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( scp ) pc post for syaoran
i'm making a catch-all like all the cool kids
i'm making a catch-all like all the cool kids
i'm making a catch-all like all the cool kids
i'm making a catch-all like all the cool kids
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If only I'd gotten that kind of sympathy sooner, it might have prevented a lot of things.
[ ........ ]
But I'm alright, now. Or...as alright as I can be. My grandfather is dead. He's not hurting anyone ever again.
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And... that's good. I'm happy for you, Sakura-san.
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I wish it had happened differently, though.
[ does she regret killing shinji? yeah, actually. does she regret killing zouken? absolutely not. she just. you know. wishes angra could have not been in the picture for it to happen. ]
In any case...my Uncle Kariya knew my mother--my biological mother--when they were children. But my mother was in an arranged marriage with my father, and it sort of made their friendship taper off...he and my father didn't seem to get along well. But...my sister and I still saw my uncle pretty often. He and my mother kept in touch a lot when I was very young.
[ and then
and then..... ]
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[ He sure did.
That's why he changed the past in all worlds to begin with. And a part of him wonders if... maybe, if what he did wound up making Sakura's life to be so horrible. Because of-
...
He can't think like that. ]
... And I see. By the way, what is your sister's name?
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[ just an observation ]
Rin. Rin Tohsaka. [ ..... ] The name I was born with was Sakura Tohsaka.
[ surprise ]
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[ He won't deny it in the slightest bit. ]
You said she was a prodigy before, right? Was there a reason why you became a Matou instead of staying as a Tohsaka?
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The Matou family...their ability to do magic had been lessening through the years. They used to be so powerful, and gradually--nothing. The Tohsakas had always been on good terms with them, so my father gave me to them. So I could be the inheritor of their magic.
I want to think...that he didn't know how horrible they had become. That he had no clue he was giving me to people who would be so cruel to me. But I-I don't know. The next Holy Grail War happened soon after that, and he was killed.
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I think the heir should be chosen by talking with each other once old enough.
[ In his opinion anyway. ]
So basically, their magic was dwindling. That sometimes happens with magical families after a few generations. It's rare, but sometimes people can give birth to someone who has no magical power. They tend to be looked down upon. So wanting to get someone that is good at magic to make up for it... makes sense.
[ But he does nod at the next part. ]
Maybe. We don't know that truth, though... I'm sorry.
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If only it was that easy. The mindset of a magus from my world can come across as very alien to anyone who didn't grow up hearing it. To him, he might have been doing me a favor...sending me off to a prestigious family who would let me use my talents, instead of having me grow up and not use them at all.
[ But we all know how that turned out. ]
More or less, yes. My adoptive brother--he was born with no magic talent at all. He wanted to be a magus so, so badly, he was desperate to be the heir of the Matou family, but my grandfather just told him he was worthless. He crushed my brother's dreams, and it...turned him into a very violent, hateful person. He was very different when we were children.
[ there's a pause ]
Matou magic has roots in vampirism. Taking energy from one source and transferring it to yourself. It's all about leeching and stealing. I wonder...what sort of magus he would be if he'd grown up with those capabilities?
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[ His voice is surprisingly quiet. His parents were too kind, after all. There was no way that they would do something like that to him, much less Kimihiro. ]
Jealousy can make people change. A lot.
[ Although vampirism.
Ahahaha. It's ironic that Sakura's talking to him, specifically, about this. His clone's teacher was a vampire hunter and then there was what happened to Koide--
...
Hm. ]
He probably would have turned out very differently. That sort of magic is still... dangerous. He might not have had jealous or have that desperation to be the heir. But in place of that, he might have...
[...]
But that's not important.