Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-26517142-20190421032824/@comment-26517142-20190509010548

Samuel folds his arms. "In a way... I saved your father. And also... I saved Bright's face....by killing him."

Kida's face distorts to confusion. "I...do not understand. What....do you even mean by that? Is Bright dead? Or is he alive?"

"I have told you. He is alive." Samuel sighs. "That day...when I came to Quitonne... I aided the escape of several Naetherkin there as there were claims that they were penned wrongly by Egress the Swathing. I also came there to kill Bright...for the claims he had subjected and tortured Naetherkin in brutal experiments.

But when I came to Bright....he pleased innocence. He showed me his work...what he's done. He showed me that he upgraded the Arms Initiative that he and Egress worked together on... but then.... someone had ruined him. Framed him for something he didn't do....and now the Naether wrongly accuses him of being a murderer and a soulless demon.

I ...did not know if I can trust him. And yet....my instincts told me I should. I....pulled up my scythe...and struck him. A...clone of him...created from one of his inventions - the Fabreal dummy projector. A device that creates a perfect copy of himself...except that the clone cannot move or speak.

Bright faked death...so that I can allow his escape from Quitonne. Right now....I left him.... (Grits teeth) with the other side of the Naether. (To Kida) I told the truth, too. Not a day passes that he wonders how you are faring... Kida Kilt.

(To Ophelia) Your father... made the reckless decision to save a Quitonne soul. I normally would have not allowed him to do so, as it would disrupt the peace and cause Quitonne to determine him as a lawbreaker that had to be punished for his crimes. But then...his help of the girl...was genuine. And...I saw kindness in his eyes. A kindness.. I once had.

So I told him...to leave the rest to me. And I placed the blame of the lost Naetherkin...on me. It cleared your father of any suspicion...and allowed you all to venture until this point in time. The here....and the now."