fallenambitions | [Action/Voice] 007

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[It's late at night, late enough when most people are asleep. Alexei is one of those people...or well, was. His journal had been placed aside, but it can still pick up sounds. Roughly it picks up someone violently waking up. Alexei found himself wandering into memories he didn't like to recall. They were quick flashes, but his moments before, during and after his death were continually bombarding him. Not exactly a very happy dream. So rather then roll over and just go back to bed, he's going stay awake for a while, maybe distract himself by looking through the journal.

It's been strangely quiet here in apartment 15 of CB1. It now lacked one occupant that used to reside in the room next to Alexei. It's a sickening remainder that staying here was still only temporary. Maybe that's why his own death was haunting him tonight. And now Casey was truly lost to history again. Not exactly a major loss when she had been dead for ten years to him. Reminiscing about the past seems to have become regular occurrence for him now. Being stuck in one place and not even having a job to keep oneself busy can lead a mind astray. Especially right now...when he has no other direction laid out for him but death the moment he leaves. He closes his journal. Listening to others has even lost it's charm.

He needed to find something else to get his thoughts together, find somewhere to go. Out of this apartment...or maybe even out of the village itself. Yes, just for a few days he'll get out of this stuffy village and explore the terrain outside. He hasn't quite done that yet, anything to keep him from sitting around right now. It just left him feeling anxious. Right, so that's the plan, prep for the trip and then leave when he's ready, most likely for the mountains and beyond that. There's only so much of the same forest one can deal with.

It's too late/early to gather supplies, but he puts together anything he would need that he already had. Wasn't much to pack really...and he wanted to get out of the apartment now. There is one place in this village he could go to for a while. He puts on his uniform...but bypasses on getting all of his armor on. He doesn't think he'll be there for very long and it's not worth it. His waist plate, and his sword will do just fine. Once he leaves, he's heading for the mikan orchard. It's been a long time since he was last there, around the time after the family experiment. He finds a spot under a tree and sits. Sure enough, the strange calming effect it had on him happened again, almost meditative.

He takes a deep breath and then pulls his journal out again. The thing he was pondering and about to ask, was more to himself then to anyone in particular.]

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What did you strive for back home? Your goals and did you ever achieve them? Anything that you would bet your own life to see happen? ...Or is there something right now that you would give your life up for?

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[That's what happens when you can't sleep.]

So you find peace through oppressing others? Were you treated otherwise without this power?

I never did much in terms of oppressing others. Rather, it simply came to be known I was powerful and not one to mince words. As such, people kept away from me.

And I have never known a moment where I have been without this power, therefore I cannot say how I was or would be treated~ [She imagines if she did lose her power now for whatever reason, there would be a lot of people willing to take advantage of that.]

And you're satisfied with that. [He's not sure whether he should pity this person or not.]

So the power you have is increased strength?

Most satisfied! I was happy spending my days tending my gardens, not being disturbed by mindless humans and youkai.

My power is... [How would she describe it?] Unique~ It has not come from strength. Rather, I have just always seemed to have had it.

[Geez, another garden keeper.] Youkai?

Unique in what way? Although you're free not to answer that.

[Can never have too many gardens~] Have you not heard of youkai either? Dear me.

My power, or rather ability, is to manipulate flowers. I say it is unique as I have yet to meet anyone with a similar power to mine~

Afraid I haven't. It's expected in a place like this.

[...Now what is so frightening about that? He could just burn them.] I see. That explains why you would find comfort in a garden.

I suppose so~ Though I have met a few who are already knowledgeable about a few youkai. But as you say, there are so many people it is expected some would know, and some would not.

Don't get me wrong, I do not always need to be in a garden. I can quite easily grow a new field of flowers so I can be equally powerful wherever I may go. [And if he ever expressed his ideas to burn those flowers, she can always resort to a parasol stab to the face.]

Do you mind explaining to me what a Youkai is then?

[Pff a parasol? That it?] Well that's not exactly what I meant, more like your affinity towards them. It's just flowers, not other plant life?

Very well, if only to enlighten an ignorant human~ [She always seems to end up talking to humans one way or another, so assumptions away!] Youkai are generally deemed naturally more powerful than your average human. Anything from everyday objects to household pets may become youkai, providing they are strong enough and have lived a long life~ Even humans in some cases.

[Ahaha yeah, flowers and a parasol. Not deadly at all-- But then she kills you.] Indeed, only flowers. I can also fell trees, but that isn't so much manipulating them as it is knocking them down. [Don't be underestimating her flower power now.]

Really. Is becoming a Youkai a natural process then in your world? [He is honestly not bothered by the insults. He knows very well what he is capable of and isn't going to let others tell him otherwise.]

I see. I suppose one can use flowers to move such a large object. [Not worried, already dead. Still not so impressed.]

Essentially, yes~ I knew of an old marionette who after an awful long time of being left alone eventually matured into a youkai. [That doll was quite like her actually.] Oh, and of course you can be born a youkai too.

I don't use my flowers for this however. I have other methods to knock down trees, humans or anything else which may bother me~ [Like spellcards.]

Very interesting. [...] Would it be able to animate the dead as well?

Animating the dead? Hmm... Well there are ghost youkai, as well as zombie youkai, so I wouldn't say it isn't possible. There might even be a youkai out there capable of imbuing life into the dead~