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[delilahs_reaper]

[The video shows Jezebel kneeling on the ground, collapsed against a small bench. He's shirtless and his hair is pulled forward, exposing a series of long, bloody marks streaked down his back. His blood trails down to his waist and drips onto the floor.

Standing behind him is his father, the Cardmaster, gripping a whip in his hand. Standing behind him is a small, female bodyguard carrying a curved sword.]

What did I tell you, Jezebel? How many times must I tell you the consequences of disobeying your father's orders?

[Jezebel doesn't answer, though it's not clear if it's because he refuses or because he's lost too much blood. His father waits calmly and, when no answer comes, strikes him again with the whip.]

You disappoint me. You have always been less than I would have hoped for, but I suppose I have let it go on for too long...

[Jezebel's father nods towards his bodyguard, who moves towards Jezebel.

Jezebel stirs, trying to rise, and then sees the woman approaching him. His mouth opens, but before any words come out, her sword swings towards his neck.

The video cuts out as his head hits the floor.]

Comments

[sandinmyboots]

[And here's Kefka, eyes wide and the color draining from under his make up. Despite the shock on his face, his voice comes out loud and clear:]

This had better be a joke.

[delilahs_reaper]

A joke? No. But a virus seems more likely.

[sandinmyboots]

Good. I'd need to destroy that world, otherwise.

[delilahs_reaper]

Ah, don't do that. I'd be rather disappointed if all my work were to vanish, even if I were dead.

[sandinmyboots]

But it's all pointless in the end. You can relax and not worry about it anymore.

[delilahs_reaper]

Ah, but that's a very bleak way to think. Especially regarding something I've worked towards for so long.

[sandinmyboots]

Jezebel, have I lead you wrong before? It's not bleak, it's accurate.

...I suppose I should have told you before so that you wouldn't have had to go through all that trouble.

[delilahs_reaper]

No, I suppose you have not. Though you are right that it is good to know about your plans.

I suppose I'll simply have to not die until they're finished.

[sandinmyboots]

Can I kill everything when you're done? What's a good time for you?

[delilahs_reaper]

Whenever Delilah's plans are completed.

[sandinmyboots]

Do you have the ETA on how long that will take?

[delilahs_reaper]

At the moment? A few months' time.

[sandinmyboots]

That's not too bad a wait. Do you want time to celebrate it?

[delilahs_reaper]

If at all possible. It would be good to enjoy the fruits of our labor.

[sandinmyboots]

I can wait!

[delilahs_reaper]

Very good. If all goes well, perhaps you will not have to wait long.

[sandinmyboots]

Good luck, then!

[delilahs_reaper]

Why thank you.

[lovethisworld]

Jezebel.

[delilahs_reaper]

Hello, Miss Lillith.

[lovethisworld]

Are you alright?

[delilahs_reaper]

I am fine now. This was just another of the community's little viruses, that's all.

[lovethisworld]

Then you weren't hurt?

[delilahs_reaper]

I am not hurt any longer. The virus has passed.

[lovethisworld]

... Is that a strong possibility for you?

[delilahs_reaper]

...my father likes to see his wishes carried out exactly as he likes. And I have disappointed him in the past. I do not know for sure.

[lovethisworld]

Would you leave if the opportunity presented itself?

[delilahs_reaper]

I could never leave so long as my father needed my assistance.

[lovethisworld]

... I see. Then I'll pray for your safety.

[delilahs_reaper]

There's no need. I'll endure as long as I am needed.

[lovethisworld]

And then?

[delilahs_reaper]

Then whatever happens will happen.

[lovethisworld]

... You worry me, Jezebel.

[delilahs_reaper]

There's no reason to. I am where I am meant to be. This is the path I am meant to walk down.

[lovethisworld]

Then I will not make any effort to stop you. I do hope you change your mind about it for your own sake.

[delilahs_reaper]

It won't. This is all I am meant to do. Changing my mind would affect nothing.

[lovethisworld]

Is that a fact? I am terribly sorry to hear that if it is. [Truly.]

[delilahs_reaper]

It is simply my path, that is all. It's nothing worth bemoaning or regretting. [Or so says the part of him that has been pretty much brainwashed.]

[lovethisworld]

But, did you choose it for yourself?

[delilahs_reaper]

One does not choose the path they are born to.

[lovethisworld]

Perhaps not, but they can decide what future they desire.

[delilahs_reaper]

What I desire is irrelevant. I won't hope for what won't happen.

[lovethisworld]

Hasn't being here taught you anything is possible yet?

[delilahs_reaper]

'Possible', yes, but not meant to be.

[lovethisworld]

Only time can tell.

[delilahs_reaper]

It always does.