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fifteenth feather [Video/action] - Doppelganger

[The video flickers to life, and it shows Rakka's face. She appears to be in Neuschwanstein. An odd sort of trend for people on the network recently, making posts while at the castle grounds. It was likely to not raise any particular warning signs, unless you know what this coincidence probably means.

Rakka brushed some hair from her face. It didn't help to improve her fairly disheveled look at all, and in fact might have made it worse. All in all, she didn't seem to be happy, or even smiling. Hey, was that a bruise?]

Hey, it's Rakka. [There just wasn't as much energy in her tone as usual.] It seems like everyone around here's been losing their minds. Apparently it means that there's clones of all of us running around... but, maybe it just means that things are getting even worse. In a way, that would make sense, right?

[But, honestly, she wasn't sure what was happening. She'd been thinking about what Emi had said to her, about her apparently showing the vampire some kindness. She wouldn't lie about that, would she...? What would she even have to gain, except for a moment's confusion on the Haibane's part which could be a little funny for someone else...]

Dammit... [She whispered with a sigh, expression quickly turning frustrated.] I don't fucking know. It's not like anything in this world makes any sense anyways. It doesn't even matter, does it? [A question that seems to bother her.] I'm trying really hard to figure that out... but I can't.

[And she kills the feed.]

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[No problems, yet. Clearly, Marina knew what might happen if she was seen with Rakka. Raye was as ruthless as she was protective of what she considered hers.]

No. I guess they wouldn't. They probably want to get rid of us.

[Her voice softened.] They're probably right.

[ Sure, she could stop Rakka from talking to anyone ever - but Marina would probably come out in one piece, if only because Raye couldn't afford too much infighting with a bunch of clones running around. ]

I don't know one way or another - they're nicer, sure, dunno why. I'm just... worried... that they might decide that, because some of us are quite dangerous, they should get rid of us.

We are dangerous, Marina. [Unlike her friends - Well, they weren't her friends, simply people Rakka talked to and took abuse from occasionally - Rakka knew quite well that a bunch of people with powers could be a bad thing.]

...Do you think they'll try to kill us? If we do something? I guess they might, the Harvents already killed someone.

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Aren't you always at risk of getting killed anyways? [ By your girlfriend of sorts, no less. Wow how pitiful. ]

But maybe... I mean, if we're bad guys, and they're good guys, then it stands to reason.

Yes... [She hugged herself, nodding slowly at that. Around all of her powerful, and more then normally immortal "friends", Rakka always knew just how mortal she was. The bruises further helped that.] It's not going to surprise me if one of you did, eventually. No offense, I guess.

[No, it's offense.]

...Are we bad guys? Is it that simple?

[ Marina won't be surprised if Rakka turns up dead at all here. Raye is far too rough for her own good. ]

You know how many people have been bad to us. How the whole world is afraid, and has backed us into a corner.

...Lily is a brute, but she has a point.

...So many people have been mean.

[Normal people in Locke, people around the world, even people that were once Numbered that Rakka knew turned on them once they lost their powers. Could Rakka blame them?]

They hurt us, so we have to hurt them back, right? That's what Lily always says.

We need to carve out a niche just so that we can keep on living.

...even if we have to... kill... those copies of ourselves, right?

[ She lowered her head. ] We have the power to just make the world want to leave us alone. [ If they weren't restrained in these barriers, that would be the power to rule the world. Alas. ]

Some of us have power. [What could Rakka do? Did she have powers to speak of? No. Only those worthless wings.] Not all of us, but... enough, I guess.

[Enough to kill everyone that tried to kill them. Just another way in that Rakka wasn't needed.]

So, we kill them and take their place. [A hollow chuckle came out of Rakka.] We really are evil then. That's pretty sick, Marina.

Maybe so. Mm. [ She shrugged, brushing her hair away from her face. ] If they don't fight us, if they let us show the world what treating us the way they have means, I see no reason not to coexist.

...but I think I'd rather live evil than die good.

[Strong words, especially from Marina. There was no hiding the fact that Rakka disliked her, and likely vice versa.]

Somehow, I knew you'd say that. Maybe... if we just keep doing what we're doing, things will be okay.

Wouldn't that be nice and simple, hm?

[ Who does Marina like anyways? ]

Even violence needs to be applied carefully, if at all possible. All these simple-minded approaches are just going to get us all killed.

...I'm sure someone will come up with a plan. Maybe Raye, or Saretha.

[She wrung her hands, nervously.] Someone's already dead, so... can we even stop now?

People always die. Both sides have killed someone anyways, right?

[ They'd both be hypocrites to deny it. ]

...a shame, that.

Right. They're not much better then us, if you think about it.

[And she was. It wasn't entirely true, but it wasn't completely wrong.]

What? The guy the Harvents murdered?

Oh, all these silly pointless deaths. Hardly bothers me but it still seems like a waste.

Mmm... [Of course she wouldn't. Rakka knew Marina as the kind of person that acted nicely without showing as much kindness. It was actually astounding that they were just... chatting like this.]

Have you killed anyone yet?

[Typical conversation topics between friends.]

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My past self did. Me? Not yet.

[ Frankly, Marina was bored as hell. Jasmine couldn't monopolize all her time.

Or maybe she just wanted to tempt fate with Raye. ]

I doubt you're nearly as capable.

Ahh...

[Well, she never doubted for a second that the woman wasn't planning on it.

Was Raye around...? She wondered that nervously, on top of the last statement.]

I-I could kill someone... maybe.

[ Smiling brightly, Marina leans in closer. ]

You don't sound so sure.

[ Such a pleasant smile. ]

Do it. Prove it.

[such a pleasant smile. Marina always hid her true intentions behind a smile like that. Rakka never found the point behind that.]

Prove it...?

[she looked around the area.]

...Here? Now?

[ Her intentions were probably not good, that's for sure. ]

...I don't know who, here, you'd even try to kill.

Well, I...

[It was true. Not even Rakka herself knew who she would will in this area. There was certainly a wide range to choose from, though; there were many faces in the crowd that Rakka had never seen before, which would make it far easier.

Still, she relented, shaking her head.]

I could do it! I can kill someone if I tried. I just... don't want any attention on us yet.

[That's a legitimate concern, right?]

Ah, yes, true, killing someone without being obvious is much more difficult.

...I'll keep an eye out.

R-right. That's the problem.

[Inwardly, Raka sighed with relief, glad that her hands would not have to be stained just yet.]

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