ooc; okay, so I figured the easiest way for me to do this was to set up the post and then set up two different threads: one for canon-alignment shifted Peony, one for AUDark!Peony, so...yes. :|b
Is this what it's like sitting on the other side of the Necromancer. [smiling, curiously, although he still looks hurt] Do they call you that in your world, too?
Of course. Jade the Necromancer, His Imperial Majesty's monster on a leash. As you had guessed, the spine of the events stayed much the same. You did quite a good job paring the flesh away. I have nothing but the skeleton I always did for my reconstruction.
[Something does change then. It's not loud, but there is in his smile the sort of viciousness he reserves only for his friends.] Even royalty needs to remember accountability. I would be a very poor right hand if I didn't remind him of what he might prefer to forget.
I'll note that Your Majesty's soldiers have been trained never to answer questions during an interrogation. On either side of the table, in fact. In both cases, it's too compromising.
I suppose so. In my opinion, he doesn't really have the stomach for it. He's too soft on assassins and too tolerant with his lords. [Jade: a big fan of the "CRUSH THEM ALL" method of problem solving] Despite that, my liege makes his methods work.
Yet he still has the blood of thousands on his hands. [a careless shrug] But, whatever small gestures helps him sleep at night. I'm sure I can't even fault your liege that.
[he looks at Jade as if he's not sure whether to laugh or be confused - because either this is amazing trolling or this Jade's world is...yeah, he doesn't know.]
That was very touching. I might have to use it someday.
The reason why children are children isn't because of their ability. Rather, it's their understanding for other people. The ability to play other people is not enough.
Frankly, I don't see why I would have bothered with you. You're not interesting. You're not different. You're much like everybody else, and you don't even seem to understand the one thing that has always been beyond me. I have no idea how you managed to stop my fomicry research when you yourself never seem to have grown up.
[a careless shrug, as if Jade's words didn't sting the way they did] I don't know either. Maybe if mine can manage to stomach me when this is all over, I'll ask him.
I'm sure he'll appreciate it. I know I do. Then again, I always appreciate your loyalty and concern. It's good to know it's still there, even when I don't know you.
[he studies Jade before smiling and standing up, he puts a hand on Jade's shoulder, eye to eye with him] I think I may have gotten emotional and jumped to the wrong conclusion. You'll have to forgive me.
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What do interrogations have to do with anything?
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[curiously]
When this is all over, if it's all an experiment and I'm really the person you think I am, are you going to hold this over his head, too?
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So, are you going to tell me what you needed to know about interrogations or are you just going to keep me hanging?
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I guess we know why I'll never be a soldier.
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That was very touching. I might have to use it someday.
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Frankly, I don't see why I would have bothered with you. You're not interesting. You're not different. You're much like everybody else, and you don't even seem to understand the one thing that has always been beyond me. I have no idea how you managed to stop my fomicry research when you yourself never seem to have grown up.
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