Voice testing and Looking at empirica

[nastyangel]

Why hello munny-darling! I'm so glad you finally decided to bring me out of that dark space you call a brain and let me play.

But shouldn't you be working on writing out a top level for me at the test drive? And getting me some more icons?

Just let me have my fun and we'll be thick as thieves. And yes, I'm still all for atonement and true freedom from the past, but that doesn't mean I have to be boring now does it? I promise you won't regret it!

Comments

[deathsought]

That must be nice, being free from 'the past.' Especially a past based on myths and old wives' tales.

I envy you. I will never know what that is like. My future is inextricable from my past. I cannot have one without the other.

[nastyangel]

Well, you certainly have a nice past on the other continent, don't you? But as far as your past on Ishgar goes... You're right, you can't escape that one. Too bad you just cant stay away and play king like a good boy. We'd all be better off.

I'm not sure I completely believe I'll ever be truly free of it. But working on atonement is better than wallowing. Keeps me busy.

[deathsought]

Is it? I have people who idolize me and wish to fight in my name in Ishgar. Alvarez is only different in the intent of its founding. Even when I try to create something good, it becomes yet another weapon. And being royalty isn't as nice as it sounds.

{ He can't count the amount of times he's heard 'So when are we gonna get an Empress? And an heir?' It's gotten to the point where just doesn't bother to answer it anymore. }

You're that spy, aren't you? Yazir should have known better than to send Brandish to a place famous for its gelato. In that case, you should also why I'm allowing the Twelve to get their wish, this time.

{ A beat. }

Do you?

[nastyangel]

[A grin and a carefree shrug] I wouldn't tell you if I did or didn't know that the sky was blue. What makes you think I'll tell you that~

Allow a girl to her dreams of princess-hood, would you? No need to be a killjoy about everything. Maybe you should take up rock gardening. Can't kill those.

[deathsought]

Perhaps I had higher hopes for whomever it was that sent you.

{ He almost laughs at that. Almost. }

If you know of any alternative ways of dealing with Acnologia, I'm all ears.

{ Of course, he's not going to give away the real reason he's after Lumen Histoire... }

[nastyangel]

Oh? Isn't supposed to be all hush hush... Oh right, it's not. That's some sucky intelligence security right there. You want the same thing that the last invasion was supposed to get ten years ago but fail, only this time you're allowing it? Did I get that right? As for that thing? [Another grin] I don't know what it is. And as long as you don't get it, I don't care.

As for the Black Dragon I don't. I'm sure the Fairies will take care of it. Or you.

[deathsought]

For the most part. You've missed several key details, but, the gist of it is accurate. Some of the Twelve are like children. If I'm not around, left to their own devices, they get irritable.

{ So, now there's two leaks, after Ivan. Though, it seems Angel doesn't understand the significance of it, aside from the fact that he wants it, so it must be a weapon of some kind. How typically human. }

Their last attempt fell short. As did the attempt before that. Mavis' guild has not disappointed before in any other circumstance but this one. I've given her more than enough chances. Now, we do things my way. I'm sure she'll understand.

[nastyangel]

But not bad for someone who spent most of her time in a submarine, huh? And does that mean you to play daddy to them?

Well, I suppose it's really no skin off my nose either way.

[deathsought]

That's one way of putting it. Much like my demons, the only thing they respect is power.

{ He's not convinced. }

I know enough about your former guild to know that you didn't do it out of the kindness of your heart.

[nastyangel]

It was a favor to Mest. He Jellal like to exchange favors with each other.

[deathsought]

I'm afraid I'm not familiar with either of those names.

{ Ironically enough, in both cases. Seeing as how he's indirectly responsible for both of their lives being ruined. }

[nastyangel]

Oh, just people who had their lives ruined by Zeref cultists.

[deathsought]

{ A sigh. }

Like many others. I never wanted anyone to deify me like that. I'm glad that most of them have been dealt with, though I doubt that I or anyone else will ever truly be rid of them.

[rememberscarlet]

You seem in good spirits, Sorano.

[Not a bad thing, certainly.]

[nastyangel]

Jellal. Yes, I am very good spirits.

Though you need to tell Mest that he needs to work on his communication skills. He left me alone in the Olympia for hours without telling me what was going on.

[rememberscarlet]

...That sounds unlike him.

[And very troubling. Mest is nothing if not reliable. ...But then again, given his company, he may have been too caught up in trouble to take the time he usually would. Which reminds him...]

How did things turn out in Alvarez?

[nastyangel]

Boring! Fairy Tail left me behind in the Olympia. It was so boring, and quite inconsiderate of them to leave me there.

[rememberscarlet]

[...Sorano please, that wasn't quite what he was asking.]

I'm sure they didn't mean to be inconsiderate. Have you reunited with them since?

[nastyangel]

[She knows~]

No, they went back to Magnolia without me.

Zeref is there. He's the emperor. Since I know that's what want to know.

[rememberscarlet]

[Stop that. No trolling until after they are done with shop talk.

His eyes widen at those news, hands clenching.]

Zeref is-!?

[The emperor of Alvarez. Spriggan. The thought seems almost to terrifying to be real and yet... It fits. It makes too much sense not to be truth. And in the end...]

...That simplifies things.

[At least as the situation is now - normally Zeref's status would make any attempt they could make at killing him a political nightmare, the repercussions too large, too unpredictable... but Alvarez is already heading towards war against Ishgal without their interference.

One way or another, they'll end up fighting. At least this way, Ishgal already knows to prepare, surely Mest and Fairy Tail will see to that.]

[nastyangel]

[But trolling is so much fun~]

Hmmm, I wonder if we'd be considered heroes if we're the ones to defeat him. Stop the war, and put an end to the Black Wizard's legacy.

[rememberscarlet]

[Sorano, plz. Don't make him get Meredy. He knows she is teasing even now, and it shows in a tiny, apologetic smile.]

You shouldn't get your hopes up.

[Especially since if they were to suceed, Jellal would be quick to ask Mest to help cover the fact from the world.

People like them... the world cannot be allowed to see them as heroes. Defeating Zeref is just another step on the path to atonement, out of a Darkness they probably would never fully be able to escape.]

[nastyangel]

[Oh, don't be a party pooper, Jellal.]

Oh, I know, but it's nice to imagine, isn't it?

[rememberscarlet]

[What, didn't you know already that he moonlights as killjoy?]

I guess that's true. [Not that Jellal would really give it serious thought.] It's a pretty romantic thought.

[Maybe, in that sense he shouldn't be surprised that Sorano brought it up.]

[nastyangel]

[How does he manage it? He's got her, Erik, Richard and Meredy around, and they're ... up beat people]

Just let a girl dream sometimes. It keeps her from getting wrinkles early.