toughchoices | [grimmoired] akechi

Ugh.

[Her displeasure isn't directed at him - it's at the well, really. She crosses her arms.]

I won't force you to talk about it. But the more I hear about these wishes... [Reyna makes a face.] The more the well sounds like something out of mythology.

[Like Pandora's box, deliberately designed to pique their interest and then to punish them for doing something about it.]

[being the academic he is, Akechi has to clarify]

Which sect of mythology? [his tone is almost wry, purposefully so, as though he's making a joke] But I suppose many different myths tell tales of someone's ambition being their ultimate downfall.

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Greek and Roman. But between you and me, if we're talking downfalls, I'm happy to let those myths stay Greek.

[Sooooo...]

Flew too close to the sun, did you?

[ah. he blinks at her, and then forces a chuckle]

I see. . . the comparison is that obvious. [brushes his bangs from his forehead and nods] Metaphorically speaking, it seems I did.

For what it's worth, I doubt you're the only one.

[People seem to be, uh, suffering. A lot. It's a problem.]

So you're bound to find plenty of us who will understand.

It's true. I found at least one other person who suffered a similar injury at the hands of the well.

[drooping a little, sheepish and guilty]

It seems none of us exercised enough caution. A thought we should keep in mind should we choose to utilize the well's gifts again.

Do you intend to?

[The saying is once bitten, twice shy, but...]

I don't know.

[yes. the answer is yes]

I wished for the one thing I wanted most, and received these scars instead. There might not be anything else that well can give to me.

It may not be capable of granting that. Or maybe it's some kind of a message - "focus on what's in front of you." ...if what you want most has to do with something from your home, anyway.

[Reyna purses her lips.]

I wonder if it would grant a wish for something to help us take part in this war.

. . . it does, yes.

[he admits with a purposefully wan smile]

Perhaps that is what I should have wished for instead. It would've been far more useful, in the long run. Or-- if not something to take the war apart, then a hint on how to end it.

[she shrugs]

I can't fault anyone for wishing for what they want, no matter how useful it might or might not be. Wishes are personal.

[and no one really expects them to come true, anyway]

[a chuckle]

I suppose you're right. They are extremely personal. And not every personal desire is something that benefits the good of the whole.

[grimmoired] akechi

my work spared you for a little while but now im back

BACK TO TACKLE MY INBOX WITH A VENGEANCE

SLAMS HANDS DOWN

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weeps i fell asleep after work last night... you were spared again

but then britt returned, with even more vengeance

all of my tags are from the last 3-4 hours despite me being stuck at work all day thank god

britt is strong

not strong enough to defeat motion sickness from my aunt's scary driving...

SCARY DRIVING WOULD FLOOR EVEN THE MANLIEST OF MEN. . .

FOR REAL...

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