video, un: revolution

[idealisme]

What would you die for?


[There's no preamble. Enjolras is not in the mood to set the scene. He's been thinking and gotten nowhere so he wants the input of others. Over his shoulder it's apparent his room a shambles, a young man living alone with his mind on things other than housekeeping.]

For myself there's a cause that I've given all my life to. It's the highest ideal I can imagine. I know that is not a usual thing. Life is precious; until I woke up here I'd have said that death precluded any second chances at it. But that's beside the point.

I ask because I thought I others shared my opinions. It is rational to give your life only for the most important ideal. Sacrificing yourself for just anything- to get any item or even for another person... [His lips pinch together in thought, his eyes look distant for a moment.] I have not been able to reconcile it.

[A quick sigh escapes him, frustrated.]

I would appreciate your sincere answers and insights. Thank you.

Comments

[idealisme]

What is it you wanted to do? That is, if you do not mind the question? [The second part of that question is tacked on after a slightly too long a pause. Manners are not the priority here, even if custom dictates Enjolras use them.]

[kikoku]

It's-
[He considers saying that yes, he does mind, but maybe it'd do him some good to unpack some of this to a random strange in a semi-anonymous fashion. Such is Law's reasoning for always choosing audio over video.]

It's complicated. Essentially, the man I needed to stop had a lot of power and influence, so I had to create a rather roundabout method for him to be killed that didn't hinge on my survival.

[A pause.]
If you want more detail than that there's a lot of thing about pirates and their politics that I'd need to explain.

[idealisme]

What kind of man was he? [Enjolras can guess, but he's finding it easier to ask for more detail.] Men may have power and influence and use them to benefit others.

[kikoku]

[Law's quiet for a long moment as he thinks about how best to describe the sort of man Donquixote Doflamingo was. There's a lot of things he could say, but this guy doesn't need to hear all of it.]
He's the sort of man who'll call you "family" as long as you're useful to him. The second you aren't, he'll snuff you out without a second thought. He's a hateful, angry person who'll lie, cheat, and steal to get what he wants, which is rarely anything good.

[Those are the basics, he thinks.]

[idealisme]

[A grim, approving look settles on Enjolras' face.] Not a man to be trusted with power. Did you succeed?

[kikoku]

[That's weirdly a somewhat complicated question.]

I don't know if I can... personally claim to have succeeded.
[Partly because he spent a great deal of the plan being some manner of incapacitated.]

But we as a group managed to, somehow. The important thing is that Doflamingo's been put in prison.

[idealisme]

[The approving look continues and Enjolras nods. Good.]

If the group succeeds I would count that as a success for you as well. If I had died and my friends lived to accomplish our goals, I would have counted that as success for myself.

[kikoku]

[Visible approval is a weird and foreign concept to Law!]

... I suppose. I hadn't exactly planned for this alliance to continue as long as it has now, though. This other crew's captain... operates differently than most people.
[Law isn't sure he'll ever be free of this "temporary" alliance.]

[idealisme]

[Ever interested in how different groups and systems operate, Enjolras looks intruiged.] "differently than most people"? How so?

[kikoku]

[Prepare to be dissapointed.]

... As in he's an idiot. He thinks my alliance was an offer of friendship. When I tried to call it off, he just refused. Once he's decided he's doing something, he can't really be talked out of it.
[It's very tiring, even if Luffy's generally well intentioned.]