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[amonfire]

 The idea of the soul residing outside the body does not ring so dissimilar from another easily corruptible force from my own world. The bending arts were abused passed the point of recognition as a spiritual gift, and the soul is always the first to break when absolute power corrupts absolutely.

That said, I have little faith -- so to speak -- in anything that sounds even remotely like it. 

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[hero_of_smiles]

It looks pretty awesome to me! I mean, you can learn stuff from other worlds there! Like magic!

[How much this boy wouldn't give to have magic.]

[amonfire]

What you see as awe-inspiring, I only see as the catalyst to every human born atrocity in the world.

[hero_of_smiles]

That's not true. Sure there are some people who use their power for bad reasons, but there are those who use it for good too! Anyone, even without magic, could do horrible things too.

[bindsthedead]

If nothing else, wouldn't it make corruption easier to recognize?

[amonfire]

I would care to hear why you think that would be the case, or how it's an improvement.

[bindsthedead]

Part of Abhorsen's duty is to fight necromancers and Free Magic sorcerers. Their spirits in Death are far more twisted than their bodies in Life.

[amonfire]

A superficial complaint when the human soul is more than capable of heinous acts well enough without the direct assistance of the spirits.

[bindsthedead]

I suspect most of them were rotten long before they began seeking mastery of the Dead, but people are capable of evil even without magic. I know that. [Her encounter with those scavengers in Belisaere brought that lesson home.]

[amonfire]

There's truth in this, but it growths harder to take that heart when each day you watch so-called magic's stranglehold tighten like the executioner's noose in the name of peace and democracy.

[bindsthedead]

And in my world, magic- Charter Magic, not Free Magic- is the best defense we have against the Dead and Free Magic users. Magic can be used to heal and protect, as well as destroy and dominate.

But I don't know anything about your world, so perhaps it's different there.

[amonfire]

Maybe not so different in terms of presence, but you grow tired of the mystical when it perverts the fabric of society while calling itself our sentinel of balance. Would your world be better off without your "Free Magic"?

[bindsthedead]

Perhaps, but it's not possible to be rid of it. Free Magic elementals cannot truly be killed- only bound away by Charter Magic, or destroyed by a Free Magic force greater than their own.

And even then, the Dead would probably still rise.

[irohdisboat]

The possibility doesn't automatically mean all users are ultimately corrupt, though.

Philosophically, it will be interesting to find the parallels and decide if humans are the same everywhere.

THAT USERNAME /LOSES ALL SHIT

[amonfire]

General Iroh, you surprise me to wax poetic with me after the decimation of your fleet.

XD thanks?

[irohdisboat]

Mm. I won't say that I don't harbor a dislike for you and Hiroshi Sato, but from a combat stance, I understand the reason you set it up the way you did, and can almost respect the tactical genius of it. [Looking away.] In the end it was much my own lack of forethought that brought about the deaths of my men.

[And blowing up all of the planes helped soothe wound to his ego.]

[tinted]

[The Lt. regards Amon in cool silence as per usual, ever the stoic pillar resigned to standing in the background. Is it a trick of the light playing over his lens or is that a hint of skepticism in his gaze?]

[amonfire]

Wouldn't you agree, Lieutenant?

[ Amon casts a long shadow even over those he called his brothers and sisters in arms. ]

[tinted]

I agree with all that you've said, Amon. [Truth. Though nothing about his expression changes.]

[amonfire]

[ The hood and mask obscure his gaze, but it burns all the same. ] Nothing speaks louder than disquiet in amidst ranks, Lieutenant. Please, speak freely.

[tinted]

[It is a gaze that is felt more than seen, and it is a gaze that is met. The Lt. nods politely at the offer.]

I do have an inquiry, if I may.

Given your thoughts on those with unfair and impure advantages, suppose an individual with such an impurity chose to use it to support our cause. Would you accept?

[By all accounts the answer to this should be obvious. It would almost appear as if he is sassin' you, Amon.]

[amonfire]

[ you're a dick lieutenant :c ]

Speaking in hypotheticals, [ his voice is a razor wire wrapped in silk ] this imaginary ally of yours would only serve our cause in an ancillary role, and would never be accepted by the movement as a whole. That is only if their impurity would be worth the trouble in the first place.

What sort of person would choose such a discordant life, I wonder?

[tinted]

[Your fault for being a tremendous butt, Amon.]

What sort of person, indeed. [This isn't to claim that Amon is such a person; there is hardly enough proof of it that the Lt. has witnessed personally. But he's given serious consideration to the Avatar's accusations and the rumors of his own fate.] It's understandable, I'm sure, why one might question the nature of that person.

[Let it never be said that the Lt. isn't bound to his Equalist convictions.]

[amonfire]

[ you are sleeping on the couch for the next millenia if the bloodbending doesn't kill you ]

Your concerns are not without ground, but may I address a key factor in your argument? If we were to make such a concession in this scenario, then it can be assumed that they simply wish...to save themselves for last.

[amon_fire]

Wow.

Okay.

Um... This is awkward.

[amonfire]

To be honest, I don't know what to say.

[amonfire]

But I don't want to make this amonumental issue

[amonfire]

Amon. Umental. Because it sounds like...

[amonfire]

Please kill me.

[amon_fire]

Oh. My. Gosh.

You're hilarious.

[unfavorite]

What are you going to do, try removing them like you would a person's bending? That's not going to work out well for you, especially when you're without your little group of criminals.

[amonfire]

[ Don't ominous chin hands me, bro >B( ]

Don't construe my motives as self-serving or simply so blindly malicious, brother.

[unfavorite]

[He will do what he wants. Mostly because he's from right before losing his bending and has no idea that Amon is his long lost bro.]

And what would your motives actually--[Wait, let's back up here for a moment.]...what did you call me.

[amonfire]

[ oooo drama bomb ]

Before I rid you of our shared impurity, at the very least, I owe you as much.

[amonfire]

Tarrlok.

1/3

[unfavorite]

[...Noatak, you are officially the worst older brother ever. Really, what can Tarrlok even say to you.

Wait, hold on, he'll think of something.

Give him a moment, okay. It's not every day that you find out Amon is your older brother, after all.]

2/3

[unfavorite]

I thought you died. We kept looking for you after you left.

[This would be a tearful reunion if you weren't such an ass, bro.]

3/3

[unfavorite]

[And if this is going to end with him losing his bending, he's not going out without a few jabs, even if they're just the verbal kind.]

If Dad were still alive, I bet he'd be so proud of you right now.

[amonfire]

[ low, bro. low]

You're blaming a fourteen year old boy for running away from that monster a few years too late, brother. Pocketing the police force, manipulating the council to save face, the raids on Dragon Flats?

The non-benders and Equalists are out for your blood after everything you've done even before the movement and the only thing keeping them off you is me. Dad may have put all his hopes for revenge on me, but take a look in the mirror.

You're everything he wanted in a son.

[unfavorite]

[like you're any better :| ]

I'm not some revenge-driven fool like what he wanted. I am a better man than he ever was. I was going to save the city from those who would do nothing but destroy the peace. Dad was just a crime boss and he hid from the law just like any other criminal. I run the city and if it wasn't for you and your little Equalist movement, the city would be a better place than it is now.

[The denial is strong with this one.]

The Equalists are nothing but tools for revenge. When you take away the Avatar's bending, you'll only be getting payback for what Avatar Aang did to our dad. You're nothing more than a hypocrite, Noatak, and whatever you think of what I've done pales in comparison to your plans.

[amonfire]

[ I'm telling mom-- owait ]

You just want to be better than him! The only thing you care about is yourself and you might as well have just admitted it. The police force -- benders, criminal organizations like Dad and government officials -- benders, and all the way up to the city council -- benders. Every last one of them and you're at the head throwing your weight around. A tyrant is a tyrant is a tyrant whether they're sitting on a throne or running the underbelly of a city.

If we weren't born the way we were then none of this would have ever happened! I'm actually trying to stop all of that and you just want to prove yourself to a dead man.

[unfavorite]

[You are such an ass.]

What makes you think you know anything about me? I did what I thought best for Republic City. Does that make me a tyrant or merely a leader who wants to run the city as well as he can to the best of his abilities? Despite what you may believe, bending is not the root of all evil. The majority of people in power do not abuse their bending to control the nonbenders. You're just too caught up on the past to ever realize it.

You mean if our dad wasn't Yakone, none of this would have happened. Us being benders wasn't the problem; him being a vengeful monster was. Why would I ever want to prove myself to him? I was weak, I wouldn't bloodbend, I wasn't a prodigy like you. I never wanted to live up to his standards. I saw what it did to you.