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5ᴛʜ sᴇʀᴀᴘʜɪᴍ [ video / open to action / private text ]

[ Shortly after Mithos's (rather one-sided) "fight" against Zelos, Mithos hadn't been seen again for almost a month. That's a long time for almost anyone else, but for someone immortal, it might as well be one day. Finally, however, Mithos' frequency begins picking up signals on the starfish, obviously coming from his room, but it's just... pointing at the ceiling, as if it was left on accidentally. Occasionally, the sound of something 'knocking' can be heard, but it's otherwise really quiet. If you're staring at the screen though, you might notice a flash of blonde hair every now and then. He's obviously in there... in case anyone wants to talk to him. Or force their way into his apartment to talk to him, as the case may be.

I'm looking at you, Kratos. ]

Private Text Message to Colette
[ But there is a text message sent to Colette's starfish. ]

Can we talk? It's important. - Mithos

[ Not a lot to go on, is it? ]

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But it's still not her.

[ That didn't make sense. How could it be Martel, considering everything she's telling him? But... but it was better than Martel being dead, right? Seeing her body floating there, kept alive only by the Great Seed... it was too much to bear sometimes. ]

It's not my sister anymore is it... right?

Well...What do you consider to be her? Her soul's still there.

[It makes sense to her...]

Along with a bunch of other people.

[ He'll accept it... hopefully. ]

[She tilts her head.]

Is that really all that different from her being in someone else's body?

[ That made him glare. ]

You're such a typical human.

[ He then sighs, breaking off the hostility as quickly as it came. ]

It's still her soul in someone else's body. Now, I don't even know if her soul is the same. It could be hers, it could be someone else's... it could be both.

[She frowns slightly, then shakes her head and smiles. She doesn't really consider being called a typical human an insult since it was probably the ones who aren't typical who killed Martel, but Mithos obviously doesn't see it that way.]

I don't think her soul changed much, if at all. But...I don't really know for sure. I don't think anyone will ever know, though she does act like Martel.

[She doesn't think telling him that the tree Mana protects is named Yggdrasill will help anything, so unless he asks that isn't going to be said. Ever.]

It doesn't matter how she acts. You... you're saying her soul is surrounded by a bunch of other souls.

[ He's essentially questioning if Martel is even Martel anymore. If her soul fused with all of these other souls to create a Summon Spirit... can she really still be called Martel now? Is she still his sister, deep down? The question is too much do bare. ]

I just want to know if my sister is still my sister, and not... not something that just looks like her, but isn't.

[...Doesn't her soul change how she acts? If Martel's soul was in Zelos, he'd act like Martel, not like Zelos...

She tilts her head. Depending on her answer, Mithos might explode again...]

Um...Martel is still Martel, but Mana is not just Martel. [She's pretty sure, anyway.]

[ This is so confusing to him! ]

But which is it? Is she Martel, or Mana?

[ His mind just can't process the fact that she might be both. ]

[This is confusing to everyone...]

I think she's both. Martel is still Martel, but she's also a part of Mana now.

[Poor Mithos' mind.]

[ It's still going to take a while to sink in, but he changes the subject for now. ]

You said Sylvarant and Tethe'alla went to war again.

[ He makes what sounds like a mix between a scoff and a sigh. ]

I knew humans couldn't be trusted to get along, even with each other. I kept them separate for a reason.

They aren't getting along, but I don't think you could call it a war. It's not like they're fighting all the time.

[She frowns and shakes her head.] But the separation is part of why they don't get along! Because Tethe'Alla was more advanced, they look down on the people from Sylvarant and the people from Sylvarant really don't like that.

That's exactly my point.

[ Mithos sighs. ]

They think having better technology makes them better than people from Sylvarant, just like having 'pure' blood makes them better than half-elves. They aren't happy unless they feel superior to somebody else. They're hateful by nature.

[Aaaaaaaaah why does talking to him kinda feel like talking to a brick wall sometimes?]

But not all humans are like that! Sure, that's true of some of us, but not everyone! If it's truly human nature to be jealous or hateful, wouldn't it be true of everyone? Or at least most people?

If it wasn't human nature, it wouldn't be happening.

I knew that would happen. That's why I waited so long to reunite the worlds. I didn't want to risk it until I had Martel back.

[No, that's not--She bites her lip and shakes her head.]

That's the same as saying the Desians acted was because that's half-elf nature, and we both know that's not true! [She won't even say anything about the second half of his responses yet.]

The Desians are following orders. Humans are hateful by nature.

[ Totally ignoring her point. At this point, it's just circular logic. ]

[Mithos...Humans were following orders in that ancient war too! Maybe not the one who killed Martel, but he might've been...She opens her mouth to say as much and changes her mind. She doesn't want Mithos to get angry here, less for her sake and more for the sake of the creatures living in the forest.

She inhales and exhales.]

Is that all you wanted to talk about?

[ Mithos quiets down, all of a sudden. He then lowers his eyes to the ground. ]

I miss my sister, Colette.

[She stays quiet for a moment, then offers him her hand.]

I know, Mithos. That's why you started the system of Chosen Ones, right? To get her back.

Yeah. And then it turned out it was nothing but a big waste of time.

[She shakes her head.]

It didn't do what you wanted it to, but I think you gave the people of our world hope with the Church of Martel and the system of Chosen Ones. [They needed a lot of that hope because of the Desians that he also made but...]

I don't care about humans. They don't deserve my help. I only did all of that for my sister.

[ Sorry, Colette... it's going to be a while before he acknowledges he did any good for them, whether he wanted to or not. ]

[She was actually not just talking about humans...but okay!]

I know, but I didn't mean just humans. I know you gave half-elves hope too, though not through the Church of Martel.

They weren't gullible enough to fall for it. They believed in a world free of hatred from humans. And I was going to give it to them one way or another. I just figured the Age of Lifeless Beings was more humane than making them go extinct.

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