TM - 56 - What would a description of your *exact opposite* be like?

[on_holy_ground]

My exact opposite is a man who wants power over as much and as many as he can manage. Death and carnage mean nothing to him so long as he gets what it is that he desires. He is a charismatic warlord and a general of men, leading them across continents, raping and pillaging as they go. Knowledgeable in military strategy, he is a man with a ruthless nature that will allow nothing to stand in his way.

This is a man who has no consideration for anyone save himself and his own goals. Cities, towns, villages, families, and lives mean nothing to him. A man that will take what he wants, and then discard it when his appetites are satisfied; only to start again once that satiated feeling of conquest has left him. Stopping at nothing, he will continue on until he is either dead, or someone gets him to somehow see the light.

I am afraid that I know this man all to well.

Comments

[civ-barbarian.livejournal.com]

That man would be a great man. A man to fire one's blood.

Sounds a lot like me. *smirks*

[on-holy-ground.livejournal.com]

I believe there are far to many men like that in this world already.

[mydelerium.livejournal.com]

Delirium wanders into the rectory, glancing around at the relics somewhat amused. She's heard a rumor, that a once great and once dead man has returned... another from the Horsemen's fringe group... She had watched him in the past, out of curiousity, watching the changes his life took as time continued for him... and one day when she'd gone to visit, he'd been dead, and it hadn't been right. She's pleased to hear he may have returned through whatever odd magics of this place, and is resolved to discover for herself.

[on-holy-ground.livejournal.com]

Darius is sitting at a small table near the fireplace, working carefully on a model of the battle of Gettysburg. He had started one long ago of Pickett's charge up Cemetery Hill, but had never had the chance to finish all that he had wanted to before he no longer had the chance.

It seemed that the previous model been lost sometime after his death and he had to start again, but he wasn't to concerned about it. He had always enjoyed the doing far more than having the completed product anyway. He was so busy concentrating on his project actually, that he did not notice her entrance right away.

[mydelerium.livejournal.com]

Del wanders over, standing close enough to watch what he's doing, but not so close that she's looming. She waits until he has his hands free, so that he won't drop or accidentally break something, and waves a hand to catch his attention.

DaRiuS.

[on-holy-ground.livejournal.com]

Darius startles slightly and glances up at her, having been completely lost in his work. His gaze is then caught by her eyes and he can't seem to look away.

"I'm sorry, do I know you?"

[mydelerium.livejournal.com]

She smiles a little. i DOnt tHinK wE eVer sPokE buT i VisIted yOu bEfoRE There were services she attended, she can't remember whether he held them, or was even at them, but she associates the memory with other memories of having watched him. loNg aGo.

She points to herself. iM DeliRiuM

[on-holy-ground.livejournal.com]

He looks at her more closely. She is obviously not an immortal, or at least not one of his type as he can't feel her presence, but something about the way she said that, her appearance, and mannerisms make him think she is one of some kind. There is a tickle at the back of his mind when she says her name, as though he should know it.

"You already know who I am it would seem." He smiles softly, "what is it that I can do for you?"

[mydelerium.livejournal.com]

hOw dId yOu gEt bAck? i aSkeD mY sIStEr tO heLP mE bUT sHe sAid sHe wOulDnT dO iT, sAid iT wAS beYonD hEr... bUt sO mANy aRe COmIng bAck...

iTs nOt yOur GatheRinG buT somEthinG iS coMing FoR CerTain...

buT mOstLy i WonDer hOw yOu cAme baCK... KrOnOs cAme thRouGh CHaOs mAgiCS... CasPiaN jUst sOrt oF showEd uP... thE otHerS dOnT kNOw eTIhER....

cOnnuNdruM, thAts thE rIghT worD?

[on-holy-ground.livejournal.com]

"I am afraid that it is indeed a puzzle, as I am not sure how it is that I returned either. I sometimes wish that I did have more of an understanding of the how of it all, but I am content with the knowledge that I must be back for some purpose and that I simply need to discover what that purpose is."

[consort.livejournal.com]

There's a few of those around here.

[on-holy-ground.livejournal.com]

There are a few of those no matter where one goes it would seem.

[consort.livejournal.com]

Certain types seem to attract that mindset, you know? Years to brood about power and its applications and whatnot... what to do with it...

[on-holy-ground.livejournal.com]

Sadly enough, that does tend to be the case with some people. They choose to think about destruction rather than working for the greater good.

[consort.livejournal.com]

Yup. Though some of 'em are reformed, or workin' on it...

[on-holy-ground.livejournal.com]

It can be a long road, but the fact that there are still some that are trying gives me hope for the future.

[consort.livejournal.com]

Yup.

I'd like to come by and talk sometime, if that's alright...

[on-holy-ground.livejournal.com]

Of course it's all right, I am always available for those that wish to speak with me.

[cuimhnigh.livejournal.com]

He sounds like a very frightening man.

[on-holy-ground.livejournal.com]

Indeed he does, which is why I am glad it is my opposite that I am describing, and not myself.

[cuimhnigh.livejournal.com]

It does seem like a very good thing, Father.

I saw that you have recently moved to our city?

[on-holy-ground.livejournal.com]

Quite recently, yes. It is taking a bit of getting used to.

[cuimhnigh.livejournal.com]

It does at that, and I just came from Boston. Where are you from?

And...is your church open for mass?

[on-holy-ground.livejournal.com]

Most recently from Paris.

Yes, although I have not yet started to give daily mass here, just the weekly one on Sunday. I am however hoping to change that soon, when everything has settled down a bit more.

[cuimhnigh.livejournal.com]

Paris is a lovely city. Whyever did you want to leave it for New York?

*nods*

Just Sunday's...good. Though even managing that can be.

Well, small steps are good, right?