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Independent Zanza from Xenoblade Chronicles. NOT SPOILER FREE! Sideblog of destinysengineer

[soulofbionis]

( Obey Me!: )

✫★✫    The tactican gasped when he heard the other’s request. He turned pale, moving to crawl closer to the wall, “N-no! I refuse to do that! I hate Grima! You can’t make me become him!” He was sobbing loudly, shaking his head as he pulled his knees to his chest. Alvis noticed and frowned. Something.. seemed wrong about this. He felt the need to protect Robin.. Even this Shulk.. Was this really the will of his master? It felt.. wrong. He wanted to leave, to warn them. He knew it was against what he was designed for, but.. he couldn’t just let him hurt them! W..why did he even feel like this?

▽\\\ “...I already told you, I won’t take no for an answer!” He pushed back off the wall and made the same rein-jerking motion he made before. “Invoke the Fell Dragon’s power, or else be subjected to immense pain! All I asked you right now was to spread your dark wings, nothing more.” Zanza wanted to see how far he could push Robin while having this kind of control over his body.

[soulofbionis]

( My Little Dragon Pet: )

✫★✫    Robin gasped, shouting loudly, “HAIL ZANZA!” He wanted to throw up, struggling to pull away, since his head was up a good bit. He was shaking, tears dripping down his face. Not from pain, but from fear. He knew Zanza would want nothing more than to torture him. He continued to struggle to move away before he felt Alvis increase the ether around his other wrist, causing him to scream loudly in pain.

▽\\\ “Good, good~” He chuckled darkly as he walked over to where Robin was chained up and loomed over him. “Looks like those meddlers didn’t try to cut the fibers like they did with Shulk. And speaking of which, he should be under my control by now...” If only he was aware of the efforts the rest of the group were taking to try to free him. “Now that I’ve proven I control you... Show me your wings.” And by his wings, Zanza was obviously referring to Grima’s three pairs of dragon wings. “You can’t tell me getting rid of the Ether got rid of the wings too, seeing as you had them before taking your temporary transformation. And if you won’t do it yourself, I’ll do it for you.”

[soulofbionis]

( You Will be Mine~: )

✫★✫    “Morgan..” Fiora looked at her daughter with sad eyes, moving to wrap her arms around her and kiss her forehead, “Please know this is dangerous.. but.. it may be our only option.. Please.. promise me you’ll be safe..” She kissed her daughter’s forehead, holding Morgan close before closing her eyes, “I..if it hurts you.. please stop.. I don’t want to lose you either..”

✫★✫    “Zanza, release me!” Robin was now chained to the wall, struggling to get free from the ether cuffs burning his arms. This hurt beyond anything he ever felt. He knew what the other planned and he was not happy in the slightest. He struggled, hissing angrily as he glared at the god with a look that could have killed him right where he stood.

▽\\\ “Now why would I do that?” The glowing yellow god chuckled as he casually stepped into view of his prisoner, completely unabashed by the dark gaze. He was using his feet today instead of the wings fluttering gently at his back for whatever reason. “I’m sure Alvis already told you what I’m planning to do with you. That and I can get you to do anything I want you to with just a flick of my wrist~” Zanza removed one of his hands that he had had cupped behind his back and held it forward, thin red string dangling from his open palm.

“Don’t believe me? I’ll prove it. Say ‘Hail Zanza'.” He clenched his fist around the strings tightly and jerked his hand back to his shoulder, as if briskly pulling on the reins of a horse. After giving Robin a moment to react, he laughed darkly and started monologuing a bit. “I do have to thank Ragyo for giving me this power. It will prove immensely helpful for getting rid of any opposition to my rule once and for all.”

[heroicmeep]

and here’s zanza’s monado!

tools: procrastination, clip studio paint, the passage of fate

(free to use with credit, of course)

[soulofbionis]

( Meyneth: )

“The acts of the minority do not reflect the majority, Zanza.  Egil did what he thought was right and that being stopping your return and the awakening of the Bionis, nothing more, nothing less.  Draining the Bionis’ blood was something that he saw as a way of preventing any more potential attacks on Mechonis.  Not all people are innocent or incapable of committing regrettable acts, I can acknowledge that, your people are just as capable of the same.  I cannot condone Egil’s idea of a solution, but I can say that there are also many Machina who do not support him or his way of thinking.”

▽\\\ “And yet the multitudes of Machina that disagree with Egil’s ways did nothing to stop him. They let him create the Mechon and lead the assault against Bionis. You can’t tell me they had no idea what Egil was planning to do with the Mechon when he started building them, can you? Surely machines like those couldn’t have been made for peaceful purposes. The innocents are just as guilty as Egil for doing nothing to stop him. They did not care enough for their so-called ‘friends’ on Bionis to talk him out of his warmongering ways. That is why all Machina need to die.”

[soulofbionis]

( Meyneth: )

“Ether is not a limitless resource, this is true, and it is a known occurrence for people to fight one another over resources, yes.  Should my children find a necessity of more ether, then it will be dealt with as it comes.  I do not think they would ever want to or find it crucial to attack Bionis to obtain ether however, they can recognize how heavily life there depends on ether.  They’ve no desire to potentially see life there be at risk due to their own actions.  I cannot help but think your solution for everything is that of conflict.”

▽\\\ “And just how are you so sure that they won’t be selfish and try to take what they need from Bionis? You may believe that the people of Mechonis can do no evil, but have you seen what that one Machina has done to the Bionis with his army of Mechon? Egil, I believe his name is? They have been taking countless litres of Ether from my body, trying to drain me dry in an attempt to stop me, and I doubt Egil’s just stockpiling the stuff just to play keep away from me either. Face it, Meyneth, your people aren’t as innocent and capable of no evil as you may think they are.”

[soulofbionis]

( Meyneth: )

“Perhaps, although I don’t see it posing a horribly high risk to you, the people of the Bionis have a resilience to them, there are plenty of dangers for them to face on the Bionis itself after all, and should they be prepared I do not think them to be at much risk on the Mechonis.  However, I think convincing you of that would likely prove fruitless; and I still do not think that violence would be the only choice for you in eliminating the risks of your potential loss of ether.” 

▽\\\ “You should be a bit more conscientious of Ether yourself, especially when I just mentioned how finite of a resource it is. Your people may not need as much as mine do, but they’ll still hunger for it eventually. With that in mind, they would have come over and invaded Bionis anyway to get it, and thus the war was merely an inevitability. I just hastened things up before I could lose too much Ether to your hungry people, is all.”

[soulofbionis]

( Meyneth: )

“I merely tried to give my people the best that I could for them, I cannot speak for your own children, but I doubt they all would have left you.  Bionis has its own charms, a number of my children quite enjoyed visiting there when they had the opportunity, and it would still be the home of your people regardless of what they thought of Mechonis.”

▽\\\ “You know how wanderlust is, yes? The curious peoples of Bionis will head over to Mechonis and be smitten by its foreign charms. Once there, they won’t want to leave for a while, and considering how dangerous your metal wasteland to beings of flesh and blood, it’s rather likely some of them will die and their Ether will be lost to me forever. I can’t have that, can I, Meyneth? This universe only has a finite amount of Ether, after all.”

[soulofbionis]

( Meyneth: )

“Perhaps you should have put forth more thought into what consequences there may be to a large scale war.  And, I don’t think that being your annoyed with my people’s opinions of me was something worth going to all of that trouble over.”

▽\\\ “I just don’t understand why your people worship the very ground you tread upon whereas my people forgot about my existence entirely. I couldn’t let the people of Bionis be swayed away from my body to live upon yours, especially when I need their Ether back once they die. I merely started the war to ensure that the people of Bionis realized that Mechonis is not an ideal place for them to live.”

[soulofbionis]

( Meyneth: )

“I did not force you to take a giant as your host, nor was I the one who imprisoned you, your own children did because of your actions.  Those were merely the results of your own behavior.”

▽\\\ “It’s not so much taking the giant as my host as much as it is being stuck there for an unreasonably long amount of time. I need to take a new vessel every thousand years, and it’s quite difficult to do that when you’re sealed on an island all alone. This wouldn’t have had to happen in the first place if your people weren’t going around preaching about how great you are to my people, you know.”

[soulofbionis]

( Meyneth: )

“Does my very presence upset you that much?”

▽\\\ “Considering you’re the reason I got sealed away inside the body of a giant and was imprisoned within a floating island for a very long time, yes it does.”

[soulofbionis]

▽\\\ Here’s a grump who’s not happy to see Meyneth again.

[soulofbionis]

( Oh Right: )

                                                            ✫★✫       “And.. I supposed you’ll slowly torture me to death.. especially with those tools you have behind you..” The tactician looked at him with weak eyes, knowing fully well what the god could do to him just to completely break him. He just hoped it would kill him instead, nothing more, nothing less.

▽\\\ ...Oh right. These. I nearly forgot about them. The god shrugged. I’ll use them in time. After all, I’m sure Shulk will enjoy seeing you get tortured to death before I completely take over his body. Seeing you die to me will just break his precious little soul in half, you know.

[soulofbionis]

( He Can’t Win: )

                                                            ✫★✫       “…No, I’m afraid you won, Zanza.” He was truly stuck like this. Injuring himself was his last attempt at being able to protect his boyfriend, “I’m afraid you’ve truly defeated me and Shulk..” He sighed, looking down with tearful eyes. This was all his fault. If he hadn’t gone to save his daughter, he wouldn’t have cost the win.

▽\\\ Funny how Shulk has been defeated before he’s even arrived to come to your rescue, isn’t it? Zanza knew he had won and was just rubbing it in. Before he’s even set foot in this place, he’s lost. It’s almost disappointing how easy this is going to be for me. Now I suppose I should just wait for Shulk to finally get away from the monster and start making his way here...

[soulofbionis]

( Some Tactician You Are...: )

                                                            ✫★✫       “I do. However, don’t think I’ve forgotten about the curse. If he rescues me, he falls into your trap. If I’m dead, the curse won’t live and thus, he’ll be safe.” He growled, narrowing his eyes at the god. He did attempt to grab the knife again, but when it resulted in another burning feeling, he moved to the back of the cage.

▽\\\ I’ll be taking this~ After Robin moved away from the knife, Zanza reached down and picked it up, making sure the tactician couldn’t get his hands on it again. You’re in quite a pickle, aren’t you? Where’s that genius tactician prowess of yours now, Mr. ‘I’m Always Three Steps Ahead’? Zanza deliberately mocked Robin’s victory quote from the tournament as he finished that sentence. Got any plans to save yourself and your precious Shulk before it’s too late?

[soulofbionis]

( Don’t You Dare: )

                                                            ✫★✫       When Robin heard that, his heart practically shattered. He began to sob loudly. However, after about a couple minutes, he slowly moved to grab a knife he hit in his joke. He had brought it incase Morgan knocked out his sword. He teared up, before raising it in hopes he’d stab himself. He really saw no way out of this. Shulk wasn’t going to save him and, even if he felt regret, he had that curse on him. There was nothing else he could do.

▽\\\ Not so fast. Zanza snapped his fingers again so that the golden collar on Robin’s neck activated, turning it off once Robin let go of the knife. I need you alive. You’re not dying on my watch. Do you seriously doubt Shulk has enough strength or intelligence to eventually free himself from the hungry monster’s grasp? For somebody who trusts Shulk with his life, you don’t have a lot of faith in him... Do you?

[soulofbionis]

( You’re Having Doubts: )

                                                            ✫★✫       “N..nice try, Zanza, but, I’m not going to fall for it!” He shouted angrily, even though his voice did waver a bit. He didn’t know if Shulk needed his help or not, or if he really would rather be with a monster than saving his boyfriend. He didn’t know what to do, “I-i know Fiora won’t let a monster harm Shulk, s-so.. THIS HAS TO BE A LIE!” He shouted, despite the tears dripping down his face. He didn’t seem to believe it.

▽\\\ Do you honestly think that Fiora can watch Shulk all the time? Zanza asked, realizing that the manipulation was working. She leaves his side for one moment and all of a sudden, he’s being attacked by a hungry beast, for all you know. There’s a lot you missed while you slept, so you can’t possibly know what led to this. If Fiora’s so devoted to protecting Shulk, where is she? It is your home this is happening within, after all.