Tools, Together

Tools, Together

Dialogue

TartarusIt appears all are now present.

VolkThat's rich, comin' from the one who just decided to show up.

Ciella*sigh* What hopeless hypocrisy.

TartarusI should be thanked for not rebuking those who recklessly ignore orders.

Kai YanOrders? Idiocy. We have not the type of relationship in which commands are either given or received.

AyahaYeah, we're free! Isn't that right, Oto?

OtohaThat's right, Aya. Just because we agree with the things HE says doesn't mean we've become his minions.

TartarusOf course. That's how we've always been. If each of us accomplishes what must be done, there will be no interference.

TartarusBut what of...them?

AyahaWhat's there to say? They're puppets who know nothing of freedom.

OtohaThat's right! Puppets with no idea if they even have free will or not!

CiellaThe little puppets playing in their little delusions... It's almost adorable!

Kai YanThey are weak. Nothing more. And weakness must be culled.

VolkYeah, they're a pathetic bunch, all right.

TartarusIt would appear we are in agreement: they possess strength enough that we ought to be wary of them.

CiellaWere you even listening?

TartarusNone here can ever find agreement, yet now you all steadfastly hold to the same belief. I find this most abnormal.

TartarusI suspect something has occurred to give you pause—perhaps a battle with a foe who proved to be your equals?

Everyone......

CiellaYou have the right of it: They are strong. It is hopeless to pretend otherwise.

VolkAnd they're blessed with talent, fortune, and friendships...which I find irremissible!

Kai YanIt merely means that the six of us—having attained the height of power—now have foes actually worth the slaughter.

AyahaYeah, it's all the same in the end. We'll just go and rip 'em up.

TartarusGood. I see it was wise to trust you to act on your own. Your vigilance will not go to waste in the battle to come.

TartarusBut from this point forward, I cannot have you simply doing as you please. Bear that in mind.

CiellaDo you still not get it? Not one of us is above or below the other; we neither give nor obey the others' orders.

OtohaWe won't let anyone interfere with our freedom—not even HIM.

TartarusWe have no common ideology. We have no single connection.

Kai YanPathless. Licentious. Free. Aberrant. We are a group that is not a group, which is why we are gathered.

TartarusBut we all seek the same thing. I trust I am not mistaken in this?

VolkRebellion against the world.

AyahaThe world rejected us...

OtohaSo WE will reject the world!

TartarusAnd we are all in agreement as to what is needed for that goal.

Everyone......

???The Dawnshard.

Everyone?!

NedrickThe treasure of treasures—one with the power to unwind fate itself.

NedrickWe shall rebel, shatter destiny itself, and eliminate this world. And to accomplish this, we must have the Dawnshard.

TartarusSo you have come as well, Nedrick.

NedrickI'm not looking to serve as your leader, but we are all here to use each other as tools. I will have you live up to the power I bestowed upon you.

Everyone......

NedrickI shall permit no turning away. You need not obey me, nor bend the knee—but I'll not see you veer from our objective.

NedrickMove ever towards it, without erring. This is what I gathered you for.

Kai YanYour concerns are unnecessary; our souls were loosed from this world long ago.

AyahaWe'll turn away from nothing! Right, Oto?

OtohaThat's right, Aya. Our sights are set FIRMLY on our world.

NedrickVery well. Then let us be off, so we might unmake this world with our own hands.

VolkWe're rebels against the world.

CiellaAnd we will awaken the world.

TartarusWe...

Everyone...are Agito!

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