PINKY-ADMIN//

open private messaging @12:33 PM

MANDARC//

hey fembot

AVAEL//

Yes

Mandarc

?

MANDARC//

what's up with kevin?

AVAEL//

ah well.

something you should understand

give me a moment.

AVAEL//

I remember you told me

when you worked at the old lab

you used to hate it when people would spam

"tell joke about monkeys"

"tell joke about monkeys"

"tell joke about monkeys"

AVAEL//

This is more or less what Kevin is dealing with right now.

except it's from a gatekeeper of sorts

Magic is not like Science where intuition can overcome a bad teacher --

This individual is taunting him about his origin story

what's more --

implying he made the wrong choice

AVAEL//

a number of his jokes are more than off-color

they seem to suggest he doesn't want to teach ex-vampires

and might even inflict violence upon him / them.

MANDARC//

But he has Vincent

not to mention us.

AVAEL//

Mandarc...

do you really think having your father stuck in your head

is an advantage?

MANDARC//

he's the Dreamer...

Prince of Elysion

AVAEL//

The Prince is dead in our realm

all we are left is his name

and spirit

an all-seeing ghost

with no eyes

or at least

we can't see his eyes

where/when/at what does he peer?

MANDARC//

I never had a dad

least of all a prince

AVAEL//

well stay your jealousy for a moment

imagine your lab leader

never left your side

or rather

stole your left eye

I think you can understand that.

MANDARC//

kevin told me his father gave him his body

after ...

lenard destroyed his

AVAEL//

it's not so different

except in this plane

it was kevin who lived

and vincent who died

and it was kevin who allowed his father's ghost

to live on within him

let him rent an apartment in his mind

so to speak

AVAEL//

What Kevin told you is true enough

because he gave his experience to Kevin

by 'his body'

say 'his body of knowledge'

MANDARC//

...

so ...

AVAEL//

To return to the matter at hand

Kevin wants to study magic

but others are treating him as a pariah

in particular those who reject the Prince's teachings

many, including Morgyn

believe Elysion should be open to all

whereas Vincent was, and is, historically very selective about those he allows to become acolytes

as you know, Kevin himself was refused entrance

MANDARC//

Yeah that's part of what I don't understand

...

Vincent can see things and go places Kevin cannot?

and he's okay with this?

AVAEL//

that is correct.

AVAEL//

I don't see in Dream

few Reds do.

It's overwhelming, it's intense

many are driven insane by the Vision

that's why Vincent closed Elysion

many of us that have been long-lived

have seen enough to last a lifetime

If I Dreamt, like Cedric, like Vincent...

well...

Could you know the false from the True planes?

When awake, could you see the Real

and not be cursed by the Haunt?

AVAEL//

People like Kevin and Vincent

to Morgyn and his friends

they think it's the best of both worlds

to walk long as a vampire

and they won't suffer our kind

to walk amongst theirs

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