[canon update] [voice] [yes you heard me] [locked from team saber and team lancer(s)]

[structuraldefect]

[Those of you who have spoken to Kirei in person before may have noted that he sounds very flat and monotone.

Well.

He doesn't now.]

If a superior made a mistake, would it be your duty to correct them? Or would you let them flounder in their own errors? I suppose it would depend on how severe the error is, if nothing else. Some mistakes are just small missteps in judgment, after all. It's almost impossible to know everything all at once.

But there are some mistakes that can only be made once. Ones so large that they can't be taken back. You become stuck upon a path, winding outward from the consequences of your actions. Inevitably, those consequences must come back to us.

If the person above you made a mistake of that magnitude...

Well.

Would you be one of those consequences?

[Casually, in the background:]

It appears that Kotomine Kirei is rather long-winded, today.


(OOC: gold = gilgamesh. Also, people trying to worldhop into fate/zero verse will now find it worldlocked! nobody's coming in or out. We runnin' this!)

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[answerer_sword]

I...it is a duty for a subordinate to listen to their superior, is it not?

[She does not know how to answer this question. It is also a surprise to hear such inflection in Father Kotomine's voice.]

[voice again]

[structuraldefect]

Naturally. But what if the superior was wrong? Would you go along with their lesson regardless? I suppose the real question is...

Is it more important to be dutiful or to be honest?

Re: [voice again]

[answerer_sword]

I suppose...barring the superior's errors possibly resulting in widespread destruction, then duty is always more important.

voice

[fortheworld]

Correct them, obviously. If they are in a position of power they must be held to higher standards.

Am I to take it you have done something to your superior, Mr Kotomine?

[structuraldefect]

I can't help but agree.

I've merely pointed out his mistakes. I'm not certain he took well to it.

[If you have really good hearing, you might be able to hear Gilgamesh trying not to laugh in the background.]

[fortheworld]

I imagine not, if you felt doing so worthy of a Community announcement.

[if you're trying to be subtle, don't discuss 'mistakes of magnitude' and then call yourself a consequence. And sound so excited about it.]

[voice]

[yumadbro]

I guess-...I don't really know.

[Protag senses are going off.]

Are you okay?

[structuraldefect]

Hm? I think so. I feel better than I have been lately.

[yumadbro]

You sound a little...different.

[justforyou]

Hehe... [Wow. She likes this guy even more now!] Probably. I mean, if the idiot does something stupid then they deserve whatever comes to 'em.

Sounds like you had a great day today.

[structuraldefect]

{best magical girl friend it is you.]

It's been... almost enjoyable. I don't know if I'd mind having more days like this.

[justforyou]

[One of the youngest members of the Church of Yuetsu?]

It's a good feeling, I think. I know I've had days that certainly put a spark in my life...those are the best days.

video;

[jailbirds]

Aaaah? What a weird question.

[ and the way he asks it makes her feel kind of... uncomfortable. what happened to the boring kind of asshole he usually is? ]

I've never had a superior, so I wouldn't know. Besides, I don't really give a shit about other people's mistakes or whatever unless it has something to do with me.

[structuraldefect]

[His voice dips back down into the monotone she probably knows pretty well by now.]

I see. So, what if they made a mistake about you? Hypothetically, of course.

[jailbirds]

[ what the... ]

That's so vague. But who knows? I might kill them. It's hard to say, hypothetically.

[ voice ]

[stillneedawish]

Ah... ah, well, if someone makes a mistake, even if they're your superior, it'd be better in the long run if you pointed it out, right? I mean, it'd probably be better to be polite about it so they don't get too embarrassed, but if it saved a lot of trouble later on...

[ for some reason, she can't shake a sudden feeling of profound dread. Kotomine-san has never sounded like that before... and what does he mean about being a consequence? ]

Did... did something happen?

[structuraldefect]

That's what I'd assumed, as well. It's hard to keep up a lie of what you know, as opposed to what they're telling you.

[A little pause. He's thinking it over...]

Yes... It seems I've been let go.

[ voice ]

[timey_wimey]

You'd point it out, of course. Even important people are still only people, they need taking down a peg or two every once in a while. And well, you'd assume that if you weren't the one to do it, their mistake'd do it for them sooner or later.

[ his tone is breezy, almost blase, but there's an undercurrent. not only because he has been on both sides of that situation, but because he has the feeling that his hunch about Kirei - that there was more to him than met the eye - has just been proven right. or is about to be proven right, in any case.

not to mention that Goldilocks is there, too, and that is never a good sign. ]

What happened over there, Kirei? [ it's a casual tone of voice. light, almost. ] Should I take it that you've become someone else's consequence while I wasn't looking?

[structuraldefect]

[Sit right down, Doc, because shit just got real and Kirei's playing to win.]

I'm afraid so. My superior... he sometimes turns a blind eye to things he should keep an eye open for. But, I've said my peace. He won't be in the dark for much longer, hopefully.

[touchedbygenius]

...that is my sin.

[structuraldefect]

Is it? Which way around?

permavid

[second_star]

[ Hey, let's ask the guy who just killed an Imperial Mayor not too long ago for torturing his citizens. Strange as the whole thing sounded, it wasn't too far from Yuri's own situation not too long ago. Heh. ]

Really does depend on it. [ There was a hint of bitterness in his voice, upon remembering what he did, and how similarly it fit the description of this post. ] The magnitude of the action.

permavoice

[structuraldefect]

[Sounds Great :D]

To make it worth it?

[anon, text]

[shadow_spread]

That depends on the superior, of course.

[structuraldefect]

I'm sure it must.