Forged Iron

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

1 hour ago, Kingsdaughter613 said:

@Random Bystander 

@The Unknown Order 

Kelsier allowed his expression to soften. “I’ll give you a moment to think it over. In the mean time, why don’t you tell me which bindpoints you know?”

"He only told me the three I needed, they're all on the coppermind on my wrist."

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I decided he's an Archivist. 

 

[Kingsdaughter613 she/her]

Just now, The Unknown Order said:

"He only told me the three I needed, they're all on the coppermind on my wrist."

 

The Survivor nodded, smiling. “Great. Then you can store your memories of your meetings with your mystery teacher. I don’t suppose he explained why he was teaching you?”

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

30 minutes ago, Kingsdaughter613 said:

The Survivor nodded, smiling. “Great. Then you can store your memories of your meetings with your mystery teacher. I don’t suppose he explained why he was teaching you?”

"He needed funds, I had money, I wanted an edge, he had Hemalurgy."

[Random Bystander she/her]

6 hours ago, Kingsdaughter613 said:

@Random Bystander 

@The Unknown Order 

Kelsier allowed his expression to soften. “I’ll give you a moment to think it over. In the mean time, why don’t you tell me which bindpoints you know?”

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Sorry. My internet went down for a few hours.

Anyway, I (for some reason) imagined the assassin as having red hair and green eyes. That's the only thing I had pictured.

 

[Kingsdaughter613 she/her]

16 hours ago, Random Bystander said:

 

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Perfectly understandable.

 

20 hours ago, The Unknown Order said:

"He needed funds, I had money, I wanted an edge, he had Hemalurgy."

Kelsier nodded meditatively. “And did you find him? Or did he find you?”

@The Unknown Order

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I see you’re on, so I’m summoning you to play!

 

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[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

19 hours ago, Kingsdaughter613 said:

 

Kelsier nodded meditatively. “And did you find him? Or did he find you?”

@The Unknown Order

 

"My contacts found him and connected us, he was looking, but I was only passively interested." Meens said. He then stored all of his knowledge related to the man in a brace around his arm and said, "Everything I know about the man is in here."

[Kingsdaughter613 she/her]

6 minutes ago, The Unknown Order said:

"My contacts found him and connected us, he was looking, but I was only passively interested." Meens said. He then stored all of his knowledge related to the man in a brace around his arm and said, "Everything I know about the man is in here."

Kelsier smiled. “Thank you.” Then he began gently pushing and pulling to remove the Coppermind.

Most Allomancers wouldn’t even be able feel the metalmind. Even fewer could manipulate the latch as he did. But Kelsier was never an ordinary Mistborn, even before he had been suffused with Preservation’s raw essence. Iron and steel had always been his metals. Even more so now that he saw half the world in lines of blue.

The Coppermind flew across the tent into his waiting hand. Then he stood up and released Meens. He waited just a moment, allowing the other man to process his freedom.

Then Kelsier slit his throat.

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Well... I did warn you that upsetting Kelsier was a bad idea...

 

Edited February 12, 2021 by Kingsdaughter613

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

Just now, Kingsdaughter613 said:

Kelsier smiled. “Thank you.” Then he began gently pushing and pulling to remove the Coppermind.

Most Allomancers wouldn’t even be able feel the metalmind. Even fewer could manipulate the latch as he did. But Kelsier was never an ordinary Mistborn, even before he had been suffused with Preservation’s raw essence. Iron and steel had always been his metals. Even more so now that he saw half the world in lines of blue.

The Coppermind flew across the tent into his waiting hand. Then he stood up and released Meens. He waited just a moment, allowing the other man to process his freedom.

Then Kelsier slit his throat.

"Gurgle"

[Kingsdaughter613 she/her]

17 minutes ago, The Unknown Order said:

"Gurgle"

Blood poured from Meens carotid staining the ground a vivid red. Kelsier watched until the light went out in the dead man’s eyes. Good. 

The Survivor pushed open the flap on the tent, smiling down at Ladashwi. “You doing okay, Sage?”

@Random Bystander

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Here’s a completed Noble of Spears:

 

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[Random Bystander she/her]

1 hour ago, Kingsdaughter613 said:

Blood poured from Meens carotid staining the ground a vivid red. Kelsier watched until the light went out in the dead man’s eyes. Good. 

The Survivor pushed open the flap on the tent, smiling down at Ladashwi. “You doing okay, Sage?”

@Random Bystander

 

She nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine." 

[Kingsdaughter613 she/her]

3 hours ago, Random Bystander said:

She nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine." 

The Survivor paused, the settled himself down beside her. “You know, it’s normal to be queasy the first few times you’re on a battlefield,” he told her gently. “Most people are. And that’s fine; we can’t all be ruthless killers.” He chuckled softly. “Probably a good thing we aren’t.”

[Random Bystander she/her]

23 minutes ago, Kingsdaughter613 said:

The Survivor paused, the settled himself down beside her. “You know, it’s normal to be queasy the first few times you’re on a battlefield,” he told her gently. “Most people are. And that’s fine; we can’t all be ruthless killers.” He chuckled softly. “Probably a good thing we aren’t.”

"But, that's not even the problem." She whispered. "It's just... It's just so interesting, and I don't even know why." She sighed. "I mean, me killing was not a fun experience. But I apparently have no problems watching Marie kill a bunch of people, and it just doesn't make sense to me." She shook her head. "There is a small part of me that is horrified, but the larger part of me wants to take notes on her techniques, and what she is doing. That... Scares me. I'm guessing it's because of how I was raised."

[Kingsdaughter613 she/her]

1 hour ago, Random Bystander said:

"But, that's not even the problem." She whispered. "It's just... It's just so interesting, and I don't even know why." She sighed. "I mean, me killing was not a fun experience. But I apparently have no problems watching Marie kill a bunch of people, and it just doesn't make sense to me." She shook her head. "There is a small part of me that is horrified, but the larger part of me wants to take notes on her techniques, and what she is doing. That... Scares me. I'm guessing it's because of how I was raised."

He chuckled again. “That... makes sense I suppose. You are a scholar. If it makes you feel better, I’m pretty sure some Keepers did have the different methods of killing as their primary scholastic focus.

”Recognizing someone’s skill isn’t the same as wanting to be that person. And wanting to know how something is done isn’t the same as wanting to do it. There’s no harm in being curious or fascinated. Part of it is probably how you’re mind deals with the situation and the rest is the scholar in you. It’s not something to be afraid of Sage; it’s part of you and that’s something to embrace.”

[Random Bystander she/her]

3 minutes ago, Kingsdaughter613 said:

He chuckled again. “That... makes sense I suppose. You are a scholar. If it makes you feel better, I’m pretty sure some Keepers did have the different methods of killing as their primary scholastic focus.

”Recognizing someone’s skill isn’t the same as wanting to be that person. And wanting to know how something is done isn’t the same as wanting to do it. There’s no harm in being curious or fascinated. Part of it is probably how you’re mind deals with the situation and the rest is the scholar in you. It’s not something to be afraid of Sage; it’s part of you and that’s something to embrace.”

She paused. "That makes sense." she felt relieved. She let out a weak laugh. "I don't know if I make a very good Teriswoman. We are supposed to be placid, calm, and very much non-violent. And I killed someone." She snorted. "I can imagine the looks on the faces of the members of the Synod. Their utter confusion and horror." there was a small smile on her face. "It's kind of funny to think about."

[Kingsdaughter613 she/her]

Just now, Random Bystander said:

She paused. "That makes sense." she felt relieved. She let out a weak laugh. "I don't know if I make a very good Teriswoman. We are supposed to be placid, calm, and very much non-violent. And I killed someone." She snorted. "I can imagine the looks on the faces of the members of the Synod. Their utter confusion and horror." there was a small smile on her face. "It's kind of funny to think about."

“Saze is a Terrisman,” Kelsier noted, “but he killed people when he had to.” Well, Koloss. “The Synod didn’t think much of him either, but he was instrumental in bringing down the Final Empire - and then saved the world during his Ascension.

“So, speaking from personal experience, the Synod is far too uptight and sanctimonious for its own good. They’re so concerned with their own personal ‘peace’ and ‘morality’ that they’d let the world collapse around their ears before raising a hand to help.” He smiled, his voice wry. “I wouldn’t be too bothered by what they think, were I you. If we’d had it their way, we’d still be living in the Final Empire.”

[Random Bystander she/her]

Just now, Kingsdaughter613 said:

“Saze is a Terrisman,” Kelsier noted, “but he killed people when he had to.” Well, Koloss. “The Synod didn’t think much of him either, but he was instrumental in bringing down the Final Empire - and then saved the world during his Ascension.

“So, speaking from personal experience, the Synod is far too uptight and sanctimonious for its own good. They’re so concerned with their own personal ‘peace’ and ‘morality’ that they’d let the world collapse around their ears before raising a hand to help.” He smiled, his voice wry. “I wouldn’t be too bothered by what they think, were I you. If we’d had it their way, we’d still be living in the Final Empire.”

"You have a point there." She sighed. "There are some things I've never understood. Like, why they want to go back to the Terris mountains. It would be freezing cold, and we would all have to move. Another thing I don't get is religion. I get that it is important to people, but it just isn't logical. I think I alienated myself from the rest of the Terris a long time ago." Wait. Did I just say that religion isn't logical to someone who has his own religion? What kind of messed up world am I living in?

[Kingsdaughter613 she/her]

2 hours ago, Random Bystander said:

"You have a point there." She sighed. "There are some things I've never understood. Like, why they want to go back to the Terris mountains. It would be freezing cold, and we would all have to move. Another thing I don't get is religion. I get that it is important to people, but it just isn't logical. I think I alienated myself from the rest of the Terris a long time ago." Wait. Did I just say that religion isn't logical to someone who has his own religion? What kind of messed up world am I living in?

Kelsier laughed, the sound mixing oddly with the screams of the dying. “As someone who has been a god,” he said, grinning brightly at Sage, “I can assure you that religion is definitely illogical.” His mirth faded some, and his voice softened. “But then, that’s why they call it Faith, not Logic.”

He gazed upward at the stars, visible in a way they hadn’t been throughout the entirety of his mortal life. “Hope isn’t logical either. Neither is trying to take down a thousand year emperor and its god-king. Or trying to bring back blue skies and flowers. Logic told us we couldn’t defeat Ruin, either. Hope... Faith... Turns out those can be stronger than logic, sometimes.

”Belief is a choice, Sage,” he continued, gazing seriously at her. “So is hope. Logically, the Final Empire should never have fallen. I put my hope in the faith of people and put my faith in the hands of my crew. And the Final Empire fell.

”Hope and faith defy logic. Maybe that’s why they can allow us to do the impossible.” He smiled, meeting Sage’s eyes, allowing her to see the echo of eternity that hid in his real one, a remnant of his time as a Shard. “You don’t need to believe Sage. But don’t denigrate those who do.”

[Random Bystander she/her]

1 minute ago, Kingsdaughter613 said:

Kelsier laughed, the sound mixing oddly with the screams of the dying. “As someone who has been a god,” he said, grinning brightly at Sage, “I can assure you that religion is definitely illogical.” His mirth faded some, and his voice softened. “But then, that’s why they call it Faith, not Logic.”

He gazed upward at the stars, visible in a way they hadn’t been throughout the entirety of his mortal life. “Hope isn’t logical either. Neither is trying to take down a thousand year emperor and its god-king. Or trying to bring back blue skies and flowers. Logic told us we couldn’t defeat Ruin, either. Hope... Faith... Turns out those can be stronger than logic, sometimes.

”Belief is a choice, Sage,” he continued, gazing seriously at her. “So is hope. Logically, the Final Empire should never have fallen. I put my hope in the faith of people and put my faith in the hands of my crew. And the Final Empire fell.

”Hope and faith defy logic. Maybe that’s why they can allow us to do the impossible.” He smiled, meeting Sage’s eyes, allowing her to see the echo of eternity that hid in his real one, a remnant of his time as a Shard. “You don’t need to believe Sage. But don’t denigrate those who do.”

She shrugged. "I never said that religion was stupid. Just that it doesn't make sense to me personally." She sighed. "But you definitely have a point. I just have never been very good with the abstract. Most people seem to work with a mix of both, but for some reason I don't. I mean, I know what emotions are, and I feel them, but sometimes..." she sighed, looking away. "Sometimes I wish I didn't have emotions. That I didn't have to feel, because then I wouldn't hurt. I know it's stupid, but I would usually prefer to not have emotions. If I hadn't had emotions at the mine, I wouldn't have went into shock." Ladashwy found herself sharing things she had never shared before. She didn't know why she was doing it, but as she said them it was as if a weight was lifted of her shoulders. "I know that there are probably flaws in my logic, but I can't see them. Yes, I wouldn't feel happy, passionate, or love, but I wouldn't feel sadness, loss, loneliness, hate, rejection, or guilt. I've seen people ripped apart because of their emotions, and that terrifies me. I don't want to break apart! I want to be able to just be me."

[Kingsdaughter613 she/her]

8 minutes ago, Random Bystander said:

She shrugged. "I never said that religion was stupid. Just that it doesn't make sense to me personally." She sighed. "But you definitely have a point. I just have never been very good with the abstract. Most people seem to work with a mix of both, but for some reason I don't. I mean, I know what emotions are, and I feel them, but sometimes..." she sighed, looking away. "Sometimes I wish I didn't have emotions. That I didn't have to feel, because then I wouldn't hurt. I know it's stupid, but I would usually prefer to not have emotions. If I hadn't had emotions at the mine, I wouldn't have went into shock." Ladashwy found herself sharing things she had never shared before. She didn't know why she was doing it, but as she said them it was as if a weight was lifted of her shoulders. "I know that there are probably flaws in my logic, but I can't see them. Yes, I wouldn't feel happy, passionate, or love, but I wouldn't feel sadness, loss, loneliness, hate, rejection, or guilt. I've seen people ripped apart because of their emotions, and that terrifies me. I don't want to break apart! I want to be able to just be me."

Kelsier frowned thoughtfully. “Limited empathy has its downsides, Sage,” he said at last. “And it doesn’t stop you from feeling grief or guilt or rejection. It just makes you more resilient to them.

”And it makes it much easier to hate in some ways because it makes it harder to see people as people. It does make some things easier, but it also means you’ll never understand love the way you do. You wouldn’t experience the strength of Connection you have.

”And you didn’t break. You reacted the way most people do. You said you reacted by ‘acting like a psychopath.’ You didn’t. Psychopaths have limited empathy. They don’t Connect the same way, so they wouldn’t react like you did.” His lips twitched upward in wry amusement. “I should know; I am one.”

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If his cage match is anything to go by, he does actually know that.

 

[Random Bystander she/her]

Just now, Kingsdaughter613 said:

Kelsier frowned thoughtfully. “Limited empathy has its downsides, Sage,” he said at last. “And it doesn’t stop you from feeling grief or guilt or rejection. It just makes you more resilient to them.

”And it makes it much easier to hate in some ways because it makes it harder to see people as people. It does make some things easier, but it also means you’ll never understand love the way you do. You wouldn’t experience the strength of Connection you have.

”And you didn’t break. You reacted the way most people do. You said you reacted by ‘acting like a psychopath.’ You didn’t. Psychopaths have limited empathy. They don’t Connect the same way, so they wouldn’t react like you did.” His lips twitched upward in wry amusement. “I should know; I am one.”

 

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Dang it. I just realized that I may be making her a bit more broken than I originally intended...

She nodded, and thought over his words. But, I'm not talking about being a psychopath, I'm talking about being free from any emotion at all! It's different... right? I mean, Psychopaths still can feel, but it's just at a different level. She sat thinking for a while. Just because I have emotions doesn't necessarily mean that I will break. It just means that I can. I won't let myself break. I won't.

[Kingsdaughter613 she/her]

2 hours ago, Random Bystander said:

She nodded, and thought over his words. But, I'm not talking about being a psychopath, I'm talking about being free from any emotion at all! It's different... right? I mean, Psychopaths still can feel, but it's just at a different level. She sat thinking for a while. Just because I have emotions doesn't necessarily mean that I will break. It just means that I can. I won't let myself break. I won't.

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No emotions is pretty close to what most people assume psychopathy is.

“Come to a decision?” Kelsier asked after a few minutes had passed is companionable silence. Well, if your definition of silence included a multitude of pained screams.

He paused at that, considering. Are you choosing to let them bleed out? he sent to Marie, or you can’t just kill? Or both? @AonEne

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[Random Bystander she/her]

Just now, Kingsdaughter613 said:

“Come to a decision?” Kelsier asked after a few minutes had passed is companionable silence. Well, if your definition of silence included a multitude of pained screams.

He paused at that, considering. Are you choosing to let them bleed out? he sent to Marie, or you can’t just kill? Or both?

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True, but she thought she was acting like a psychopath when she got really angry, and wanted to hunt Meens down at the mine. She has read enough that she knows the difference between no emotions, and psychopathy, as well as learning from personal experience. 

She shrugged. "I don't know. I..." she sighed. "I just don't know. I've felt this way for years." she shook her head. "It's complicated, and kind of hard to explain." 

[Kingsdaughter613 she/her]

12 minutes ago, Random Bystander said:

She shrugged. "I don't know. I..." she sighed. "I just don't know. I've felt this way for years." she shook her head. "It's complicated, and kind of hard to explain." 

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Do Scadrians know about psychology yet? Also Kelsier would disagree that she acted like a psychopath; a trauma reaction isn’t the same thing as a calculated assault.

He smiled at her. “Then it’s nothing that needs an answer now. You’re stronger than you think you are,” he looked at her intently. “And your emotions are part of that strength. Don’t doubt that. Emotion, passion, fuels us. It keeps us going. Only a corpse is emotionless. Souls... Souls are emotion. If you can’t feel, you aren’t living.”

[Random Bystander she/her]

6 minutes ago, Kingsdaughter613 said:

He smiled at her. “Then it’s nothing that needs an answer now. You’re stronger than you think you are,” he looked at her intently. “And your emotions are part of that strength. Don’t doubt that. Emotion, passion, fuels us. It keeps us going. Only a corpse is emotionless. Souls... Souls are emotion. If you can’t feel, you aren’t living.”

I wonder what he means by that. She thought. I guess he would know. She nodded without thinking. I guess it makes sense.

[Kingsdaughter613 she/her]

13 minutes ago, Random Bystander said:

I wonder what he means by that. She thought. I guess he would know. She nodded without thinking. I guess it makes sense.

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Kelsier (at some point): I’m all soul.

He smiled warmly, draping an arm of her shoulders. “You’ll do fine, Sage.”