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[nocturnediviner.livejournal.com]

[Here, the newest Jade to the Dressing Room steps in... except, this one clearly isn't Jade. He's dressed much like a God-General, mostly black with blue highlights and designs. He also dons a cape and has a noticeable lack of glasses--replaced with a silver wreath about his head. He lacks the teasing smile that his clones doubtlessly would have, and his eyes were hauntingly empty. He seemed older than most, possibly in his early forties.]

[His only response to his new surroundings is to narrow his eyes and appear lost in thought.]

OOC: Here, have an AU!post-game!Jade. Have fun with him~

Also, NSFW.

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LOL Ilu for giving him a shot.

[nocturnediviner.livejournal.com]

[And have Jade staring at Peony.]

... [He turns his back to him.] I have no interest in ghosts of my past.

[Walking away...]

[rappigdahouse.livejournal.com]

[Peonys are rare in this town, I tell ya.

That was awkward. This Jade is not the one he knows, but he certainly got Peony worried. He's going to stalk a little bit after him, but keeping his distance.]

That's cold, Jade. What happened to you?

[nocturnediviner.livejournal.com]

[Then I suppose he should 'pick' this one and keep him all for himself.]

Cold, you say? ... I merely cut unnecessary ties.

[rappigdahouse.livejournal.com]

[Uh-oh. D: Too bad this Peony has no idea about that.]

How long has it been for you, then?

[nocturnediviner.livejournal.com]

[Poor Peony. Too bad.]

A year this coming month. ... Persistent as ever, aren't you?

[rappigdahouse.livejournal.com]

That's pretty long.

Of course, because you're my friend. If you want to return to your world, then I want to try to help you with that.

[nocturnediviner.livejournal.com]

[And he barked out a laugh at the man's last comment.] ... The irony of it all...

We stopped being 'friends' when I left the military. Don't kid yourself.

[rappigdahouse.livejournal.com]

[What a bitter laugh. Aha, and so that's what happened with this Jade. Meanwhile his rappig wandered off to sniff and graze on the grass.]

It is perhaps...I tried to stopped you in your heinous projects?

[nocturnediviner.livejournal.com]

[He narrowed his eyes, appearing ready to summon the spear from his glove.]

Not in the least. I decided to move on with my life.

[rappigdahouse.livejournal.com]

[He gaze at him evenly, unafraid.]

I have no idea what's wrong with you, but I won't stop you.

You should realize a replica is no replacement for the original.

[nocturnediviner.livejournal.com]

[He paused for a moment, lowering his hand and laughing bitterly.]

... When the original is gone, it's the only thing you have left...

[And with that, he began to walk away once again, wanting to find a secluded area to be alone.]

[rappigdahouse.livejournal.com]

[What's an Emperor to do? Give him some time out to be alone? He follows after him, so Jade can hear him out.]

No matter what choices you make, you still have me. A replica is not the real thing, Jade. Is it really worth sacrificing your life for this foolish dream?

[nocturnediviner.livejournal.com]

[He continued to walk on his way, already disliking this place.]

[His pace slowed to a stop.] ... Not in my world.

[rappigdahouse.livejournal.com]

[Finally caught up to him. His pet rappig...well, still grazing on that yummy patch of grass, so we wouldn't worry about him. Jade here is important.]

Tell me what happened in your world.

[nocturnediviner.livejournal.com]

[And if Jade knew what Peony was thinking, he'd be touched.]

... Replica data extraction can sometimes be a rather painful process when one is still alive. Thankfully... you had already died.

[rappigdahouse.livejournal.com]

[There was a moment of shock on his face. He died? How? When? Why?

And then it hits him in an instant. The idea just clicks in his head.]

So, wait. I died already and then you...

[nocturnediviner.livejournal.com]

[He just smiled at the other, though really, it was hard to determine what exactly he meant by that smile. Weary? Smug? Self-loathing?]

He is nothing like you, of course. Neither was the professor... Fomicry is an amazing technology, isn't it?

[rappigdahouse.livejournal.com]

No, Jade. It's a terrible and illegal technology. I have it outlawed back home because it is unethical to create copies of people.

As for you, if I'm gone already, then doesn't that make you lonely? [Lonely enough to use that dread machine.] If you made several copies of the original and then their fonons become unstable...do you know what happens?

[nocturnediviner.livejournal.com]

... On my Auldrant, I was the one who outlawed it...

[He doesn't answer the first question.] ... It was difficult enough to make one replica with the Planet Storm stopped. Of course I know what happens. Luke...

... [He closes his eyes, beginning to recite as if he had practiced this every day since the moment he heard it, which he had. It left chills in him when he first heard the words, and he was able to memorize every last one.] 'ND 2019. the forces of Kimlasca-Lanvaldear shall march northward, through the Rugnica Plains. After inflicting atrocities upon the villages in their wake, the army shall surround the fortress capital. Within a fortnight, the city shall fall. The Kimlascan army will stain the Malkuth throne with the blood of its last emperor. Their howls of victory shall resound throughout the land.

'ND 2020. A mountain of corpses shall bury the fortress capital. Death and disease shall envelope the city. The plague born thence shall become a new poison unto humanity, killing all within its reach. Its spread shall mark the true end of Malkuth. Kimlasca shall enjoy decades of prosperity as the plague of Malkuth grows. Ultimately, the plague shall be brought into the Kimlascan kingdom by a single man...'

I... am the plague of Malkuth. That is my mission; to fulfill the Score's final wish.

[rappigdahouse.livejournal.com]

[He listened. He listened very intently. What's he suppose to feel at his words? Anger? Shock? He shivered when Jade said, "I am the Plague of Malkuth." He wondered if Nephry is here and how she would react.]

Those prophecies...doesn't happen back home, Jade. They are not absolute. People are turning away from the Score. Slowly people realized they are the master of their own lives.

Does fulfilling the Score's wish makes you happy, Jade?

[nocturnediviner.livejournal.com]

... Nocturne. 'Jade' is gone.

Are you so certain? That is the closed Score... The one Van died trying to change. The one Luke died for...

And nothing could faze it. Nothing. [He appears to be more angered by the second.] The deaths of thousands, and nothing could stop it... If it is the planet's will, then I would have to see it through to its end.

... The people I cared most about have all been taken from me by the one thing that the very planet is slave to... I could never be happy.

[rappigdahouse.livejournal.com]

Nocturne then. [It sound like endless night.]

...That sounds dreadful.

[All of his people gone and here Jade thought the only way to end it is to resigned to fate. A very long, lingering thoughtful pause and then Peony forces himself to smile.]

Hey, I have an idea.

[nocturnediviner.livejournal.com]

[It has been an endless night... an endless nightmare, ever since Asch came back, begging him to make a replica of himself... After the deterioration of the second Luke replica, the wars had started once again.]

... I dread asking what it is...

[rappigdahouse.livejournal.com]

[The idea came to him spontaneously.]

Let's go to a bar and have a drink.

[nocturnediviner.livejournal.com]

... A drink. [He lifted a hand to rub into the bridge of his nose.] ... That's fine by me... [Oh, he knew the other might try to get him drunk. At this point, he really didn't care.]