clarte catchall

[disingenuous]

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[georeject]

[anyway.

the scene is of the top platform of a crystalline tower. i would pull up images but i'm lazy. it flickers, as if clarte is trying to recall various things.

something large held in glowing chains, as it floats above the surface. a purple-haired man summoning further chains. various people lying dead on the ground.]

[disingenuous]

[ there's a blip of surprise before it's muted. it's a calm, very neutral curiosity for something so morbid. ]

Are you going through your memories?

[georeject]

[they look back at her, contemplative.]

... I suppose I'm trying to solidify them. These are among the few flashes I have from before my first death, excluding everything I saw in the bubbles...

[disingenuous]

[ there's a little confusion, then some comprehension, followed by mild dislike. ]

How many times have you died, Clarte?

[georeject]

[they think about this, their vibes calm.]

Twice...?

[disingenuous]

[ She is not surprised. The vibe is a mild frown, if you can vibe a frown since she's not frowning outwardly. ]

I see. What happened here?

[ She gestures at all the death. and the chains. ]

[georeject]

[they look around, as the bodies flicker out of existence.]

Well... strictly speaking, not all of these things "happened".

[disingenuous]

[ ... ]

What does that mean?

[georeject]

... You're already familiar with my ability to turn back time.

[disingenuous]

[ Oh. There's understanding. ]

You reversed it and manipulated it so it didn't happen.

[georeject]

What I could, at least. The imprisonment of the spirit was long before my time. And to be honest, I wouldn't be positive that it was my doing if it weren't for the fact that... it's not exactly a common power.

[sometimes canon tries to keep things ambiguous because it was only chapter 1 but ultimately clarte is one of the only beings who can turn back time please]

But no one else has any idea that they died—Johann wouldn't even know that he killed them.

[disingenuous]

[ clarte interfering with history..... the swords would shake.

There is no judgment from her for changing the course of events as they saw them. ]

Did you pay the same price?

[georeject]

[yeah clarte would be their worst enemy]

Forgetting? No, I normally remember everything that happened in previous timelines, including those altered by others.

[disingenuous]

But...

[ ... Confusion. ]

Aren't your current memories.....

[ Not all there? Clarte? Help? Explain? ]

[georeject]

Oh.

Yes. That was caused by something else, though.

[disingenuous]

[ she gestures for him to go on.

the vibe is also the same. ]

[georeject]

Well... in the final loop, I died [and their power did not activate to save their life because apparently clarte only resets everything to save other people], but the method I used to circumvent death shattered my memories in the process...? You can think of it like that.

[disingenuous]

[ that is literally the least surprising thing to learn about clarte.

there's something like a resigned acceptance because she comes to a similar conclusion that they would not reset things for themself. ]

I suppose I should be grateful enough that you tried to circumvent death.

[georeject]

... Well, to be honest, I'm not sure if it was intentional. [THINGS JUST... HAPPENED...] I don't think my resetting time back was even necessarily so.

My power doesn't always activate according to my conscious will, at least.

[disingenuous]

I see.

[ She does not see, but that none of it was intentional.... it makes her a little tired to think about. Her surface emotions don't reflect that. ]

Doesn't that make it a little dangerous?

[georeject]

I am dangerous. There's no argument about that.

[disingenuous]

[ help

She has to laugh. It's not because she doesn't think it's true. It's just funny hearing it from them. There's something like fond amusement breaking through her cool and composed and calm. ]

I won't deny that. You are, in more ways than you think.

[georeject]

[...

confused vibes]

[disingenuous]

[ amused vibes ]

I know you don't understand.

[georeject]

Well, I'm sure you're right.

[still gently vibing confusedly though]