I wish the two things were mutually exclusive - charm and intelligence, and megalomania. It'd have made my life endlessly more pleasant, if not strictly easier... [He actually manages a chuckle, though it's a very dry one.]
We weren't a a peaceful or loving people, Mr. Carsen. Our entire existence was, in a way, a mistake. A blind clinging to glories and wars as dead as every one of us... but it had grace notes in it. Now and then. Enough that I hope we can be a cautionary tale, rather than something to forget.
Some of the vampires I met were saints. [His voice is soft, reflective, sad. Rayzeel, Aimerin, Serenna the White... Anatole.]
It's a long - no, let me rephrase that. There is more than one tale. I could be writing histories for years... if I live that long. And it'd be good to know there is anywhere that would take them.
Some of that is force of habit. For most of our existence my kind had lived by absolute secrecy, and that's before considering just how much the kind of knowledge I had amassed was a political powder keg. [And now, all gone. Defused.]
But I suppose I also want to be sure that my listeners are... respectful. Whatever the history is, it deserves that much by the very merit of being history.
Well... I'm rather low on writing materials, but I might as well make use of all this wonderful technology we're equipped with. I could start with recording some basics of the timeline. Things I'm sure of. Maybe throw in an outrageous anecdote or two just to keep you curious?
[He has a million of those as well, and somehow it feels sad to waste them.]
[He chuckles at that.] You had me at outrageous anecdotes.
[Actually you had him at timeline because there are very few things in the universe that Flynn Carsen doesn't find interesting. But hey. People call him a nerd enough these days.]
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We weren't a a peaceful or loving people, Mr. Carsen. Our entire existence was, in a way, a mistake. A blind clinging to glories and wars as dead as every one of us... but it had grace notes in it. Now and then. Enough that I hope we can be a cautionary tale, rather than something to forget.
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I've seen versions of you. I believe it. [He frowns.] Wouldn't go as far as "mistake", though. Not all the vampires I met were bad people.
[Not by a long shot and his feelings on the subject are... complicated, to say the least.]
... So does that mean you wish to tell me your tale?
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It's a long - no, let me rephrase that. There is more than one tale. I could be writing histories for years... if I live that long. And it'd be good to know there is anywhere that would take them.
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Then he clears his throat, trying to focus on the task at hand.]
I wouldn't mind listening. Are these tales for me then or for the city? Somehow they don't sounds like something you want to be public knowledge.
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But I suppose I also want to be sure that my listeners are... respectful. Whatever the history is, it deserves that much by the very merit of being history.
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I... yeah, sure. I can do that. How, uh, do you wanna do this?
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[He has a million of those as well, and somehow it feels sad to waste them.]
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[Actually you had him at timeline because there are very few things in the universe that Flynn Carsen doesn't find interesting. But hey. People call him a nerd enough these days.]