sirenspull | X. [Video] (As I break hiatus a bit)

[The NV chirrs, signaling its awake state of mind (?) as it records. Its view focuses on Xemnas, who looks...completely healthy in comparison to most who have been affected by the recent plague. In fact, he turns to face the camera, a ghost of a smirk appearing and vanishing all within the second prior to speaking.]

So it continues.

[You all know what he speaks of. It's merely a fact that needs to be stated.]

Most of the city's population has been affected, and the numbers steadily climb. [Arms sweep out to either side of him with an air of aloofness.] But as you can see, I am among those who remain untouched. Perhaps it can even be considered...a "blessing." As various as the effects of this sickness are, I would have expected some of you to have a better chance of immunity.

[He pauses, in profile, letting his gestures become more fluid and grandiose.]

The heart...is a fickle and foolish thing.

How simple, how easy it is for one to be controlled by such feelings – dwelling upon these...emotions...only drive you further into your disease.

...But I suppose some people like to take the masochistic route.

[As soon as he says that, a hand goes up to yield any angered remarks that will come his way. He knows the gesture will do nothing to stop people from saying anything, but he expects it. And he welcomes it.]

Before there are any real words of protest, I'm certain there are a good number of you who are doing well enough. Guiltless...free of this plague. I could not have imagined the complaints and opinions given publicly upon the Network.

[The faintest hint of smugness is seen crossing his features.]

Come now. I cannot be the only one.

[[OOC: I'm going to be missing all weekend due to convention times, so...yeah. I'm good with backtagging if you are.;;]]

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What meaning has talk when there is no evidence to back it up? Words can be as empty as anything else.

[[ooc: <3 8D ]]

And yet what you say is true enough.

[[ <3 ]]

But would you have taken it on my word alone? Or do you accept the judgement of truth merely because I was proactive in proving my initial statement?

You have a different air about you. Therefore I based it solely upon your word. Of course it may change as we continue to speak, but for now this is how I will interpret it.

Perhaps because, as this illness struck, it brought with it apology. People who got sick apologized for doing so. People who didn't apologized for feeling well. [A shrug.] It's wasted breath on their parts, so much effort and emphasis given to something completely ineffective.

I agree. There is too much of that for my tastes. There is no reason to apologize. It does not contribute toward anything productive.

Yet is it one of the first things that those afflicted seem to do. I confess that I have never understood the behavior.

Matters concerning the heart and its emotions are always a mystery. An initial reaction which turns down the more rational steams of thought.

And yet answering its whims have produced some of the greatest advancements, at least in my own world. A curious duality.

Very curious, indeed.

I have wondered if rational thought should not be hailed as a strength more than it is. It is truly disconcerting to see how many choose to ignore it in favor of something as easily manipulated as one's emotions.

Humans relate more toward these concepts. As puzzling as it sounds, its complex simplicity can be expressed thoroughly...should one know how to use it.

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