to the pleroma (text)

[passio]

[ it’s not an intentional attempt at anonymity. dextera just has no experience with this kind of broad communication, and to him, there’s little point in introducing himself anyway. those who have met him may be able to recognize the emotional “signature” attached to the words newly displayed in their minds, and may be able even to attach the soft sound of his breath or the perpetually-uncertain expression he wears to the message he knows is about to be contentious.

but, it’s been bothering him since the events in venera. perhaps the seed was planted even before that, from his very first experience with the kenoma and having the pleroma overtake it to save him in the end. ]

Are we wrong?

[ it’s… actually not what he wanted to open with, but the panic of broadcasting a message so publicly has him blurting things out even through what should be the most temperate of mediums. ]

The Regent said it was the Pleroma that caused the disease in Venera. That force wanted us to live forever in delusion. I don’t want to destroy the world. I don’t want to make a new one either. I was happy there. I would have been happy there.

The distilled Kenoma tried to manipulate our thoughts. Didn’t you all feel that power when we escaped? The Hope that allowed us to fight? Are we still being manipulated?

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[dragonmount]

[ he's also a little off-balance, these days, about what he thinks of the kenoma. a little seed of doubt, if one he'd never admit to having. there are a lot of things he could say to this, but he chooses the point that feels the most practical. ]

We weren't all there when the Regent's forces had you. Some of us came later, willingly. Would you call that manipulation?

[ it'd be nice to say that he 'said' that calmly. but the communion means that the faint undercurrent of his anger is a palpable thing, even if it isn't actually directed at dextera. ]

[passio]

[ dextera is the sort of person to assume it’s all directed his way nonetheless, but a small mercy is that his present mindset allows him to take it all as it comes. ]

Haven’t you ever done something you only thought was your own choice?

[dragonmount]

[ some days, he thinks the last time he had a real choice was before he ever left two rivers. some days, not always the same ones, he thinks he'll never have a real choice again. dextera can't possibly know he's rubbing salt in a wound, but that's exactly what he's done.

which is why there's a flare of anger and bitterness before he can tamp it back down, and — replaces his shard. no, he's not doing this right now, actually.

✔ read at xx:xx ]

[locumstudentesquire]

[Considering this is all public, and Ryunosuke can feel some of that anger and bitterness, it's not long before he tries to reach out in private about it. Just to make certain he's alright.]