FOR MALIK

[duranduel]

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[godcards]

[ ANOTHER PAUSE god he doesn't want to go here, but: ]

Mandricardo.

I'm going to tell you something very important.

The Item that I had today at trial gives me immense power. I do not need outside help or influence because of it. At least, before coming here... I cannot regain these abilities at this place, so I have been stuck waiting things out until I am able to graduate.

I have everything planned. This is something I have spent years of my life pursuing, and I am very, very close to my goal. I have never needed anybody to help me of their own free will.

I just need to graduate and be able to go back to where I came from.

[duranduel]

[Independent entrepreneur Malik...]

i see

but i also see you are in a position where you are stuck

graduation isn't a guarantee at this point. we're all just clogged up in the same quicksand that is the world of this school

if you let someone help you out for the moment, you'll save yourself a world of trouble. right now we're just watching all of us sink deeper

[godcards]

[ imagine being 16 years old and having your own crime syndicate ]

And how do you expect to help?

[duranduel]

[He may be ?????? about emotions right now, but deep down he still just wants to help.]

just lend a hand

i already have your memories on my body

and i think it makes sense for someone to take the burden off your shoulders for a while for a breather when you need it

[godcards]

I just don't know how you'd do something like that.

[ malik is ????? about emotions ALWAYS ]

[duranduel]

well tell me

what things do you need to make happen to make your goal happen

[godcards]

We need to finish the story.

[duranduel]

well we are working on that

but i'm speaking more specifically for your goal

[godcards]

You're not going to like the answer.

It's going to complicate things.

[duranduel]

complicate what things, malik

1/2

[godcards]

If anyone finds out. I know not many people like me. But if one of us dies and they read through my messages I would rather

Nevermind

2/2

[godcards]

I want to kill the Pharaoh that has ruined my life.

1/2

[duranduel]

[Ah. That's one of the things on his arms, isn't it? "The Pharaoh".]

[Now, he knows that's not a memory not of a beloved one, but quite the opposite.]

i see

2/2

[duranduel]

considering i died in my life while attempting to get bloody revenge for the man who murdered my father

i certainly can't talk

[godcards]

Hm.

Maybe we're more similar than I thought.

[duranduel]

i know revenge very well, even if at the moment i don't quite understand the feelings around it

but anyways

sometimes drastic measures need to be taken. the man i was hunting down is already long dead and i'm a heroic spirit, so my revenge is over and done with. but if you have the chance...sometimes you have to go for it

[hate that mandi is pro-revenge actually!]

[godcards]

[ mandi just speedran best friendship with a simple act of validation. ]

Like I said... I'm close. I know where he is. I was there with him before I ended up here.

I want to be the end of the cycle.

[duranduel]

[crying. SOMETIMES YOU SEEM LIKE A NICE SWEET BOY BUT YOUR PAST IS HOOOOOOOOO BOY WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS]

the cycle?

the cycle of what? what he does to people?

[godcards]

My family has been in servitude to this particular Pharaoh for thousands of years.

We have been waiting for his soul to return.

But that doesn't overwrite the tragedy and despair that we've endured while waiting.

[duranduel]

his soul? as in reincarnation?

if he wasn't there, did his kingdom make you suffer?

[godcards]

My family are tombkeepers. We have to wait for his soul to return to escort it back to the afterlife.

But I do not plan on doing that.

[ but hey that explains malik's intimate knowledge of death. ]

[duranduel]

[inb4 malik laughing was like THIS PERSON WHO BURIED OTOME WAS AN AMATEUR]

i see

so where is his soul now? some kind of limbo?

what did he put you all through?

[godcards]

[ 'the FUCK kind of 3rd rate burial is this' ]

His soul is contained within another Item. He can possess his chosen vessel to interact with the land of the living. Since he hasn't been able to make the journey into the afterworld, I suppose you could say it's like a sort of purgatory. I've found his vessel and have been able to interact with the Pharaoh myself, but since it's not killing a mortal person, there are some other factors to consider. Not to mention conditions about eradicating his soul and what happens after the fact, and if my job is really completed.

We tombkeepers have been living inside the tomb for generations while we wait for him. In my particular case, I was forbidden from leaving. I had to stay in the dark, learning all the laws of the clan and everything that came with being heir to uphold this sacred duty. I had to be initiated...

It's been nothing but a life of humiliation that has been out of my control. My father was murdered because of this senseless duty that we're bound to uphold.

[duranduel]

that sounds like a lot

[mandi vibing: that's rough, buddy]

murdered?

seems like a high price to pay to wait for this pharaoh of yours especially if he doesn't give anything in return

[godcards]

That's the problem... There is no reason to keep the cycle going.

I don't see why he gets to have a peaceful afterlife when I have done nothing but suffer.