un: starburst, toward the end of this arc.

[valeas]

( Emilia di Carlo has seen better days, by the look of her. Her battle leathers are torn, soot and cuts still on her face — but she doesn't give in to the exhaustion just yet, nor the bile in her throat. First, she addresses the people of Alem, dignified and resolute. )

Prince Haiva sacrificed himself and leaves his sister, the young Cle-Florens, spared.

I was witness.

( A pause, then, as she allows that to sink in. )

Hell is sealed.

You fought with valor so others might live. I'm glad to have fought beside you, and will remember your fallen just the same.

If you've yet to evacuate, the time is now. Hassir awaits.

Comments

[weifinder]

And faith in people choosing to face themselves, confronted by their transgressions.

[somebadnews]

[ More or less the same thing. ]

Didn’t fool you for a second.

[weifinder]

My faith in humanity is in it's ability to choose better, not in people with power choosing well.

[somebadnews]

You'd be surprised how often people choose to save themselves over eternal damnation.

[weifinder]

Presuming the two aren't already linked.

[somebadnews]

Well, I don't give him a lot of credit for planning ahead.

[weifinder]

No, he's much more impulsive, once you get beneath his public face.

[somebadnews]

He was.

[ Now he's graduated to past-tense. Five would have taken care of it himself if Emilia hadn't. Not because he was a bad person, people will always be people, but because he was too great of a threat. ]

[weifinder]

Yes. Now he's nothing at all but what his people and his brother make of it.

Which Emilia has already, admirably and with great bother, set the tone for.

[somebadnews]

At least most seem to understand this time around.

[ They aren't thanking Emilia like they should, but the ones that figure it out aren't berating her either. He knows that wouldn't have been the case if it'd been him. ]