AnimaDisciple
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Dmitry & Sarah
The place was humid, and moist, and slick, and full of fucking moss and shrooms. Dmitry hated just standing around in such a place. But the faeries liked it for some reason and so he had to tolerate it for now.
London was standing guard at one end of the tunnel, scaring away any Faeries that got near. It had taken some effort to convince her not to squish them or rip off their wings; mainly because Dmitry himself wanted to do it. But it made Sarah upset so they both had to suck it up for now. Meanwhile, Mexico was at the other end, warding it off from any possible threats. He would have to take her on a walk later today, however. The doll hated being stuffed inside places and would much rather be outside in the wilderness.
Kyoto, Shangai, Russia and Orléans were all around him, just playing and talking. He had planned to leave them behind for this Quest but Orléans had protested and rallied the other three into getting Dmitry to bring them along; she liked it best when all the sisters were together. Nethie was the polar opposite of that, pouting in the corner at having been brought along. In her case Dmitry did HAVE to step in and get her to come. She was getting too friendly with that human male and she was too young for a matesprit.
Also her name was Netherlands, but it was too long and so she made herself a nickname. Dmitry didn't like it. His naming talent was superb.
Kaze was impatiently awaiting for the moment they would continue with the Quest so she would get to burn things down; even though her main purpose here was to provide illumination, heat, and scaring off Faeries with her fire. And she would continue to wait, too, until Greece was done with Sarah, with France at the girl's side giving encouragement and advice.
Dmitry found it fascinating how much his Majyyk was influencing his daughters. He had obviously made each one in reference to a different doll-related tradition or story on Earth, but he had only expected that to influence their Skills and abilities. However, it seemed to be doing much more than that. Greece, for example, was a reference to the tradition in ancient Greece to give dolls as an offering to Artemis, the human goddess of the hunt and, among other things, the protection and healing of female wrigglers. So of course she was the best suited to check up on Sarah's mind. So long as it was a young girl, Greece could heal body, mind and soul. But she also seemed to develop this religious devotion to Artemis, claiming to be her priest. She liked to talk good of deities Artemis had liked and of course insult those she hadn't. And given how some of the Denizens were named Dmitry had had to stop her on several occasions from marching off towards one of them.
He didn't trust the Denizens. Old or new.
Dmitry didn't trust almost everyone, for that matter.
The young Troll wasn't a brat just for the sake of being one. Leaving aside the fact it was his freaking right as a Juggalo, he also did it to scout out for possible allies.
Everyone liked to speak about unconditional love and loyalty and friendship and blah blah blah, but it was a pile of bullshit. There was nothing unconditional about it. People only liked other people when they fit their model of how they should behave. The moment they stepped out of line they were quick to denounce them as a bad friend, a jerk, a traitor and so much more. Dmitry had learned this from papa Payaso, the Grand Highblood himself, and that disgusting woman that had given birth to him just to make him a guinea pig.
No, rather than pretend to be someone he wasn't and try to get people to like him falsely, Dmitry preferred to make things direct and simple. It was hard for people to love, but easy for them to hate, which was why he thought Troll romance (and their society in general) was so much more superior to human one.
Dmitry had to deal with episodes of both inconceivable rage thanks to his blood, and pouts of depression from his human side. He hated the latter much more than the former. His rage he could at least turn into a Skill and quantify. He could now predict when the episodes came and basically control them. The latter, though? He had tried the same and it only got him the mockery Skill the Admin had given him, even if he had ultimately turned it around in his favor. Dmitry would much rather just say goodbye to all the fucking trauma from his development stages, though. It made it hard to fight at times and he had to rage even stronger than usual to keep balance.
Dmitry hated unbalance. He hated his ever shifting and unpredictable situation. That's why he hated and made others hate him. Rather than enter a relationship that would ultimately end in failure after one of his outbursts, he would much rather have a sincere one built on mutual dislike. It was a constant in this world of chaos.
So he didn't care if people disliked him or whatever. The only ones who had proved to be capable of truly unconditional love were the AI's and Sarah. Rubbie had been there for him since the start of this shit, in a way no one else ever had. No matter what he did or said, she had always been prepared to take his side and support him. His Earth self had experienced that from a couple of people, but never in such a kind way. Saving her from the pit AI's from failed parties were thrown into was a logical thing after all that. Turning her into Kyoto and freeing her from her fate had been the right thing too; the same with her sisters. Even more so than other AI's, his majyyk was making them develop faster into their own personas rather than clones with minor differences between each. And he was close to discovering how to get them fully severed from Skaia if need be.
He didn't care what anyone said. Dmitry took care of his REAL friends.
As for Sarah...well, it was just obvious for her wasn't it? The girl didn't know it yet but she subconsciously also thought Trolls (and by extension, Dmitry) were great. Why else would she have gotten those beautiful wings of hers? She said it was to give herself an edge but he knew she was just confused. Human Faerie stories were awful anyways. No, Sarah just had an inherent talent to detecting stuff that was cool and awesome. Her tastes were cool and awesome. And he was going to be one of her tastes!
...that came out wrong.
But what Dmitry couldn't forgive was whoever had done this to her. Greece had already detected and identified the problem. A memory block centered around that Aslin guy of all people. Dmitry couldn't imagine why that would be the case. Aslin wasn't that important to Sarah.
He wasn't.
He wasn't!
She would be a lot sadder if that was the case, wouldn't she? If it had been unconditional love, the block wouldn't matter; she would love him anyways. But she didn't and that was logical and fine and they would leave it at that!
Instead he wanted to focus on the fucker who had done this.
The Olive Troll? He was the most likely candidate. He reeked even worse than those of his caste ought to do, and had the means to do so. And by that he meant both the memory block AND the reek. That guy sucked.
The mutant? He hoped she was. It would give him an excuse to bash her face in. But if she did do it she probably did it because of the Heiress. She made no secret of her dislike for the Aslin human. It might have been a sort of measure to keep Sarah save. Not that it would save them, if it was.
As much as Dmitry liked this Heiress over the Condesce, his loyalty was ultimately to Sarah and himself and his daughters and maybe Sarah's kind of lusus and you know what? This list is getting too large.
The Sylph? He wouldn't be surprised. He couldn't see how no one else saw what a threat she was, going so far as to pretend to be mentally regressed at the Winter Party. What a farce. And these people thought themselves able to detect subterfuge?
The Denizens? Another possibility. Who knew what the pro-Freedom faction was planning. They might be using Sarah to get to Janus. If that was the case they were currently making them very happy no doubt. But it was a worthy risk.
After all, if Aslin was the only thing Sarah couldn't remember then what was the point of even removing the thing? She didn't need him to be great. Dmitry already knew she would be great. Aslin couldn't have been that important to her. He was just a guy that recognized the inherent logic and merit to Sarah being with Dmitry, which displayed a higher intelligence than he expected from humans. He also seemed to be like the Heiress, in that he would openly admit to dislike or be indifferent to Dmitry but still willing to make deals. That's what he called professionalism.
But if the sucker offed himself he couldn't have been that big of a deal. Dmitry was sure he would forget him soon anyways. He wasn't important to him or Sarah.
But at the very least for him, he would play a part in Sarah's coronation. The block made in his name would become the leash with which to reign in both the Faeries and the corrupted Spark. Then Dmitry wouldn't have to worry about freaking Dana, or anyone for that matter.
Yes, Sarah was going to make a great Faerie Queen. And once Dmitry finished his experiments, he would become a King worthy of her.
All that was left after this was looking for the Cherub...
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