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These things I have spoken unto you, that in me you might have peace. In the world you shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. -John 16:33
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Raiya thought about it for a moment but didn't take too long before replying.
"I don't know, I haven't given it very much thought. And if I were to give it thought, I would just become confused because everything you do is an enigma. Maybe you're looking for an opportunity to get revenge on Felix. Maybe you are looking for an opportunity to run away. Maybe you just thought that anything would be more fun that rotting in a jail cell, and you are just sticking around for the laughs. Maybe God sent you out of that cell to personally ruin my life and you yourself don't even know why you are here. All I can say is that I really don't care." Raiya finished, her arms crossed and the tuft of hair on the top of her head stuck up in a straight line like an angry exclamation point as electricity buzzed through her body. It was clear she was angry, and also clear that she herself had worked herself up into that state. After a moment she closed her eyes and tilted her head down, calming herself. The crackling electricity subsided.
Felix strode into the living room, his flannel and pants were traded out in favor of his flowing arch-mage robes. He chose the corner leather recliner in the room and sat down a bit further away from those who were already in the room.
"I don't know, I haven't given it very much thought. And if I were to give it thought, I would just become confused because everything you do is an enigma. Maybe you're looking for an opportunity to get revenge on Felix. Maybe you are looking for an opportunity to run away. Maybe you just thought that anything would be more fun that rotting in a jail cell, and you are just sticking around for the laughs. Maybe God sent you out of that cell to personally ruin my life and you yourself don't even know why you are here. All I can say is that I really don't care." Raiya finished, her arms crossed and the tuft of hair on the top of her head stuck up in a straight line like an angry exclamation point as electricity buzzed through her body. It was clear she was angry, and also clear that she herself had worked herself up into that state. After a moment she closed her eyes and tilted her head down, calming herself. The crackling electricity subsided.
Felix strode into the living room, his flannel and pants were traded out in favor of his flowing arch-mage robes. He chose the corner leather recliner in the room and sat down a bit further away from those who were already in the room.
"My revenge isn't so much a consuming task of vengeance as it is an act of justice. I just want to bring justice and retribution to the sick individual who killed my innocent parents. I'll figure out my next steps afterwards." Raiya replied as she sat down on the leather couch directly in front of the fireplace.
Raiya pointed at the manacrystal in the silver stand. "What's that all about?", she asked.
Raiya pointed at the manacrystal in the silver stand. "What's that all about?", she asked.
Felix was glad that he had had a PA system installed in the manor for a time such as this. Reaching in his desk he found a small flat rectangular grey box with a few buttons and a big circular black disc that was the microphone. He pushed the first button and his voice could suddenly be heard throughout the manor.
"I know this may come as a shock to you, but I haven't actually every had any time to watch any movies. I'm even sure Felix would tell you the same thing if you were to ask him." Raiya replied.
In the interest of keeping the game going Raiya took a few seconds to decided on the question she would ask Nemo back.
"What is your favorite place in the world? Or I guess, if you could be anywhere right now, where would you like to be?"
"ATTENTION EVERYONE. THE DEBRIEFING WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE LIVINGROOM WITH THE FIREPLACE. PLEASE MEET THERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE."
"I know this may come as a shock to you, but I haven't actually every had any time to watch any movies. I'm even sure Felix would tell you the same thing if you were to ask him." Raiya replied.
In the interest of keeping the game going Raiya took a few seconds to decided on the question she would ask Nemo back.
"What is your favorite place in the world? Or I guess, if you could be anywhere right now, where would you like to be?"
After finishing her meal, Raiya wasn't sure if the meeting was going to be at the table or in some other part of the manor. So she decided to look for Felix and Nemo on her own.
She walked her way to the office and opened the door just in time to see Nemo putting on a dramatic passionate display with sock puppets. And while it wasn't the oddest thing she had seen Nemo do, it still certainly took her by surprise. Her face flushed up a bit and she rolled her eyes before briskly walking away from the situation.
Felix watched her leave and couldn't help chuckle all the more.
"You know, this room is a bit too small for all the people in this team to be debriefed in. How about we round everyone up in the living room near the fireplace and have our debriefing there?" Felix suggested.
She walked her way to the office and opened the door just in time to see Nemo putting on a dramatic passionate display with sock puppets. And while it wasn't the oddest thing she had seen Nemo do, it still certainly took her by surprise. Her face flushed up a bit and she rolled her eyes before briskly walking away from the situation.
Felix watched her leave and couldn't help chuckle all the more.
"You know, this room is a bit too small for all the people in this team to be debriefed in. How about we round everyone up in the living room near the fireplace and have our debriefing there?" Felix suggested.
Felix smiled and rolled his eyes a bit while chuckling.
"You're thinking too much in modern English notions of what the word, 'love' means. In the bible, particularly the new testament, there are three types of love. Three words that we translate as love in our English translation. Agape, Philia, and Eros. Agape is the type of love a parent has for his child or a husband for his spouse. It's an all encompassing accepting love. Philia is a love of brotherly comradery and friendship. Eros is the type of erotic sensual lustful love, most commonly used for desire and sex. You are only mainly thinking of love in terms of Eros and a bit Agape, but completely neglecting the Philia brotherly love. Agape and Philia are what I am talking about when I say that I wish to extend love to you and all the members of this group." Felix replied.
"You're thinking too much in modern English notions of what the word, 'love' means. In the bible, particularly the new testament, there are three types of love. Three words that we translate as love in our English translation. Agape, Philia, and Eros. Agape is the type of love a parent has for his child or a husband for his spouse. It's an all encompassing accepting love. Philia is a love of brotherly comradery and friendship. Eros is the type of erotic sensual lustful love, most commonly used for desire and sex. You are only mainly thinking of love in terms of Eros and a bit Agape, but completely neglecting the Philia brotherly love. Agape and Philia are what I am talking about when I say that I wish to extend love to you and all the members of this group." Felix replied.
Felix considered Nemo's response and then looked down and shook his head.
"Your response only proves to me how disenfranchised and mistreated you have been. I didn't see what love was until right around the time right before I left the Arcanocracy. Having read almost every arcane book in the vatican library worth reading, I decided to turn to a source I only read in rituals, the Bible. I was pouring over the Bible, reading different versions, different interpretations, even turning to our earliest sources in Greek, Latin and Hebrew. And do you know what one truth I learned?" Felix asked rhetorically, "I learned that God is love. And the over abundance of His love was poured out through Jesus Christ. Sure, us humans do a good job of messing up the image of God by being so evil ourselves that we can't even see simple the goodness of God, but that speaks more about us than it does about God and-" Felix stopped he realized that what he was saying probably didn't make much sense so he tried a different approach.
"The world has far too much darkness in it for me to be another abysmal pit of hatred. I have decided that in everything I do, I will try love first. That is why I have opened my house to you. I want to treat not just you, but all of the members of this group as human beings first and foremost. That means providing shelter, food, entertainment, comradery, and a healthy place to coexist. This doesn't mean I am pacifist, it just means that I will consider more options than I had considered before, before making a decision." Felix finished.
"Your response only proves to me how disenfranchised and mistreated you have been. I didn't see what love was until right around the time right before I left the Arcanocracy. Having read almost every arcane book in the vatican library worth reading, I decided to turn to a source I only read in rituals, the Bible. I was pouring over the Bible, reading different versions, different interpretations, even turning to our earliest sources in Greek, Latin and Hebrew. And do you know what one truth I learned?" Felix asked rhetorically, "I learned that God is love. And the over abundance of His love was poured out through Jesus Christ. Sure, us humans do a good job of messing up the image of God by being so evil ourselves that we can't even see simple the goodness of God, but that speaks more about us than it does about God and-" Felix stopped he realized that what he was saying probably didn't make much sense so he tried a different approach.
"The world has far too much darkness in it for me to be another abysmal pit of hatred. I have decided that in everything I do, I will try love first. That is why I have opened my house to you. I want to treat not just you, but all of the members of this group as human beings first and foremost. That means providing shelter, food, entertainment, comradery, and a healthy place to coexist. This doesn't mean I am pacifist, it just means that I will consider more options than I had considered before, before making a decision." Felix finished.
Felix raised his folded hands up underneath his chin to prop up his head as he took a moment to ponder the answer to the question.
"I'm not quite an old man yet, Nemo. But is it very strange to feel ancient without having spent many years on this earth? My life has felt slow recently, as compared to how fast it felt when I was younger. Things are no longer easy for me, at least not as easy as they once were." Felix paused and adjusted his glasses, then placed his hand back under his chin.
"I'm not talking about magicks... No, magic seems like the only simple thing in my life. I am talking about thought processes and decision making... I find myself over analyzing my actions before I take them. And when I am not doing anything, I find myself pouring over my previous actions. More and more as I look back, I find myself second guessing my previous actions. I have realized over all else, that the way I handled most things in life was wrong. The people I've discarded for the selfish pursuit of success... The people that I never gave a chance because I thought I knew that I was right and they were wrong..." Felix closed his eyes for a moment before continuing.
"The church duped most of us. And I have seen all sorts of lies and deceptions from them. And while most of their doctrine is wrong, they do still have a few kernels of truth dispersed here and there. One of those kernels of truth is that love is absolutely necessary. First Corinthians chapter thirteen verse two talks about that. Too many times I have approached situations without love." Felix placed his hands behind his head and leaned back in his chair.
"I think back to all our exchanges we have had together. Do I see flaws? Sure. Darkness and evil intentions? Maybe. But I have looked inside myself and found darkness and evil, so to hold you in contempt for that seems a bit hypocritical... I don't know..." Felix sighed and then dropped back down to level with his chair. "I do know this. When I look back at our previous exchanges, I no longer see an evil villain that was an affront to God Himself. I see a person who was disenfranchised, and lived according to all he knew. A person in need of, sure love that's the ultimate goal, but there's even a first step that was missed. Hmm... yes! I see a person in need of acceptance in need of comradery. I figure that letting you rot in a jail cell, no matter how long you were incarcerated would never change your mind. The only way to change your mind was to make you a friend and show by example that humanity isn't a lost cause." Felix finished.
"I'm not quite an old man yet, Nemo. But is it very strange to feel ancient without having spent many years on this earth? My life has felt slow recently, as compared to how fast it felt when I was younger. Things are no longer easy for me, at least not as easy as they once were." Felix paused and adjusted his glasses, then placed his hand back under his chin.
"I'm not talking about magicks... No, magic seems like the only simple thing in my life. I am talking about thought processes and decision making... I find myself over analyzing my actions before I take them. And when I am not doing anything, I find myself pouring over my previous actions. More and more as I look back, I find myself second guessing my previous actions. I have realized over all else, that the way I handled most things in life was wrong. The people I've discarded for the selfish pursuit of success... The people that I never gave a chance because I thought I knew that I was right and they were wrong..." Felix closed his eyes for a moment before continuing.
"The church duped most of us. And I have seen all sorts of lies and deceptions from them. And while most of their doctrine is wrong, they do still have a few kernels of truth dispersed here and there. One of those kernels of truth is that love is absolutely necessary. First Corinthians chapter thirteen verse two talks about that. Too many times I have approached situations without love." Felix placed his hands behind his head and leaned back in his chair.
"I think back to all our exchanges we have had together. Do I see flaws? Sure. Darkness and evil intentions? Maybe. But I have looked inside myself and found darkness and evil, so to hold you in contempt for that seems a bit hypocritical... I don't know..." Felix sighed and then dropped back down to level with his chair. "I do know this. When I look back at our previous exchanges, I no longer see an evil villain that was an affront to God Himself. I see a person who was disenfranchised, and lived according to all he knew. A person in need of, sure love that's the ultimate goal, but there's even a first step that was missed. Hmm... yes! I see a person in need of acceptance in need of comradery. I figure that letting you rot in a jail cell, no matter how long you were incarcerated would never change your mind. The only way to change your mind was to make you a friend and show by example that humanity isn't a lost cause." Felix finished.
Felix stepped into his office and saw Nemo sitting comfortably in one of the chairs in front of the desk. Felix took the seat behind the desk and folded his hands on the table, his blue flannel wrinkling a bit at the bend of his arm.
"I see recruitment was a success... I assume your other mission was successful?" Felix added an inflection at the end of the sentence to indicate that it was a question not a statement.
"I see recruitment was a success... I assume your other mission was successful?" Felix added an inflection at the end of the sentence to indicate that it was a question not a statement.
Raiya looked up at the new figure and narrowed her eyes a bit, examining him. She then smiled snidely and said, "Oh! Greetings newcomer! My name is Raiya Mamushi, I sell drugs and kill people for a living! I certainly hope we do get along!" her tone extremely sarcastic and possible even condescending. She then returned to eating her food.
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