mygod | audience: aventurine

[ THAT WAS WHEN HE PLAYED A VILLAIN HE'S NOT DOING THAT ANYMORE ]

Better.

[ i watched this man be such a bottom during party but anyway ]

Essek, are you a free man?

[WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK HE'S DOING!! also shut the fuck up yes he's a bottom

He does not answer for a long moment, white lashes low over his eyes.]

No. I have a lot of freedoms, but I am not free. I am bound by my duty to the Bright Queen and her court. And... I am bound by my secrecy with the Cerberus Assembly.

[ why are so many of them this way ]

So you'll understand. I'm not a free man either, and back then, I did what I had to in order to survive. When I was told to hurt people, I did.

[He glances up to watch Aventurine, quiet.]

As did I. I am the Queen's Shadowhand. I run her investigative duties.

[...]

Which often includes torturing Empire spies in the Dungeon of Penance. If they needed to die, they died.

[ There is just a very careful steadiness on his emotionshare end. ]

Do you take pride in your work? Do you enjoy it?

[Mixed emotions surface. An uncertainty.]

I take pride in my duty, but I never reveled in bloodshed. A little hypocritical to enjoy breaking enemies for sabotaging my people when I was handing two of our most sacred objects over to them.

Get them back.

[ JUST SAYS THIS ]

[Indignation bubbles up.]

Yes, I'm aware. It's... not so simple, however. First. [GESTURES AROUND.] I must leave from here.

Then I must... deal with the Mighty Nein and the Assembly.

[ Just cluelessness hitting back that indignation. ]

What's that?

The Mighty Nein. They are a group of annoying adventurers who were sticking their noses where it didn't belong. They were bringing the beacon back to the us and foiling my plans.

[...]

But then... we... became friends.

[ YOU ARE SOOOOOOOOO DAMN FAKE ]

... Why do you even bother.

[IMMEDIATELY ANNOYED BEYOND MEASURE.]

Excuse me?

[ ANNOYED RIGHT BACK ]

Who's the act for if you're so obviously soft-hearted in the first place?

I was not always that way!

[Aventurine really gets him so annoyed his voice pitches out of the use politeness.]

I never asked for friends. I never wanted them.

[ it's the Bottom pitch ]

But you enjoy having them? Are you fond of them?

[STOP, IT ISN'T THE BOTTOM PITCH. HE'S MAD!!!!!!!!! starts swinging on you]

I did not think... [A sigh. Why is HE being interrogated?! Fuck you.] Yes, whatever.

They are my friends. It's your turn to answer some questions.

[ Essek, your gooey center... ]

Sure. You could probably use the break.

[Stop. There is none. There's no goo. Leave. MORE ANNOYANCE.]

Are you free now that you have committed such crimes?

Not at all.

[ There's some apprehension behind his emotions, but the calm still remains at the forefront. ]

I haven't been a free man in quite a while.

[Hmm.]

We have something in common then. [FLATLY:] Yippee.

[DON'T HAVE THIS IN COMMON.]

Quite a few of you seem to not be free only to end up here, once more not free.

... Yes, but...

[ ? ]

Did you always know how to say 'yippee'?

[?]

Who doesn't?

Say it again! With more excitement this time.

Don't patronize me. I'll twist your intestines up into your brain.

Now that sounds like the Essek I know.

[ Don't ever scare him with yippee again. ]

I think we've learned plenty about each other, don't you? Until next time.

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