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He listened to the woman resign herself to the fate that had been dealt to her with an expression devoid of any sentiment. In truth, Jin could not imagine a life where he simply accepted things as they were. Not again. Not ever again. The cogs of fate began to turn so long ago now, the point...

Jin stared back at Yugam, not with amusement, not with fear, but with the deadest eyes that the man had ever seen. It was like a joke had fallen flat. He'd made no visible attempt to defend himself, despite every ability to do so. When the man put his weapon to the Bloodsworn's cold face, Jin...

He listened thoughtfully as she spoke; if she felt so strongly about it that she would approach him with this kind of proposition, he supposed it would not hurt to simply hear her and give a response. The things she said were the stuff of Anarchists, those who would deliberately turn the system...

The curious thing about Ari, he had noticed over time, was that despite how great the man was at hiding how he felt, there were small ticks that made certain feelings apparent. Anger, for instance, in the gaze that Yugam shot at Jin when he mentioned the horrific nature of binding a soul to an...

Ah, yes. Because openly asking random people is definitely not going to draw attention to myself. And here I thought you cared for me after giving me such a warning. He smile thinly as she mentioned not drawing attention to herself. "And here I was under the impression you weren't worried about...

The reason why the worst part of that experience was the moment before death took hold because the rules are unclear. It's impossible to know if UI is still being locked after a certain number of deaths or if that function has been eradicated. "You could always ask someone who has died a...

That shit isn't bringing people anywhere, power and deception do. They'll toss you once you no longer fit their... agenda. Jin turned to glance at the woman with an unreadable expression. His eyes moved over her slowly, up and then down, and then back to meet her own. "What power you imagine...

Ughh. Hypocrites can't be escaped even in video games. That's a bit too realistic for my liking. If she disliked that, she was in for a very rude awakening. Astorea was the only nation that exhibited any level of tolerance for the comparatively liberal ministrations of the Starcalled. It...

"Like me indeed," he mused as she moved to lean against the wall again. He circled outward from his position, facing her directly again as she continued to speak. No... he'd asked the question accurately, and she had been forthcoming, just as he intended. He could have asked more piercing...

But you and I both know we ain't ready to clean up a mess in the living room if we got any closer. "You'd be surprised how easily a mess cleans up with the right knowledge and sufficient reason to commit to the effort," he replied offhand, not smiling or laughing as he spoke. No- and Nico would...

"Trust? No," he smiled wryly. "Lying is expected," he reached up to stroke his chin in amusement. "It's part of the game's very nature. That's what makes it worthwhile to play." He closed his eyes slowly, then opened them more thinly, the smile on his face more devious than before. "It's almost...

They had considered the option of some kind of networked consciousness, since it made sense that Magia might have computer-like capabilities; but if they did, not even MIT had crossed the threshold of such a discovery. Jin could only postulate about it himself, but given their ability to respond...

She repeated her claim that she was also a Platinum tag as if it held weight he should be recognizing, but for reasons he'd already disclosed, it didn't give answer to his question. If she was a member of the Guild, she had no reason to hide her identity. Jin smirked as he continued to circle...

Do I look like your little bitch? I'm not here to bend down to your stupid deal. A crass woman, yes, but weren't they all? If not their demeanor, then their intentions. He sighed. It appeared the woman misunderstood her predicament. He had her at quite the disadvantage. It would take only a...

Don't do it because you are told to, but because it's the right thing to do right now. Her first move was to appeal to some sense of integrity or propriety that Theo just didn't have. There was no flinching, no movement at all as she spoke, only the thin sound of his chest rising and falling as...

He followed her behind the Armory at her insistence. It wasn't that he cared much for her discretion- it would have been a simple matter to make this everyone in the Guild's business. But Jin was more interested in her secret, and if he made them all aware of it, it wasn't something that he...

Jin did not need to handle the weapon to feel the spirit bound to it. Such chains were powerful, undeniable, and oft times horrible to the point where they bled residual magic from one side or the other. It was a remnant of the manner in which the caster had pried open the rift between worlds...

Tertoria, was it? His lips thinned into a knowing smile as the other man revealed her face with a quick motion, doing all of the work Jin had intended and more, even as he lingered just out of reach. No Adventurers came from Tertoria and made their business public. They were the secretive...

He didn't care much about faces, or really for that matter, who was a member of the Guild. Other than himself, and perhaps Zelrius or Toko, anyway. People of consequence, who had useful traits or abilities to him. People who proved invaluable as resources to further his exploration and by proxy...

You and I both know there's a difference between being alive and living. If truer words had ever been spoken, Jin had never heard them. There was so much more to life than simply breathing, and the process of having an identity wasn't the same as having a soul. Poetic as it was, the truth was...