[ Rufus not being arrested wasn't a surprise-- they couldn't arrest everyone just for being in the Noble Alliance-- but the Crossbell thing... is more of a surprise. ]
I see. [ He has no intention of doing either, sorry Crow. ] ...Since the civil war, things have calmed a little, but...there's still a lot of tension between the factions. Besides that, those in charge...while some of the major players have changed, not all have. There's a great deal of bad blood all around. Not surprisingly, I suppose.
[ There is a moment where Crow is very quiet as he absorbs that. Their main rival is back from the dead. Back from the dead... their main rival.
Osborne.
So. The bastard had survived. That's the problem with trying to shoot him through the heart-- it's supposing he ever had one in the first place. Ha, ha. What a joke.
Guess that makes Crow the punchline.
It's... interesting that no one else had mentioned it. Elliot, Towa, Rean. Then again, who could blame them? It's not like Crow hadn't lied to all of them, and far worse than that. Karma's a real bitch, huh? Or maybe that's payback. Maybe both.
Not to mention not wanting to tell a guy that his entire life's work had been for nothing.
Crow thinks for a moment of all the lives that had been lost, all the blood on his hands just to get that moment. Everyone working feverishly towards that end goal, to the moment where Osborne would lay in a pool of his own blood. G, V, the soldiers at Garrelia Fortress. Countless others, people he'd known. People he hadn't.
[ But he doesn't allow himself more than that one brief moment to let that fly feverishly through his mind before he reacts, reaching to rub the back of his head. ]
Man... figures that bastard couldn't just stay dead.
[ It's a nice try. The brief moment is enough to get Jusis to realize there's more behind the scenes here, but he's not really sure it's his business to pry. It's not like Crow is the most forthcoming person, and Rean has always been better at getting people to open up... ]
I suppose. I will admit I'm still...unclear on the circumstances.
[Emil has seen pictures, but maybe they were just convincing drawings. Who can be sure.]
Sweden. [Obviously, he almost says, but Jusis also has Perfect Blonde Hair and Blue Eyes so maybe not obviously, since he isn't Swedish. God, he's even tall. Frankly, this is unfair.] Östersund, but it's kind of a small town, I guess. Maybe medium-sized?
[Which is both the truth and yet as far from it as one can get. What she wants is to leave, or wake up, or whatever is required to leave. Bored is the last thing from her mind as so many other emotions take priority.]
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If you're asking what we felt after...well.
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[ He smiles a little at that. ]
Either way, I hope you did keep moving forward.
[ Which is the closest to a real emotion you're getting out of him, Jusis. ]
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[ Besides, none of them have ever been unambitious at their cores. ]
I'll admit everyone but Rean graduated early, however. We had other obligations.
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[ He reaches back to briefly rub at the back of his head. ]
But man, graduating a year early? That sounds like a lot of work!
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[ And that fell to him... ]
Everyone else had different circumstances that were no less important.
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[ He isn't out of the habit of defending his brother yet. ]
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[ Rufus not being arrested wasn't a surprise-- they couldn't arrest everyone just for being in the Noble Alliance-- but the Crossbell thing... is more of a surprise. ]
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[ To put it simply...not all of which Jusis feels he should share, since some of it is more personal to other people. ]
They've been under our control for some time now.
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[ He recovers from his surprise quickly--or at the very least appears to, rubbing the back of his head. ]
Guess it's been two years after all... What else is there?
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What else have you been caught up on so far?
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Nobody really got past the "crying and hugging" stage.
[ There was so much hugging. Crow's not even a hugger by nature. ]
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Sounds like the more things change, the more they stay the same. I'm guessing the Noble Alliance lost?
[ He'd imagine so after everything Class VII went through. ]
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[ Ha...ha. ]
1/2.
Osborne.
So. The bastard had survived. That's the problem with trying to shoot him through the heart-- it's supposing he ever had one in the first place. Ha, ha. What a joke.
Guess that makes Crow the punchline.
It's... interesting that no one else had mentioned it. Elliot, Towa, Rean. Then again, who could blame them? It's not like Crow hadn't lied to all of them, and far worse than that. Karma's a real bitch, huh? Or maybe that's payback. Maybe both.
Not to mention not wanting to tell a guy that his entire life's work had been for nothing.
Crow thinks for a moment of all the lives that had been lost, all the blood on his hands just to get that moment. Everyone working feverishly towards that end goal, to the moment where Osborne would lay in a pool of his own blood. G, V, the soldiers at Garrelia Fortress. Countless others, people he'd known. People he hadn't.
All of it... for nothing. ]
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Man... figures that bastard couldn't just stay dead.
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I suppose. I will admit I'm still...unclear on the circumstances.
[ It was sketch as hell and it pisses him off. ]
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[ If Osborne's got a way to cheat death... of course he's not gonna go sharing it with everyone around him. ]
Well, all that aside... so Crossbell's been annexed, is there anything else?
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[ It's okay, Jusis also thinks China doesn't exist! He'll back you up on this! ]
Where are you from?
[ Maybe they can work this in reverse... ]
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Sweden. [Obviously, he almost says, but Jusis also has Perfect Blonde Hair and Blue Eyes so maybe not obviously, since he isn't Swedish. God, he's even tall. Frankly, this is unfair.] Östersund, but it's kind of a small town, I guess. Maybe medium-sized?
[less than a thousand people is sizable for sure]
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[ AGGRAVATING...of course, he does remember the dream he had before he woke here. ]
I suppose we must be from...different worlds, then?
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So you were simply watching out of boredom?
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[Which is both the truth and yet as far from it as one can get. What she wants is to leave, or wake up, or whatever is required to leave. Bored is the last thing from her mind as so many other emotions take priority.]
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[ He means a quest. ]