[Rei's nose wrinkled a little at the command. She was going to have to disabuse Nero of the notion that she was someone who could be ordered around like a minion, it seemed. In time, of course, no need to spoil the mood.]
Usagi is my first friend. She's one of the most precious people in the world to me. I'm glad that you met her. But, was she well?
( what if that's a charm point about nero? don't take that from her but perhaps someone needs to teach her that isn't the right way. hands now laying in her own lap as she listens to what she states, it sounds sincere and with that, she'll accept it. )
Do get into contact with her as soon as possible. I feel like she can take care of herself from her change in appearance but the last time that I saw her, she had been fighting tedious creatures. Much to my dismay, have gotten the upper hand on me, a heroic spirit. I do wonder how.. ( but that doesn't matter. )
If you care about her, I just wanted you to make sure you checked up on her.
She ranks higher than you, you know. She's the patron god of Rome's namesake
[Rei shakes her head and waves her hand in a noncommittal gesture.]
Usagi lives with me. And if you saw her transformation then you understand something of her nature. She's more powerful than a Servant, when she's changed like that. It's a little difficult to explain concisely, but that helps me understand the situation better. If she became Sailor Moon, then there was danger.
[And that means she's going to murder Mosley, probably.]
But I will catch up with her later. What about you? You seem as hale and lovely as always. What befell you, to cause you dismay?
IF UR A PATRON!!! SHOULDN'T YOU HOLD ME AS THE HIGHEST! no one loves rome more than me
Does she. She is a good girl, I do decree it! ( with her hands settling in her lap, she raises a brow. ) That name too, "Sailor Moon" is familiar. The identity that she took during battle. Power does not make me or break me, all that matters is protecting who I can as a blade. I'm sure her endeavors will shield those that need her power! ( now with that said, she'll shake her head. )
Do not mind me, it is only a migraine that plagues me. Troubles can be wiped away if I wish it and they shall be so do not worry over me! It's only right you knew what may or may not become of someone you hold dear!
Sailor Moon is...complicated. It is also not my story to tell and if you want to understand, you should talk to her. But suffice to say that I know she'll do her best. [A beat, her eye twitching a little.]
I won't worry about you, Saber. I know you can handle yourself, or you wouldn't be who you are.
oooooo she agrees then!!! (nero voice) oh!! OH!!! praise me :)
That is something I will learn in due time, if there is a time to come again; I will seek her out and request she tell me her lore. ( she knows that she'll do her best? it shows that rei takes pride and has faith within this girl when she is also sailor moon. she's met people such as rei herself, those like her and she finds that too admirable. )
Complicated and only right you do not speak of it. You know Servants well so it's akin to how we cannot let our true identity out to the world.
( good! she doesn't need pity! all she needs is praise! ) You speak as you know me that well, am I that easy to read or do you just hold that utmost faith in me. If it's the latter, I do like that! Yes!
[It's a little hard to keep this a secret forever, so, Rei lowers her voice and leans closer so nobody else can hear the two of them. And then she switches into Latin.]
Please do keep her identity secret. It means a lot to me that her identity is guarded. [And then in the proper tone, she adds the correct way to address one of the Julio-Claudian Emperors. A fist clasped to her chest, and:]
Hail Caesar.
[Her smile tells everything. She knows. And then lapsing back into Cerealian.]
I saw you erasing your name on the beach. I will tell not a soul, for any reason. You have my word. But please, consider my request.
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but my orders? :( let me give some and you can humor me!
( it's the latin that brings saber to pause in her words and hold in the breath she had been ready to exhale. she knows it so well, considering that is the language of her people. if that isn't enough to shock saber, is the two wards that leave from rei's lips the next. this brings the servant to turn her head, staring at the female as if she's been placed back the empire of her time and the people around her who would cheer that same thing.
she digs her nails into the fabric of her dress that rests in her lap, contemplating the words she has seen. she believe that speaking back in that same tongue, one that she is familiar with would be the best way to respond but her identity is something that must be hidden and she must continue to do that. )
To speak in such a manner, you must know much about me now because of my slip up back in the beach. I will heed your request if you also heed mine! ( though, saber has no reason to run her mouth because of the information that she knows. what also has her curious.. )
Latin, the tongue is much tedious for some as of now. The words of loyalty you speak. There has always been something interesting about you, I wish to know who you are. Some people would look into books to figure out who I am, but it seems you known much already. ( especially that not many people would even take latin, it's such a tedious language to begin with. )
[The unease is not missed, and Rei leans back in her chair, smiling serenely. She hadn't bothered to look up anything about Nero beyond a cursory glance for the obvious. Things she should know and probably would know if she was from the West.]
In truth, I know very little about you. I intend to keep it that way, as I would rather learn about you from you rather than from a book. A book can only give a perspective, but you can show me the real you. I already gave you my word that I would keep your secret.
[She laughs softly to herself, covering her teeth behind the teacup. This was exactly what she had expected. Still, she meant no harm. Waving a hand, she put up a veil of magic to blot out their conversation from outside observers, and answered the request directly, with pride.]
You wish to know more about me? I have no objections. I am much the same as Usagi-chan. Only, I am not tied to the moon, but rather to Mars. Your God of War was named after me, and I am the Goddess of War and Flame, the ruler of the planet Mars.
And I am also Rei. The truth of the matter is a story that would take far too long to tell, but I am someone who enjoys history and language. I taught myself Latin when I was very young, along with Mandarin, Greek, English, German, Korean, and Hebrew.
And? I am someone who finds Servants to be interesting. I have no reason to consider you anything less than a companion, as you are someone Usagi-chan deemed worthy of protecting. I am, as I said before, more than happy to be your friend, simply because I find you intriguing.
( for someone to know the identity of a servant is unsettling, it's easy to search up their weakness and kill them with ease. though saber is different, some would wonder if attacking her neck would be a weakness. others would believe that taking away the love people have for her could bring her to her knees. not every servant as a notable weakness but that isn't what bothers saber at all. it's the fact that people who know her history, who are willing to look away from her because of who she is. they would mock her, call her a tyrant and shame her for sentencing her own blood to death. the mix and match of whatever could have happen to her sister. some say that her sister committed suicide because she had grown tired of nero, others say that nero signed her death warrent and proceeded that she be killed in a traditional roman suicide.
with layers and layers of negative parts of history stacked upon one another, it is true that rei's words are quite shocking. that she wishes to know the roman emperor by flesh and bone, not the one marked down in black ink and published for the world to see. she leans back in her chair, looking at the female as if trying to find some lies in her words and yet there are none. none she can find, anyway. )
You are quite the talented one, Rei. There is beauty in your words, with each breath it only becomes much more admirable. Talented in voice and beautiful in sight, but it's only fitting for one to have such a relation to something of my time. Yes, the moon is calm and tranquil, fitting for that young girl with such bubbly demeanor and can change the tides of her own attitude but Mars is different, a fiery spirit. Burning with such a passion that burns out any others. Hm, hm.
( a soft hum as she mulls on her words, she recalls the line of "sailor moon" which must match the female before her. sailor mars, is it not? it only takes a moment for a smile to appear on saber's features. to learn much about a female who can use magic at the flick of her wrist and their conversation not a bother to anyone who looks their way. it's as if they're all speaking a different language that no one understands. ) If you are named after a God of my time, you do know we take them in high regard. I, as an Emperor, is just as held as high just like those Gods. So to speak and have me enjoy this conversation should make you feel honored.
( more like, she will be honored! ) You know so much, it is only right you'd become rather ideal in my eyes. Umu! It is like you were born to become one of my roman citizens, though I have lost many from before. I still love them the same as I will love you. That young girl, so protective and you hold her in high regards as well does mean I shall spread my love to her and to the masses. A companion, yes but here and now, we are bound by just more than that.
[There are no lies, though the strangely archaic words require a moment or two for her to really process. It's flowery, almost too flowery, and not at all easy for a modern speaker (or likely a Roman) to understand. She allows herself to smile though, and offer a gentle correction.] I am not named for your God of War. The God of War is named after me, in my world, as I am older than human civilization. When Mars was inhabited by my people, it was before the first Ice Age, before humankind had created written records. [This is a lie, they did exist, they were just all completely wiped out when Sailor Saturn dropped the Glaive of Silence and turned all the great works of that age into dust. It's easier than explaining it just to give the line Nero would best understand.] In your world, I do not exist, Nero. And in my world you died and remained so. There are no Heroic Spirits like you.
[That Nero finds her to be an ideal is amusing, and that Nero could offer love so freely is just a little silly, but Rei supposes it's just her way.]
But here we are. A displaced god and a displaced emperor. I think it only fitting that if I become one of your citizens, you become one of mine, with all the love, rights and privileges an emperor would hold therein. [She is subservient to only one person, the Queen of the Silver Millennium.] Mars was the father of Romulus and Remus who in turn fathered Rome, after all. It's perhaps a kind of fate, the universe putting the two of us together. And the chance to forge new bonds is worth all our struggles here, wouldn't you say?
[She offers her hand at that, just to see what the other had to say.]
There is only so much knowledge I am given by being a Heroic Spirit and that is right, there are some worlds where entities like me do not exist. I know that I have passed, my reign is over and the truth and lies that had not been buried with my grave. I know that about myself but you, I only know so much aside from your demeanor and how you introduce yourself to me. ( how her roman god had been named after her, how her age flunctuates through time almost akin to those like gods. saber is also the same, it is said roman emperors were just like gods, so in truth she does understand and yet she's not disappointed. )
As fate has made it's string for us both, I am not against yanking the fabric to follow where it leads in the end. Displaced as we are, the way that you speak means that you do understand much. It is only each other that we do not know as of full, yet we know enough to be comrades. I take all my fellow citizens lovingly into my arms, this heart I've been bestowed knows that feeling much more than others.
( crossing her legs as she glances at the hand that is offered to her. she places her hand over rei's own, covering it and then lowering it down so that it's placed on the seat between them. saber's hand still settled upon rei's own, she speaks up once more. because oo, saber loves her citizens! she does so there is a much more calming tone as she speaks. ) If fate wishes to put us together, this could go either good for us or we'd be taking a bite out of the forbidden apple. I've taken a taste many times, but if we're to indulge together — for once — we can set aside our status. I wish to learn more about you so when this conversation seeps back to us later in time, perhaps we know of one another much more than we do now.
( a small chuckle as she uses her free hand to cover her own lips. ) How could I forget, I'd want you to know much about me for someone of your stature and my stature, before we allow our pieces to fall into place.
[Well, that was good. It would waylay any difficulties regarding station then, because Rei simply could not allow herself to be beholden to anyone of Earth in such a way. She could accept citizenship in Rome, provided Nero accepted citizenship of Mars, much the same way that Rei Hino was a Japanese girl with a complicated past. Best this way.]
Then I accept. You shall be treated as a Martian, and I shall accord you all the kindnesses that I can. It is only proper, Nero, that we simply engage one another as friends and compatriots. I have no doubt you will show me the same treatment as I will do you. [Her hand turns beneath Nero's, fingers curling up and around the blonde woman's. Gosh, Rei just has this thing for blondes with no sense of decency or virtue...]
And as for sharing, I'm all to happy to tell you my tales, or simply let you discover what you can about me for yourself. I'm accounted a passing fair tale-teller, and I do have many stories but...I would not wish to burden you unless you wanted to hear them. It could be a simple exchange, if you'd like. A tale for a tale. Or a question for a question? That game never gets old.
[Cocking her head to one side, she doesn't quite wink, but she does give a coy little smile.]
now just listen here!!! its not that much of an ass! :9
It is only right for I to witness how someone like you treat your people before I take you up on your offer, indulging in it firsthand will be enjoyable I am sure. ( there's a small hum, contemplating their actions and wondering where the future would take them. it's only right for her to have some thoughts on the matter, they shouldn't act so rash considering where they are. though rei knows much about this place more than saber does which is understandable as to why she's calm. )
Though my answer is pending, I will bestow upon you the kindness that I'd give my own people. ( how else will saber be able to act if she's on top? though the way she carries herself and how she presents her attitude towards the people around her, she isn't one to allow herself to be placed under anyone's rule. various people have tried, it's almost like the few who wishes to change the way she acts. they can try their best but it's not like it works out. )
There is a cautionary tale I would like to present to you, during my reign I had been troubled by heathens that would attempt to indoctrinate my people into their religion. The punishment had been tying and setting them afire so they burned as candles in the night.
( is it wrong that she sounds so proud of herself? ) If some were to survive, my lion had been able to feast. With that, what is your thoughts on those pulling others into another religion against your own?
And while your answer...and mine...are pending as well, I'll do the same.
[Rei's fingers don't budge at the question, and her eyes remain much the same. She knew, nominally, of what history claimed happened there. She attended a Catholic school, and she knew Nero was referring to the early Christians, but...]
I am a priestess in my human life, of a religion that does not proselytize. I do not approve of those who'd try to convert by indoctrination or force. If someone merely offers to explain their faith, that's one thing, but to impress one's belief on another is a sin. You perhaps dealt with things differently than I would have, but Rome is a different place than my home.
[She doesn't burn heathens, just bad guys. And a question comes back.]
Tell me one of your proudest moments. That's my return query.
LISTEN!! MY JOKES!!! ugh ill never set up a joke again!
Is that so, what would you have done with such rapscallions. They were nothing but an infestation of mice who were exterminated properly. ( perhaps there is still a small grudge left or she is thinking back on her actions, though she will not complain for what she had done. she was a ruler, she still is in some aspects but she only did what she thought was right for her people. )
A proud moment? Umu! To ask such a thing when my entire life is nothing but a proud moment, perhaps being born into existence. ( but she feels as if rei wants something spot on, that even that will not fly with her. ) Though, you wish for me to choose one. There is much that has happened in my life and how crude is it for you to make me pick.
( she does not move her hand, only placing herself in thought as she softly runs a finger against the top of rei's hand. )
You much choose one of two numbers and I'll give you that. So pick: One or Two.
Exile to the wilds. [That's what the ancient Japanese would have done, anyway. and if Saber does have knowledge of the modern world, she'll understand that to a Japanese girl, ostracism is honestly a fate as bad as death if not worse. One of the cultural quirks of her people.] We're a little less willing to openly kill, and instead turn them over to nature's justice. [Again, animistic religion.]
As for one or two? I'll say two, or three if you truly wish to add another. I'd love to hear your tales, Nero.
A method suited to another that I know, though exile they are always able to come back. We must ensure that those who are troublesome do not have that chance. ( though at that time, it's her mother that she's speaking about. sadly, she won't speak her mind on who she's thinking about and finds this nature's justice attempt to be not wrong, since the romans have went about it before. )
Umu! I hold various tales! I am proud in my endeavors to reenact that of Heracles! Not many can wrestle a lion in the days that I reigned! ( nor were the people impressed by it. they shook their head and could only wonder why their emperor is this way. )
An iron grip around the neck of a giant beast that wishes to kill you and yet, I lived and had been rewarded! Now, one from you!
[Okay. That's...actually quite the image. Nero wrestling with a lion. It's enough to make her smile, and almost crack a giggle. Almost. She holds back for the sake of Nero's dignity.]
That sounds like quite the feat. Definitely a worthwhile story. [She pauses and considers, before offering a similar feat.]
I once fought with a magical tiger, actually. He was a demon calling himself Tiger's Eye and he could change forms. He tried to trap me by luring me into a house of mirrors but I dealt with him in one shot from my bow. The hunter became the hunted, you could say.
( perhaps saber is special in her own case or she enjoys hearing tales of those who suffered utter defeat, it's easily shown on her features that this story is quite something. there's much symbolism in mirror's and hearing something of a magical tiger isn't unknown. many servants have had mounts of their lore which were magical, example being medusa and her pegasus. )
Is that so? I can only imagine one using mirrors as an act to throw you off. I would have enjoyed wrestling something like it, if he is ever reincarnated; you must tell me of his existence.
( she shouldn't be so happy about wrestling a demon? but it's not like she didn't try to wrestle the demons that she had seen within chaldea. ) Reminds me of the ones where I come from as well, demons are such fickle things and can die rather easily. They're also able to leave their hearts behind.
I doubt he'll be reincarnated. He didn't have a soul to begin with, instead of not having a heart. Tiger's Eye was a thrall to a dark sorceress that my friends and I defeated not long after my encounter with her lackey. I believe she just created him with magic. But if he does appear in Cerealia...or any of my old foes do, I give you permission to do as you please with them.
[It might spare her the trouble, dealing with pains in the ass like Koan, Jadeite, or Eudial again. And it would be fun for Saber, surely.]
I think you'll find them a worthwhile diversion. Some of them are weaklings but most of them have had a few centuries of experience to make them a challenge.
( can anyone believe this? saber growing merry because of the fact she could tackle foes of others. perhaps it's been quite awhile since she could do such a thing, those robotic dinosaurs did place a number on her but she'll omit that death and just say she hasn't been defeated. ) The world that you come from is filled with many mysteries and yet, it reminds me of some of the things that I have seen.
( as she thinks about it. )
You must tell me of a battle that has probably had you close to defeat or are you one that will never succumb to that as close as loss? ( for saber, she would do what she can to ensure that she stayed on top. )
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Usagi is my first friend. She's one of the most precious people in the world to me. I'm glad that you met her. But, was she well?
come on rei :( i gotta command people..
Do get into contact with her as soon as possible. I feel like she can take care of herself from her change in appearance but the last time that I saw her, she had been fighting tedious creatures. Much to my dismay, have gotten the upper hand on me, a heroic spirit. I do wonder how.. ( but that doesn't matter. )
If you care about her, I just wanted you to make sure you checked up on her.
She ranks higher than you, you know. She's the patron god of Rome's namesake
Usagi lives with me. And if you saw her transformation then you understand something of her nature. She's more powerful than a Servant, when she's changed like that. It's a little difficult to explain concisely, but that helps me understand the situation better. If she became Sailor Moon, then there was danger.
[And that means she's going to murder Mosley, probably.]
But I will catch up with her later. What about you? You seem as hale and lovely as always. What befell you, to cause you dismay?
IF UR A PATRON!!! SHOULDN'T YOU HOLD ME AS THE HIGHEST! no one loves rome more than me
Do not mind me, it is only a migraine that plagues me. Troubles can be wiped away if I wish it and they shall be so do not worry over me! It's only right you knew what may or may not become of someone you hold dear!
Who says she disagrees?
I won't worry about you, Saber. I know you can handle yourself, or you wouldn't be who you are.
oooooo she agrees then!!! (nero voice) oh!! OH!!! praise me :)
Complicated and only right you do not speak of it. You know Servants well so it's akin to how we cannot let our true identity out to the world.
( good! she doesn't need pity! all she needs is praise! ) You speak as you know me that well, am I that easy to read or do you just hold that utmost faith in me. If it's the latter, I do like that! Yes!
Doesn't mean you get to give orders!
[It's a little hard to keep this a secret forever, so, Rei lowers her voice and leans closer so nobody else can hear the two of them. And then she switches into Latin.]
Please do keep her identity secret. It means a lot to me that her identity is guarded. [And then in the proper tone, she adds the correct way to address one of the Julio-Claudian Emperors. A fist clasped to her chest, and:]
Hail Caesar.
[Her smile tells everything. She knows. And then lapsing back into Cerealian.]
I saw you erasing your name on the beach. I will tell not a soul, for any reason. You have my word. But please, consider my request.
but my orders? :( let me give some and you can humor me!
she digs her nails into the fabric of her dress that rests in her lap, contemplating the words she has seen. she believe that speaking back in that same tongue, one that she is familiar with would be the best way to respond but her identity is something that must be hidden and she must continue to do that. )
To speak in such a manner, you must know much about me now because of my slip up back in the beach. I will heed your request if you also heed mine! ( though, saber has no reason to run her mouth because of the information that she knows. what also has her curious.. )
Latin, the tongue is much tedious for some as of now. The words of loyalty you speak. There has always been something interesting about you, I wish to know who you are. Some people would look into books to figure out who I am, but it seems you known much already. ( especially that not many people would even take latin, it's such a tedious language to begin with. )
Only if you obey them in kind.
In truth, I know very little about you. I intend to keep it that way, as I would rather learn about you from you rather than from a book. A book can only give a perspective, but you can show me the real you. I already gave you my word that I would keep your secret.
[She laughs softly to herself, covering her teeth behind the teacup. This was exactly what she had expected. Still, she meant no harm. Waving a hand, she put up a veil of magic to blot out their conversation from outside observers, and answered the request directly, with pride.]
You wish to know more about me? I have no objections. I am much the same as Usagi-chan. Only, I am not tied to the moon, but rather to Mars. Your God of War was named after me, and I am the Goddess of War and Flame, the ruler of the planet Mars.
And I am also Rei. The truth of the matter is a story that would take far too long to tell, but I am someone who enjoys history and language. I taught myself Latin when I was very young, along with Mandarin, Greek, English, German, Korean, and Hebrew.
And? I am someone who finds Servants to be interesting. I have no reason to consider you anything less than a companion, as you are someone Usagi-chan deemed worthy of protecting. I am, as I said before, more than happy to be your friend, simply because I find you intriguing.
Aren't I such a kind emperor!!!!! #suicide talk
with layers and layers of negative parts of history stacked upon one another, it is true that rei's words are quite shocking. that she wishes to know the roman emperor by flesh and bone, not the one marked down in black ink and published for the world to see. she leans back in her chair, looking at the female as if trying to find some lies in her words and yet there are none. none she can find, anyway. )
You are quite the talented one, Rei. There is beauty in your words, with each breath it only becomes much more admirable. Talented in voice and beautiful in sight, but it's only fitting for one to have such a relation to something of my time. Yes, the moon is calm and tranquil, fitting for that young girl with such bubbly demeanor and can change the tides of her own attitude but Mars is different, a fiery spirit. Burning with such a passion that burns out any others. Hm, hm.
( a soft hum as she mulls on her words, she recalls the line of "sailor moon" which must match the female before her. sailor mars, is it not? it only takes a moment for a smile to appear on saber's features. to learn much about a female who can use magic at the flick of her wrist and their conversation not a bother to anyone who looks their way. it's as if they're all speaking a different language that no one understands. ) If you are named after a God of my time, you do know we take them in high regard. I, as an Emperor, is just as held as high just like those Gods. So to speak and have me enjoy this conversation should make you feel honored.
( more like, she will be honored! ) You know so much, it is only right you'd become rather ideal in my eyes. Umu! It is like you were born to become one of my roman citizens, though I have lost many from before. I still love them the same as I will love you. That young girl, so protective and you hold her in high regards as well does mean I shall spread my love to her and to the masses. A companion, yes but here and now, we are bound by just more than that.
Sorry dear readers.
[That Nero finds her to be an ideal is amusing, and that Nero could offer love so freely is just a little silly, but Rei supposes it's just her way.]
But here we are. A displaced god and a displaced emperor. I think it only fitting that if I become one of your citizens, you become one of mine, with all the love, rights and privileges an emperor would hold therein. [She is subservient to only one person, the Queen of the Silver Millennium.] Mars was the father of Romulus and Remus who in turn fathered Rome, after all. It's perhaps a kind of fate, the universe putting the two of us together. And the chance to forge new bonds is worth all our struggles here, wouldn't you say?
[She offers her hand at that, just to see what the other had to say.]
ugh my late ass is finally here
As fate has made it's string for us both, I am not against yanking the fabric to follow where it leads in the end. Displaced as we are, the way that you speak means that you do understand much. It is only each other that we do not know as of full, yet we know enough to be comrades. I take all my fellow citizens lovingly into my arms, this heart I've been bestowed knows that feeling much more than others.
( crossing her legs as she glances at the hand that is offered to her. she places her hand over rei's own, covering it and then lowering it down so that it's placed on the seat between them. saber's hand still settled upon rei's own, she speaks up once more. because oo, saber loves her citizens! she does so there is a much more calming tone as she speaks. ) If fate wishes to put us together, this could go either good for us or we'd be taking a bite out of the forbidden apple. I've taken a taste many times, but if we're to indulge together — for once — we can set aside our status. I wish to learn more about you so when this conversation seeps back to us later in time, perhaps we know of one another much more than we do now.
( a small chuckle as she uses her free hand to cover her own lips. ) How could I forget, I'd want you to know much about me for someone of your stature and my stature, before we allow our pieces to fall into place.
And what an ass it is, fufufu
Then I accept. You shall be treated as a Martian, and I shall accord you all the kindnesses that I can. It is only proper, Nero, that we simply engage one another as friends and compatriots. I have no doubt you will show me the same treatment as I will do you. [Her hand turns beneath Nero's, fingers curling up and around the blonde woman's. Gosh, Rei just has this thing for blondes with no sense of decency or virtue...]
And as for sharing, I'm all to happy to tell you my tales, or simply let you discover what you can about me for yourself. I'm accounted a passing fair tale-teller, and I do have many stories but...I would not wish to burden you unless you wanted to hear them. It could be a simple exchange, if you'd like. A tale for a tale. Or a question for a question? That game never gets old.
[Cocking her head to one side, she doesn't quite wink, but she does give a coy little smile.]
now just listen here!!! its not that much of an ass! :9
Though my answer is pending, I will bestow upon you the kindness that I'd give my own people. ( how else will saber be able to act if she's on top? though the way she carries herself and how she presents her attitude towards the people around her, she isn't one to allow herself to be placed under anyone's rule. various people have tried, it's almost like the few who wishes to change the way she acts. they can try their best but it's not like it works out. )
There is a cautionary tale I would like to present to you, during my reign I had been troubled by heathens that would attempt to indoctrinate my people into their religion. The punishment had been tying and setting them afire so they burned as candles in the night.
( is it wrong that she sounds so proud of herself? ) If some were to survive, my lion had been able to feast. With that, what is your thoughts on those pulling others into another religion against your own?
you set up the best jokes.
[Rei's fingers don't budge at the question, and her eyes remain much the same. She knew, nominally, of what history claimed happened there. She attended a Catholic school, and she knew Nero was referring to the early Christians, but...]
I am a priestess in my human life, of a religion that does not proselytize. I do not approve of those who'd try to convert by indoctrination or force. If someone merely offers to explain their faith, that's one thing, but to impress one's belief on another is a sin. You perhaps dealt with things differently than I would have, but Rome is a different place than my home.
[She doesn't burn heathens, just bad guys. And a question comes back.]
Tell me one of your proudest moments. That's my return query.
LISTEN!! MY JOKES!!! ugh ill never set up a joke again!
A proud moment? Umu! To ask such a thing when my entire life is nothing but a proud moment, perhaps being born into existence. ( but she feels as if rei wants something spot on, that even that will not fly with her. ) Though, you wish for me to choose one. There is much that has happened in my life and how crude is it for you to make me pick.
( she does not move her hand, only placing herself in thought as she softly runs a finger against the top of rei's hand. )
You much choose one of two numbers and I'll give you that. So pick: One or Two.
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As for one or two? I'll say two, or three if you truly wish to add another. I'd love to hear your tales, Nero.
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Umu! I hold various tales! I am proud in my endeavors to reenact that of Heracles! Not many can wrestle a lion in the days that I reigned! ( nor were the people impressed by it. they shook their head and could only wonder why their emperor is this way. )
An iron grip around the neck of a giant beast that wishes to kill you and yet, I lived and had been rewarded! Now, one from you!
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That sounds like quite the feat. Definitely a worthwhile story. [She pauses and considers, before offering a similar feat.]
I once fought with a magical tiger, actually. He was a demon calling himself Tiger's Eye and he could change forms. He tried to trap me by luring me into a house of mirrors but I dealt with him in one shot from my bow. The hunter became the hunted, you could say.
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Is that so? I can only imagine one using mirrors as an act to throw you off. I would have enjoyed wrestling something like it, if he is ever reincarnated; you must tell me of his existence.
( she shouldn't be so happy about wrestling a demon? but it's not like she didn't try to wrestle the demons that she had seen within chaldea. ) Reminds me of the ones where I come from as well, demons are such fickle things and can die rather easily. They're also able to leave their hearts behind.
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[It might spare her the trouble, dealing with pains in the ass like Koan, Jadeite, or Eudial again. And it would be fun for Saber, surely.]
I think you'll find them a worthwhile diversion. Some of them are weaklings but most of them have had a few centuries of experience to make them a challenge.
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( as she thinks about it. )
You must tell me of a battle that has probably had you close to defeat or are you one that will never succumb to that as close as loss? ( for saber, she would do what she can to ensure that she stayed on top. )
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[Rei shakes her head, thinking for a moment. There's not much to say, she doesn't really want to get into Pharaoh 90 or Galaxia, so...]
I fought a planet once.
[Yes, you heard right.]