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Video; Dec 3rd; both courts

Good day.

I'm afraid a mistake has been made. As I understand it, it's the Seelie court which should seek my loyalty, and yet I have found myself among the Unseelie. I intend no offence to members of either court, nor disloyalty to the court I have been placed with, yet it is a perplexity. Simply put, I am left to wonder if this was indeed the intent and there has been no confusion, or if my own confusion is sound. It's...troubling, for reasons I apologise for not detailing.

Similarly, I'm looking for a friend, most likely among the Seelie, if present. He's about seventeen, Japanese, and you'll know him for a foolish innocence and investment in justice. Better still, being terribly easily flustered.

[Giving a name would be better, and it does make it apparent this friend is his Master, to anyone in the know, but it is still even just a little bit safer to keep Tatsumi's name secret. He can't jeopardise the boy's safety.]

Ah, one more thing. I'm a doctor, therefore if anyone is ever in need of medical attention, I am always available, particularly for those outside the courts who may not have access to their infirmaries. I should note, however, my practice may not be up-to-date for some. Although I do promise I don't suck. [He laughs lightly.] -That's right, a name would be helpful, wouldn't it? I suppose it's best to continue with Berserker for now, although I am aware there is another by the name. If that name holds meaning to you, I believe it's important we speak. Perhaps more privately.

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Don't be ridiculous.

[ This has to be the other one. She really does prefer the one she met first, so far. ]

Why would you think you belong there over here?

[He pauses for a moment. That girl, what was her name? How rude it is that he seems to have forgotten. But then, that should be Hyde's fault instead.]

For being more suited to the ideals. Order and chivalry, laws and regulations. Those ideals are mine as well, something I have always devoted myself to.

You know very well why you're here over there, I should think.

[ Supposedly he's not unaware, anyway. ]

Chivalry. Silly human rules of conduct. Right? Why follow those?

...That should have no bearing on my own suitability. Or at least, my own qualities should outweigh those.

[It wouldn't be correct to say they're not the same person, but still, he is more Jekyll than Hyde, isn't he?]

Yes, rules of conduct is exactly the way to put it. Propriety keeps societies alive, it does good for all people. I conduct myself so for it is the right thing to do.

Why?

[ Do explain!!! But she shrugs at the next part. ]

I doubt it's a requirement to have none of that to be here. I don't think it really matters which "here" you're in. It's rather ridiculous to complain about such a thing in such a manner, because of that.

You mistake my intent. I do not mean to complain, only to be certain there has been no mistake. To be frank, as it stands I have no intention to fight for either court. Certainly most should hold mingling ideals, but you see, mine are particularly strong.

As to your question, I am more myself than him.

I have met very few who have professed a desire to fight this war for them.

[ So she's not really questioning that part, as such. Just why it matters where he ended up, although this answer is enough to explain it. ]

So you're concerned about being here because you think your other half belongs here more, and you do not like that that consideration won out in your placement. That's acceptable.

[ more so than complaining ]

Precisely. I do not wish to be held to the same standards as he, or at all associated, though certainly in some ways I must. Rather, why should his qualities be taken into greater consideration than my own? He is the parasite, not I.

He was interesting to talk to.

[ That is to say that she liked him just fine, haha... ]

How is he a parasite, Berserker?

It was myself and myself alone for the better part of a lifetime, before a severe mistake on my part gave life to him. He exists only within me, stealing what he requires to survive. Lying dormant in fear, whether of myself, or others. That is certainly a parasite's existence. Moreover, I would advise you against associating with him. Both for your own sake and mine.

He can't kill me. [ Literally no one can. And if they could she would be...happy...so.............. ]

And I care little about anything else. So for my sake it hardly matters.

[Oh. He regards Shijima with a more open curiosity. It doesn't seem that she's looking down on his strength, rather that she is somehow immortal. What a terrible existence that would be.]

That is far from the sole reason he should be avoided. Murder is not at all his only hobby, though it is certainly the most prevalent. Furthermore, to be associated with a man who conducts himself so could lead to your name being dragged through the mud as well, and he would gladly allow it, for his own security.

I don't care about my name. I didn't mind speaking to him because he was interesting, and he agreed to tell me if he heard anything interesting. It isn't as though there's anything more to it than that. If he becomes boring or if he annoys me, I'll deal with it accordingly.

[ But she doesn't see any point in being cautious. ]

Suit yourself, then. I couldn't, in good conscience, allow you to without warning. Although for myself, I would still prefer you didn't. Yet there's little I can do about that.

[Actually, it's strange, he's never spoken to someone who's had a real conversation with Hyde. Only his own friends who exchanged a few words and got the brush off.]

[ Shijima meanwhile is only talking to this Berserker because she liked the other one............

Her taste in conversation partners is questionable at best. ]

Prefer I didn't speak to him? Tell him things? Both?

[Shijima why]

Both, now that I think about it. My intent was more on the end of speaking to him - encouraging him. However, there are surely pieces of information which would be dangerous left in his hands.

How do you plan to keep such things from him? Bite anyone who tries to tell you anything of use?

[ He'd said she could just talk to the nicer Berserker if she wanted, after all, since he remembers stuff. ]

I think that person will carry on as he likes with or without encouragement, by the by.

I'm entirely aware that he requires no encouragement, yes. But he is all the more likely to come to existence if you become associated with whatever it is he considers to be a good thing. When you are around, that is.

Unfortunately something along those lines is the only option I have. Until I can be rid of him, I am unable to trust anything to myself.

You mean that he will come out to speak to me more if he feels like I am worth speaking to?

[ SHE...HAS ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM WITH THAT, sorry she has sympathy for neither side of the argument over your body, bro. ]

Yes. Which you can see is an issue for me.

[But he's starting to see that, clearly she doesn't much care, at least not for him, perhaps for Hyde, although even that seems like quite the stretch. More indifference than anything. And for that reason, his face falls.]

Although I'm sure you won't listen to that either.

I don't particularly care which of you I speak to, no.

[ Well, maybe she liked talking to Hyde a hair more???? She doesn't dislike Jekyll or anything, though. ]

It doesn't seem like it's anything to do with me.

--No, you're right, of course. Forgive me my trespasses, I shouldn't have made any attempt to involve you.

[It's an immediate reaction of worry. Although really he was trying to disinvolve her? Well.]

You were sort of doing the opposite. And it makes sense you would do. But it doesn't seem like something I need to be concerned over. How did you get stuck with an alternate you, anyway?

[ That sounds interesting. And is largely why she's interested in Berserker, tbh. ]

Did it have to do with dying?

[He sighs. Since she knows about their struggle already, and has agreed to keep that quiet, it can't be terrible to indulge the question...]

You mustn't speak of it, of course. It was a mistake, a scientific experiment which did not work quite as intended. Rather, more the opposite.

[ She has, at that. And she really will keep her word, frivolous though she seems at times. ]

What would the opposite have been?

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