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[The feed starts. Some of you might recognize the area, others might not - it's not that popular anymore. Right now, you see, Kinzo is traversing the Ilex Forest, and he's having quite the time of it. He looks fairly roughed up, for a great number of reasons, but he looks like the reason he's turning on the feed is for reasons... other than his own safety. His expression doesn't give much away. Is he worried? Is he angry? Depending on who you are, how you last left him, you might have your own reason for believing something.]

... I... need to know something. I beg of you, those of you who have the information and answers I seek-- Regardless of the events of the past few days...

Indeed...! Regardless of impostors and fantasies and of... things of that manner... [Kinzo shakes his head, raising a hand to wipe his brow.] This is-- This is of... vital importance to me. No matter what state I am in... This is... more important than that.

[Kinzo takes a breath. A long, deep breath. He stops, to lean against a tree. Though a certain someone has compared him to the madman he is to become, this is hardly the case, and right now, more than ever, it shows through the conflicted expression on his face. His Wingull, perched on his shoulder as always, looks somewhat worried, but is otherwise silent as Kinzo keeps traveling through the trees and whatnot.]

These accursed nightmares... Of all times, must they plague me now...? And why of poor, little Maria...!? What sort of monster would even dream up such a...!? And of all times, when I must deal with that damned woman, walking around with the face of my Bice...!?

...

[Kinzo takes a deep breath. He is here for a reason. He is a soldier. He is to be the Ushiromiya head. He did not come here to vent his woes. He closes his eyes and straightens himself. That damned, disgusting witch can die for all he cares - he has far more important matters to attend to, far more worrying ones.]

Someone - no, anyone! Anyone at all! Confirm for me the locations and, more importantly, health of the following people: Ushiromiya Maria, Ushiromiya Lion, and Ushiromiya Jessica. [Kinzo pauses... shuddering? Yeah, he looks visibly disturbed about something.] It is of the utmost importance that I know, at the very least, that Ushiromiya Maria is safe and that no harm has befallen her. I would greatly appreciate this information, the sooner the better at that!

[Kinzo pauses again, looking like he greatly desires to say more, but he stops there. That's enough for now. He can ask if any others are being plagued by strange nightmares another time. For now... finding out if Maria is safe is the most important thing. ... Instead, he scowls.]

... As for any who claim to be "witches" but are not, for those who steal the faces and names of those who they are not, and to any and all other liars of this manner out there... And, of course, to any who use the title "Golden Witch" and cannot even understand the origin of such a name... If your like have fallen to the very depths of hell itself...!!

I do not mind at all. Your kind deserve all of this and more.

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... Is that how it is?

... If you are aware of that much, you should know of what role I had once played within Rokkenjima.

It's quite the opposite, actually. It is your role, your story, that I would like to hear. I have heard small things, of your servants, of those who know you, and of... [a pause] let's call it "your better half", but only you can tell me this much.

I ask you this not as the man who treated you and your mother as horribly as he did, not as the man who assisted in driving you to become the person you rightfully have become, to feel the things towards me you most rightfully feel... but rather, a man who hopes to stop than man from ever coming to be in the first place.

... [he's silent for a moment, this next part is... awkward. Lion started it, but this Beatrice, now that he knows - and that other one - they two, have brought it out in him. Maria as well, she's bringing it out in ways he would never have suspected from that side of the family.]

Furthermore... As your grandfather... and, yes, father as well-- If it means anything to you to hear it from me as I am now, that is. [he pauses, making an *ahem* noise.] It is... natural I wish to get to know my own flesh and blood, is it not?

You are mistaken.

That human had ceased to exist the moment when I became a witch.

... However, I do not mind telling you some things.

[Kinzo raises an eyebrow at that, but since it seems she's going to be amiable, he won't push anything.]

... Whatever you feel comfortable telling me. For now, I can accept that much.

... [ It's true that... her riddle belonged to one person, and one person alone.There are certain things that she certainly won't tell Kinzo partly because of that. The ones who once shared a soul with her. Just what had happened on those two days... Those shall stay within Rokkenjima. That much was something that Battler wanted.

And, no matter what--Kinzo is still a good friend to her. ]

... Very well. I shall begin. However, first... Just how much has that Lion told you, I wonder...?

Edited 2011-06-09 03:14 (UTC)

Lion made it clear that your stories are separate, and further made it clear to not tell me your story. It was not Lion's place to do such a thing, and I understood this completely - just like I understand it that you don't need to tell me everything. [He looks up for a moment, then back at her.] Just whatever you'd like to. That's all.

Returning to your question, however... You could say that parts of the tales that apply to both of you, pieces that apply to your mother, myself... [Kinzo pauses] And your grandmother as well; of that much, I have been well informed. At least, I have been informed as much as I can be from Lion's perspective.

I imagine yours is rather different.

..... Indeed. However, as I said, I had given up the name that was given to me shortly after discovering magic. It was my good friend Gaap that once introduced me to such a thing. And my Teacher, Virgilia, who had taught me the art of endless magic.

From the day I gave up being nothing more than a human, I would inherit the title of the one who ruled over Rokkenjima's night and take on that role. That was Beatrice.

Edited 2011-06-10 20:23 (UTC)

... I see.

[Not entirely believing it, but... he can't NOT either, given the circumstances of how this conversation is even happening, so he'll politely remain silent.] What do you mean by endless?

Endless magic.

The power to restore life to any broken object, or what was once living. To make them forget what fate they once had when they were broken.

That's-- [the surprise shows this time. that's... really powerful, even from all the crazy things he's read.]

That's amazing, Beatrice...! And you've mastered this skill?

Ahahahahahahaha! Such was no easy task, and yet--indeed! However, would you expect anything less from the one who took on that woman's name, Kinzo...?

Hoh... Perhaps I shouldn't be surprised at all, if you're to used such twisted logic. May I ask where that came to occur, or was that something of my own doing?

... Indeed.

You were the first man to acknowledge me as Beatrice.

Hahaha... I truly regret that I won't be able to speak to myself about these matters. I only have one thing to say to that man, and he'll hardly appreciate the feeling.

No matter. If Ushiromiya Kinzo acknowledged you as Beatrice, then I suppose you'd like Ushiromiya Kinzo to do the same, correct?

Oh...? And what is that?

Fufufufufufu. I would not say no to such a thing. ... However, it is slightly boring when you merely acknowledge me like that.

"Goodbye."

Even if you have cast away her name, and even if, by some black magic, her body, I will not cast away one who is my granddaughter. More than that... One who has the blood of my Bice flowing through her veins... Why would I deny such a thing? I don't have the right.

[The real Kinzo's done enough. In other words, let me... try to make up for it.]

[ she'll get to the last thing he said in just a moment, but... ] ... Are you to force that man to redeem himself for his sins by doing such a thing?

Edited 2011-06-15 01:41 (UTC)

You seem to forget that I am that man, Beatrice.

And I plan on killing him.

Redeeming him? That's too small. I plan on making it, at least in... one place, whatever you all would all it, so that those sins are never an issue to begin with.

[ Considering how heavy her hands are with sins--she just cackles a bit at first at the irony in Kinzo's statement. He would stain his hands with more sins in order to do that much? ]

You are far too late. The day I met Ushiromiya Kinzo was the day that he confessed to his sins. ... Rather, the day that he begged me for forgiveness, and I acknowledged you as my Father for that short amount of time, he had found himself unable to let himself die until that moment.

Far too late...!?

Once I leave this place, Beatrice, I return to a place where you do not even exist yet! A place where your grandmother is still alive--!! Knowing what I know, do you truly think anything is too late...!?

I've only just begun! I will not allow that man to exist, and you and your mother will be allowed a life of happiness! Your grandmother as well! Do you understand me!?

... Do not tell me that no one has told you when that woman you speak of as my grandmother passed away.

Of course I've been told. I've been told everything, and that is why I can't back down.

I've been told everything, Beatrice. Your error in assuming she will stay "passed away" lies in assuming I'll still let that happen. When I return from this place, I will return to a time when she is still alive - when having children, hah!, when moving to that island all of you speak of as if it were the entire world-- All of these things are mere ideas!

If I were to will it, knowing what I know now, I could make it so we never were to move to Rokkenjima! Perhaps Bice and I never attempt to have children, if I am forced down this path!

Don't you understand?! With every little thing that happens here-- Every conversation we have, every few words we exchange... Bice, your mother, you; you all get another chance... A chance I'll die to give you all, if I have to!! This is the kind of man I am now, and no future that has yet to happen in which she has already been lost will change that!

... [ she goes silent for a moment, her expression falling into one of rare weakness--a mix of gentleness showing for only a second before it hardens once again.

a way to change the past... what would happen? wasn't this what will asked her to help with? ]

... Kinzo. To create a miracle such as that...

There was a time when I had stopped believing in finding such things--

... I wonder. Can you do what your grandson has done? Can you truly create such a miracle that has such a low chance of occurring...?

... Hmph.

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