victory_road | ☆69☆ [Video]

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☆69☆ [Video] - Ghost Trick

...So. Just looking through things, sounds like we're not the only ones, huh.

[He's in the front hall of his house, and to demonstrate his point, he pushes the camera up to have a good view out the window that looks out in front of the front door, where this woman is patiently standing on the other side.

He then sits back down on a chair he's pulled up in front of the door, because why would he open the door for this woman. It's not like there's a Clefairy at another windowsill giving her a suspicious death glare or anything. His hand goes to his temple, to rub at his eyes a little.]

A few years ago, I dunno if anybody's still around who remembers, but I asked around, what it's like to have a family, 'cause I thought I'd never had one. Heh, wouldn't you know, they were closer than I could've ever imagined my whole life. And I couldn't know.

But even though I...

[He stops himself.]

...How do you deal with that? Suddenly learning that everything you've thought your whole life was a lie, and someone you thought didn't exist was actually always there, just out of sight?

[He shakes his head.]

Ahh, sorry. I probably shouldn't bother anybody with this, huh.

[And this is where he turns off the feed. Gee, though, he said 'we'. Could Sion be having trouble too...?]

[[Depending on how things develop, Sion (

dreamsofahero) might respond to people too.]]

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*normally, he'd have something to say in response to whatever Ryner had posted. At the moment, however, he's rather studiously trying to ignore the ghost that looks rather uncannily like him, but for having golden blond hair instead....*

[Yeah, that's the other thing, right there...

Ryner takes a deliberate moment to put away his 'gear, not making any movement to do anything about the door and who's on the other side. And then he turns to Sion. Because maybe a little levity will help. ...Probably not, but.]

...So. Is that pretending to be who I think it is, or do you have an estranged twin I don't know about?

[He's never seen the previous king of Roland. Who has? But the resemblance is kind of eerie.]

*considering the rather annoyed glance that remark earned him... no, it didn't really help at all*

[Oookay, nix the attempted humor.]

...Haa, this all sucks. And here this is supposed to be a break from the crap back home...

Is that so? Though I suppose these festivities are a good distraction...

*... yeah he's totally gonna pretend that the ghost lookalike for his father isn't there*

We're not a continent apart, you get to take a break from dealing with the dumb war, and I don't have to listen to Vois. That qualifies as a break, right?

That's one way of looking at it.

You looking at it differently?

*shrugs*

I suppose I hadn't thought of it much before, really.

That's fair.

[He steals a quick glance at Rose, who is still glaring at "Iruna" outside.]

As long as you don't start brooding again about needing to go back.

*grimaces a bit*

You know I'll need to eventually, Ryner...

I know. Same here. But we can't control when, and - as you've seen - nothing's gonna move there while we're here, so no use dwelling on it even if it wasn't gonna make us both miserable.

Now, if it's a talk about ending the dumb war already, I'm all for it.

*that just earns a sigh*

Ending it isn't just up to me, you know.

Yeah, well, unless the king of Gastark shows up, you're the one who's here. In the mean time, we can at least talk about improving relations between Roland and Sphelliyet.

*raaaaiiising an eyebrow*

And just how much say do you really have in that, Ryner?

If I put my foot down, Ferris'll support me, and Vois'll have to listen. I am the king, even if it's only a title.

[are you sure, Ryner...?]

Besides, how much say I have doesn't change how much say you have in Roland.

*yeah, he doesn't look at all convinced here*

No, but you realize there's a reason I'd have to insist on surrender, don't you? If I could, I'd rather avoid all this in the first place, but...

*...but the only way for him to obtain the power he needs to challenge the goddesses is if he is in control of a sufficient portion of the world. Which, of course, is precisely why people like Vois don't trust him; that very power means he's not exactly one of the ordinary humans of the world anymore*

[He sighs. Stubborn as ever.]

I'm still working on getting all of it, y'know. How about you explain it in words she can understand?

[indicating toward Rose, whose ears kind of may have twitched when Ryner called himself a king...]

She wouldn't even know most of what I'm talking about even then, you know.

*because really, Ryner...*

Better she hears it from you than tries to pound what little I know out of me later, right? You know she's gonna.

["Fair?" Okay, now Rose is curious what you boys are talking about.]

Even I don't know all of it, Ryner.

You know more than me.

How much do you know, anyway?

Not much at all. That guy's memories have told me some stuff, but they can be hard to sort out, even when he actually knows stuff that's helpful.

[let's normalize the whole 'merged with half a demon' thing, yup]

I see...

*he'd really rather not waste time explaining more than necessary, but...*

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