Theobald Leonhart (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
lienhearts) wrote2016-12-17 01:16 pm
lienhearts) wrote2016-12-17 01:16 pm
WEEK 3 | THURSDAY EVENING
[It's quite some time after all is said and done that Kevin encounters Leo. His posture is lax, a cigarette in his mouth - he's been smoking a lot more since last week, and apparently now is the time for it again. His expression isn't terribly surprised, not that he often looks it anyway, with all the death and murder they've seen in these few weeks already.
Red eyes lock onto Kevin, and his steps slow. Looks like the priest is especially popular with people today.]
Hey. I heard about what happened.
[Naturally.]
Red eyes lock onto Kevin, and his steps slow. Looks like the priest is especially popular with people today.]
Hey. I heard about what happened.
[Naturally.]
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Right. Well, it was only a matter of time before he cracked, but he didn't think it'd have that much of an impact.]
Yeah? Guess it ain't no use hidin' it. But I swear, I'm still a priest with the church!
[And even though Leo is smoking, it doesn't deter Kevin at all from coming closer to him. The smell is nice. As much as his boss makes him feel unsettled at times. He can't believe he actually misses her barking orders.]
So, I'm guessin' you wanna have a chat.
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[Though really, what else could it be at this point? He nods in the way Kevin was walking; they can talk as they go, if he's got somewhere he'd like to be.
When he doe speak again, his tone remains just as casual as the rest of him. There's no visible tension to be seen in a single line of his body.]
So even priests of Aidios can call for execution, huh?
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[It'd give Kevin too much power if that were the case. Even so, here, it's a judgement call as opposed to an order. Still, he thinks about what the church would think of it and all, and well, he'd think they'd be opposed to stuff like this and give Kevin the order.]
This'll all be gibberish to ya, but I'm in an organization called the Dominion, which is within the Gralsritter. I specifically hold the fifth position and am code named the Heretic Hunter. See, my job at home is to take out major criminals by order of the church.
[He sighs as he looks up to the ceiling.]
But I'll admit something to ya-- I didn't chose to do this. Rather, it chose me.
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His eyes narrow very, very slightly as he listens, but he smooths it back to the easy expression from before. It's not hard to get; the church had decided who was worthy of life and who wasn't, and employed assassins to deal with them accordingly.
There's no way for Leo to know what exactly would constitute a heretic to them, naturally. But given the cynical, paranoid sort he is, his opinion certainly isn't high, that's for sure.]
Chosen how?
[And perhaps more importantly: why?]
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But he's come this far. May as well fess up.]
If we end up manifestin' a Stigma, we're automatically invited to the Dominion. Really, there ain't no turnin' them down since it's not a power the Church wants out of control.
[He looks down at the hands.]
Luckily, I can't use it here, but my power is the Demon Spear Loa. I can summon dozens spears as projectiles. It's a truly terrifyin' power. I hate it.
[Right now feels like a reverse confessional...]
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Not a very nice name, is it.
[There's still many blanks, and that can't be helped. This happens frequently whenever people here start getting into the details of their worlds, he's found. But he can still get the gist of it.
Although now he's obligated to ask...]
Have there ever been people with powers like that who didn't get rounded up by the church first?
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[He knows that's why the church likely took him in. It was easier to keep him under their surveillance for whenever his Stigma was going to manifest. They probably were even overjoyed when he sincerely wanted to join the Gralsritter.]
So, there's no escape.
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So you're screwed either way.
[Well, that's not really unexpected, either. And with powers like that, it could be just as bad the other way around - without anyone to round them up, there would be those who remained cared for, but also those who could be exploited, or who could exploit their powers on their own.
At this point, it's incredibly easy to view Kevin along the same lines as one of the dragons of his world. Possessing a useful, stigmatized power and paying for it with the attention he catches as a result.]
So, what are the crimes of the people you usually assassinate?
[This is the other important part, for reasons that should be obvious enough.]
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All of it was started by one twisted man. So my job was to take him out. There are others like him too. Poeple who perform satanistic rituals, though who we can't save from said rituals, more former clergymen who betray the church and turn to criminal ways. I take 'em out.
[So he takes out some criminal big wigs, basically.]
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The big cases, then. Guess it makes sense that they wouldn't waste your powers on the small stuff.
[--Though that would be another concern all of its own. Actually:]
And what Hazama did... would you normally get involved with that kind of thing?
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[And since he has no problem dirtying his hands, he doesn't see it as an issue, really.]
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Well-- not that I care what happens to him, personally. As long as he can't kill or get any of us killed, I'm fine with that.
[So basically, if he'd been there, he wouldn't have been all that opposed to really locking the guy up and letting him die either.]
'Course, a lot of the more heroic types probably wouldn't agree. But it looks like you get how these things go.
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[Or people hiding their true intentions. Either or, Kevin was not agreed with in terms of locking people in a room and allowing them to die.]
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[As Kevin should know.]
Hard to say how much of it's a lie and how much is just wishful thinking.