asgardeventide | Seven ★ Video

[It's assumed that Draco is around somewhere despite not being on camera immediately, judging by the fact that when the feed starts travelers are greeted with a nice view of a bedroom wall absolutely covered in diagrams, charts, graphs, drawings and notes. Literally every square inch of the wall above the bed is covered in paper marked with random colored pens. It's assumed the rest of the room is set the same way. In the background, anyone listening can hear a coffee maker brewing a new pot.

War's never been one of Draco's favorite things, but the battles in Asgard have made him think of his home world and the situation he's in. He hates thinking about it, but he's started dissecting everything he knows…hence some of the charts that are overlaying some older charts. When Draco begins to speak, he's still out of the line of vision, if only because he can't exactly face the city just yet.]

…I know this man at home who's trying to, more or less, recreate the entire world. A perfect world where everyone's exactly the same and everyone who's considered less than worthy is punished severely if they're not outright killed immediately. [This is bad. This is a bad idea to be bringing this up, but Draco's full of bad ideas and bad decisions lately.] Actually, his favorite method is to torture them severely before sparing them and then murdering them with a flick of the wrist.

But the thing is, despite the fact he's more or less a slit-nosed homicidal freak, he has a large following. Many follow him out of fear, but there are just as many who follow out of loyalty. There are many people who actually, genuinely believe our world will be better if we follow his plan for destruction and reconstruction. It's messy and violent, and yet they go along with it anyway. Funny how that works, isn't it? One has to wonder why. [It's probably for the best that Voldemort's not around to hear that one of his servants is basically disregarding everything he's been taught. But after his last conversation with Jade? Maybe he really doesn't have to be constantly fearing for his life...maybe just every other day.

Let's get to the point, shall we? His hand appears in the frame of video and he's pinning a fresh piece of paper to the wall above the bed. He soon takes out a pen and in a neat, elegant scrawl writes something on the top of the page.

The art of persuasion and manipulation

His hand hovers in midair for a moment before he withdraws it.]

What is the fine line between persuading people and manipulating them? And, as a bonus question, what is the fine line between safety and fear? Sometimes I have to wonder if the rulers of this world aren't any different, what with having to do their bidding without even asking us. And yet we do it anyway because we're told it's better this way. [He knows it's a stretch, but it's still a valid point in his opinion.] As you can see, I've plenty of room on the paper so give me something worth writing.

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Then I doubt saying that I've no reservations about killing for survival here like I do at home will help you.

So a reaping of sorts. We'd have to sort the fighters from the non-combatants and basically send them out and bring in new recruits. You really don't think they'll listen to reason like that, do you?

And anyway as for the exploding heads thing, I'm working on it.

You'd be an idiot not to.

And when have they ever? If anything, they're dead set on losing.

...Wouldn't happen to be a secret potion, would it?

Which is really, really quite contradictory when you think about it. Guess they're the true idiots here.

Might be. Problem with that?

No problems here. But I might keep your intent from Euri, if I were you. She's gotten a little funny lately.

Funny how?

Sympathetic. Way more than usual... it's a little unfortunate.

...sympathetic to the gods?

The gods, and others. Humans, regular people...

What has she told you?

That she wants me to stop killing. [Which he sounds a little bitter about.]

Stop killing people here, or in general?

Here. Kinda hard to kill anyone back home when you're dead.

So really what you're saying is that Euri's asked you to roll over and basically be screwed over. Fantastic.

Basically.

I dunno who's influencing her to think like that, but it's pissing me off. Even more that she's actually falling for it.

I didn't know. She didn't even mention that to me when I spoke to her a few days ago. I thought she'd at least listen to reasoning.

I thought so, too. At least more understanding, but she acted all offended over my alliances back in my world. [siiiiiigh.]

I just don't get it.

[And he mumbles--] Yes, well, all of the girls who live in that bloody mushroom are mental.

Death is a big trigger for her from what I gathered. Death and what can come from death, but I thought she liked you enough to at least be logical. Then again...girls are far too emotional sometimes. [Which is why all three of his closest friends in Asgard are girls amirite.]

--wait, didn't she already know about your alliances?

[He catches that, but chooses not to respond. But he has to wonder--things aren't going so well with Rapunzel, eh?]

I know she hates the undead, but it's not like I'm a zombie. I'm more human here than I was before.

[There's a small t'ch.] She knew most of it. I kept some things from her until recently.

[Girls are crazy, the end. Draco's just very lineface about everything with Rapunzel at the moment, yes.]

Which you would think she'd take into account. I always had the impression she would defend you no matter what.

How recently is recently?

[Word.]

Few days before the battle started.

And you know the next question is what did you leave out until now?

[He debates dodging the question, but it's not like it's important to keep it a secret anymore, now that everything's over.]

That I tried to create a weapon capable of destroying multiple worlds.

Tried being the operative word. [Oh, is that all? No big deal...]

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