THIRD ORDER ♛ ANONYMOUS TEXT

[decrees]

[Logan has been the King of Albion for twelve years. His reign is at an end, however - his sister staged a coup and will take the throne as soon as he returns to Albion. Logan isn't upset with her - if anything, he's relieved that he no longer has to deal with everything. He's relieved that he doesn't have to face down the threat of incoming darkness - a threat he's known about for four years and hasn't been able to stop. He's confident that his sister can handle the throne, but it isn't a position he ever would have wanted to put her in. He does care about her in his own stunted way, after all.

It's been nearly eleven years since Logan's mother, the previous Queen, died. She was the one who united Albion under a monarchy and ruled for fifty years of peace and prosperity. Yes, there were issues - any country with 6.5 million people is bound to have them - but she handled them all as best she could and will most likely go down in history as a benevolent, wonderful monarch. She would be disappointed in him; Logan's positive of that much. He started his rule as a monarch dedicated to his people, but circumstances drove him to become a tyrant.

He's spent the day being far more subdued than usual, keeping to himself and occasionally examining the 'Gear, but it takes hours for Logan to finally get up the courage to actually post to the network, even anonymously. He's adapted to this world far better than he ever thought he would, and now that he has adapted, he's finding that he rather likes Johto. He doesn't have the same responsibilities and expectations placed on him. He's free. It's not something he ever would have thought he wanted back home, but it's something he's finding that he's desperately needed this entire time.]

How do you deal with failure? How do you deal with not living up to the expectations set for you?

I believe there are some monarchs or rulers here. How do you deal with the people of your nation despising you for what you've done, even if what you've done was for their own good?

[...He's kind of the most obvious anon. Just let him pretend, alright.]

Comments

[neurotoxined]

There are a lot of methods. To be blunt, I don't think you'll understand any of them.

[decrees]

It certainly sounds as though your world is more technologically advanced.

[neurotoxined]

Yes, it does.

[...okay, she's going to have to send another text after that one; it will likely make her sound like a tremendous womanchild, but.]

Do you have magic where you came from?

[decrees]

[It doesn't make you sound like a womanchild if it exists!!]

We do, but only Heroes can use it. It's not very common, but it is impressive.

[neurotoxined]

Heroes? I assume the capital letter is important; are they biologically different?

[She'll hold back on the other questions for now. Like "What do they do? What sort of magic do they use? Do you know any, are they here, and can she test on them???"]

[decrees]

[NO YOU CANNOT TEST ON HIS SISTER maybe you can test on Reaver tho :| ]

Well, yes and no. They're obviously capable of using magic and they have other differences - longer lifespans, the ability to survive any fall, the ability to heal themselves over time - but they appear human and don't really seem all that different at first glance. My mother was a Hero, as is my younger sister.

[THE PROUDEST THING]

[neurotoxined]

You make it sound like you aren't. Is it something that only affects women?

[Because you have to be a man judging from the way this conversation started. >:| ]

[decrees]

No, it isn't. There have been male heroes in the past. You are correct though; I am not one.

[WOW RUDE except you're totally right so. :| ]

[neurotoxined]

[Called it.]

Are any of these Heroes here?

[CAN SHE TEST ON THEM??????]

[decrees]

Ah, well there is one. His name is Reaver; he's the Hero of Skill, known for his ability to hit any target from any distance. It's not incredibly useful here without his guns, unfortunately.

[neurotoxined]

[...damn.]

But he can still be dropped from just about any height and survive, I'm assuming.

[...yeah, at this point it's not "can survive any fall," it's "BUT CAN I DROP HIM OFF OF SOMETHING STUPIDLY HIGH"]

[decrees]

I suppose so. I do have to ask that you refrain from trying, however. He is rather important to me.

[OH MY GOD PLS DON'T DROP HIM OFF SOMETHING YOU'LL FIND A WAY TO BREAK HIS LEGS]

[neurotoxined]

And who are you, anyway? Still feeling like hiding behind anonymity?

[anonymous text -> text]

[decrees]

I suppose there's no point in it now.

[He'll just fiddle with the 'Gear for a moment before turning off anon and sending a second text!]

I am Logan, King of Albion.

[neurotoxined]

Albion?

That explains a lot.

[decrees]

Does it? How so?

[neurotoxined]

Albion is an archaic name for either Great Britain or Scotland, depending on who you ask. It's not used nowadays unless someone's being really poetic that day.

It explains a lot when it comes to the technology gap, anyway.

[decrees]

So it exists in some form in your world, then?

[That's great! That means that the Crawler didn't win! ...Admittedly this could be a different version of Albion entirely but it at least gives him hope, alright.]

[neurotoxined]

Unless something horrible happened to the United Kingdom in the month that I've been here, it still exists.

[You know, something horrible outside of the Combine taking over.]

[decrees]

That's wonderful. It exists in some form then. Hopefully everything will work out in my world as well.

[neurotoxined]

It depends on what the threat you're facing is, I guess. I mean, if you're staring down a bunch of Normans led by someone named William, you aren't going to win that one.

But then, your name doesn't sound familiar at all, either, when I run it through my knowledge of past kings of England and Scotland. It's possible it's not the same place. Not to be pessimistic or anything.

[decrees]

I see. I suppose it did sound too good to be true.

[Or maybe he was just forgotten by history? That would be perfectly fine with him!]

We're facing down a being of darkness known as the Crawler. I take it you've heard nothing of that either?

[neurotoxined]

No.

But accessing things like that aren't what I was designed to do, either. Again, I know a lot about a lot of things, but I don't know everything. I can take educated guesses on some things. That's about it. But if there was something in the history of where I'm from regarding this Crawler of yours, I'd think I would have heard about it.

[decrees]

I imagine so. It is the greatest threat to face our country since Lucien raised the Spire fifty years ago. I assume neither of those are familiar either?

[neurotoxined]

Spire?

No, it isn't.