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[promittere]

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[promittere]

[ There's a long pause before the bloodied man on the grass says or does anything in response to Khun's question. He moves his head, but only so he's not speaking into the dirt. ]

...Victor...Byron...

[lighthaus]

Got it.

So Victor Byron, do you have anything to say for yourself?

[promittere]

It was my fault... It was my fault...

[ Muttered, through pain and gritted teeth, into the dirt. ]

I knew it...but I couldn't live with it...

[lighthaus]

What was?

[promittere]

The explosion...

[ ... ]

I wasn't careful and tripped the defenses... All my men died... And when I learned all the sage's wizards vanished at the same time, I...

I...

[dyingtohealyou]

I knew it.

[impacter]

[An easy scapegoat for his emotional troubles, then.

What a pity, that it came to this.]

[fellheart]

[ oh, spare him the pity party. ]

[lighthaus]

I see.

Who's been handing out pieces of the moon?

[promittere]

[ This gets him to turn his head in whatever awkward direction he can to try and get a better look at Khun. He probably can't actually see him, though. ]

Pieces of the moon?

[lighthaus]

They're like manastones but they have dangerous side effects.

[ actually just checking, this robot doesn't have any, does it? ]

You're not the first mess we've dealt with over the past few months, and the rest of them had that in common.

[promittere]

[ The robot, in fact, does not have any inside! Just used up mana stones.

Victor groans in pain. ]

I don't know anything about that... [ Blood continues to pool beneath him. ] But maybe...there might've been one in the lab...

[lighthaus]

[ you know if this guy bleeds out before everyone can make a decision, that solves that pretty neatly. khun because he's terrible, will not voice this. ]

Sure. [ he can guess that there might have been one because Murr Hart. ]

So then all of this tonight was just you, acting on your own?

[promittere]

You—

[ His fingers curl aggressively into the dirt, and he chokes out another groan. ]

One of you told the general what I did...and I lost my job...! You got me fired...!

[ Weakly, he pounds his fist on the ground. ]

I couldn't take it...!

[fellheart]

[ oh, so it wasn't a plausible deniability thing?

have you considered not doing headass things in foreign territory like you apparently have without your commanding officers' approval first? no? (not) understandable, have a nice evening.

also like, was that one off line about your men just an afterthought? sure sounds like you care about your job more than them, lmaaaaaao ]

[lighthaus]

Did we? That's unfortunate. [ do you see this innocent face? this face would not tell a lie or feel any guilt at looking this man straight in the face even if he's just been called out as the raison d'etre (not that many people know this, but still~). been there done that, will continue to do that, etc etc!

man the general still owes him a drink...

also, as much as he could wheedle this guy for talking about his job problems at a BALL he won't. please praise him for the mercy he's decided to show actually he chooses not to because he knows this type will just get distracted ]

Though that wasn't a direct answer to my question.

[promittere]

[Even with Bruno's healing magic, the man is incredibly crabby.]

Does it even matter? All of my hard work and it just amounts to nothing...

[Why won't anyone feel bad for him?????]

[divineth]

[Ah. Good gods this whole series of events is a mess from start to finish.]

[mirristry]

[Just kind of. Clearing his throat over here.]

Perhaps... we should heal him at least somewhat...

[impacter]

[Mmm yeah he's on Phil's side here.]

So long as he stays restrained. There's no need to let him bleed out right this second.

[foresightis2020]

[ Somehow, he is literally unsurprised at hearing the man attempt to blame others for his mistakes.

Again. ]

[leewards]

Aah? Now you're saying it's because you lost work?

Pathetic. Always money and prestige with your sort, isn't it?

[dyingtohealyou]

[OH SO IT'S KHUN'S FAULT. COOL.]

[fullspbar]

[ ...Tried killing them all because he got fired. Damn.

Somehow, he feels he should be surprised, but he isn't. Everybody else's fault but his own, right. ]

[shadowkin]

Ehh, did that happen? That’s too bad.

[It’s insincere as heck but mostly because he’s already bored with this guy, he’s like the worst dropout delinquent in the world that somebody then stuffed into a robot. Mech pilots should be cooler than this!! This is an affront to the giant robot genre!! Sighhhh.

He does sigh out loud.]

Were you trying to keep it hush-hush or something? Doesn’t sound like you did a good job there either, I’m just saying...