#topic: the comodeen

[symphonicsoul]

△ + How many lives have you been unable to save? (for Cid)

Invasive Questions || Accepting all muses

"It's not invasive but I don't want to talk about it, I'd say this is a three.

That being said, plenty. I don't know a number. I - Gaudium is not kind and the Lords are even worse. Our base has been attacked plenty of times and that's why we kept moving around. This is the first time we've been able to have an actual solid compound and not hide out underground somewhere.

The Earl is in power again, even after everything that Kumo and Kaze have done to fight against him, but people have still died. When they get brought into Wonderland, when they get caught up in the mess, when they stand against Gaudium, when they - just cave to the pressures of what it is to live here.

I was born here - in Wonderland - I think anyway. I don't remember my life when I was young very well, but this place is all I know. Whatever came first I can't say. The Comodeen is all I know. Knave is- he took me in when I was still quite small. So the people here - the one's who have always been here or the ones who have just arrived like Kumo and Kaze and Lisa and the kids - they're my family.

Not being able to save them - it hurts. A lot. Sometimes it's even Kumo. Even Kaze. They're immortal but they can still die. They can still die even though they revive and sometimes they come back so injured there's nothing I can do about it. There's nothing I can do but wait for their powers to do what I can't.

I hate it. It makes me feel so powerless. "

[symphonicsoul]

🛠️ + What's one thing that'll get you angry right away?

"Angry right away? You mean like a hot button? Well my friends and family are a hot button and that includes my beautiful ladies. I don't really care if no one else understands it but they're more than just machines to me. They're my inventions and I put my blood, sweat, and tears into building them. So damage to them or the loss of them really gets me going. I've already lost Catharine and Jane, if anything happens to Sylvia I swear I'll lose my mind.

But on another note that also means my friends and family. The people of the Comodeen raised me. I don't remember anything else - they're all I know and then there's Kumo - he - might have been our enemy at one time but it was hardly by choice and then to see what they did to him when he went against Gaudium and protected us.

He almost died. He was bleeding out when we found him after that last battle with The Earl. Who knows how much longer he could have lasted if we hadn't stumbled upon him. Kumo may be immortal but Chaos can kill him and that wound - I can't get it out of my head. Whatever it was ran him straight through.

I hate seeing my loved ones hurt. It always gets my blood boiling because my loved ones are all I have."

[symphonicsoul]

@relentless-understudy asked:

Makenshi, do you feel any particular type of way about Knave?

"Of Knave? No, not entirely. He is an apt capable leader, working for a just cause. He knows the level of monstrosity he's up against but fights on still. He knows what kind of monstrosity I am, but still has opened his home to one like me. There is kindness in that man's heart, along with a burning passion to protect. He cares for those around him. Myself included, though I have done nothing to earn such a thing from him. I cannot begin to understand why he's chosen to care for one such as I.

He wants what is truly best for Wonderland, and her inhabitants. So truly, the world needs more men like him."

[symphonicsoul]

Words of Truth || Accepting

@wyrdify asked:

❓ + "When do you plan to tell the Amestrians about what Gaudium is?"

"When the information becomes relevant. The only thing they need to know of Gaudium is what the current problem is and the issues we are currently facing. What Gaudium once was is of little importance. We will not be having a discussion about His Excellency if that is what you're asking.

I will explain who attacked us and why. I will explain the tension that His Excellency's passing has left on Wonderland. I will explain the scar that Gaudium left upon these lands, but I will explain nothing more.

Knave knows these things about Gaudium. Knave knows the threat we're facing and enough of what he needs to in order to combat it. Cid and the others have experienced the Lords first hand. Herra Mustang and the others can just as well ask them. Just because I was once that monster's dog does not mean I am the only one capable of talking about it."

[symphonicsoul]

A Prince's Relations || Accepting

@founderkings asked:

16. someone they used to view negatively, but now view positively

"He squirmed his way into my life and before I knew it he was one of my closest friends. I wouldn't say I ever really viewed him negatively but I absolutely saw all of them as foolish for a while and head strong idiots that didn't understand what they were getting into. I didn't have much of a positive outlook of the Comodeen in the beginning of it all and Cid of all people, I thought was bold and outlandish for daring to speak to me the way he did.

I thought he was pushy and I didn't much care for the way he acted when we first met, if I'm honest, but now? That man is special to me. He feels like one of the only people I can confide in and I honestly should do so more often. He... Cid cares about me. He sees me.

He sees the man and not the sword and I honestly don't get too much of that nowadays. He takes my health excessively seriously. More so than I do sometimes. He's not afraid to talk back to me, and for as much as that put me off at first, I wouldn't have him talk to me any other way. Not now, not ever.

He's - seen a lot of my life. He's seen places that are special to me. He's listened. He's saved my life. He didn't have to pick me up after we sealed The Earl but he did. They all did. They all chose to save me. He's seen me in serious disrepair and without my Mist, of all things and he still believed in me.

He still believed in my abilities. He's never doubted what I was capable of and he chose to trust me before I ever trusted them. He forcibly made himself my doctor and he handles all health related issues and technology related issues personally. I think I about killed him when he found out how long it'd been since my mask had been maintained. He almost had a heart attack on the spot.

Cid cares about me, and it shows in the way he treats me and talks to me. Cid sees me. He sees Pilvi before he sees anything else, even if he doesn't quite have that name yet. I don't know what I'll do without him. When I met him, I was put off by his boldness but now - I welcome his lectures. They make me feel at home."