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cancry2021-01-19 06:35 am
ourtomorrow) wrote in cancry2021-01-19 06:35 am
discordia/avaritia | monarch is typing...
I haven't met many of you. My name is Monarch. I struck the final blow against Esme.
[ He can say that, right? It's a fact. Lion and Ruin did so much - but the one with no choice but to do it had been Monarch. ]
By that point, she had turned into a monster. But when I hit her for the last time, I gained memories. Not mine, but hers.
Esme had a sibling. Lapis. It's Lapis we saw on screens in the Underside. Esme and Lapis were chasing a dream of stardom together, but in the end, only Lapis was chosen. Esme couldn't accept that. She'd hated Lapis since Lapis was born. Esme died full of those feelings.
One instance isn't enough to build a theory upon, but as we search for the Authority of this Layer, people should be aware this occurred. It's possible other Authorities will become monstrous when confronted and we'll regain their memories. It's also possible Esme chose to show me specifically for other reasons, but if so, that's something that might happen to others, as well.
Thanks for your time.
[ And - sent.
Those patrolling Avaritia on their quest for information may find one (1) small boy hiding in an alley spying on the business district. He keeps moving like he wants to check his phone and then stopping his hand. ]
[ He can say that, right? It's a fact. Lion and Ruin did so much - but the one with no choice but to do it had been Monarch. ]
By that point, she had turned into a monster. But when I hit her for the last time, I gained memories. Not mine, but hers.
Esme had a sibling. Lapis. It's Lapis we saw on screens in the Underside. Esme and Lapis were chasing a dream of stardom together, but in the end, only Lapis was chosen. Esme couldn't accept that. She'd hated Lapis since Lapis was born. Esme died full of those feelings.
One instance isn't enough to build a theory upon, but as we search for the Authority of this Layer, people should be aware this occurred. It's possible other Authorities will become monstrous when confronted and we'll regain their memories. It's also possible Esme chose to show me specifically for other reasons, but if so, that's something that might happen to others, as well.
Thanks for your time.
[ And - sent.
Those patrolling Avaritia on their quest for information may find one (1) small boy hiding in an alley spying on the business district. He keeps moving like he wants to check his phone and then stopping his hand. ]
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[ Whether she'll actually be able to give him an answer is, of course, another question entirely. ]
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[ He has heard Lion's theory, and it's perfectly sound. Somewhat encouraging (after being terrifying), in fact. But....To confirm that answer... ]
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There definitely is a difference, but it's a little hard to explain
It's more like something I feel than something I can concretely put into words
I can definitely try, though. But it might be a bit confusing.
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[ Just gonna bite his lips over here. ]
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[ Prepare for a BIG TEXTWALL, Monarch. ]
I'd say one of the big differences is that anyone in Purgatory could end up having Authority over a particular layer, so long as the circumstances were right. If they hold onto their sins tightly enough and let it eclipse everything else about them, then the world around them ends up bending to their wants and needs.
Becoming an Executor is something you have to consent to... I think. It's not about taking things away or forcing your will on other, but sharing power freely to protect people. Because we have a duty as the people who have power to fight for the people who don't.
There's more to it than that, but even I don't fully understand it a lot of the time.
Did that help, though?
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Authorities are made by holding onto their sins.
[ That's....like what Lion had said, isn't it? Not identical, but the key idea is the same. Becoming an Executor is a choice. What happens in Monarch's future, here in the afterlife, is a choice.
He gets to choose whether he's like Esme or not. ]
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It's sad.
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Sin consumes you if you let it. But you don't have to. ]
And then the Authorities encourage that in others.
[ It's almost like.....if you're hurting yourself......the easy release is to.....take it out on other people? ]
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[ Which is kind of... really unpleasant to think about!!! ]
It's a little scary to imagine that it might have worked on us too, if we hadn't been awake.
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That...helps. ]
We can't let more people add to their sins in Purgatory.
[ The Authorities are really gumming up the whole "prepare yourself for the afterlife" process for everyone in so many ways, aren't they? That's awful. They have to be stopped before the cycle continues. ]
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[ It's one of very few things she feels truly certain of, down here in Purgatory. ]
And
How do I put this
I know it seems cruel to have to do what we did to people like Esme. But being here for so long isn't good for them, in the end.
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She's thinking of people like Esme, who have gone too far, as well? Monarch thinks he really does understand why everyone follows her so loyally. He wants to protect her, but at the same time - he admires her. Her compassion, her acceptance....
You have unconsciously reminded MONARCH of a bugge. MONARCH will now die for you.]That's true.
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Maybe in her next life, she'll be happier with herself.
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Second chances....really are remarkable, aren't they.
[ And that's what they're fixing: everybody's second chance.
Monarch feels good about what he's doing again. ]
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[ Maybe she won't POISON ANYONE IN HER NEXT LIFE!!! ]
Did that help at all, Monarch? I'm sorry I still can't explain it as well as I'd like to...
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Let's save the people in Avaritia, too.