Infighting Week Two

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Characters: any character participating in the Infighting event
Setting: pods, week two of the event
Format: any
Summary: All week two Infighting event threads should go in here, to keep things organized.
Warnings: horror, trauma, experiment results, impossible geometry, cabin fever

[Week Two Information]
[Week One]
Dax's Pod
Riki's Pod
Jason's Pod
End of Week Two

Comments

[notagiraffe]

[The moment Kuja spoke Taiki's concentration stopped, it was silly anyways because Kuja wasn't a demon and couldn't be bound. Tears filled his eyes and he nodded.] He was... is my friend.

[He was still alive, which was a good thing, Taiki hoped he was okay back with the others alone, and that Eridan could help him.]

Kuja is a manipulative jerk, news at 11

[fallen_stage]

[Kuja looked away, face pained with (false) guilt. How inconvenient... oh well, if it was only tears for a friendship, Kuja could deal with this.]

I'm sorry... I was thinking of the longterm goals and didn't think about how it would affect everyone else. I just... I saw him miserable on the first day, and even if this pod isn't as bad as the others, I didn't want him to suffer with us for longer than he had to.

Still, I won't vote anymore. I know it might seem too late, but I want you to believe that.

[notagiraffe]

[Taiki was trying not to think of the long term goals, because he couldn't see any way... no path was open that did not involve people being hurt and killed. He tried to stifle his tears, not angry anymore because the man seemed sorry.]

He... He doesn't trust people very easily... he thinks they will hurt him because his king did...

[Taiki knew that Ventus' king was very different than a King from the twelve kingdoms but it still made him sad, sadder actually. But Taiki had been trying to help him... but then he had been killed because someone voted for him...]

He was just scared... He shouldn't have been killed for that... sorry...

[fallen_stage]

[Damn, they really didn't need someone with trust issues when their group needed cohesion the most. Not that Kuja's gonna say something so bold. Instead, he keeps his sad, troubled face on.]

Oh no.... I've made a horrible mistake, then! If I had but known...

[He covers his face with a hand, a picture of silent grief.]

Voting was a mistake, one they wanted me to do! I'm so sorry...

[notagiraffe]

It's okay... [It was an awful thing to do, but he looked so sad and they had told them to vote... Maybe he hadn't been here long, didn't know how awful things could be] It's okay... you just... shouldn't do it again because... no one should be hurt...

[fallen_stage]

[Yes, Kuja is the very image of contriteness.]

It isn't, but... no, I certainly won't vote again. Even if someone asked me to.

[Because right now he doesn't need his reputation damaged. The first vote can be defended; the second? not to much.]

[notagiraffe]

I'm glad... sorry... I know it's hard... And now you know... why you shouldn't do that...

[fallen_stage]

[Kuja will give a strained smile, though he looks deflated.]

Of course. At least with myself out of the voting pool, we can try for some solidarity.

[notagiraffe]

Yes... sorry... [He had been very rude, but he had been sad and angry.] I'm Taiki...

[fallen_stage]

Nice to meet you, Taiki, even if the situation isn't. Please, you have nothing to apologize for; you were only trying to defend another.

[Do-good types always liked to be reassured of their morality. It was their strength, the source of their convictions. Support it, and one can create a bond; destroy it, and you destroy their center.]

My name is Kuja.

[notagiraffe]

No I was rude... I'm sorry... It's nice to meet you Kuja...