oh for the love of -

[holocast]

I had hoped that you would know better; strength of discipline is a wonderful trait, and I'm disappointed that you don't seem to have a grasp on it. I can't stand the thought of wasted potential, you know that much to be true; if you're going to do anything with this, then you're going to do it properly or it's a futile action.

The way I see it, our duties and priorities both direct us elsewhere, anyway; you're aware that I have goals that must be seen out. Furthermore, surely you understand the importance of those goals; the ugliness that darkens the world cannot be allowed to spread, to pervade what little still remains pure...!

You argue with my methods, but sending me here - or anywhere else, for that matter - isn't going to deter those goals from being carried out; I'll be utilizing those methods, whether you agree with them or not. So shall I ask what it is that you hope to achieve? Or are you going to make that into just another futile action?

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[stoneundertone]

Ooh. Nostalgic.

[holocast]

[...well, that looks promising.]

...Oh, indeed?

[what does he make of this no really]

[oomph]

You sound like you think we'd let you pull it off, with or without them getting in the way.

[ she doesn't mean to sound harsh, but she's honest. the longer he's arguing futility with his mun, the longer they've got to stop the crazy train he put in motion. ]

[holocast]

I don't think you'll allow it; I would expect your convictions to hold firm, even now.

In the end, however, I don't think it will be a matter of choice for you.

[pyroobsessed]

...What do ya got against the world bein' ugly? Without anythin' ugly, ya couldn't appreciate the beautiful stuff...or somethin' to that effect. Thought that was the way it was supposed to be.

[Hope you don't mind commentary from the peanut gallery. Elisa twirls a pigtail absently before speaking again.]

...Methods, though? Ya run some kinda nature preservin' deal, or what?

[holocast]

...No, I don't.

[Nature preserving - oh, you sweet summer child.]

But that line of thinking, before - that beauty can only exist in contrast to ugliness...it's an undeniable truth, what with the way the world is now. I just don't believe it to be a natural truth; beauty shouldn't be remarkable simply because it exists, simply because it isn't ugliness.

[sycamour]

[LYSANDRE

HEY GURL HEY]

Mon ami! Good to see you've lost none of your passion!

[gosh you're so funny when you talk about all that stuff oh well]

I was beginning to fear I was alone out here!

[holocast]

[AUGUSTINE

AUGUSTINE PLEASE]

Oh, I think you'd know me better than that by now.

[...or well maybe you wouldn't but hope springs eternal]

[amphibinin]

[Really Professor? That's not Lysandre being passionate, that's Lysandre being a crazy person.]

[ribbonlove]

Sire...
[oh hey talking sylveon
it's the power of dear-mun]
Without the dark - or ugly - there would be no light. I know you do not understand this, but...

[holocast]

[clearly, the power of the nexus is mighty indeed.]

Oh, I understand very well - however, do you ever consider why that's simply accepted as the natural state of things? Or do you simply accept it without question?

eeeeeee

[bonchance]

[Hisssss..]

[Oh, wait, sorry, channeling her Delphox there for a second.]

The world is only dark because people like you make it so. Did you learn nothing from AZ's story? Destroying so many lives brings nothing but grief and ruin. Shame on you, Lysandre.

[It's time for Moral Scolding from a 14-Year Old.]

[holocast]

[Well, somebody's here from post-climax, goodness.]

It's a shame that your perspective would be so lacking when your convictions are so powerful - after all, there are many lessons to be taken away from that story you cite.

[amphibinin]

Question. When, exactly, did "Kill everyone but the most selfish people in the world" start seeming like a good idea?

[holocast]

I don't expect you to understand, nor am I going to try to convince you to change your mind - but if that's your interpretation, then it's safe to say that you don't understand.

[blooddrinker]

Out of curiosity, what are your standards for 'beauty'?

[holocast]

It's not merely a matter of aesthetics, if that's what you're thinking - the shallowness implied by that doesn't even begin to justify what it is that needs to be done.

The world is driving itself to ruin; that state of decline can't be allowed to persist.

[fashionable_chosen_one]

Wasn't your goal a little too extreme?

[Killing pokemon is pretty freaking bad.]

How can you call team flare beautiful?

[Those suits were HIDEOUS man. ]

[holocast]

[...look, at least the women in his organization were covered - the scientists designed their own uniforms, but at least there was literally nothing about the outfits that were his doing that screamed "easy access," nor were they paladins. Team Flare is downright classy, thank you very much. Color notwithstanding because jfc Lysandre are you trying to blind everyone...]

If I thought it too extreme - and if I didn't believe Team Flare to be capable of restoring the world to a more uncorrupted state - then I wouldn't have been carrying that goal out in the first place.

Goals like that...they tend to stem from necessity, not desire.

[dresseuse]

Still going on about all the ugliness in the world? [ ...why is she not surprised. ] I guess it was too much to expect you to actually learn anything from that tremendous failure of yours back in Geosenge.

[holocast]

As it would be too much to ask for you to understand why that ugliness can't be left unchecked.

[The talk of failure, though...that has him uneasy, though it's not anything he's interested in displaying; it's one of the emotions he's decent at keeping in check, and so it remains for now.]

I've never asked for your understanding; gaining it doesn't interest me.

come to smashacademy I want these two to be roomates

[will_be_god]

The world is ugly, yes. And something extreme must be done to save it.

...however, the world as it exists is far beyond salvation. You insist otherwise and thus cling to hopeless optimism.

my apologies, but you don't want that with mine; ooc issues between us. d_m threading is fine by me.

[holocast]

Oh, indeed? Those who know of my thoughts toward those sullying it would be the last to call those thoughts "optimistic."

[...]

You're from that group of fanatics, aren't you - the set that caused the disturbance in the Sinnoh region.

[He doesn't seem to be passing judgement on that, however; not yet. As it is, it's a statement of fact - probing, but not condemning.]

[nobodys_king]

Another one of those sorts. How tiresome. The world has plenty of beauty to it, else I wouldn't be a collector. Now, if you want to strike at the heart of the issue, the world in between those beautiful things is terribly boring. Do something about that and you may get someone to agree with you.

[holocast]

And if I couldn't see the beauty this world has to offer, I wouldn't bother; I don't know which of "those" sorts you've spoken to, but further harming the beauty in this world is farthest from my intentions.

[snowpointvictor]

Ugh.

You're another one of those types. Why can't there be a region without a genocidal lunatic.

[Don't forget Team Flare's suits. They're just...]

Not the point, mun. There's no beauty in killing people and Pokemon.

[holocast]

[Hey, hey. The grunts were entirely covered (in things that were not skintight leggings and skirts that hid literally nothing); nothing about those outfits screamed "easy access", nor were they dressed like they were off to a LARPer convention. At the very least the cut was classy this time. The color, however...jfc Lysandre why

That said, might as well see what we're looking at here.]

Which of "those types" have you encountered?

[oftheland]

[




hahaha oh my god]

Well, I can already tell where this is going to go, but as far as your little speech goes... surely you've heard a particular saying before, haven't you?

[holocast]

[...well this bodes well, doesn't it.]

You seem dying to tell me what it is anyway; I'm not going to stop you, should you remain inclined.

[doctopus]

[This is far too much wordy waffle for Maya to get her head around. This coming from a teenage...tentacle monster who spends their free periods nose-deep in university-level medical journals, but someone of such linear (narrow?) thinking as Maya can't handle all this philosophical mumbo-jumbo.]

Ugliness? What...remains pure? Mister, I don't understand. What do you want to change about what now?

[holocast]

[Well, if nothing else, today is proving to be a lesson in tolerano really what the fuck is that thing

just

give him a moment]

...Don't let it concern you.

[nuke it from orbit]

spoilers up in here

[encyclopedic]

Lysandre?

[But what are you doing here? No, better question, how are you alive?]

What...? How did you...?

[...Maybe he'd be better off not knowing.]

You're still going on about all that, huh? I can't really say I'm surprised. You're always so passionate about what you believe in.

[He shoves his hands in his pockets and smiles, though it's a distant sort of smile.]

I'm sorry. I should have seen what you were trying to do earlier. Maybe I could have stepped in and stopped it. But then again, you're very dedicated to your goals, aren't you? You wouldn't have listened to me.

[holocast]

[...That's...

He's not liking the tone this conversation's taking, it's setting him on-edge already; he closes his eyes for a moment, just long enough to resettle and ignore the general sense of this isn't good.]

And why are you apologizing to me? You have nothing to be sorry for.

yells very loudly omg

[lumiose]

Your "goals" aren't going to get nearly as far as you think they will. You still haven't learned anything, have you?

just don't injure yourself with the yelling and we will be good

[holocast]

[And there's talk of failure again; it's not enough to outwardly bother him at this point, but it's more than enough to make him a bit prickly.]

They'll get as far as they need to either way; I don't doubt that much.

[He's not exactly going to clarify the "either way" there; make of it what one will, clearly.]