TEST DRIVE #6

[fairyfoes]

TEST DRIVE MEME

Considering apping to EACHDRAIDH? Why not give the setting a test run here! OPTIONAL SCENARIOS 01. ARRIVING IN THE DRABWURLD. The Seelie and Unseelie courts welcome you with mirthful revelry and hearty food. After you have been briefed on your purpose here, you will find an endless feast and a night filled with entertainment to placate your concerns. Mingle with new arrivals, sneak down the castle halls and make sure your eyes are always on your glass; fairies and imps have no bias when it comes to tricks! 02. THE STATION. Looking for a little slice of home? The Station gives you all that and more. Take advantage of the wifi, have a cup of fairy-brewed coffee (the one they didn't spit in) or sit back and relax on the patio. You can even move your things into one of the available rooms! 03. WILDCARD. Your own scenario! Explore the Drabwurld or simply take advantage of your Locket!

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[aslandish]

[ There truly isn't any better way to explain in than a fundamental difference in who and what they are. A Heroic Spirit Gilgamesh may be, but a man driven by selfishness does not create with his own to hands. He claims, and he conquers, believes he owns everything, and it encompasses all that he is.

Aslan, perhaps, is not so different in that aspect. However, his approach to Kingship is that of a Creator. He does not desire a world under his heel or material possessions, however grand. His is a love for life and for people, not objects or high ideals.

He'll not repeat himself, but perhaps he can offer perspective. ]

What would you have given to keep the life of your friend?

[babbylon]

[Well, no answer counts as answer enough in itself. He won't press, not out of any inherent respect for the matter but out of inherent dislike for wastes of his time. And this conversation is beginning to feel like a waste.

Then Aslan has go bringing up him again, and the resulting wave of aggravation would've knocked any lesser creature off their feet. With Aslan, the displeasure will only be felt through that rise in temperature in the air, the subtle curl of his lip. He treads dangerous ground now.

But Gilgamesh does reply, after a time.]

I would have given nothing. I would have taken everything, from those whom I harbor no mercy for, and those whom I would put to the blade for their crimes. So vividly I would spill their blood and claim their heads that the ground beneath would flood red forever, and the sun itself would never shine again upon that desecrated land.

[He can put his own perspective no better way.]

[aslandish]

[ Indeed, he does tread dangerous ground, but it is a point that must be made. Aslan listens to his answer, accepts it without so much as blinking an eye.

The words hang in the air for a moment before Aslan answers the other's question. ]

I long for no treasure, Gilgamesh, because my treasure is the world and those who live within it.

That which was Nothing, a cold darkness before light was brought forth and the first living things were made. I would not see it burned or desecrated, by my will or any others'.

[ He lets those words sink in for a moment before finishing his thought. ]

My enemies have all fallen but not by a vengeful hand.

[babbylon]

Hn.

[Not an ounce of insecurity or insincerity in this beast. Not like Saber, who clings to her bloody sword on that bloody hill and would claim she lives and dies for her people, who have all but left her behind in her callousness.

Gilgamesh brushes past Aslan and, for a moment, considers snapping his neck, just to see if it would bend like any other lion's. But words are weighing heavy on his mind and distracting him from what would've otherwise been a violently indignant response. He refrains.]

Idealism, soft-heartedness, and purpose only onto itself... I cannot condone these actions. I cannot spare the lives of thieves or traitors. As King, this is not the path I walk.

[But... he glances over his shoulder.]

I have only one friend in this life, and any other. In defense of that life, and honoring the sacrifice made on my behalf, none shall be spared.

[aslandish]

[ He is certain, and he is sure. All he does, Aslan commits to with every fiber of his being, and this is no different. ]

Walk your path, Gilgamesh.

[ Again, a statement without judgement. The conversation draws to a close, and there are others he must see. ]

Time will tell what comes of it here.

[ Aslan rises, and it seems in only a few quiet steps, he melts away into the night. ]