Akira "chaotic extra" Kurusu [Jᴏᴋᴇʀ] (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
purrtagonist) wrote2018-05-06 04:44 pm
purrtagonist) wrote2018-05-06 04:44 pm
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[don't scare him like this, Astoria]
. . . I don't really know how I feel about meddling in other worlds like this.
[but?]
But if what we do can help people live better lives, then I'm glad.
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What makes you feel uneasy about it?
[ it's curious, if anything else. ]
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What gives us, as outsiders, the right to meddle? Who says that we're the ones who know what's best for whatever world we're shipped off to next?
I want to help. [that desire will never go away] But I don't want to assume our way is the best way.
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I knew someone who believed that, once.
All I do know, for sure, is that if you see something you know is wrong, you should try to help. Right? People in pain should be helped. I don't think that's a right or a wrong answer. It's just the right thing to do.
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Yeah. At the core of everything, that's what it is.
[that's why he doesn't turn a blind eye to what's happening, despite his reservations]
Who are you talking about? The. . . person you used to know?
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She used to say "what will be, will be." It's such a sad way to think about the universe when you can change at least something.
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I definitely don't agree with that approach.
[saying "what will be, will be" is just an excuse. a way to disclaim any and all responsibility. that's definitely not what Akira was talking about]
What was her name? Was she someone like you?
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I called her Cina. I don't know if that was her real name or not.
It was so long ago that I doubt she's still alive. But that's who I think about, when I think about inaction.
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[huh. this is the first time he's really gotten to hear anything about Astoria's past]
I think Cina was wrong. [obviously] I don't advocate for inaction. But maybe. . . just not letting our job get to our heads, you know?
[he doesn't know how else to put it]
Who was Cina, if she was nothing like you? Not another witch, I assume.
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We first met on a world where the skies were pure gold. It was beautiful . . . but the world was lost, because of a war that the native people were waging. I wanted to stop it, but she said it wasn't my place. I had only met her because we were in the same place at the same time.
I never saw her again, after that. I think she lived there . . . It was one of the first times I left this place. Not a pleasant memory. I can't remember much more than that . . . I am pretty old.
But I do remember her face. I never want to see it again, and I want to see it more than anything.
Does that make sense?
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[that hits a little close to home, in ways Akira is not at all ready to talk about]
Yes.
It does.
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If you do find someone named Cina, then you can tell her I said hello.
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All right. I'll do that for you. You don't remember which world she was from, do you?
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Thank you for being kind and for believing me, Akira. I know it is a hard thing to do.
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Ah, well. . .
[if they were speaking in person he'd be tugging at his bangs right now]
You never struck me as the evil mastermind type.
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But I do not think I am evil. :)
I like to think that I am smart and eager to learn.
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I think you are, too. You've already learned a lot from the first group of people you brought here.
Although you really should consider making this a voluntary gig.
[AHA. . .]