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WHO: Gray, Meteion, Childe, Silco, Makoto, Kaeya, Luo Binghe, and Eustace.
WHAT: The Regent review some memories.
WHERE: The Regent's throne room.
WHEN: The early days of Visoseri (June).
WARNINGS: N/A
It's in the early days of Visoseri that the Kenoma who witnessed the Innocence Entity will begin to be summoned by the Regent to share with them their memories of the events that transpired within Venera. They've been called upon, they'll be told by the servant sent to retrieve them, because Xishen's report included word that they witnessed the being infecting the city first hand. The Regent will meet with them in their throne room, and there is no room for delay. They are to come immediately, the moment the servant finds them.
Upon passing through the grand doorway to the Regent's hall, they will find the Regent sitting at their throne. Beyond that singular presence, the room is alarmingly empty. While the Kenoma that were first to arrive may remember the dinner tables that were set up in the center, now there is nothing but the throne, which is not even particularly large or attention grabbing. It could be that this sense of emptiness is the point, given what the Kenoma represents. The Regent themself is nearly unreadable, wearing a silvery, faceted mask and flowing robes of black, their body of a height that seems just a bit taller than yours. The only way to know they've even seen you is the way they raise their chin, ever so slightly.
"Come," they will say, beckoning you forward with a wave of their hand. "There is no need to explain. Your memories will do the talking."
Provided you acquiesce, you will feel the Regent begin to probe your thought with a touch of their frigid, clawed hand. If not, you best have a good explanation as to why you are refusing.
[These threads will be done in summary unless a more direct conversation ends up being needed. Please tag in with how cooperative your character is being. Each interview will be done separately from the others. If they have any questions before or after submitting themselves, they may also ask those now.]
WHAT: The Regent review some memories.
WHERE: The Regent's throne room.
WHEN: The early days of Visoseri (June).
WARNINGS: N/A
It's in the early days of Visoseri that the Kenoma who witnessed the Innocence Entity will begin to be summoned by the Regent to share with them their memories of the events that transpired within Venera. They've been called upon, they'll be told by the servant sent to retrieve them, because Xishen's report included word that they witnessed the being infecting the city first hand. The Regent will meet with them in their throne room, and there is no room for delay. They are to come immediately, the moment the servant finds them.
Upon passing through the grand doorway to the Regent's hall, they will find the Regent sitting at their throne. Beyond that singular presence, the room is alarmingly empty. While the Kenoma that were first to arrive may remember the dinner tables that were set up in the center, now there is nothing but the throne, which is not even particularly large or attention grabbing. It could be that this sense of emptiness is the point, given what the Kenoma represents. The Regent themself is nearly unreadable, wearing a silvery, faceted mask and flowing robes of black, their body of a height that seems just a bit taller than yours. The only way to know they've even seen you is the way they raise their chin, ever so slightly.
"Come," they will say, beckoning you forward with a wave of their hand. "There is no need to explain. Your memories will do the talking."
Provided you acquiesce, you will feel the Regent begin to probe your thought with a touch of their frigid, clawed hand. If not, you best have a good explanation as to why you are refusing.
[These threads will be done in summary unless a more direct conversation ends up being needed. Please tag in with how cooperative your character is being. Each interview will be done separately from the others. If they have any questions before or after submitting themselves, they may also ask those now.]
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A small part of him does think if the Regent thought him legitimately stupid it could work in his favor, but Childe is pretty sure it won't simply work out like that because of the way things have gone so far. For a brief moment it's very clear Childe is biting his tongue in restraint. It's not restraint of wanting to say something disrespectful but rather admit that he finds it hard to be fully committed to the cause blindly without better understanding of things. Afterall, if his agents blindly followed orders, he'd fine them tolerable but also incredibly stupid. With the Tsaritsa, he understood very clearly her intent and she didn't give a shit about any of them and they could do things via any means necessary so long as the job was done.
He feels constrained in the ambiguity here. Even though he doesn't have the full story on Celestia, it's easy to follow orders and just go along with things. But, he had been valued for his commitment and loyalty to the cause because he understood it much better, and not being a Harbinger that yes-manned everything while doing it only for his own personal agenda. There's not much choice. He could defect, but that's one thing he's wholly uninterested in (—maybe if that green-eyed woman were still around, it'd be different—? But they can't even keep track of their own nor do they seem to care much.) The Pleroma are too much like everyone against the Tsaritsa without understanding her and judgmental to an unflattering degree about their being right and others wrong. They like to thing they're different than the Kenoma, but they've only proved they're just the same so far. At least the Kenoma doesn't hide under a pretense of being in the right, or balance being evil. At least the Kenoma sees necessity as part of a greater cycle (or so it seems and he is convinced of. )
Feh. He wishes he could feel commitment like he sees some of the others do, but so far he hasn't even really been allowed to go fight strong opponents freely, which he was hoping for most of all.
(—It helps even less the most promising opponent so far went and got himself taken over by the innocence entity and then killed in such a pathetic way. What a let down.) The only thing he's been met with is mental conflict, and it's not exactly eroded any faith he had in the Kenoma, but it hasn't bolstered it much, either.
Childe's response is polite and respectful.
"Understood." It's not really a hard order to follow, and if it'll keep the Regent from being cross with him, then it's as good as done.
As far as his own questions, he'll just keep his mouth shut. He imagines he'll be denied their answering as punishment for his actions this go around, anyway. He'll return to ask when he performs in a way the Regent will find more acceptable.