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youngtimer) wrote2020-09-01 12:09 am
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<countvoncount>in the late august lull between fogs
missing CTRL keyskeyboard, the middle distance.Never in her long life has she attempted to bring about justice in this fashion. She's always focused on one great, grand goal, a mighty sacrifice for the worthiest payoff. That remains her priority. The subjugation of Ryslig will not cease until its corrupted mechanisms have been untwisted and power is restored to man- and monster-kind alike. To that end, she will discover and utilize the perfect means. No matter the cost.
But even so.
The object of the game is to suffer. The way to defy the game is to not. A world built to cause pain might find itself weakening the less pain it generates. Even a backlash, an attempt to put the inhabitants back in their supposed "place", could be seen as proof such behavior is to be dissuaded. A slave is not struck unless they overreach.
"To make as good a thing out of a bad thing as we can."
It's a strategy so optimistic she almost wants to dismiss it as arrogance. To think anything in life could have that perfect a resolution. In her few months here, she's pursued good things and quickly had them twisted against her. Ryslig is swift, and Ryslig shows no mercy.
But even so.
Ra's-Manifestations-Are-What-Is-Right-And-True Atem, understanding the need for caution yet unable to realize this has led him to acceptance of the system. Composer Yoshiya Joshua, breaking through to his world with the help of the Fourth God - yet forced into Ryslig's schedule, Ryslig's design. The Day and Night Gods' powers may remain, yet are insufficient. The Fog and the Fourth are bound to the laws of the world.
But even so.
A capsule has been sent into the Sea of Stars. A substitute for human flesh has been synthesized. Mana the coin witch is, Saint-Germain has determined, the most powerful person in Ryslig, or the one whose powers come closest to the reality-fracturing divine power she seeks. Ideally, she'd like to learn Mana's arts. But in the meantime.....
"To make as good a thing out of a bad thing as we can."
Cagliostro's arms around her. The small satisfaction of a completed game of solitaire. The life's mission of Ultimate Astronaut Kaito Momota, Luminary of the Stars, who seems to have no objective save to enable others to achieve their own. The sense, surrounded by those who have suffered and those who have lived ages unending, of not being alone.
The feeling, as life slipped from her fingers in exchange for preserving the lives of others, of finally, at long last, not wanting to die.
It's only been a few months. Saint-Germain is used to planning, to drawing conclusions, in terms of decades.
Saint-Germain will revolt against control. ]
What does volunteering for the Lighthouse involve?
[ It feels almost as if it isn't her, asking. And yet, there's a flicker of thrill somewhere deep inside.... ]
<HoratioV>
Whatever you want it to, really. Explaining things to new people, answering their questions, pointing them to people or places you know can help them. Helping me update maps. Collecting donations of solars or goods for kits like the one I gave you. Helping me put them together. Going to where the new arrivals are and handing things out. Printing leaflets at the press down the street.
[and then he has a sudden image of Saint-Germain passed out over the printing press, or surrounded by care package boxes, nodding off with a Bavan Furry Trout t-shirt half folded in her hands. thankfully, he knows just how to prevent that.]
You know I'd be happy to have you with me in this. Just don't try to do so much that you overwork yourself. I don't think Cagliostro would like that.
<countvoncount>
[ says the spider surrounded by at least a dozen library books, all of them reference texts (yes, even Animal Grayveyard by Sven Konig), a handful of Day/Night God amulets, and a chess set.
She considers this description. In the Illuminati, she'd been given free rein to pursue projects so long as she also accepted and completed missions the Director found necessary. She had acceded to this arrangement, trusting his understanding of the society's needs surpassed her own. Now she knows he'd used her.
But Horatio Hargreeves is not Adam Weishaupt, and once again, in Ryslig, she's given more of a choice. So what, to Saint-Germain, is the most valuable service the Lighthouse provides......? Where can she maximize her utility?
Every other month, new soon-to-be monsters arrive. Every other month, more are captured. Dropped, adrift, without information. If they aren't assisted, their suffering might begin immediately, and Ryslig thereby reaps its reward.....
"Monstrous in name only." ]
Unless needed elsewhere, I can help with the kits.
<HoratioV>
<countvoncount>
[ She will assemble THE PERFECT CARE PACKAGES. Complete introductory kits.
Yes, for the sake of her great desire. ]
<HoratioV>
ATTACHMENT: MapAugYr2.GIF
[as though Saint-Germain would even lose her map of the peninsula or not already know how to get to the Lighthouse. but Horatio Hargreeves is nothing if not thorough]
<countvoncount>
[ And she will be! The next Tuesday! Right after lunchtime, so as to not have the interruption of a meal (not of human, mind you, but at lunch, one eats). The map is nowhere in sight, but she did appreciate his attention to detail.
Even if she arrives by....lowering herself from the roof. Going across the tops of buildings has proven more efficient, given her wide leg span. ]
-> Action!
Shit, Saint-G -!
[he recovers easily, though, and is more than willing and able to laugh at himself]
Guess that one's on me for assuming you'd come in through the door.
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[ She offers him her handkerchief. ] My apologies.
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Don't worry about it. Here, let me give you the tour. Obviously this is the main hall ... I've kept the pew benches for now, but eventually I want to replace them with proper chairs and tables. There's a spot over there for coffee, tea, water, and juice when we have it. And some non-perishable snacks. Then next to that is the brochure and voucher rack, in case people didn't get any of them when they arrived. I try to keep those stocked weekly.
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Saint-Germain takes in the sights on the tour, not commenting yet. She'll let Horatio Hargreeves give the full spiel first - though she is particularly intrigued to see whether or not it looks like the space is being used. How frequently do monsters come here, to the neutral ground, to take advantage of it?
.....oh no, one of the maps has. One of the maps is in with the brochures about Poundmates. This will NEVER do. Before she knows she's moving, she's fixed it. ]
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Most of the care package sorting and assembly gets done back here - it's where we store all the donations.
[sure enough, there are bins, boxes, baskets, and bags of just about every stripe lined up on the counters that used to be for preparing platters of cookies and crudites. the long trestle table is clear of things at the moment, but there is a laminated sheet in the center of the table with a list of everything that goes in each care package. it's ... rudimentary. a perfectionist could make it even better, perhaps suggesting a consistent order and placement of things within the tote bags.]
I've been meaning to get a corkboard or something so that people can keep track of what donations we've already collected for the month, or if we're running low on anything.
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After a fashion. ]
You achieve so much with such an incomplete system.....
[ Those marvelous care packages - the items to include had been so carefully considered. To think their roots had been so humble.....! Impressive! ]
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We are gonna need to get more organized now that there are more hands on deck. I'd trust you with that sight unseen, if it's something you want to take on.
[he said it with a grin, knowing full well that she probably had several different possible configurations floating around her mind already, searching for the perfect permutation]
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[ She says, but her answer comes immediately. He has her pinned. ]
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Ah. Truly, Horatio Hargreeves had been an assassin in his home world, for he has just taken out Saint-Germain with a single hit. She's deeply touched.
Which, for Saint-Germain levels of expression, means her head raises, all eight of her eyes blink, and then she gives a small smile. ]
I'm grateful to have earned your esteem.
[ When someone you respect respects you back.....yes, this is the ideal form "friendship" can take. Perfection! ]
good to wrap it here?
Welcome to the Lighthouse, pal. It feels better in here already.
sounds good!