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Post by Makai Remnants on Sept 28, 2013 16:17:38 GMT -6
She nodded solemnly, "Oh...I see..." She really didn't know what she could say to him, how she might be able to provide any comfort. She hated not knowing what to do or say. All of this was too new, too strange.
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Post by Jun Yamagatana on Sept 28, 2013 16:23:15 GMT -6
Jun tried to relax. It wasn't like him to get so worked up. Although it had been a terrible day and his father could be a bit of a sore subject. His father had always been disappointed with his lack of motivation even as he praised his abilities. And he was a harsh teacher. Mistakes weren't forgivable. He made it quiet clear that a single mistake could lead to death, his or someone else's.
"I think you're more like your father than you realize, Jun. You just handle it differently," Uriel said with confidence.
"No, I'm nothing like him and that's fine. I don't want to be like him."
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Post by Makai Remnants on Sept 28, 2013 16:24:26 GMT -6
"It's good to be at least a little like our parents," she commented, "I think it shows the world where we've come from, if nothing else..."
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Post by Jun Yamagatana on Sept 28, 2013 16:37:25 GMT -6
"What does it matter if we show where we come from? Even if people can't see it our whole existence is shaped by where we were born. We are given roles to play and we have little choice but to play them."
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Post by Makai Remnants on Sept 28, 2013 16:41:09 GMT -6
"We can break the roles we were meant to play," she said, "We can escape what anyone wanted us to do, because we have will, we're our own individual people."
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Post by Jun Yamagatana on Sept 28, 2013 16:45:21 GMT -6
Jun smiled and it looked casual and relaxed despite the pain it cost him. "I can't escape. I have responsibilities and obligations, people who are relying on me to protect them. And I have a family name I'm supposed to preserve. No, I really have no choice. My fate was decided the moment I was born."
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Post by Makai Remnants on Sept 28, 2013 16:55:35 GMT -6
"Is it like that in your world?" she asked him, "I imagine everyone born to parents like yours are doomed to be a Knight or something for life?"
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Post by Jun Yamagatana on Sept 28, 2013 17:02:27 GMT -6
Jun laughed so hard he started choking. Eventually he got some water down and breathed normally. "Thank you for that, Rui-chan," he said gratefully. "Maybe you do understand." He'd never heard someone use the word doomed in connection with Makai Knights. But that was how Jun had always felt. Trapped. Doomed to forever play the role of a Makai Knight until his death.
Uriel was right that technically Jun could have run away but how could he? People were depending on him. His family was depending on him. It wasn't like just anyone could be a Makai Knight. It had to be him. Jun needed to be the one to inherit Dan. No one else could.
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Post by Makai Remnants on Sept 28, 2013 17:06:35 GMT -6
"I don't think I'll ever truly understand," she told him.
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Post by Jun Yamagatana on Sept 28, 2013 17:11:33 GMT -6
"So you don't think feeling trapped or doomed makes me an awful person? You don't think I should feel privileged to be a Makai Knight?"
He wasn't sure why her opinion mattered so much to him but it did. No one had ever told him that his bitter or resentful feelings were acceptable. No one had said 'Or course you feel that way. You're human. It's only natural.' Instead everyone had ridiculed him for his lack of motivation. It was a great honor to be a Makai Knight. Blah blah blah...
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Post by Makai Remnants on Sept 28, 2013 17:13:54 GMT -6
"I think it's probably an honor to be one," she told him, "But ultimately, it's up to you to decide if you like having this path or not."
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Post by Jun Yamagatana on Sept 28, 2013 17:25:53 GMT -6
"I never seriously considered running away. I decided a long time ago that I would follow my father's work and his father's before that. But I never did agree to completely like it. And there are some things I choose for myself."
Jun smiled. "My 'mundane magic tricks' as they've been coined...I chose that. That's my hobby, something I choose to practice, something that has no relevance to my responsibilities at all. It's very precious to me."
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Post by Makai Remnants on Sept 28, 2013 17:34:52 GMT -6
"It's always good to have something like that to fall back on," she said, "Especially if you don't really enjoy having to do this line of work."
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Post by Jun Yamagatana on Sept 28, 2013 17:42:08 GMT -6
"It's not really something I can fall back on. It's just a matter of how I spend my very limited free time. I'm under no delusions that anything will come of it. I enjoy it and it can make others happy. That's enough."
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Post by Grey on Sept 28, 2013 17:46:01 GMT -6
"Sorry, that's what I meant," she said, "Bad choice of words on my part..."
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