Hisagi and Jack (sounds like a mixed drink)
Masonry Redux: I need to speak with Lieutenant Matsumoto, please.
Masonry Redux: Lieutenant Matsumoto - oh, thank you.
Keen Stronghold raises an eyebrow.
Masonry Redux: Excuse me.
Keen Stronghold: I'm busy here.
Masonry Redux: I would like to speak with you, it shouldn't take long.
Keen Stronghold narrows his eyes.
Masonry Redux: It regards a personal matter.
Keen Stronghold: I don't think we have anything to--
Masonry Redux: (speaking in Japanese) [It has to do with something that was taken from you.]
Keen Stronghold: [Why should I talk it over with you?]
Masonry Redux: [Because it is something...that needs to be done.]
Keen Stronghold gives a small sigh.
Keen Stronghold: Where.
Masonry Redux: Someplace quiet and without interruption, if you please.
Masonry Redux: A rooftop, perhaps. Can you still fly?
Keen Stronghold: Yes.
Keen Stronghold messes with his comm. (changes his costume)
Keen Stronghold: Pick a building.
Masonry Redux: Nice suit. (finds a building)
Masonry Redux: Acceptable?
Keen Stronghold: I guess.
Masonry Redux: So tell me how Havoc came to be, as you know it.
Keen Stronghold: Who wants to know?
Masonry Redux: Me. Lodestar.
Masonry Redux: My host has a "havoc" that would need to be extracted.
Keen Stronghold: I understand.
Masonry Redux nods.
Keen Stronghold: Although I'm afraid I might not have enough information for you.
Masonry Redux: Perception is part of the inquiry.
Masonry Redux: What you know and remember - and how you felt - will be useful.
Keen Stronghold: ::dispassionately:: Alright.
Masonry Redux: I would offer a seat.
Keen Stronghold: I was on duty, and got caught in an ambush. One member of Arachnos hit me with a strange red energy.
Masonry Redux: Such as the ones usually from their weapons?
Keen Stronghold: I passed out. Next thing I remember is pummeling a hero around, and liking it.
Masonry Redux weaves a little.
Masonry Redux: Go on.
Keen Stronghold: I felt powerful. Enough to take down anyone to satisfy my... innermost wicked desires.
Masonry Redux: Did you have many?
Keen Stronghold: I'd rather skip that part.
Masonry Redux nods.
Keen Stronghold: ::looks around a little::
Masonry Redux: As you wish, though it would be helpful, as to the extent of what could possibly be extracted.
Masonry Redux: My host has enough anger to power the city.
Keen Stronghold: I lost my Captain, my wife, my normal life.
Masonry Redux tilts his head.
Keen Stronghold: I wanted them back. I set my mind to have them back.
Keen Stronghold: The anger was unbearable. I couldn't control it.
Keen Stronghold: I heard my own voice inside my head, asking things I didn't want to do.
Masonry Redux: But you liked it.
Keen Stronghold: That's correct. Yet I refused them enough.
Masonry Redux: So your own will is what changed you, but I am not understanding where Havoc came from.
Keen Stronghold: Whatever struck me, it got out eventually.
Masonry Redux: If Havoc is your darker nature, then what were you?
Masonry Redux: You forced it out.
Masonry Redux: Let me try to understand this.Keen Stronghold: I guess I did.
Keen Stronghold: I felt like it was going to take me over, and I didn't want that.
Masonry Redux: So I am not understanding how Havoc came to be.
Masonry Redux: If he came to be before you did these things, then...your anger must be bottomless.
Keen Stronghold: When that explosion happened, I saw a red image of myself in front of me. It was burning.
Masonry Redux nods.
Masonry Redux: But if you still had anger after...
Keen Stronghold: After he appeared, I could feel no anger. Hate. Nothing.
Keen Stronghold: But... I was afraid.
Masonry Redux: Yes, yes. Go on.
Masonry Redux: Afraid?
Keen Stronghold: ... couldn't handle a gun.
Keen Stronghold: I couldn't do my job. I had no authority.
Masonry Redux nods.
Keen Stronghold: It was when an engineer, friends with my Guardian, suggested the use of force fields.
Keen Stronghold: I could use them. They meant no harm. To anyone.
Masonry Redux: So you became more passive in your abilities.
Keen Stronghold: Correct.
Masonry Redux: Hm.
Keen Stronghold: Still, I felt insecure. Weak.
Keen Stronghold: Coward.
Masonry Redux: How so? You still worked, your abilities were supportive now.
Keen Stronghold: Havoc had taken my wife hostage, and I went after him to take her back. Somehow.
Keen Stronghold: That was when... Masonry helped me on my journey.
Keen Stronghold: The old Mase I knew.
Masonry Redux: Yes.
Masonry Redux: ::forlornly:: Yes.
Masonry Redux: You did get her back.
Keen Stronghold: When I got to Havoc, we fought, talked. Found out he's been misled.
Keen Stronghold: He didn't want to accept it. He kept talking about his boss, his boss--
Masonry Redux: Yes?
Keen Stronghold ponders for a moment.
Masonry Redux 's tail twitches excitedly.
Keen Stronghold: I had no idea who he was.
Masonry Redux: But Havoc would know.
Keen Stronghold: So do I. But memories are... blurry.
Masonry Redux: You share memories, even separated?
Keen Stronghold: I wanted my "anger" back.
Masonry Redux: But why, if it destroys you?
Keen Stronghold: Anger is a human feeling. One shouldn't live without it. It's only natural.
Masonry Redux: Not when it controls a man.
Keen Stronghold: ... I wanted to be like I was before the whole thing.
Masonry Redux: And the man can no longer control himself.
Masonry Redux: So.. you would not voluntarily go through that again.
Keen Stronghold: Not recommend it.
Masonry Redux sighs disgustedly.
Keen Stronghold: Even so, I don't know who was the responsible for that.
Masonry Redux: Havoc may know.
Keen Stronghold: That's unlikely. He only remembers his boss' voice.
Masonry Redux: Hm.
Keen Stronghold: ... Oranbega... when he was there... with Eri.
Keen Stronghold: He couldn't see him.
Keen Stronghold: It was only a voice.
Keen Stronghold: He was just... a flunky.
Masonry Redux: Times like these I wish I could do magic...
[Help] Spiney Peace: recharge enhancements slotted into powers
Masonry Redux: Oh, I see.
Masonry Redux: That explains much of his demeanor.
Keen Stronghold: When Havoc gave me back my... "anger," our memories had sort of a connection, but we couldn't share it when we did it for the first time.
Masonry Redux: I understand.
Keen Stronghold: We decided to try it again... recently. I have some of his memories now, but they're inconsistent.
Masonry Redux: Then you may not be certain.
Keen Stronghold: Perhaps.
Masonry Redux 's tail twitches again.
Keen Stronghold: Havoc was able to live, using the magic essence he's made of.
Keen Stronghold: But it's only enough to keep him standing, so he can't really do much of magic.
Masonry Redux: This, what is extracted, should not be allowed to "live".
Keen Stronghold: His anger was also toned down, but it's still there.
Masonry Redux: I have seen it.
Keen Stronghold: ... of all things, he's just myself. I don't have any intention of... eliminating him.
Masonry Redux: That would be you, yes.
Masonry Redux: The issue is of not only would it extract my host's anger...but mine as well.
Keen Stronghold: ... yours?
Masonry Redux chuckles, sounding like low tones.
Keen Stronghold: Oh. I see.
Masonry Redux: Do you not think I can be angry as well?
Masonry Redux: My host's anger is slowly affecting me also.
Masonry Redux: If it is extracted...
Masonry Redux: Then we will be at peace.
Masonry Redux: ::quietly:: And dead.
Keen Stronghold frowns inside the mask.
Keen Stronghold: Lodestar. I'm going to be honest here.
Keen Stronghold: When I was under this "thing's" possession... I felt like it was swallowing me.
Keen Stronghold: I didn't feel it was going to be released. It happened because I struggled.
Keen Stronghold: I fought it out. I didn't want it. I had people to care about. I was hurting them.
Keen Stronghold: I can't *even* imagine Mase being taken by that.
Keen Stronghold: ::quietly:: ... he doesn't need any kind of evil magic to hurt people.
Masonry Redux: Which is why it needs to be removed.
Keen Stronghold: It would just make things much worse. Not just to him.
Keen Stronghold: Mase has succumbed to many... pitiful things.
Keen Stronghold: Like vengeance.
Masonry Redux: Yes.
Keen Stronghold: If I didn't struggle, Havoc wouldn't have been created.
Keen Stronghold: ... I'd become him.
Masonry Redux: He won't struggle, Hisagi, that is the problem.
Keen Stronghold: This is what you want?
Masonry Redux: I want him to be happy.
Masonry Redux: But not at the expense of others' lives.
Keen Stronghold: ::annoyed:: ... you're sounding like Daisuke.
Masonry Redux: He is my bondmate. I love him too, after a fashion.
Masonry Redux: He takes the lives of innocents and I should draw the line, but I don't.
Keen Stronghold: ... what kind of friend are you?
Masonry Redux: What do you mean?
Keen Stronghold: You "love" him enough to go havoc - and I'm not talking about magic here.
Keen Stronghold: You protect him, but don't stop him.
Keen Stronghold: If I was on his case before he got into the FBSA... he'd be rotting in jail.
Masonry Redux: No, I . . . because at that moment...
Masonry Redux: Truthfully, as well he should.
Keen Stronghold: Sorry, Lodestar. This is just a bad idea.
Keen Stronghold: I'm not supporting it.
Masonry Redux: What do I do, Hisagi?!
Keen Stronghold: In fact, I'll make sure it doesn't happen.
Masonry Redux: How so.
Keen Stronghold: ::sternly:: Going against you, if I need.
Masonry Redux sighs.
Masonry Redux: That, I do not wish...
Masonry Redux: Then we must take the other route.
Keen Stronghold: Whatever it is... I probably won't b--
Masonry Redux: I had hoped for a permanent solution.
Keen Stronghold winces.
Masonry Redux: Hisagi?
Keen Stronghold looks around suspiciously.
Keen Stronghold: ::mutters:: ... there's someone here.
Masonry Redux: I see no one here.
Keen Stronghold: ... I need to go...
Keen Stronghold looks thoughtful and confused.
Masonry Redux: Hisagi...
Masonry Redux: If you need help.
Keen Stronghold winces harder.
Keen Stronghold: ... I do not!
Masonry Redux: ::sternly:: Which you do. :
Keen Stronghold: ::muttering:: Where's it coming from?
(begins to fly off, flies very high and crashes)
Masonry Redux: Hisagi!
Masonry Redux bends to the body.
Keen Stronghold: ... ungh-- Leave me alone...
Masonry Redux: Hisagi, yes you do.
Masonry Redux cradles him.
Masonry Redux: What is wrong?
Masonry Redux: Where does it hurt?
Masonry Redux: ::slowly picks him up to stand::
Keen Stronghold: ::can't get up on his own::
Masonry Redux: ::holds him up against him::
Masonry Redux: ::the two stand together, Mase holding Hisagi up::
Keen Stronghold: ::grabs his own chest fiercely, tries to say something but fails, eyes glow red as he winces again::
Keen Stronghold: ::a vulture in robes is nearby::
Masonry Redux: ::sends healing energy to Hisagi as he looks around::
Keen Stronghold: ::the healing makes it actually worse::
Keen Stronghold: ........ I feel it-- ::grunts::
Keen Stronghold: ..... no, not again--
Masonry Redux: I have you.
Keen Stronghold: .... that doesn't... HELP!
Keen Stronghold: ::yanks away::
Keen Stronghold: ......... you're... full of hate...!
Masonry Redux: ::lets out a breath::
Masonry Redux: No!
Masonry Redux: No he's not.
Keen Stronghold: :;the vulture goes away, he recovers slowly::
Masonry Redux: ::watches something retreat from the shadows::
Masonry Redux: Hisagi...
Masonry Redux: ::touches his shoulder::
Keen Stronghold: ... I felt it... again.
Masonry Redux: ...something controls you, still.
Keen Stronghold: I don't know.
Masonry Redux: ::looks down and away::
Masonry Redux: That part of you has never completely left.
Masonry Redux: Otherwise, you would accept Nate and Daisuke.
Keen Stronghold: That "part" has always been there, Lodestar.
Keen Stronghold: It's my own feeling to feel... hate towards Masonry.
Masonry Redux lets out a small gasp.
Masonry Redux:
Masonry Redux: I am sorry he has done this to you.
Masonry Redux: But--
Masonry Redux: You have the feelings that you say are human.
Masonry Redux: If your will was able to control it, it can do it again.
Keen Stronghold: Humans can only forgive so much, Lodestar.
Masonry Redux: He does not expect you to forgive him.
Masonry Redux: He hopes you would forgive your brother.
Keen Stronghold: I don't intend to.
Keen Stronghold: Daisuke knows better what he does.
Masonry Redux: He is young and trusts too much.
Keen Stronghold: He's a damn adult.
Keen Stronghold: He's blind - but because he doesn't *want* to see it.
Masonry Redux: Because of the same reason I am here, Hisagi.
Masonry Redux: We believe there is something good in there.
Keen Stronghold: I believed, too.
Masonry Redux: He is trying, and no one sees it.
Masonry Redux: His killing of innocents changed your mind.
Keen Stronghold: Pointless killing of innocents.
Masonry Redux: And his want to do so again.
Masonry Redux: He must be stopped...I had hoped by taking the anger it would stop him.
Masonry Redux sighs.
Masonry Redux: I suppose I must try my luck with shock therapy.
Keen Stronghold: He won't be able to live without anger.
Keen Stronghold: He'll feel like... dying.
Keen Stronghold: ... like I did.
Masonry Redux: Yet you live.
Keen Stronghold: I got *it* back.
Keen Stronghold: I *have* my evil instincts back.
Masonry Redux would stomp his foot in frustration if he had one.
Keen Stronghold: I can hold a gun again.
Masonry Redux: So you believe taking the anger would not only stop him but kill him?
Keen Stronghold: He'd sink deep into a hole of depression.
Keen Stronghold: If he doesn't have willpower, he'd never get out of it.
Keen Stronghold: Seeing the facts, I'd say... he has none.
Masonry Redux: He has no willpower now!
Masonry Redux: What else can I do?
Keen Stronghold: Are you looking for a salvation?
Keen Stronghold: ::quietly:: I wonder if there's one.
Masonry Redux: We are trying...
Keen Stronghold: ... for HOW long?
Masonry Redux: *He* is trying... drugs.
Keen Stronghold: How many lives it's going to cost?
Keen Stronghold: How many friends hurt?
Masonry Redux: Do you suggest I kill him like a rabid dog?
Keen Stronghold: Drugs?! That was what got him into all of this to begin with.
Masonry Redux: And shock therapy.
Keen Stronghold: ... does he even believe in God?
Masonry Redux: No.
Keen Stronghold: ::mutters:: Not that it means anything.
Masonry Redux: Your will, the love for your wife is what brought you out of it.
Keen Stronghold: I'm not fond of shock therapy. It looks like a last resort.
Masonry Redux: Do you think I enjoy it?
Masonry Redux: I try to hide but I can't fully...
Masonry Redux: Some Kheldians have died under this.
Keen Stronghold: What's your task as a Peacebringer, regarding your host?
Masonry Redux: Mostly Nictus, but still...
Masonry Redux: I am to protect him, save his life, and to guide him.
Masonry Redux: I cannot and will not "drive" him forever.
Keen Stronghold: ... sorry, I am blaming you again.
Keen Stronghold: But one can deny guiding, and Masonry does it rather well.
Masonry Redux: ::gently:: If it will make you feel better.
Masonry Redux: Yes, he can.
Masonry Redux: By force if necessary.
Keen Stronghold: Force hasn't been working on him.
Keen Stronghold: You can tell.
Masonry Redux: ((Oh, sorry, misunderstood that other sentence))
Masonry Redux: Then what do you suggest?
Masonry Redux: Please be honest, Hisagi. ::quietly:: I think I know the answer.
Keen Stronghold: Removal from society. At the very least.
Keen Stronghold: But that's me.
Masonry Redux: You believe he is irredeemable.
[Broadcast]Lord Valentine:
Keen Stronghold: ::dispassionately:: Correct.
Masonry Redux: And the removal of the anger could kill him.
Keen Stronghold: I don't think he'd get to that stage.
Keen Stronghold: I don't see it being "extracted." He'd just... take it for himself.
Keen Stronghold: And use it for his own willing.
Masonry Redux weaves back and forth, agitated.
Keen Stronghold: And *that* I won't let happen.
Keen Stronghold: He'd not... hesitate to kill anyone on his way.
Masonry Redux: I know.
Masonry Redux: I know too well.
Keen Stronghold: Do you think *we* can take that risk?
Keen Stronghold: Who would he kill?
Masonry Redux: You don't want to know.
Keen Stronghold clenches his teeth.
Masonry Redux: Anyone.
Masonry Redux: You, me if he could.
Keen Stronghold: I can't let this happen. I was hoping to count on you, too. But now I'm not really sure.
Masonry Redux: I guide, Hisagi.
Masonry Redux: I make suggestions.
Masonry Redux: And heal the body when it is hurt, and heal others if they are hurt.
Masonry Redux: I cannot tear him out. We've tried that.
Masonry Redux: The fury makes him strong.
Keen Stronghold: And enhancing it is *not* an option.
Masonry Redux: No.
Masonry Redux: He finds his own excuses.
Keen Stronghold: I know.
Masonry Redux: Then, Hisagi, I am sorry I have taken so much of your time.
Keen Stronghold: No problem, I guess.
Masonry Redux: But something controls you, and I wish to see it.
Keen Stronghold: I'm afraid you won't.
Masonry Redux: I wish to help you.
Keen Stronghold: It doesn't concern you.
Masonry Redux: You are a stubborn man.
Keen Stronghold: ::grins:: No kidding.
Keen Stronghold: Take care.
Masonry Redux: Sayonara.
Keen Stronghold: ((Jack will meet someone else. Or rather, feel his presence.))
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