towerofanimus | A Thousand Ways To Say "I'm Sorry."

Characters: Diarmuid Ua Duibhne (Zero Lancer), the list of people he feels he has to apologize to after the experiment, and anyone else who runs into him around the tower looking quite a bit worse for the wear...
Setting: Anywhere in the tower
Format: Whatever you want to use. I will match.
Summary: After the experiment, Diarmuid finally gets around to dropping off a bunch of letters to the people he feels he needs to apologize to. He is also spending too much time fighting monsters and trying to make sure everyone in the tower is safe. Even for a servant, he's starting to not look so go. Stop him? Be saved by him? Save him?
Warnings: Angst? Derpiness? Updated to add: Clowns! Beware the clowns... Oh and blood, violence and death. Yep, both Lancers are going to bite it in here...
Note: The letters may be ignored or responded to as the character's muns see fit. I know not every character is going to care that Diarmuid feels like he needs to apologize. He's going to do it anyway cause that's how he is.

[Maybe it's because Diarmuid's old-fashioned or maybe it's just because he wants to see the letters delivered to a place that he knows the recipients will find them, but despite the new mail system, today many people within the tower will find a note or small gift sitting on their bed when they next stop by their room. If they don't spend much time in their room, they will instead find the note waiting for them in whatever place they spend the most time.]

Catarina:

Catarina's note is folded into the shape of a rose. The outside 'petals' have even been tinted red. Once unfolded, the note simply reads:

Lady, I hope your necklace turned up safely after the experiment ended. --Diarmuid

Zelda:

Lady, we met under...non-ideal circumstances. I hope that our future encounters will be far more pleasant. If you need another warrior in the fight against those who keep us here and you are willing to trust me after everything, my blade is yours. --Diarmuid Ua Duibhne

Mami:

Mami's note is folded into the shape of a rose with its 'petals' tinted yellow. Beside the note will be the small jar of tea he got from Lambdadelta. It's suppose to taste like Earl Gray with rose petals and white chocolate, but he hasn't tried it to find out accurate that description is.

Mami, I don't know how to begin to apologize to you for what I have done. Please take this gift as a small sign of how sorry I am. I will understand if you don't wish to speak with me again. However, I would like to try and continue to make things up to you. May I have that chance? --Diarmuid

Hidetoshi:

If you want, I can teach you how to skin a deer... --Diarmuid Ua Duibhne

Rin:

Rin's note is folded into the shape of a rose. Its 'petals' are red, though the edges have been blackened.

Lady, may we talk? I have much to say to you. --Diarmuid

Shotaro:

Are you all right? I never wanted to hurt you. Tell me how to make it up to you. --Diarmuid Ua Duibhne

Suzaku:

Since they never exchanged names, it takes a long time for Diarmuid to track down Suzaku, but his determination finally wins out.

We...need to talk. I was unforgivably rude to you, though I have every reason to believe the things you told me about your past were true. You cannot become like I did. I won't allow it. --Diarmuid Ua Duibhne

The Endless Witch:

I have not forgotten that I owe you a favor... --Diarmuid Ua Duibhne

Aleph:

It takes a while to track down who Aleph is since they never exchanged names, but fortunately for Diarmuid, there aren't a lot of demon summoners in the tower.

We should hunt them again soon... --Diarmuid Ua Duibhne

[After delivering his notes, Diarmuid returns to what he has been busying himself with ever since the experiment ended--making sure everyone is safe from the monsters and floors in the tower. With all the new floors that have just shown up, he has plenty of places to be in too. The problem is, he is taking no time to rest and not eating. While servants really don't need to eat or sleep, with as much energy as he is expending fighting monsters day and night, he really should be because otherwise, it's only going to be a matter of time before he runs into something he can't handle...]

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[ Oh no, Diamuid, did you never learn anything? If you tell a kid they can't have something, they'll just want it more and throw a tantrum until they get it.. ]

Ah, you wouldn't..? Kyahaha, I guess we'll have to see about that then!

[His eyes narrow again.]

It would be a waste for both of us.

[And hell for him, not that Diarmuid is foolish enough to say that.]

You may think it would be amusing now, but I suspect the novelty would wear off very quickly.

Hmm, hmm~!

[ Her tone is very much like a kid that's not listening to what a parent or teacher is telling them. ]

Whatever you say! You'll see that I always get what I want, one way or another.

You do not want me!

[There is something frustrated and almost desperate in his voice.]

I have done nothing but fail my past masters, and I would only do the same to you because you will expect from me things I cannot do. Don't waste your time!

... [ Sure, she can hear that desperate side in his tone, but.. seriously, his arguments just throw her off for a moment. Is he trying to get her to stop by trying to convince her it's not what she wants? She knows plenty what she wants! ]

Wha-t, you're telling me you're concerned for me? It's not like you care what I want or don't want, right?

[Diarmuid sighs in frustration, turning to take a few steps away from her before he says something he regrets.

After a few moments, he finally turns back to her.]

What I care about is avoiding trouble where it can be avoided and this will only lead to trouble. Isn't there already enough trouble in the tower as it is?

Hmm~..? I'm pretty sure it won't lead to trouble for me, you know! [ She seems awfully confident of that fact, despite what he says. ]

Honestly, Lady, it's not you I'm worried about. It's everyone else. And...

It's me...

[Diarmuid might not know everything, but he's no fool, and he's starting to really fear where this conversation is going. She usually doesn't stay focused on something this long--at least in his few experiences with her--unless she really wants it. And if she really wants him...

...he might have no choice but to fall even farther as a knight and actually refuse the favor he promised her. He can't let her use him to hurt or upset others. That would be even more dishonorable than breaking his word would be. Everyone has told him to take his time choosing a new master and they are right. Diarmuid can't let her force him to chose when he knows it will be such a bad match. Not even if it costs him what little honor he has remaining.]

[ Maybe part of her realises it, that he won't do that even if she asks. But she'll get him to that point somehow, she figures - sooner or later sometime the tower will do something to break him. And then she will gleefully be right there.

But for now-- ]

S-o-.. what about that favor then, huh? You understand what I want now, right? [ She giggles, apparently completely unconcerned about him being worried about himself and other people. ]

[His eyes narrow angrily and there is a warning in his voice.]

I will only tell you once. If you are thinking of asking what I think you are, do not.

[ Warnings are something Evatrice has never paid heed to. Another part of her childishness, really, but she just grins michievously before she just says -- ]

The favor I ask of you is to become my Servant!

No!

[The word is snarled. Normally, breaking a promise would be much harder than that, but he's had a few minutes to brace himself, and he had warned her. He had warned her.

Of course, later it will hit him. The dishonor and shame will tear at his heart and soul, but for now his anger is enough to keep those feelings at bay.]

You I will not slave myself to!

[ Normally she'd be disappointed.

But this time she already saw the answer coming. Not to mention she's already set herself on trying it in the future, when he's broken - it's just a matter of time before he'll give in, as far as she's concerned. And until that time she'll watch gleefully.

But for now -- ]

Ah, how tragic.. breaking a promise to a woman, huh? [ She grins, though, as if she isn't really disappointed. She's more just trying to rub this part in. ] We-ll, then I guess my business here is over for now!

[ She's already turning to leave, in fact. ]

I didn't say I wouldn't still do you a favor. It just will not be that one.

[His eyes flash in anger, though his voice has calmed slightly.]

I did mention at the beginning of this conversation to consider well what you asked.

Think harder.

That's the favor I want. Nothing else.

[ She glances back at him for a moment as she says it, but then she just continues walking, waving her hand a little in a dismissive sort of gesture, as if she doesn't care what else he has to say about it.

After all, after a few steps she vanishes into golden butterflies, gone for now. ]

Edited 2013-03-03 19:34 (UTC)

A Thousand Ways To Say "I'm Sorry."

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Nope...he never does learn. LOL!

AHAHAHA HE REALLY DOESN'T.. i apologize to him..

Bah, what for? He deserves it. LOL!

AHAHA BUT I FEEL SORRY FOR HIM.. he's too nice for this!

Has she realized she could use her 'favor' to ask him to be her servant?

yes, it's why she's trying to pull as much information out of him as possible right now..

LOL! Figured as much!

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