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[goldenglasses]

[Vash can be found sitting on a bench in the plaza, his glasses on and a very grim look upon his face as he looks the place over. He’s thinking back to the incident with Kefka. A man died and he hadn’t been able to stop it. There must have been a way. What had he missed? He’ll be sitting there for a while, teeth clenching as he tries to figure out what he did wrong. Meryl is welcome to pick up/comment on the sober mood he’s probably been in the past day or so.]

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[goldenglasses]

[He lets out a long sigh in order to get his thoughts together.] He... he wasn't a good man; but he died here the other day.

[knightofratatosk]

Died? But-- how?

[goldenglasses]

He's hurt many people here. Even killed one. They got into a fight.

[knightofratatosk]

[Emil... does not like the sound of this at all.]

I-is the other person all right?

[goldenglasses]

Y-yeah... only Kefka was hurt.

[knightofratatosk]

Even if he killed someone, that doesn't mean he deserved to die too... does it?

[goldenglasses]

[Holy crap! Someone not yelling at him for his views? He's a bit stunned.] Y-yeah...

[knightofratatosk]

[If Emil did, that would make him a hypocrite. But right now he's also trying to convince HIMSELF that people who kill others don't deserve to die too.]

It won't bring the other person back...

[goldenglasses]

I know - but if I can figure out what I did wrong... next time maybe I could stop it from happening.

[knightofratatosk]

N-no, I meant... killing Kefka won't bring the person he killed back.

Sorry mun is tired. Lol

[goldenglasses]

No. It wouldn't.

That's okay, this mun should be in bed too

[knightofratatosk]

And it makes the people who cared about Kefka sad too.

[goldenglasses]

Yeah. It does.

[knightofratatosk]

... what if this is what the Malnosso want? To trap us here and then trick us all into fighting each other?

[goldenglasses]

Maybe... they did pick some dangerous people to mix together.

[knightofratatosk]

...

[This is not making him feel better.]

[goldenglasses]

[Eventually Vash catches on that his emo is spreading and lets out an embarrased and slightly nervous laugh] Ah-ha... but there are so many GOOD people here that they certainally outnumber the bad - so maybe they're here by a fluke or something.

[knightofratatosk]

There used to be more good people here...

[goldenglasses]

I dunno... most of the people I've met so far have been really nice and good people.

[knightofratatosk]

But a lot of people have been sent home too.

[goldenglasses]

But I suppose in a way - that's good. We may miss them but at least they're not here anymore.

[knightofratatosk]

Y-yeah, they're safe from the Malnosso now. They don't have to be experimented on or kidnapped or anything like that.

[goldenglasses]

Excatly. I'm sure those sent home will be alright.

[knightofratatosk]

But what about us?

[goldenglasses]

We'll be alright too. Mistakes are made - but as long as we realize that... the ticket to the future is always open. There's always hope.