Rang watches the memory, blinking as he recognizes -- well, only one key player in this one who is of course, Nahida. He doesn't know the others. He doesn't know them, and he's not sure what's at stake -- besides it clearly being important, so he watches with interest.
This is a Nahida in her country, her home ground, abilities unfettered, if looping the enemy is any indication. The enemy... Rang feels nothing, though he very unfortunately feels something at the very end, at this broken doll who hates humans so much that he wants to become a god about it. He's familiar with that, after all. He blinks over at Nahida when the memory ends, head tilted as he tries to formulate a question.]
well, it's not such an unsurprising question. not just because rang is the type to ask frank questions like that, but because of the circumstances; scaramouche had tried extremely hard to kill her. objectively speaking, killing him might have been the safest way to put an end to the problem. but she shakes her head.]
...no. He had been manipulated by the Fatui he'd aligned himself with, and by the Sages of my country who thought that if they made him into a god to replace me, he would be easier for them to control than I was. It wouldn't have been fair. [...] So, once all of that was over, we made a deal. He works for me as my assistant now. In exchange, he's under my protection, and I'm helping him to come to terms with his past and find a way forward.
[another memshare pig swings by. bam. she really enrolled him in college and it's the funniest thing.
[THIS COLLEGE MEMSHARE HELP ME also smooches you ill give u a rang one too]
...He hated you so much before. [And humans too.
It feels strange to see someone who was Nahida's enemy look so... Different? New? Can helping someone come to terms with their past really change them this much? Is a hand extended in times of despair really that valuable?
there is a pulse of envy from him, almost overpowering, before he stamps down on the emotion.]
[I'm just glad that it seems to have worked... eh?
she looks up, concerned, at that pulse of envy - but it vanishes as quickly as it came, and nahida can recognize that he's probably trying to keep it under wraps. so she doesn't call him on it, but he'll feel a flicker of understanding from her, and the affection week effect does get her to reach over and put a hand on his arm.]
I don't know... I don't really think of it as a debt he owes me. I was given a chance, because of assistance from other people. I wanted him to have that same chance, too... [I was paying it forward, and trying to right the wrongs that were done to him.] ...but, I know that he does. And he still thinks of himself as only having value if he also has utility... it's a work in progress.
[Rang feels Nahida's hand on his arm, and he looks down at her as she explains that it's not a debt to her, but a chance given. imagine caring about someone who wanted you dead? imagine not blaming them for that decision?
he can't imagine it. and he's still envious that Nahida has.]
He was lucky then, to have met you.
[and it looked like he didn't hate nahida so perhaps progress will be made? but that's his story, and not rang's. he's not sure if he wants to know the end of it.
as soon as he thinks that, a pig oinks on by. (click 720p for better quality... wails at my clips)]
[imagines superhell scara meeting rang on glocksuke like "why am I here I have to go kill the dendro archon" "okay let me know how that turns out for you"
anyway wow that sure is a lot of murder rang did. that's not what bothers nahida; what bothers her is the way the afterlife judges seem to have passed judgment without considering the cause. it bothers her that someone so important to rang was the one who had to carry out the punishment. and maybe it's a little hypocritical, because she's done things she hasn't want to do, so she can recognize that yeon took no pleasure in it; she can't help but wish, though, that he'd found some better way.
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Rang watches the memory, blinking as he recognizes -- well, only one key player in this one who is of course, Nahida. He doesn't know the others. He doesn't know them, and he's not sure what's at stake -- besides it clearly being important, so he watches with interest.
This is a Nahida in her country, her home ground, abilities unfettered, if looping the enemy is any indication. The enemy... Rang feels nothing, though he very unfortunately feels something at the very end, at this broken doll who hates humans so much that he wants to become a god about it. He's familiar with that, after all. He blinks over at Nahida when the memory ends, head tilted as he tries to formulate a question.]
Did you kill him?
[of course he asks this one first]
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well, it's not such an unsurprising question. not just because rang is the type to ask frank questions like that, but because of the circumstances; scaramouche had tried extremely hard to kill her. objectively speaking, killing him might have been the safest way to put an end to the problem. but she shakes her head.]
...no. He had been manipulated by the Fatui he'd aligned himself with, and by the Sages of my country who thought that if they made him into a god to replace me, he would be easier for them to control than I was. It wouldn't have been fair. [...] So, once all of that was over, we made a deal. He works for me as my assistant now. In exchange, he's under my protection, and I'm helping him to come to terms with his past and find a way forward.
[another memshare pig swings by. bam. she really enrolled him in college and it's the funniest thing.
also i want a rang memshare.........]
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...He hated you so much before. [And humans too.
It feels strange to see someone who was Nahida's enemy look so... Different? New? Can helping someone come to terms with their past really change them this much? Is a hand extended in times of despair really that valuable?
there is a pulse of envy from him, almost overpowering, before he stamps down on the emotion.]
The debt he owes you is no small thing.
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[I'm just glad that it seems to have worked... eh?
she looks up, concerned, at that pulse of envy - but it vanishes as quickly as it came, and nahida can recognize that he's probably trying to keep it under wraps. so she doesn't call him on it, but he'll feel a flicker of understanding from her, and the affection week effect does get her to reach over and put a hand on his arm.]
I don't know... I don't really think of it as a debt he owes me. I was given a chance, because of assistance from other people. I wanted him to have that same chance, too... [I was paying it forward, and trying to right the wrongs that were done to him.] ...but, I know that he does. And he still thinks of himself as only having value if he also has utility... it's a work in progress.
[there's a pang of worry -
I hope he's okay right now.]
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he can't imagine it. and he's still envious that Nahida has.]
He was lucky then, to have met you.
[and it looked like he didn't hate nahida so perhaps progress will be made? but that's his story, and not rang's. he's not sure if he wants to know the end of it.
as soon as he thinks that, a pig oinks on by. (click 720p for better quality... wails at my clips)]
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anyway wow that sure is a lot of murder rang did. that's not what bothers nahida; what bothers her is the way the afterlife judges seem to have passed judgment without considering the cause. it bothers her that someone so important to rang was the one who had to carry out the punishment. and maybe it's a little hypocritical, because she's done things she hasn't want to do, so she can recognize that yeon took no pleasure in it; she can't help but wish, though, that he'd found some better way.
(she's a rang stan, though. she is biased af.)]
How long ago was that, for you...?