010 | Accidental Video

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[Vatheon translates everything, so the fact that most of this is in French while he usually speaks in English doesn't matter. Of course, Ky hadn't intended any of this to matter either, because he hadn't deliberately set up his SFC to record. This isn't the kind of thing Ky would usually choose to share, but he's tired. He's been pushing himself as hard as he can, and he's only in his apartment now because he knows he's past the point where he'll do any good on the streets.

He's fully clothed and kneeling on the floor of his room. His SFC sits on his dresser, set up well to show him. Although his words are at first too quiet to get picked up, they grow a little louder.]

-- wounded Your heart. Lord, let me be freed from the bonds of evil through Your unending love so that I may be put back on the path of righteousness. Father, forgive me for what I have been and have mercy upon me.

Lord, keep my parents' souls close to You in Your grace and know that for all the days of my life which I have been given by Your love, I will pray for them. Please forgive them for their sins, bless them, and allow them to dwell always with You.

Please help us to catch this murderer. Let no more people be hurt or harmed by them, and allow those who have suffered already to be healed and be held close by those who love them. Give us the strength and wisdom to carry out Your divine will and ensure that justice prevails for all of Your creation. Let those sacrifices which have been made not go in vain.

O Holy Spirit, take me as Your disciple. Guide me, illuminate me, and make me worthy of Your gifts. Bind my hands that they may do no evil; open my eyes so that I may see the world clearly around me; strengthen my heart that evil may not dwell within me. I am Your humble servant Lord. Where You lead, I will follow; where there is darkness I will bring Your light; where there is temptation I will overcome it. Command me in Your strength and lead me to the fullness of Your truth.

I ask this in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Amen.

[He's just going to kneel there for a moment, the plan is to do so until he gathers up the emotional and physical strength to get ready for sleep.]

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[beauchevalier]

You are of the faith, good sir? Your prayer reminds me of the priests back home.

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[closedcircuit]

[Was he--

Ky glances aside for a moment to gather his composure before he picks up the SFC and settles to sit on the bed.]

I am.

I'm sorry, I didn't intend to make anyone see that.

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[not_heavens_adam]

[Johnny's smile is sincere and kind as he watches Ky. It had been a while since he'd witnessed anything like this, Chris had never really wanted Johnny around when he was praying.

The thing that strikes him the most is that he can tell it was in French. He hadn't heard his native language out of someone else's mouth in a longer amount of time than the last time he'd heard a prayer. It made him nostalgic.]

May the Lord bless you and keep you.
May His face shine upon you and be gracious to you.
May He look upon you with kindness, and give you His peace.

[Easily, the vampire slipped into old habits, saying the blessing in French as well.]

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[closedcircuit]

[Ky stares at Johnny's face on SFC for a moment, and then he nods. He's not sure why this is coming back in French -- none of the other responses did. Still, he'll stick with it now, and give Johnny a tentative smile back.]

Thank you. It's a kind intention of yours.

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[keepsthefire]

[Rin had finally gotten Alister to go back to sleep again. The past few days had been hell, to say the least, even with Ratchet and Yukio's help. The drugs were out of his system and he was slowly coming back to something resembling consistent lucidity, but it didn't always last. Nightmares and fits were making recovery slow, and after what Asakura had said in the kitchen Rin was reluctant to let anyone else get involved. Sure he trusted Bon and Maka, but really... did they need to get wrapped up in such a difficult situation?

So he had laid down and was scrolling through his SFC when he came across the accidental posting. He almost said something right off to Ky, that his communicator was on, but he stopped when he recognized what he was doing.

And he almost said something anyway, until he was hit with a very strange sense of nostalgia, and a distant memory of listening outside the doorway of Shirou's room whenever he was praying. He knew he didn't really believe back then, especially in his teenage years, but there was always something so calming about hearing Shirou's voice. The even cadence, the words coming easy but still so heavy with emotion. Even when Rin was feeling his worst, he could listen to Shirou's prayers and so much of his hatred and anger at the world would float away.

Damnit... he really did miss the old man...

By the end of it, he could feel his eyes burning, and as he spoke his voice was quiet.]

... your... uhm. Your SFC is on, Ky...

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[closedcircuit]

Ahh. Thank you for letting me know.

And I'm sorry, I didn't mean to...impose.

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[420]

[He watches, kind of curiously, head tipped a little. It looks familiar, some of the words even are, even if it isn't exactly like anything he has ever seen. But he recognizes worship where he can see it.]

Prayin'?

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[closedcircuit]

Yes, I was.

I'm sorry, it was supposed to be private.

[He's recovering for the moment, and he really hopes he hadn't offended anyone with it.]

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[coolerthansora]

[This is something Roxas has never seen before, and while he gets the feeling he wasn't meant to see it... it's also kind of fascinating.]

...are you talking to a god?

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[closedcircuit]

[...Ky feels too tired to point out that it's not 'a god', it's the one and only God. It would likely just end in an argument, and there are important things that demand his energy.]

Mine, yes.

I'm sorry it was broadcast, I didn't intend it to be.

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[nos_servabit]

[He listens, and then quietly adds, in smooth Latin:]

Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.

["Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen."]

...Religion plays a big part in your life, doesn't it?

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[closedcircuit]

[Ky lets his eyes close as he listens to the prayer, lips moving along by the time Jacob got a couple words into it.]

I couldn't see it not. It helps me too much.

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[detectiveprincess]

[Her voice is soft, but still carries the male tone she chooses to use until she is found out by all.]

A prayer of guidance and protection. In times like these, one would agree that it is needed. Even people of the uniform feel the need for prayer.

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[closedcircuit]

[A wry smile as he considers that, and then...]

My uniform is of the Sacred Order of Holy Knights. But I think I know what you mean.

[Voice]

[chosen_gigolo]

[Zelos has started to dread what he'll see when checking the network, but the sight of Ky saying his prayers before bed is somehow comforting despite the memories it stirs up.

Dear Goddess Martel, please watch over Mother and Father...]

Hey, your SFC's on.

[Dear Goddess Martel, please watch over Mother and let her feel better...

The feed buzzes softly with the air through the room, betraying that it's still open despite Zelos not talking.

Dear Goddess Martel, please let Seles come live with me so I don't have to be alone...

His voice is soft when he speaks again, none of his usual sardonicism present in the quiet murmur. It's a simple, honest question.]

Ky, how do you know if your god is listening?

[Dear Goddess Martel...]

[Voice]

[closedcircuit]

[It's on the tip of his tongue to apologize, especially to Zelos, who Ky knows doesn't...appreciate Ky's religiousness. But instead he stays silent, and is glad of it when Zelos speaks again, because that doesn't seem like a confrontation.

It seems like an honest question.]

If you mean 'know', then I don't, strictly speaking.

I have to have faith that He is because He always is, because He's God.

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[aim_exorable]

Amen.

I apologize that I can do no more than that. I have found a few different bibles while at my job, but I am still not much versed in them.

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[closedcircuit]

That's more than I expected.

Aah, thank you.

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[zelda_hylia]

[When Ky had first gone on about his religion months back now, Zelda made a point of reading the bible. Not all of its messages were bad in her opinion, and there's one that it seems Ky might need to hear right now. A passage from... Peter, was it? It's something she desperately wants to do in regards to her own goddesses, but after what she's learned from Ghirahim, she feels like she can't.]

"Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you." ...wasn't it? I am sure

[A slight pause, then she chooses to not say "your"]

God wishes for you to lean on him right now. Rest, Ky. We will find this monster.

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[closedcircuit]

[He tenses when he first sees Zelda on the SFC, expecting her to chastise him for having let this be broadcast, or maybe for praying the way that he is in the first place.

Which is why startled eyes look back at her for a moment, before he nods, slowly.]

Th-thank you.

[He really isn't sure what else to say for a moment.]

We have to.

[Rest is hard in that context, but he runs out of energy at some point.]

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[bufudine]

[Before... before with Yami, Serph didn't know what a prayer was. He couldn't contribute words to the prayers that had been sent to the Great Sun Dog, though his heart was still there. But he can recognise this as a prayer, even though it's much longer than the one Ky had recited for him; there's something about prayers that make them recognisable.

But Serph only knows one prayer, and it's the prayer that Ky had given him upon his return to Vatheon that Serph repeats, voice quiet, tone sombre.]

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[closedcircuit]

You don't need to feel obligated to contribute, if you don't wish to. I wasn't trying to solicit anything.

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[bootsweremadeforcasting]

[Jade listens as he sits quietly in his own room, a small, faint buzzing noise going as he himself stays quiet. there's a small device in his hand as Ky speaks on reverently. Whether it was out of respect or just curiosity that kept Jade quiet as of now wasn't clear.

When he finishes, Jade's curiosity got the better of him.]

To which deity do you pray?

{Voice}

[closedcircuit]

[Ky shrugs, but a question is a question and it's a straightforward enough one.]

To the One God that I believe in: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

[sorcery_fledgling]

A... prayer? A long one.

[closedcircuit]

Ah, yes.

I didn't mean it to overheard by anyone on...the devices. I was just...trying to get my thoughts in order, and talk to God.