[open] a day in the life of a ghost

[theforgottenboy]

Who: Cole & you
What: A somewhat belated catch-all for August
Where: Various
When: August-ish, mainly after the most recent imprints
Content Warnings: Not actual drowning but like, a close call


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[simulatio]

Hm. That's too bad.

[Regarding killing the men in question, that is. Making those that made you suffer is something that Akechi would never quite be willing to give up, not for any cost. He'd die to exact vengeance.

But being made Tranquil... there's a deep-seated revulsion to the idea, some of his from his own Personas reacting to the very idea.]

Removing a human's desires is to destroy who they are as a person.

[His hands grip the almost-empty glass of water more tightly as he stares at Cole, obviously disturbed at the very idea. If he didn't like the concept of stealing hearts, this is indescribably worse.]

This was a common punishment in your world? I can think of few fates worse than death, but that is certainly one of them.

[theforgottenboy]

[Maybe. He was able to stop Lambert from hurting mages like Rhys anymore, at least. But he didn't have anything to do with Cole.]

[Desire. He'd said something about that before, hadn't he?]

Yes. There are a lot of people who feel that way, too. There was a Tranquil who found out how to fix himself, but a demon took him and killed everyone. The Templars wanted to make him tranquil again. He wanted to die instead.

[In otherwords, even the Tranquil might prefer death, if they were capable of it.]

I don't think it's as common anymore, now that the mages rebelled and the Elder One turned the Templars red.

[Medieval fantasy life is wild.]

[simulatio]

[Akechi hums again, quiet as he digests that information, processing it into terms he's more familiar with. Even if the vocabulary isn't something he's accustomed to, the concepts are nothing new or beyond his comprehension.]

And I'm sure after he was possessed by a demon, these Templars were only too happy to oblige his dying wish.

[He taps a fingernail against his water glass, still turning over the concept.]

To paraphrase Jefferson, the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of patriots and tyrants. "Freedom" is a curious concept in our world, most people bound by chains invisible and figurative, but no less binding than those you speak of.

What do you think about all this, Cole-san? Being a spirit yourself, I'm sure mages must be of special interest to you.

[theforgottenboy]

The Templars didn't kill him. He asked me to, but I didn't. I knew that it would make Rhys unhappy. Someone else did.

[The Jefferson stuff goes almost completely over his head. The part about chains sounds right, though.]

[What does he think? He's not sure if "special interest" is how he would say it, but...]

Being a spirit doesn't matter. I don't want to possess anyone. Knowing I'm a spirit helped me to be more like one, but I'm still me.

I think that forcing someone to be Tranquil if they don't want it is wrong. It takes away the pain, but it takes more than that, too much. There should be some other way to help.

[Whatever that may be. He takes these things on a case by case basis.]