[ somehow, he has managed to coax both a fifth and a sixth drink out of the bartender, and both are rapidly disappearing. he rambles on as he drinks, of course, even if it's hard to properly articulate his thoughts on the matter. it's something he's thought about at length, long prior to seviilia; another idea considered, but never expressed. ] Everyone is the same, just, maybe-- more subtle, with it. Bloodlust is messy, and honest; not appropriate. Two things are antithesis of society. [ shit. he skipped a word. ] That are. [ ... where was he? ]
-- Look at this place. [ he waves an arm back towards where they came; he means all of vegas. ] You think this would exist, if they were different? The vices are different-- or the same, milder-- ones they can pretend are better. And aren't. The city is dressed up in lights and gold, but it is as full of animals as the wild.
[ he makes a disdainful noise, here. there was a specific conclusion he was gearing up for, but it's slipped his grasp in the midst of... that. marduk drags a hand down his face, gripping what's shaping up to be his last drink rather tightly. ] There is nothing to be above. Impossible to be. The concept only exists to give everyone peace of mind.
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[ somehow, he has managed to coax both a fifth and a sixth drink out of the bartender, and both are rapidly disappearing. he rambles on as he drinks, of course, even if it's hard to properly articulate his thoughts on the matter. it's something he's thought about at length, long prior to seviilia; another idea considered, but never expressed. ] Everyone is the same, just, maybe-- more subtle, with it. Bloodlust is messy, and honest; not appropriate. Two things are antithesis of society. [ shit. he skipped a word. ] That are. [ ... where was he? ]
-- Look at this place. [ he waves an arm back towards where they came; he means all of vegas. ] You think this would exist, if they were different? The vices are different-- or the same, milder-- ones they can pretend are better. And aren't. The city is dressed up in lights and gold, but it is as full of animals as the wild.
[ he makes a disdainful noise, here. there was a specific conclusion he was gearing up for, but it's slipped his grasp in the midst of... that. marduk drags a hand down his face, gripping what's shaping up to be his last drink rather tightly. ] There is nothing to be above. Impossible to be. The concept only exists to give everyone peace of mind.