video ● seventh reflection

[straying]

[Video clicks on and... Saya looks tired. Really, really tired. She yawns before she makes her point.]

If I had to pick a type of criminal to have a vendetta against, it would be thieves.

[A tired sigh.] If anyone finds Ragna, would you mind retrieving my gun from him? I'm not entirely defenseless without it, but it's... something that I want back. And I hate to be a bother but...

[She glances behind her and you can catch a glimpse of a very... empty doorway. The door's been broken down. She managed to prop it up next to it though.]

I think I need a new place to stay... Or a repairman. I'll take one or the other.

Comments

voice.

[eatingwings.livejournal.com]

You may.

voice.

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

Rude as it may sound, I'm rather curious. Feel free to turn down my question, though.

How old are you?

voice.

[eatingwings.livejournal.com]

Not at all. I am 576 years old, child.

voice.

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

Whoa. I'm... a little envious.

You must've seen a lot of things. How's that been?

voice.

[eatingwings.livejournal.com]

_{[ Alucard chuckles ]}

That depends. I was born as Vlad Dracul III Ţepeș, when I became known as Dracula. While I have seen humanity evolve and create wondrous, marvelous things... humanity's obsession with war has left me... disappointed.

voice.

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

Hmm... I want to say that I understand... but that's probably an empty statement to you.

But I agree that people are pretty... irrational that way. They'll cling onto something so ferverently that they forget that their opponent has something to cling onto to- which is what leads to war. A clash of beliefs because people can't live and let live.

[She sighs.] Or... something like that, right?

voice.

[eatingwings.livejournal.com]

No, child, it is not an empty statement. You are wise beyond your years. Humanity is something that is precious, something that should be cherished. I lost my humanity over 500 years ago. Humans who blindly engage in war, or who end their lives by their own hands have earned my eternal contempt.

voice.

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

[... why do all these immortals keep telling her that she has wisdom. It's very hard to believe all the same.]

It's... sad but understandable. I don't blame you for disliking them and holding it against them to be at war... but it's just part of human nature. Sometimes I wonder if it's bad to just accept it.

voice.

[eatingwings.livejournal.com]

That primitive animalistic nature is inside all of us, my dear. It just depends on how much self control one has.

voice.

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

Guess so... Do you think self-control can be taught?