empire."
Mormon Lass (7:17:22 AM): He can't strip her of her title
Mormon Lass (7:17:31 AM): He'd look paranoid
JPianoPopM (6:15:45 AM): mmhm
Mormon Lass (7:26:00 AM): Just think of all the horrible things Arkus is gonna get to do
JPianoPopM (6:23:57 AM): yeah...
JPianoPopM (6:24:02 AM): but elaina fights back
JPianoPopM (6:24:04 AM): hard
JPianoPopM (6:24:09 AM): she doesn't pull punches at all
JPianoPopM (6:24:18 AM): because she's an icicle.
Mormon Lass (7:26:46 AM): She can't afford to because she's a woman form a very low status
Mormon Lass (7:27:06 AM): How did he feel when Elaina started laughing
Mormon Lass (7:27:14 AM): i was scared.... >.>
JPianoPopM (6:25:19 AM): He wasn't sure at first what it meant...whether he got through or not.
JPianoPopM (6:25:28 AM): the followup sentence sorta made him sad
Mormon Lass (7:28:14 AM): Aww, poor Arkus. Elaina's so mean... But arkus needs some abuse
JPianoPopM (6:27:51 AM): hmph
Mormon Lass (7:30:02 AM): he likes it, that's why he bother's Elaina as often as he does. She's not afraid to verbally attack him and she doesn't shy away from him. She's repulsed and utterly loathes his prescence.
JPianoPopM (6:28:06 AM): heh
Mormon Lass (7:30:27 AM): She fascinates him before he even knows what she is
JPianoPopM (6:28:21 AM): what repulses her?
Mormon Lass (7:31:21 AM): It's not rational, she looked at him and it was instant loathing, much like the way she felt when she encountered the Xarians. It probably has something to do with the two contrasting sides that she's made up of.
Mormon Lass (7:31:35 AM): Then his personality.
JPianoPopM (6:29:39 AM): Jovial? Outgoing? Not messed up?
Mormon Lass (7:32:35 AM): Lazy, disregards authority, shallow, egotistical are the major ones
JPianoPopM (6:30:41 AM): I don't know about lazy...
Mormon Lass (7:32:51 AM): She doesn't like how he smiles all the time either
JPianoPopM (6:30:47 AM): but the other ones are kinda spot on
Mormon Lass (7:33:19 AM): Compared to Elaina Arkus is Lazy
Mormon Lass (7:34:01 AM): or rather she interprets his laid back attitude as lazines because she is wound so tight

[The Ace of Spades]

Well, it's about time.

Goodness, this means I may have to keep up with the Lightwing roleplay. I'd hate to miss this.

[Melia Stahlflugel]

Dude. O_O

Totally awesome! :D I look forward to whenever this comes up in the rp!