eachdraidh | 1st Circuit - Text for Both Courts, Video-locked for Unseelie

[There's probably a better way to do this, but at least he can put out feelers and see what he's working with. Since the decimation of Caer Scima Hiro's been a little more than bitter toward the Seelie and while he doesn't want to have anything to do with any of them, he realizes that as a scientist he needs to gather as much information as possible.]

It's been a long month, hasn't it? I'm not used to any of this. Monsters? Destroying people's castles? It's weird. I was getting ready for class one day and the next I came here and then the fighting started. I think I'm going to fall really, really behind in my homework. Makes me wonder…what do you miss most about home? I can't be the only one who really misses advanced tech (computers, video games, even the old stuff like VCRs would be okay at this point.) And I know, I know, the Station exists but it's not the same. So, what about you guys?

[If he can figure out what people value? Maybe they can use that to their advantage, too.]

[Unseelie Locked]

[Now comes the hard part. With that out of the way the video function of the locket clicks on and it's obvious that the locket's hanging from something in front of Hiro. He's in a room at the Station, ever-recognizable blue hoodie hanging loosely on his frame but the sleeves pushed up to his elbows. More importantly than that? He looks a little nervous.]

…hi. My name is Hiro Hamada. I don't know most of you, but I hope you're listening anyway.

[He pauses and looks to the side, evidently looking at someone else who's in the room with him. Deep breath, Hiro.]

It's not a secret that we lost this battle pretty bad. That's a fact, but I think there's something we can do about it to help recover. I know there are other people that don't know how to really fight, or there are people who can only fight with weapons. What if we could do something more than that?

[Give him a second and he's holding up his hand. It looks as though he might completely freeze up but after a short moment a small fireball appears in the palm of his hand. He wants to put it out immediately, but he pauses long enough to at least look at the locket again.]

I couldn't do this when I first got here. [And the fireball vanishes.] Think about how much stronger we'd be as a court if everybody could wield a couple of spells. Even if it's not something you want to use for offense even picking up a few for defense is better than nothing. I know there're a lot of magic users here but…well, Lemina and I have been working on something pretty cool.

[He's going to lean forward and pick up what looks like a piece of paper with a class list and a list of elemental spells written on it to show the camera.]

The Guild's designed to not only teach people how to unlock their own magic ability but hone it and build up to becoming a better magician. We have a few ideas how to use it to help our side of this war. We're going to start classes soon for anybody who's even kinda curious. [A pause.] Look, I didn't even really believe in magic before I got here and knowing the little bit I learned saved me back there. It'd be really cool if you guys considered it and you can always ask Lemina or me if you have questions.

[Actually…he looks off screen toward where Lemina's sitting.] Maybe we should do that now?

[ooc: This is actually going to be open to both Seelie and Unseelie because of the mage university being started by Tzilan just outside of Redgate. Lemina's been putting up flyers around the Station and Hiro just doesn't realize it and has a very strong bias against the Seelie. You can check out more about said-Guild in the class link above, and you can sign up your character here. As an aside, Lemina will also be teaching classes at said-university on her own, but will be keeping the Guild as something separate. edit: also Lemina might pop into some threads as well!]

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An in-between then. [That's a good way to look at it, too. He's not even sure what he considers Drabwurld yet but he knows there are people here he'll look after in the meantime.]

I don't know if I could ever be a knight. That takes a lot of dedication. [Which, while admirable, is also kind of stupid in his opinion. No more blindly trusting people. People got hurt when you so blindly trusted.] As long as the leader isn't corrupt though. [Like the monarchs may or may not be.]

God placed my King on his throne and I had to trust the divine wisdom in that decision, even if I had my mortal doubts.

[Doubts that were well founded. Doubts that had gotten her killed, if she's fully honest.]

But I believe you must place your faith in something or you will remain lost. Perhaps you would not be a knight. Perhaps you would be a minister of state.

[That doesn't do much to assure him either, but that's a whole other issue revolving around believing in higher powers or not. None of that is lost on him and he kind of quietly agrees with that sentiment. Believing in something kept him from drowning completely at home...even if it wasn't quite the right something at first.]

You mean like the government. Maybe. Politics aren't really hard to understand. [They're just boring.] I think I'd rather be doing something instead of just talking about doing something for whoever the ruler is, but maybe not a knight. Something else.

You need not place your faith in an earthly body, or in a heavenly one. It can be...difficult. When you do not believe your ruler has best interests at heart and some do not. Then you must have faith you exist to make your king a better man.

[A lot of good that does, though. And she's studying him, head tipped, pleasant and polite smile on her face.]

You need not get embroiled in politics at all.

You mean having faith in yourself then. [That's how he's interpreting it, and she can't convince him otherwise. Oops.] I think that's probably an even better idea. How can you make people better if you're not making yourself better too?

I don't plan on it. The politics of this place kinda seem like a mess between you and me.

Or in others. In something.

[Is she repeating herself? She is. It's kind of unfortunate but at least she's trying to be clear. It's so strange explaining to people who are not nobility, who are not even from a hundred years near her.]

We are all small pieces, or so my mother told me once. We must work together as a whole to create something greater than ourselves.

[As for the rest?]

It is better to not become jaded by politics, but I feel sometimes we are left with no choice.

[It doesn't help that sometimes Hiro doesn't listen the first time either, not when he's fixated on his own ideas.]

Hey, I'm not the one opposed to working with other people. Try telling that to everybody else out there. [Other than the fact that that, of course, is also a lie. He has his qualms about working with certain people but he's trying. He's being selective, but it's a start.]

Doesn't it ever bug you not to have a choice? [He feels like he's asked this before but it's a concept that he can't wrap his head around.]

[It's a tough question, once she can understand what 'bug' actually means in this context.]

I believe more and more that our paths are chosen for us, but I feel it is a sorrow that we must suffer to walk them and that others must suffer for their paths as well.

[A pause, then.]

But I would not wish to be embittered with politics of a country not my own.

You believe in a predetermined destiny. [Things like "fate" and "destiny" are still foreign concepts to him when he's used to being able to change his own story. He won't discount it of course, but it's something worth questioning.] Do you believe those paths can be redirected at all? Who chooses the paths?

I wouldn't want to be, uh, embittered either, I guess.

I believe my fate was written and God put me on the path to it. [It was literally written in this case.] Vague, I must say, but not all together inaccurate.

I am not certain what I believe. Only that I fulfilled what was written for me in a way I never imagined I would. There is no reason, however, that you should not try to change your path if you are unhappy.

I'm not unhappy. [Uh. Well actually...that's a good point and a good thought. He's not continuing for a second because wow way to jump right into that, Hiro.] But I want to be sure I write my own fate and that way I can decide when it's over.

[This way he doesn't get his life cut off before he's ready, too.]

It is a great honor to be noticed enough to have your future written, I suppose.

[Her voice, her expression, makes it obvious that she doesn't consider it such an honor. That it might in fact be a burden.]

You are very young, are you not? You have plenty of time to write your own fate and to find the path that will take you there.

Guess not all of us are worthy of that. [It's okay Lia, he's not sure he'd consider it an honor either. He kinda likes being able to create his own future.]

Fourteen. [And said in a way that makes it clear he doesn't think he's that young.] I'm not sure it's time I'm worried about. Might just be wanting to make sure I like the path once I start on it.

[It's bizarrely honest coming from him, but it's also enough of an answer without delving into the logic behind it.]

It is not worth so much as...circumstance. [Child of a king, illegitimate though she might be. Things she would rather not wish on anyone.]

You are rather young. Not a baby, not a child, but your life is still stretched out in front of you. You will walk many paths before you find the one you are set on and that is a thing to be thankful for.

Good way of looking at it. [It's an idle comment, one meant to agree with her while keeping a distance.] I'll...keep that in mind. Thank you.

And I hope you find a better path here at least.

1st Circuit - Text for Both Courts, Video-locked for Unseelie

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