i am just a picture frame | june catch-all

[terriblepurpose]

Who: Paul Atreides, Ortus Nigenad, and friends
What: Memory share + other
When: June
Where: Various

Content Warnings: corpses, torture, death, gun violence, eugenics

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[the_obedient_servant]

[Chara's curiosity is not motivated by anything more than just that. Curiosity. And perhaps, a smidge of DETERMINATION. They will push every boundary, cross every line, break every single rule and principle of the world around them and their own personal moral codes, all to ask a question. Can they?

And just because they can, they have to. It's what Sans said to them, when they were killing each-other over and over again.

This abhorrent science experiment might have triggered some feeling of disgust, or even fear, years ago, when they still had a heart. When they were still alive. When they'd read stories about dragons and demons and knights and princesses and watch the monsters be killed for simply existing, and the knights get a happy ending like he is not also a predator dressed in shining armor.

Now? Now, all it triggers is interest. They think it's good that Paul is making these steps into the murky waters of leadership. They won't be the one to discourage it.

So, could there be worse people? Well. It's debatable, depending on who it's worse for.]

I have, thank you. [Their tone is similarly polite, similarly casual, like they walked in on Paul getting himself a bag of chips rather than discovering this deeply twisted secret. They stand up from their position, stretching their arms.] It's all very interesting.

[terriblepurpose]

[With almost anyone else, Paul might be anything from angry to disappointed to ashamed, depending on the circumstances. With Chara, there is, despite himself, a small flicker of respect.]

So you've looked around.

[He hangs the towel from a protruding bit of rock, staying crouched on his heels even as Chara rises. He knowz how seriously the child takes him as a threat, which is barely at all, but it's a matter of courtesy to keep himself in a slightly subordinate position.

He is the one with more to answer for here, of the two of them.]

I imagine you have thoughts.

[the_obedient_servant]

It's certainly controversial. No doubt if the sanctuary dedicated to saving beasts found out about all of this, they'd probably be... concerned.

[It almost sounds like a threat in their voice, but in practice it's a frank assessment. This is something that needs to be covered up for a lot of reasons, including that Paul's abilities are much too powerful to be left alone. It's for similar reasons Chara holds the extent of their own powers close to their chest.

Command over beasts... They approach his notes, looking over them even now like they don't expect Paul will strike them down. Mostly because it would be a deeply stupid move to do so.]

It's a good idea. You should go further with it.

[terriblepurpose]

[The reference to the Sanctuary brings the first troubled look out of Paul, his brows drawing together and mouth thinning at the name of the place where Palamedes and Viktor focus the majority of their research efforts. He's kept an eye on it, as he keeps an eye on most of the things that go on in Trench, but he hasn't approached the Sanctuary proper yet, despite the overlap.

Chara can see why, now. He watches them scan his notes with his arms draped loosely over his knees, debating whether to reveal their falsehood now, or to see what Chara makes of them first.

Curiosity wins out. (That's part of his problem.)]

It's an exploration of a different approach to the same idea. [A mild explanation, given what's described in those notes.] Not every Beast reacts the same way to set stimuli.

As for further...I'm working towards it, but I'd like to know - what do you mean by that?