[Audio] Under the Moon Light

[originaldragoon]

[There were the sounds of claws on a hard surface and a door sliding close as Rose quickly went out onto the balcony of her shared apartment. She had to get out of there before Larry woke up. Soa knew that the man was very jumpy and him seeing her like this wasn't going to help. But she did grab her mirror on the way out. She just didn't realize that she hit the audio feature when she so.]

[There is a deep reptilian like growl, and that is when she notices that her mirror is recording. She's a bit it's at least did not show what she looked like over the network yet. As she spoke there was a bit of a growl to her voice.]

I was warned that this happens to those in the Monster class on a full moon, but I did not expect the change to be like this...

[Another deep growl this one of annoyance]

I do not suppose any of the shops here have clothing that will fit for someone with wings and a tail?

Comments

[originaldragoon]

Who is Marco?

In my world, countries that are next to each other often have similar cultures.

[ace_of_hearts]

My big brother! [A beam!] He's a phoenix.

I seeeee... [Nod nod.] You never traveled by choice really though? Did you want to settle down? Or no preference? You don't have to answer that if you don't want to!

[originaldragoon]

I thought your fire magic was due to you eating a fruit back in your home world. But it sounds like your family has a thing for fire.

[she gives a bit of a shrug.]

I really did not put much thought into settling down. After thousands of years things just start to blur together. Sure time changes things. Kingdoms are always rising and falling, but it can become predictable after a some time.

[ace_of_hearts]

Yeah! His is too! No no, he's not my blood brother. [A brief flicker of darkness, but it passes, covered over quickly with a forced laugh.] Our Pops adopted us! As adults. [Face scrunch.] Maybe not Marco, but me. Then again, maybe Marco, because that... sort of immortality thing, you know?

Uh, but he's not a thousand... wow. I think. Pretty sure. I have no idea. I'm not sure he'd tell anyone if he was. You must be... [.... There's no good way to say "lonely," there. Or to offer anything, even friendship, because Ace remembers how violent he was as a child and what he would have done to anyone who tried --]

[His face scrunches.] You're way better with people than I would have expected. You must have had some great nakama near the end.

[originaldragoon]

I am not exactly that good with people... [She tends to be quite short with people most of the time.]

What do you mean by "nakama?"

[ace_of_hearts]

Comrades on a journey through life.

[originaldragoon]

I do not think I had anyone like that. During the last year on my world, I did meet new fellow Dragoons, but they helped me make sure my mission was finished for good. I am not sure if they would still associate with me even if I had lived after completing our mission.

[Though she would like to think that they would.]

[ace_of_hearts]

What, really?

That's still Nakama though. Some people are only crew for the length of a mission, but I can't imagine it not being forever.

My crew came to try to save me though. Even though I didn't want them to.

[originaldragoon]

I suppose they were probably the closest I ever had to this 'Nakama.'

[ace_of_hearts]

[Nods.] Before mine and my brothers, I was really a murderous kid. And I didn't even have that long to have to avoid people.

[originaldragoon]

Any reason why you were a "murderous kid" if you do not mind me asking?

[ace_of_hearts]

[He tugs his hat down, thinking how to explain it. It wasn't secret anymore in his world, but Crowley and him almost came to worst than blows the first night when Crowley admitted to being another version of Cipher Pol assassins basically.]

I wasn't supposed to be born.

[originaldragoon]

[Rose arched a brow at him.]

Why was that?

[ace_of_hearts]

There was a pirate who nearly destroyed the world once already. And a prophecy that his will would be carried on through the future generations. His death kickstarted the great age of the pirates and everyone hates him. So much that his death isn't enough for them, they still want more blood and punishment for him.

There was rumor he might have had a child. That's all, just a rumor. But they killed every baby in the region within nearly two years of his death to make sure it was impossible.

[originaldragoon]

That is quite extreme. All that because they feared the legacy of one man? [She really didn't have room to talk. Though in her case it was to prevent a god of destruction form fully maturing and not some mass fear that was most likely political.]

So you were a child that managed to escape that massacre?

[ace_of_hearts]

The devil himself.

No, I'm the child they feared. I didn't destroy the world though. But a lot of people talked about how if such an impossible child did exist then they should be tortured for all the pain the devil himself caused and should always be made to regret being born.

So I didn't know if I really had earned a right to be born. Especially with all the cost for everyone else it came with.