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Ⅰ. written / voice

[ Lukius has been around for a bit, settling himself into Luceti, and while he's spent a lot time lurking on the journals today's his first attempt at actually posting to them. He starts simple enough with a written post, feeling slightly sheepish about the questions. ]

How many of you have a Church or similar in your worlds? Can you tell me about them?

[ He's more than a little curious about the way things are run outside of Areulla, especially considering how well that seemed to go over for them. A few moments after, he switches to voice. ]

If there are others from Areulla here, those who are friends with Caius should know he's arrived safely.

[ And this is hesitation. ]

[ filtered from rommy — but it's a measly 20% or so ]

A young girl named Rommy has also arrived here from my world. She ... may appear harmless, but I'd like for all of you to keep in mind she's not what she seems.

That is all.

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What do you mean Rommy has also arrived here?! Since when did she show up?

[Having not run into Rommy yet he's a little unsure whether it would have been best to have ran into Rommy himself or just heard about her like this. Regardless he's feeling pretty upset and angry about this now.]

[ ... Oh, yes, he probably should have checked in with Caius regarding Rommy being here, though the fact he's pissed as hell is one of the reasons he's avoided it. ]

Probably a week or so ago. [ A pause, more hesitance. ] She's weaker here, but I don't think it's going to stop her ambition.

That long and I never noticed? [That only serves to make him angrier.] Of course it won't stop her and whatever it is she's planning. It's not like she can find any pensients here anyway so what's the point?!

[Save for his own pensient, but pfft like hell she's getting her hands on that.]

[ Well, he wouldn't want him to leap before looking — specifically into a fight with Rommy. Weak as she is ... ]

You still have yours, don't you, brother?

It's here with me right now, as it always has been. [Luckily it arrived in the item shop with the rest of his belongings.] I won't let her get her hands on it, not here or in Areulla.

Don't go looking for any fights, Caius.

[ Stern. Very stern. He's serious.

But softer: ]

... I don't know where she is right now.

Don't worry, it's not like I'm going to run off and do something stupid. I always think my plans through. [Hah.]

If you find out where she is will you tell me about her? [So he can either stay away or keep a close eye on her. Or if push comes to shove beat her ass.]

[ He actually smiles the tiniest bit at that first part — always thinks his plans through, huh. ]

Why do you want to know?

[ It's not like she wants to kill Caius or anything. ]

Does it really matter why? You know what she's done. [He reserves the right to know where the the spot that ruined part of his life is.] If I know where she's staying or something then I can keep away from her, maybe warn other people of her whereabouts.

[ ... Hmm. ]

That's fine. I'll keep an eye out for her. It's less dangerous for me than you.

Thank you. [...] How is it she always manages to come back? I beat her twice back home and she keeps coming back, and now she's shown up here.

[ ... Oh, yes, the issue of not being from the same point in time ... ]

What's the last thing you remember?

We had all just left Janna and defeated a large spot blocking the bridge out of the city. Father was gone, and you... [Remember that? You died bro. He screamed your name and everything. Very touching. All those beeps.]

[ ... Oh, yes. (He seems so genuinely upset and ... maybe Lukius softens his icy prosecutor heart for a moment.) ]

... I barely escaped with my life. Long enough to find a Priseputh that allowed you to kill Rommy.

[ Yes, allowed. ]

So you were alive all along. But I was sure you were a goner and the spots took your body. It's good to know you didn't die after all though.

[Especially seeing as he has a track record for all his close family and friend's family dying all around him. His last remaining blood relation surviving is definitely a good thing.]

And it's good that we finally killed Rommy, too, with your help. I can't say she didn't have it coming after all she's done.

[ Way to casually pass off his best friend dying. No hard feelings, though, he knew she had it coming, too. ]

You aren't surprised at all?

[Maybe if she hadn't killed the good majority of people he holds dear then he might have cared!]

A little. But given the way things were going it was just a matter of time before she showed up again, right? She was bound to go down eventually.

[ Not really what he was asking about, but he's not going to nitpick, either. ]

She was a Spot, brother.

[ Blunt. Very, very carefully blunt. ]

She was? [Remembering back to when Lukius mentioned finding a priseputh to use... Hey wait!] You barely escaped with your life earlier, but you came to stop Rommy with a priseputh despite your condition. What sort of idiot are you?!

[This is how he shows that he cares...]

[ — He wasn't expecting that at all, and he frowns, indignant. ]

You're the idiot! She would have killed you if I hadn't! What choice did I have?

You never know, we might've stopped her eventually!

[Maybe he's being a bit of an ass about this, but having not experienced fighting Rommy with his brother's help he isn't really aware of how harsh some of the things he's saying are.]

The last thing I would've wanted would be you pushing yourself way too hard and ending up worse off than you were! [Dead.] I do appreciate your help Lukius, or at least I probably did, but if you're going to do something like that after being so badly wounded I can't help but worry about you.

[ He ... really wants to argue back, as fiercely as possible, some great debate and put his leading voice to good work because he hasn't had the opportunity yet, but this is something new and bizarre and it's the same thing he doesn't know what to do with, the brotherly affection and concern, and he opens his mouth to say something (something that's probably stupid) but closes it just as fast, clenches his teeth. ]

You would have never defeated her without my help. [ There's some hint of anger underneath that, sure, some brief notion of you're an idiot and why can't you appreciate what I did, but he lets go of it, exhales. ]

I can take care of myself, Caius. Don't tell me you forgot already.

[ Just because they're brothers don't change that he's lived all his life just about as close to alone as it gets. ]

[Now if only he possessed some of the same tact and self control in order to stop himself from saying something stupid. But alas.]

Even if we didn't defeat her then we would have fended her off just like the other times! [Probably. Maybe. Why is acknowledging help from others such an issue, and from his brother no less. It probably wouldn't kill him to show a little thanks, or at least it didn't when he thanked Tilkis and Forest back home. Plus this really does nothing for the whole 'didn't mother ever teach you any manners' thing.

Pause. Awkwardly trying to find the right words.]

Thanks. I know you can take care of yourself... But so can I! [He's beaten plenty of Spots after all, and if Rommy is a Spot then that's just what she is. Another Spot. But no, no, not turning this into more of an argument.] You understand why I would be worried though right? Even if you say you can look after yourself the big brother has to keep an eye out on the little brother.

[Having lived a fairly lonely life full of upset it really does no good to dwell on things in the past, so focusing on the here and now is best. Right now they're brothers, and making sure your brother is safe and going strong is just something a brother should do. Or at least Caius thinks so anyway.]

[ Too bad his logic's still off and his touching brotherly speech has to be pushed aside in favor of a fact check, much easier for Lukius to point out than, say, his issues with all the big brother talk. (It's still so strange, and ...) ]

Her homeworld was too close. She would have destroyed you for sure if you tried. [ A pause, shaking his head. ] You and your companions did fend her off ... but so close to home, she regained her strength too fast.

[ The stop there is the slightest bit abrupt, because he's still going on in his head but ... he's not sure how well it would go over bringing it up anyway. ]

[Homeworld? She did mention something about her hometown before disappearing back in Janna.]

What do you mean, that there were other worlds and places back in Areulla like here? [What are awful last minute plot twists anyway.

Though pleasing to hear that they were able to stop Rommy again the fact she quickly regained her strength as soon as she was defeated again was bothersome. Normally she would retreat before trying anything again, so this 'homeworld' business must be incredibly important, moreso than stopping the Pope.]

I didn't know anything about a 'homeworld' or what was going on after leaving Janna except that Couber was still alive.

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