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neverseenhimbefore) wrote2020-08-22 12:17 pm
neverseenhimbefore) wrote2020-08-22 12:17 pm
Allies?
Galran Emperor Lotor's sitting in a library. No, he still hasn't read everything Nexus has to offer, many very interesting and potentially beneficial to him, materials. His jaw set, he's looking at his PINPoint communicator intensely. A young man, whom some may recognise as Hiroki Shirogane, comes up to Lotor and makes to sit near him. Lotor gives Hiroki a scathing look.
"I've told you already," Lotor says. His hand goes to the hilt of his sword.
Heeding this lack of invitation, Shirogane doesn't sit down. Instead, he comes very close to Lotor, anyway, and whispers in his ear,
"You really don't want to? Think of it. All the secrets. All the knowledge. In your reach, right here. Or, are you, perhaps, afraid?"
Lotor smirks, and says, "You should be quiet now. What makes you think I need your help, in any way? And I won't be as merciful with you as I was with a friend of mine. Seeing as you are no friend of mine. Only a false ally, it's turned out."
"You mean Narti."
Lotor's eyes widen, and he asks, after almost gasping a little, "How do you know that name?"
"Lotor, please. I know everything. That's what I've been telling you all this morning."
"Fine. But you seem different."
"In what way?"
"Are you yourself?" Lotor asks.
"And would I be here, making this alliance, were I not?" the clone counters.
"Fair point. You may be right."
"I'm always right. So. You want it, don't you, Lotor?"
"Yes. Tell me everything. And we'll defeat the witch and get her Quintessence, together."
"Yeah! That's more like it. That's the Emperor Lotor I know," Hiroki says, smiling pleasantly.
Lotor smirks, and utters, "Indeed. And since you're my subject now, I'll show you mercy and, well, amnesty for your previous crimes as the witch's former puppet."
"Thank you," Shiro's clone replies, putting his hand on Lotor's shoulder, "I appreciate it."
"Who else is with us?" Lotor asks.
"Naturally," the clone answers, "Princess Allura and Antheans."
"Who are Antheans? I've never heard of them," Lotor says, puzzled. "And Allura's back in Nexus?" he asks, hopeful.
"Your new allies, Your Majesty. And indeed she is. She can't wait to see you again."
"Hm. I like the sound of it. However, those Antheans of yours, what are they good for?"
Lotor and the clone are in the library, still, and minding their manners, trying not to talk too loudly. However, as it is a library, feel free to scold them if they're disturbing you.
Or feel free to join the conversation if you get what they're talking about, or even if not.
"I've told you already," Lotor says. His hand goes to the hilt of his sword.
Heeding this lack of invitation, Shirogane doesn't sit down. Instead, he comes very close to Lotor, anyway, and whispers in his ear,
"You really don't want to? Think of it. All the secrets. All the knowledge. In your reach, right here. Or, are you, perhaps, afraid?"
Lotor smirks, and says, "You should be quiet now. What makes you think I need your help, in any way? And I won't be as merciful with you as I was with a friend of mine. Seeing as you are no friend of mine. Only a false ally, it's turned out."
"You mean Narti."
Lotor's eyes widen, and he asks, after almost gasping a little, "How do you know that name?"
"Lotor, please. I know everything. That's what I've been telling you all this morning."
"Fine. But you seem different."
"In what way?"
"Are you yourself?" Lotor asks.
"And would I be here, making this alliance, were I not?" the clone counters.
"Fair point. You may be right."
"I'm always right. So. You want it, don't you, Lotor?"
"Yes. Tell me everything. And we'll defeat the witch and get her Quintessence, together."
"Yeah! That's more like it. That's the Emperor Lotor I know," Hiroki says, smiling pleasantly.
Lotor smirks, and utters, "Indeed. And since you're my subject now, I'll show you mercy and, well, amnesty for your previous crimes as the witch's former puppet."
"Thank you," Shiro's clone replies, putting his hand on Lotor's shoulder, "I appreciate it."
"Who else is with us?" Lotor asks.
"Naturally," the clone answers, "Princess Allura and Antheans."
"Who are Antheans? I've never heard of them," Lotor says, puzzled. "And Allura's back in Nexus?" he asks, hopeful.
"Your new allies, Your Majesty. And indeed she is. She can't wait to see you again."
"Hm. I like the sound of it. However, those Antheans of yours, what are they good for?"
Lotor and the clone are in the library, still, and minding their manners, trying not to talk too loudly. However, as it is a library, feel free to scold them if they're disturbing you.
Or feel free to join the conversation if you get what they're talking about, or even if not.
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The Prince sheathes his sword and listens, carefully now.
Meanwhile, deep inside mind, almost in spirit, now, Hiroki tells Mantis, Okay. Okay. Fine. Mantis, please, help me. But first, if you CAN help, you must promise me that you'll help defend Ziggy Stardust. Promise me!
Then, something dark appears, there, deep inside, and tries to lodge itself between Hiroki and Mantis. It feels a bit like Honerva's presence feels, but not quite the same.
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I'll defend anyone you want me to, now try to take hold of my hands. She's strong, but she isn't a professional like I am." He envisions elephants raging. Bears and tigers ripping into things. The greatest forces of nature will tear into that added presence as he tries to get Hiroki free of it's grasp. And you. Remember my face and my name. I am Psycho Mantis and if I ever get my hands on you, your head will be mounted on a pike.
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"However, I'm not a trained Altean Alchemist. Could you tell what could I do? I wish to help."
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It shifts, and all of a sudden, it looks and sounds just like Liquid Snake, and says,
He doesn't need you here. You know that.
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Seeing the image of Liquid presented before him, Mantis feels his anger bubble up in a dangerous way. He brings forth the image of a giant snake to coil around the imposter illusion and squeeze it thoroughly.
Nyoka ya Mpembe would be on my side. Leave or die. I can create just as easily as you.
He takes in a deep breath, and the image of the coiled snake grows larger, more consuming. If he pushes a little harder, he can break whatever that shadow is.
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"I can picture him if that'd help."
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In mind, Hiroki's nowhere to be seen, he must've been pushed deeper down.
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Deep in the dark, Mantis feels desperation spark up, but it doesn't make him want to quit. He's almost there. Nothing will hurt him here. After another physical intake of breath, he conjures a new image: a massive whale made of fire rising and swimming around him. It's maw opens and aims for the creatures with the intention to swallow and destroy him. Maybe if he creates a light, Hiroki himself can find the way out.
"Come to the light. Find your courage and come back towards me."
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The mindspace. Hiroki appears, closer to Mantis now. It's really him. He wants - he wants to exist, he does, after all, he does--!! He thought it's fine if he doesn't, but he was lying to himself, he was, for Ziggy, but now--
The creatures meanwhile attack the whale.
Hiroki, meanwhile, turns to Mantis, with desperation and hope, and also, he pictures Ziggy, sends the image straight to Mantis so that there's no interception.
I thought it's fine, because I don't want to put him in danger, even if he wouldn't mind being in danger for me, but I-- I want to see him again! I want to see her again! One more time, please-- what I wouldn't give---!! Hiroki practically shouts in his mind.
And then he has to dodge when a Dark Entity attacks him.
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and Lotor tries to shield it, but at the same time, maybe some part of him tries not to, so with it, Mantis might also feel Lotor's pain of being deemed unworthy of acknowledgement by his own father, for many, many years, though consciously, Lotor does not plan for Mantis to feel it. It's not a part of a plan. Right now, consciously, Lotor just wants Mantis's help with defeating all that comes from Haggar.
I am pretty certain he's the only one the witch wants to see.
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The image surprises him, but not in a particularly shocking way. Sins of the father, troubles of the son. Of course it's a big familial drama. He's rapidly approaching the limit of what he can manage all at once, but the whale of fire dissipates and is replaced with a new image: several of the man Lotor recalled create a ring between Mantis and Hiroki and the entities.
"Hiroki, come here. Now. Don't leave my side. I know what's going on now. Haggar and Zarkon were married. Lotor is their son. They're all connected."
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