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Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 4
DracoOmega:
>Smile encouragingly at the both of them
Oldmansour:
--- Quote from: DracoOmega on March 14, 2016, 10:52:37 PM --->Smile encouragingly at the both of them
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>"Congratulations, Kiku-sama!" Koko says brightly, wasting no time in applying the new elder's honorific.
>The other three mikos, though, are less enthusiastic. "Karura is right, Satori." the winged youkai says. Kiku deserves the full ceremony for the transference of power."
>"And maybe we will have one, Mayumi. Later." says Kiku. "When the time is more appropriate. But perhaps now is not the time for ceremony. Save this part, perhaps." Turning to Satori, Kiku takes a breath and says, "I, Kiku, acknowledge my new title and the role that comes with it. In the name of the Metal Tiger, Byakko, I will strive to serve this temple, this city and this country to the best of my abilities."
>Setting aside her formality, she again turns back to her sisters. "We should all now be trying to put past wrongs behind us. You may have heard, but I will say it again: I have forgiven Satori. I do not expect all of you to do so quickly, and I will not order you to. But I will ask that you at least consider that Satori was, at the very least, not wholly responsible for her actions since we have known her. For half a century, a piece of pure evil did dwell within her. But that evil is gone now, and we are all of us free from its influence. It's time we began moving past that."
>"And we owe Magical Lotus and White Rose our thanks for that chance, as well as their comrade Lily. Without their aid, we'd still be under the influence of that creature. Or dead. They didn't just save Satori, they saved us, as well." And the tiger youkai lowers her head to you in thanks. Satori is quick to follow suit, as do Koko and the short winged miko Mayumi and the canine Yuzuriha.
DracoOmega:
>Bow our own head politely
>"Thank you. I'm just glad things have worked out as well as they did. The wounds of all those years may not be so easily erased, but now at least there is the chance to heal."
>To the other mikos: "And I wish to reiterate what Kiku said: the influence of the entity we destroyed last night was so malign that not even the gentlest of hearts could remain uncorrupted by it. You are not the only ones in this room whose minds were violated by another."
Oldmansour:
--- Quote from: DracoOmega on March 15, 2016, 12:34:21 AM --->Bow our own head politely
>"Thank you. I'm just glad things have worked out as well as they did. The wounds of all those years may not be so easily erased, but now at least there is the chance to heal."
>To the other mikos: "And I wish to reiterate what Kiku said: the influence of the entity we destroyed last night was so malign that not even the gentlest of hearts could remain uncorrupted by it. You are not the only ones in this room whose minds were violated by another."
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>While the three junoirs, at least outwardly, seem to consider your words, Karura is not as receptive. "I find that difficult to accept, since the fact is that, by her own admission, this thing spent all this time doing what Satori herself wanted to do."
DracoOmega:
>"Do you think that even a person's desires can truly remain uncorrupted by such a being? After so many years of dwelling inside her mind, I expect it's difficult for even Satori herself to be sure of where she ended and it began. The revulsion she feels at her own actions now is proof enough for me that they were nothing she ever would have done, had her mind been truly her own."