I. | audio | un: sparkler

[flashystyle]

Is... is this thing on? [Excuse the uh, distinct sound of someone tapping a screen like an old person.] Hello? Oh! There you are. Excellent.

So, now that we've gotten the world's-- sorry, the universe's biggest trust fall known to man and not-man, I think it's time we start popping the question. The real question. No hypotheticals, no, excuse me, [Dorian voice turning a pitch higher in imitation of... someone? Who knows. This is probably the collective voice of all of you. It's incredibly inaccurate.]

If I had the chance, I'd do it! They're a bad person! They killed hundreds of people, or... or one time they looked at me funny and they had shiny things galore! [ahem] We've all had drama against one another, with no real way of proving they're a terrible person other than the game of he said, she said, so! Let's get straight to it, shall we?

Have you, yes, you, killed someone or... something? Poof, gone, light left their eyes if they have them, turns out they're dead forever or it's like a five-minute deal. Whatever have you; it still counts if they stopped breathing.

If yes, why? Should we all expect a knife in our back? Get electrocuted to death? Be made to walk off a cliff? What are the qualifiers for this sort of thing, really? Personal vendettas? OR... perhaps you were playing the hero. [the deets, give the sweet deets.]

If no, well... I didn't think that far ahead, truth be told. You're more than likely surrounded by murderers, so... what's... a food you miss? Murderers can probably answer this as well, perhaps we'll find some sort of connection. [or, like, just listen to how many people you met have killed someone? have fun with that.]

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Voice | un: BishopRunout

[poolhall_killer]

I have taken many lives, but that is all behind me. I have no desire to return to that line of work.

[It's a candid move for Venom, but it's what he wanted in his world. The first step towards the Guild's legitimacy is coming clean. Here he feels he should do the same.]

You have nothing to fear from me as I despise backstabbing.

voice

[flashystyle]

Oh, so, it was stabbing in the front? That's a comfort.

[It might sound a little harsh, but Dorian takes care to clear his throat and go much easier on eye-tattoo boy.]

Any particular reason you've decided to unemploy yourself, or were you too busy with your aesthetic choices?

voice

[poolhall_killer]

Hn.

[It's more of a noise in return. A huff, probably.]

It's complicated at best. My final mission ended in an unforeseen manner, and I decided to use the chance to pay back a friend.

And my aesthetic choices were made for more professional reasons.

[flashystyle]

You painted an eye on your face because of your... old occupation? I hardly see how that related to killing people, unless you were in some sort of cult... Actually, you know, that would explain so much about you.

If your friend weren't there after that last mission, where would you see yourself now?

[poolhall_killer]

It wasn't a cult. I led a Guild of assassins.

[Though there was that whole "Dandyism" mindset...]

My eye was more of a symbolic thing when I was promoted to second-in-command. A reminder of my skill.

[That second part sobers him up quickly.]

Let's just say I wouldn't be here.

[flashystyle]

So you were in a Guild of assassins that had you paint an eye on your hair as a reminder of your skill... as an assassin.

I don't know what world you and your friends come from, but you know, normal guilds usually just kill people or kill each other if they've failed to kill people.

[poolhall_killer]

There's more to it, but that would be the simplest way of putting it.

[he was like 12 at the time okay]

And that's what we did, but with a solid purpose. Though I've had to end one of my subordinate's lives for failing an important assignment. It wasn't my most shining moment, but it had to be done.