{Animus}

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[There's the usual static hum on everyone's PCD, as the screen goes black. After a moment, a low flute tone starts up, continuing as a background melody throughout. For anyone who hears it, it would sound vaguely familiar, from their home world- though played inexpertly, as if they couldn't entirely remember how it was supposed to go.]


too soon, too early

not quickly enough

calm down, take a breath we're still setting up
we'll take it apart
you always do

we can carry it ourselves
is it really necessary

^finally, that's better
wait what's going on

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[flameandpassion]

[Dammit. It was worth a shot.]

... fine. You said earlier that you hadn't heard that name in awhile -- is one of you Tiamat? Are you?

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[She's trying not to look excited with this, but it's hard not to stop the tiniest upward curve of her mouth.]

Hello.

Do you want me to call you Thalatte instead -- or are they two different people?

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[flameandpassion]

[That makes sense, with what Castiel had said about the name when Rei had asked him.]

So you're part of the same group -- but you each must have different powers. One of you said you controlled fire -- you must have different names outside of Thalatte.

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a group
we have preferences, you know
the fire's very one _note
'all the elements in creation; the apocalypse of nature'

Apocalypse this, that, the other-
it's repetitive

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... what do you control, then? What's your preference? Water, earth, air?

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[flameandpassion]

It doesn't -- I'm just asking questions.

So is the one who controls fire the only one who controls an element? What do the rest of you control?

Whose idea was it to flood the city?

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is almost accurate

though not descriptive

it was hers; she was sad it didn't work
We all were.

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[Hers?]

It was a woman? One of you is a woman?

Can I talk to her?

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[flameandpassion]

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Sorry -- it's hard to tell sometimes when you all speak at once or argue with each other -- the PCDs aren't exactly great at sending the right messages from you all.

Is this you, then? The one who wanted the city to flood? Or was it someone else?

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for now

the other-other her likes floods
the fire didn't like that, but it wasn't its turn
Not that we could read the skies either.

[flameandpassion]

The stars are different here from home -- you should know that. The sky isn't going to tell you anything you need to know.

How do you know the flood didn't work?

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And of course it didn't work.
Didn't see the bodies we wanted.

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[She grins a little, at the 'it's hard to argue with fire', before she focuses on the important part.]

What bodies did you want to see? Do they have names?

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[Good to know.]

Do you remember your own name?

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Thalatte is what you are, isn't it?

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But it's not your name.

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[She purses her lips.]

... the next time we speak, if I find a name you like better than Thalatte, will you tell me more?