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Characters: Dolorosa and you
Format: will match
This log is: open
Location: Fortitude classrooms
Summary: Troll history class may have cryptic messages in it.or maybe Ru is pulling your leg
Warnings: Dolorosa feels
The usually smiling and peaceful Dolorosa looks upset as her student walk into class. On the board behind her in her familiar is scroll is written the end of the rebellion? and every so often she looks longingly at the words.
"Throughout these weeks I have taught you about how blood color defines the class systems, how each color has a place in society and a role to play, and how not everyone was happy with these positions. Last week I told you about Signless and the rebellion, which I was personally a part of, but I did not tell you the outcome. Those involved were all close friends of mine, family even. I raised Signless, something unheard of in troll society, and on that day he was killed, his beloved Disciple went into hiding, his faithful friend Psiioniic was taken by the empress because of his abilities, and I was sold into slavery. I cannot give you a complete retelling of the events or what happened afterwards, as I was otherwise occupied, but I can tell you that rebellions never really die, they just get passed on."
"If your cause is just and you have those willing to fight for it, why should it not continue?"
With that Dolorosa ends class early, but she is there for anyone who wishes to question her about, well, anything.
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"That was rather anticlimactic," he comments once class is concluded.
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He shrugs. "It's a foregone conclusion anyway, I guess. Shit happens, the empress remains in power, the hemospectrum keeps bein' a thing, the masses are subjugated, the end."
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Although... it really can't hurt to find out. "So I guess those young trolls didn't mention why the empress is 'absent'." Dirk knows better than to assume anything, what with alternate universes being as prevalent as they are, but he also knows better than to think that there's any such thing as a coincidence.
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He picks up his books and starts toward the door, but pauses. Dirk thinks himself almost never wrong, but he does have his moments, and he is self-aware enough to realize this. "I made some snap judgments based on faulty assumptions, Dolorosa, and I want to apologize for that."
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Dolorosa smiles brightly at him, "I understand that meeting aliens can be off putting, or that some arrive here with negative views of us, but just as humans are not all the same, trolls are not as well. I'm glad I could help you realize that. You are a good student, Dirk."
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Though he doesn't show it, he appreciates the compliment. "I'm just studious as fuck, that's all." He pauses. "You still have to teach though, right? Like, that's a Rakuen rule. What's next on the syllabus?"
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"Yes, I think I am overdue for a trip to the library. I would much rather not just repeat the last ten weeks."
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"Something more recent, probably. Like after the Signless's death." Something she'd said to Lelouch earlier in class strikes him, and as much as he can sympathize with her viewpoint, he can't let it stand when it's false. "You were wrong about one thing. Peaceful or not, sometimes the evil system just stays in place."
So he doesn't know what happened on Alternia. But he knows what happened on Earth.
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"I would need to do research on that, I know very little about it due to my captivity," she frowns, remembering what Lelouch said, "I am aware that peace does not always triumph over evil, but I believe peace outlasts evil."
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Aw, hell with it. He'll just outright tell her: "Look. The Earth I'm from has been ruled by your Condesce -- or maybe another universal version of her, who knows, it's not important -- for the past four centuries. Peaceful methods of trying to alert the populace to the threat she posed failed. But hey, so did outright violence. The human population eventually shrunk from around seven billion, to two." A pause. "Not two billion; two. Your optimism is a breath of fresh air, and I would honestly love to hear that Alternia is an utopia of sunshine and equality nowadays, but you can see why I'm a bit skeptical."
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"But what is the point of having no hope? I would rather be disappointed than have no hope at all."
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So Dirk just shrugs. "That's your choice."
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"...anyway, thanks again."
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