Remilia Quest Dh?

[Oldmansour]

>"Hmph. I am quite serious, Sakuya. You might be driven by loyalty, but that in and of itself has become a danger. You've grown too proud. Do you recall that book we read? The one that contained the tale of the Vampire known as Red Tide? Right now, you are becoming far too much like her for my comfort. If you continue on, you will meet the same sad fate as she."

>Sakuya closes her eyes and breaths out slowly before opening them again. "There are two prominent differences between that vampire and I, ojou-sama."

[Hanzo K.]

>"But also one dangerously vast similarity. Both she and you were proud. Dangerously so."

[Oldmansour]

>"But also one dangerously vast similarity. Both she and you were proud. Dangerously so."

>"I do not dispute that. But she had no cause beyond her own selfish desire for power and control. I have no such desire. I desire only to serve."
>"And I am also not such a fool. She challenged one who was beyond her. That is not a mistake I would have made before, let alone one I would make now."

[Hanzo K.]

>"Examine those words once more. 'a desire for power'. That is exactly what you have shown to me. You are convinced that by absorbing Pride, you will become more powerful. You are doing exactly as Red Tide did. forcing others into your own control for the sake of power."

[Oldmansour]

>"Examine those words once more. 'a desire for power'. That is exactly what you have shown to me. You are convinced that by absorbing Pride, you will become more powerful. You are doing exactly as Red Tide did. forcing others into your own control for the sake of power."

>"You truly don't understand. The power I will claim is not for my own sake, as hers was. As so many others have done. You have enemies, ojou-sama. There are beings in this world who are beyond you, beyond us, beyond the power of all in the Scarlet Devil Manor. As I will be, there will be nothing and no one would could touch you. I will be able to protect you from Yakumo herself. Even death will not touch us."

[Hanzo K.]

>"But I don't want that. Not like this. Listen to me Sakuya, by doing this, you aren't alleviating my pain at all."
>Look away with a sad and disappointed look. "...You're only making it worse."

[Oldmansour]

>"But I don't want that. Not like this. Listen to me Sakuya, by doing this, you aren't alleviating my pain at all."
>Look away with a sad and disappointed look. "...You're only making it worse."

>Sakuya's eyes show the regret she feels, and she replies in a heavy voice, "I take no joy this night, ojou-sama. I have done all that I can to alleviate your worries, but I accept that there was only so much I could do. All I can ask is that you have faith in me, ojou-sama. Everything will be all right in the end. You have had faith in me for all the years I have served you. Have faith in me now."

[Hanzo K.]

>"...It's impossible to do that when you're throwing away what made you so important."

[Oldmansour]

>"...It's impossible to do that when you're throwing away what made you so important."

>"Whatever you fear may be lost, ojou-sama, I promise you will be made up in the gains, tenfold and more. Trust me in this, as you do in all things."

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"I trust Sakuya, but you have proven repeatedly that you are not her. You, I do not trust. And I do not want you. I want Sakuya."

[Oldmansour]

>"I trust Sakuya, but you have proven repeatedly that you are not her. You, I do not trust. And I do not want you. I want Sakuya."

>Sakuya smiles, almost a smirk, one that tells her supreme confidence but not arrogance. A fine distinction. "Is it truly so hard for you to accept that I know better than you do now? I always did, and now I am more than I was."

[Hanzo K.]

>"It's not that. You are, quite simply, no-longer Sakuya. Just some creature masquerading as her, using her body as your own."

[Oldmansour]

>"It's not that. You are, quite simply, no-longer Sakuya. Just some creature masquerading as her, using her body as your own."

>"Now, you know better than that, ojou-sama." Sakuya says tolerantly. "If that was true, then would you sense my fate within me now?"

[Hanzo K.]

>"That is a simple question, with a simple answer. The true Sakuya is being imprisoned within her own body. You, are not the true Sakuya."

[Oldmansour]

>"That is a simple question, with a simple answer. The true Sakuya is being imprisoned within her own body. You, are not the true Sakuya."

>A worried look crosses Sakuya's face. "You genuinely believe that?"

[Hanzo K.]

>"It is not just what I believe. But what I know. The Sakuya I see before me, is one who is becoming someone who she was never fated to be. I hold Sakuya's fate in the palm of my hand. That is the oath she gave when she swore to serve me. The fact that you refuse my efforts to restore her to her true self proves it."

[Oldmansour]

>"It is not just what I believe. But what I know. The Sakuya I see before me, is one who is becoming someone who she was never fated to be. I hold Sakuya's fate in the palm of my hand. That is the oath she gave when she swore to serve me. The fact that you refuse my efforts to restore her to her true self proves it."

>Sakuya sighs and shakes her hand. "I had known you were prone to flights of fancy, even exaggeration. But I had not thought you capable of such delusion."

[Hanzo K.]

>Sigh. "Oh, it's no flight of fancy, or delusion. It is cold, hard, fact. Everything that has been presented to me fits as such."
>Let's let our aura start to flare. "However, it's clear you won't listen to reason."
>Look towards Celes. "Tell Tsumiko that it should be alright as long as they both come out of it themselves."

[Oldmansour]

>Sigh. "Oh, it's no flight of fancy, or delusion. It is cold, hard, fact. Everything that has been presented to me fits as such."
>Let's let our aura start to flare. "However, it's clear you won't listen to reason."
>Look towards Celes. "Tell Tsumiko that it should be alright as long as they both come out of it themselves."

>"I believe you could make anything fit your own definition of fact, ojou-sama." Sakuya says sadly. "You disappoint me. I realize you can be childish, but I expected better from you. It is you, I see, who will not listen to reason, though that, at least, does not surprise me."
>"What do you intend to do, Remilia?" the Steward asks you.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Whatever plan those two cooked up should suffice. I'm simply going to entertain her for a moment."
>Let's slowly stride towards Sakuya while keeping a nice little net of chains blocking her escape. "You're only making this harder on me."

[Oldmansour]

>"Whatever plan those two cooked up should suffice. I'm simply going to entertain her for a moment."
>Let's slowly stride towards Sakuya while keeping a nice little net of chains blocking her escape. "You're only making this harder on me."

>Celes looks between you and Sakuya. "We have no conclusion. You have information we need."
>"No, ojou-sama, you are making this harder on yourself." Sakuya counters, knives appearing in her hands again. And yet, she smiles at you. "But fear not. I forgive you."

[Hanzo K.]

>Who all is with us currently aside from Celes and 'Pride-Sakuya'?

[Oldmansour]

>Who all is with us currently aside from Celes and 'Pride-Sakuya'?

>Youmu is standing to Celes' left, and slightly behind her.

[Hanzo K.]

>What sort of power over Sakuya do we have aside from our Absolute Control of her Fate that she cannot resist? Such as a Devil's Contract.
>To be more precise, is there a way we can command her to forcibly cease her actions in a way that she knows we're deathly serious?

[Oldmansour]

>What sort of power over Sakuya do we have aside from our Absolute Control of her Fate that she cannot resist? Such as a Devil's Contract.
>To be more precise, is there a way we can command her to forcibly cease her actions in a way that she knows we're deathly serious?

>You have no such contract with Sakuya. It really was never necessary for anything, especially when factoring in her devotion to you and your devotion to her.
>Considering everything you've done and said so far, you would say that Sakuya knows how serious you are. She just seems convinced that she knows better than you do.

[Hanzo K.]

>Stubborn girl. We'll have to fix that contract matter later. Her antics have caused us no end of grief after all, we certainly don't want a repeat after all.
>Perhaps having her read from that one book, the 'Evil Overlord List', will help re-educate her. After all, there was a passage about 'not consuming an energy field larger than one's head'. Pride would certainly qualify for that, being able to take a full human form.

[Oldmansour]

>Stubborn girl. We'll have to fix that contract matter later. Her antics have caused us no end of grief after all, we certainly don't want a repeat after all.
>Perhaps having her read from that one book, the 'Evil Overlord List', will help re-educate her. After all, there was a passage about 'not consuming an energy field larger than one's head'. Pride would certainly qualify for that, being able to take a full human form.

>You make a note, but a cautious ones. Demon Contracts are a tricky bit of business. If not worded properly and precisely, they can do as much harm as good, if not more, to the people involved.
>You've never actually read a book by that name. Perhaps Patchy would have a copy, or the Countess. Her library's no match for Patchy's, but it's not too shabby.

[Hanzo K.]

>We'll be sure to take quite a lot of time to get all the details set. But if it forbids her from attempting to absorb a foreign power without our permission, then that's a good baseline to work with.
>One of the two would likely have something of the sort. We'll have to look into that.

>Hmm...Sakuya's clearly not listening to reason, and she's more than willing to strike us to get her way. So how can we go about delaying her long enough to finish formulating the plan...

[Oldmansour]

>We'll be sure to take quite a lot of time to get all the details set. But if it forbids her from attempting to absorb a foreign power without our permission, then that's a good baseline to work with.
>One of the two would likely have something of the sort. We'll have to look into that.

>Hmm...Sakuya's clearly not listening to reason, and she's more than willing to strike us to get her way. So how can we go about delaying her long enough to finish formulating the plan...

>Making some mental notes about future plans is all well and good, but a plan for present would be even better.

[Hanzo K.]

>Hmm...How would we be able to startle Sakuya into timefreezing herself again?