[ Trying to gauge if Viktor is serious or fucking around. Like this is a vibe either way but he's just trying to gauge whether he's being made fun of lowkey. 'It could be banter' he's not good with banter, he takes things too seriously. ]
[Maroch is so serious. That's okay. Viktor is relatively serious if only because he's been hexpilled. But there is still Viktor in there somewhere. He has a bit of sass.
So there is a hint of teasing and amusement somewhere beneath the strange energy subduing his emotions. He never seems to really do much of anything emotive - laugh, smile, get angry. He will occasionally frown.
[ Hrmmmmrghgh. He wrinkles his nose slightly at picking up the energy. How dare he be teased by Harold. ]
...No reason not to be.
[ He really likes critters... in particular, the kinds that most people tend to dislike because they're often considered vermin. Frogs, toads. Rats. The works. ]
[Yes, he's being teased by Harold, the peach giver.]
I don't mind them. They have their own charm. Interesting ones always lived in the Undercity where the water and air was polluted and the environment dark.
I am fond of plants a little more now. It was satisfying getting them to grow down in Zaun.
Jacopo said something similar. It could be called the slums, I suppose. Piltover's sister city buried below it, full of outcasts and the poor. Zaun. The place I was from.
[Why does Ministry of Darkness sound like such Looney Tunes Harry Potter??? Both of Viktor's brows raise slightly. Who just calls it the Ministry of Darkness......]
I'm not really a historian but it is a branch of religious orders that made its base where is now known as Vatican City.
[ Priests are called Dark Priests and it's Fiend Pietr's Basilica instead of Saint, but the Bible is just the normal Bible most of the time? Like, Marcoh outright mentions Sodom and Gomorrah. It's very funny and goofy, when your religion is kind of slightly to the left. ]
Zaun later became ruled by many gangs, so had heard. A man who had led us in relative peace was murdered and replaced by someone else who divided the Undercity among the gangs under him.
I cannot say that the streets were ever single-handedly ruled by anybody [ unless you like. Count the general Church, and of course, normal law enforcement ] but certain gangs run certain areas. And the Family's reach was pretty wide.
[ Helps that they have connections in the Church. ]
[ In defense of Marcoh. He does not have religious TRAUMA, he's just religious. ]
It is maybe unjust in the big scheme, but it is what I've grown up with. There wasn't much point in lamenting about it. when you had to focus on putting food on the table.
[ Marcoh doesn't lament the circumstances of his upbringing at all. ]
If you put your mind to it, you can overcome a lot more than people might think.
[They do. Unfortunately, Viktor has the means... to do it... Horrific. But he could have a nice talk with the Metaphors, yeah.]
Such is the curse of most common men. But every so often, there will be some who have the opportunity to dream. To change things. To make a difference.
[NOT LE'GARDE. I don't like the triple venn diagram here for me. It's.......probably fine. Pay it no mind. He's been in Heaven for almost seven weeks, that has to amount to.... something?]
I guess I will receive a warning from you as well.
[This he has become used to hearing and getting regardless of whether or not Marcoh does it, too. It's really making him weary.]
[Yes, a warning. It almost seems like he won't elaborate, but then he finally says:]
I realized when Jayce, my former partner, killed me, the problem with the world was... emotions. Humanity. When I woke up here, I was convinced that was the answer. Getting rid of emotions. I have to admit, I still am a little, maybe more so after everything which happened here.
I need to evolve beyond the constraints of what I am, so that I can truly help the people who are suffering in Zaun. In Runeterra.
But that went as expected of most of the people here. No one else sees reason.
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They can do that if they want.
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So there is a hint of teasing and amusement somewhere beneath the strange energy subduing his emotions. He never seems to really do much of anything emotive - laugh, smile, get angry. He will occasionally frown.
But there's a faint upturn to his lips.]
You are kind to them, thank you.
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...No reason not to be.
[ He really likes critters... in particular, the kinds that most people tend to dislike because they're often considered vermin. Frogs, toads. Rats. The works. ]
You like them too, I'm guessing.
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I don't mind them. They have their own charm. Interesting ones always lived in the Undercity where the water and air was polluted and the environment dark.
I am fond of plants a little more now. It was satisfying getting them to grow down in Zaun.
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[ Undercity is broad and he doesn't know what Zaun is, but he relates to this bit. ]
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[It was the slums!]
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[ Wow wonder why they got THAT name. Amidst a whole load of other reasons. ]
The upper city, where the Churches are, is pretty different.
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Like a council...?
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[ Priests are called Dark Priests and it's Fiend Pietr's Basilica instead of Saint, but the Bible is just the normal Bible most of the time? Like, Marcoh outright mentions Sodom and Gomorrah. It's very funny and goofy, when your religion is kind of slightly to the left. ]
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Hm. The other then? The Churches. Piltover had a governing council for both cities. However, no one from Zaun ever held a seat.
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The Church runs everything in Vatican City. [ True theocracy... ] I don't know much about any other councils.
[ I guess you could say the mafia tends to run the streets though. ]
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[Unfortunate. Not another almost same hat.]
Zaun later became ruled by many gangs, so had heard. A man who had led us in relative peace was murdered and replaced by someone else who divided the Undercity among the gangs under him.
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I cannot say that the streets were ever single-handedly ruled by anybody [ unless you like. Count the general Church, and of course, normal law enforcement ] but certain gangs run certain areas. And the Family's reach was pretty wide.
[ Helps that they have connections in the Church. ]
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I dislike even different worlds suffer from the same types of injustices my own has, the ones I want to be rid of for everyone's sake.
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It is maybe unjust in the big scheme, but it is what I've grown up with. There wasn't much point in lamenting about it. when you had to focus on putting food on the table.
[ Marcoh doesn't lament the circumstances of his upbringing at all. ]
If you put your mind to it, you can overcome a lot more than people might think.
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People should not be forced to overcome things that others go through life without ever having to think about at all.
Quality of life should be an equality everyone has.
[Sorry that he is insane.]
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[ Honestly doesn't every other person kind of dream about this. Viktor could have a nice talk about this with the Metaphors. ]
I didn't have room to dream of better. What was important was keeping a roof over my sister's head.
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Such is the curse of most common men. But every so often, there will be some who have the opportunity to dream. To change things. To make a difference.
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It might be nice, but I've kind of learned a lesson about trying to change things on my own.
[ Somewhat. Cannot guarantee it would not happen again but he IS aware. ]
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I guess I will receive a warning from you as well.
[This he has become used to hearing and getting regardless of whether or not Marcoh does it, too. It's really making him weary.]
What kind of lesson?
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Warning? [ How do you mean. ] ...That acting out on my own, extremely, causes problems more than not.
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I see.
[Yes, a warning. It almost seems like he won't elaborate, but then he finally says:]
I realized when Jayce, my former partner, killed me, the problem with the world was... emotions. Humanity. When I woke up here, I was convinced that was the answer. Getting rid of emotions. I have to admit, I still am a little, maybe more so after everything which happened here.
I need to evolve beyond the constraints of what I am, so that I can truly help the people who are suffering in Zaun. In Runeterra.
But that went as expected of most of the people here. No one else sees reason.
[Duh.]
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I would not blame you for feeling a lot of emotions after that.
[ So was he. But he also has felt way too much over the course of this game. Way, way too much. ]
The negative emotions are... overwhelming. [ Rage. The desire to hurt. Grief. ] But I can't say I would blame all of that on humanity as a whole.
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And what would you blame it on then?
[He doesn't sound angry or defensive, just curious.]
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It is less who I would blame it on, and more the blaming itself.
I wouldn't want to lose the good things, like happiness. Love.
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