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The Firstforged claim they're some kind of gods. What an exaggeration that is.

[Thank you, Kagerou. And don't you sound bitter today. Granted, he's been bitter about all this since Perceptor vanished... but recently, everything has sort of come to a head. He can't keep it down anymore.]

They want us to build. They want us to run their world, and behave like peaceable little children.

And what do we get in return?

Murdered. Lied to. Misdirected. Our work ruined. Criminals running amok. Empty promises.

[As he says the last words, his fingers clench around his arm, around the Glyph.]

They want us to trust them -- but these Firstforged are nothing like they say they are. They tell us they can't control who leaves and who stays, but, then they turn around and tell us we're safe with their markings! They don't care one bit, what happens to us! If they did...

[If they did, I would be able to do what I was promised I could...]

[His hand lifts, revealing the very elaborate, intricate Glyph -- his status is showing, and boy does he look unhappy about it.]

If their reward for our service is loss and death, I would rather not have their mark at all!

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[Kay listens, her face very grave by the end of the broadcast. She knew Kagerou was hurting--it was just natural when you lived together. But she was used to loss. With Kagerou, it was still something he didn't understand. Or wasn't used to.]

Kagerou...don't say that...

[Well aren't you cheery. And dramatic.

Sounds like you have a lot of issues bro.]

And what do you plan to do about it exactly?

[Chromedome doesn't really care about the Firstforged one way or another, so he finds this view vaguely interesting.]

[There's quite a few things that are interesting about this broadcast. One, he didn't think Kagerou could speak for that long. He was eerily quiet most of the time, and spoke in approximately one syllable terms. So this is a bit jarring.

Two, ...strike number two. This is very Kagerou like to be depressed.

Three, Power Joe is actually trying to help.]

Oi, Kagebird. Don't go saying things you might regret later.

...I don't think you want that mark off as badly as you say.

[He's going to be blunt about it.]

I've scanned the Link. It's not pretty.

[... He was hoping she wouldn't see this.]

[And because of that, he locks the feed. Just in case.]

Kay.

I'm sorry. I... I can't do this anymore.

I want them to keep their word! Be held accountable!

Something!

It's the truth.

[He shakes his head.]

I did everything they asked of me, and nothing's changed. Nothing at all.

[He couldn't save anyone.]

I know what happened.

[He was there for the end of it. For what happened to the Chieftain.]

At least that's one truth they told us. Out of all the lies.

Fair enough.

Look, I can understand where you're coming from, but doing this is reckless and dangerous. You don't know who you're going to upset with this.

What are they going to do that I haven't already been through?

[Those large green eyes soften, fiddling with her scarf.]

Yes you can. I know you can.

Look, sometimes bad things happen, and there's nothing you can do about them. But the people who are lost...they wouldn't want you to be like this, would they?

Would they want to see you give up? To choose death over continuing on in their memory?

[It's a familiar subject.]

Look, I don't know much about the FirstForged, but from what I've been hearing, we shouldn't trust them.

So stop that.

McCrane, Drill Boy, and I. You can count on us.

Stop making promises, Kagebird, cause it's only going to hurt you.

And you want that to happen to you? To lose yourself to the Badlands?

I'm not claiming these guys to be saints, but you work with the cards you're played.

They're all gone, Kay. I tried to...

[He lowers his head.]

... You know what I tried to do. What I was promised.

[With the whole "initiate" thing. He told her everything about it -- no one else.]

I don't know what else to do. I thought they would all be safe -- they're all alive and I'm... not.

I don't know.

[He's rambling, but, for her sake, he's trying to hold his thoughts together. It's not very effective.]

And how long can I count on the three of you, before they let you be lost too?

... I don't think it's possible to hurt any more than this.

I want them to keep their word! I want to feel as if what I've done matters!

[That changing himself so irrevocably was worth it.]

I can't vouch for them. They can speak on their own behalf.

Everything you do matters in some way. That's what makes memories what they are.

It's why my database is still growing, after all.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, don't beat yourself up over this, bud. It...it happens. You lose people important to you. Ones who make you who you are--an actual being.

Worth noticing.

All you can do is keep looking for them.

I don't think they will. They don't care.

But it... wasn't supposed to happen. It wasn't supposed to be like this. I was supposed to be able to protect them.

...

And nothing's changed.

... I've already lost the most important thing I ever had. I didn't want to lose anything more.

I know.

[It almost sounds like...she's the adult one here. Which is literally true, but often times the roles were reversed.]

You can't think someone's invincible. But you can't live knowing they're not.

And you're just as alive as I am, Kagerou. I'm saying that right now, because you are.

Yeah? And what if you're the one who's lost? It goes both ways, Kagebird. Maybe there's something beyond these guys. Something they can't stop.

Figures they'd play themselves up.

...

Something changed, just maybe not in a way you see it.

but--

No one wants to lose anyone. But cutting out the pain...won't help.

Kagerou....

[Rung understands, he really does. But he knows that some things just can't be helped too.]

...Woukd yu be willing to meet me somewhere?

I've never heard any of them claim to be outright gods. Ever.

[Barricade briefly pinches the bridge of his nose before he continues, voice quiet.]

It probably doesn't matter to you, but I've been in dimensional hubs like this before. People vanished in those too, people I was close to. More than I could count. More than I'd want to count. I might try to blame someone for it but in the end it's no one fault. It just... happens, and it hurts, but there's no way to stop it, or fix it.
Maybe the FirstForged realize this and don't want us to fall into dispair over it or go looking for answers that don't exist, or maybe they don't realize it.

But it's not their fault.

Do you.

Understand.

The meaning.

Of the word.

Oligarchy?

Loss and death happens, even when there aint First Forged involved. Don't mean it gets any easier, and it's harder when it's somebody yer close to.

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