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Emil Castagnier ([personal profile] squirreledaway) wrote2012-12-30 03:08 am

Memories 29 & 30

This is a skit I don't feel like finding right now, but basically Emil, Marta, and Raine are talking, and Emil admits he dislikes cooking with herbs because they taste too powerful to him (I think he specifically remarks that they're all too "bitter.") Raine then remarks, "I guess you're still a child in that regard." And then proceeds to make a comment about mature tastes appreciating the variety of flavors.

Genis, of course, makes a smart crack about Raine's cooking, and Raine then proceeds to make everyone scared by being vaguely threatening.

This memory is just a nice memory of getting to know how he interacted with Raine and Genis better (but Emil has more memories of those two than any of the other origiparty.. WHAT IS BALANCE IN MY MEMORY REGISTRY.) It's not quite positive, but it's not quite negative either.

Another memory I don't feel like finding the video for yet. Whoops. (The flashback sequence of this video here!)

But, Aster and Richter go to see Ratatosk, and Aster makes an impassioned plea for Ratatosk's help. However, Ratatosk is still very much high off of the hate he has for Mithos, and for being betrayed by him in the worst possible way. And twisted by that entire experience, he agrees... but then orders his monsters to also kill everyone, since it's the only way he figures he can protect the new tree.

Aster objects, loudly, and Ratatosk decides to make him the first example... but this pisses Richter off, very much so, who then proceeds to mortally wound Ratatosk. Ratatosk then goes into his core form and isn't woken up again until Marta calls for his help.

This memory is going to be extremely distressing to Emil. It's going to answer a large question he still had looming over his head about, "Who is Aster?" pretty decisively. Aster was a human who wanted Ratatosk's help... and it was Aster who Richter was referring to as "A human with a few screws loose told me that" when he first met him, or at least he's slowly starting to connect the dots there.

Annnnd Ratatosk killed him due to his crazy. So, again, distressing to Emil! And now he knows why he sealed him away, and he will be thinking of it quite seriously. But he also thinks Ratatosk has a few more checks and balances here. So, pending Ratatosk not blowing up disastrously at Peridot... or Echo, for that matter...

This memory doesn't do much for Ratatosk besides pull him more firmly back towards the crazy side. Ratatosk has a hard time arguing with his own logic, especially when he's at his angriest, and he is NOT a very sane summon spirit right now. This one will make him more prone to irrationality than his other Ratatosk memories because, well, this is the first one where he has to actively deal with his mentality after being betrayed. He's seen what he was like before, and what he was like in the midst of being betrayed, but not after the fact.

Even in game, this memory makes him go a little crazier than he had been up to that point. So, we'll see what happens with this.