Ryker

[17:24] Perhaps he should have come with Zhrani. It would have been wiser. She even proposed it, too. But putting her in danger like that was no good. This man was Ryker pyr Docro. This rat was... he knew not who it was, but she was violent, for sure. Would a man like this one answer a few questions for a school project? For the world's restoration?

Definitely not.

"It's.. for..."

This was the man who had his face on shirts and pillows.

".. an interview for the school's journal! They want me to ask a few questions on the greats of our time."

It was not for the school journal, but great people? It was. In a way.

"I'd understand if you didn't want people to see your thoughts, though..."
(Seifer Gardios)
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[17:27] His eyes widened, just a bit.

An interview? How intriguing. She merely smiled.

"An INTERVIEW?! Then certainly. We can go somewhere else, more private." There was a glance paid to Niffty and then a nod. He was fine. It was only a child, after all.
(Ryker pyr Docro)
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[17:28] Seifer Gardios exclaims, "Alright..!"
[17:28] Seifer Gardios says, "It shouldn't take too long."
[17:28] Ryker pyr Docro exclaims, "ASK AWAY!"
[17:29] Seifer Gardios says, "Well.."
[17:29] Seifer Gardios asks, "First, do you want to take a seat?"
[17:29] Ryker pyr Docro says, "No."
[17:29] Seifer Gardios says, "..."
[17:29] Seifer Gardios asks, "Do you not sit?"
[17:32] Ryker pyr Docro says, "No, I sit."
[17:32] Ryker pyr Docro says, "I just got done sitting."
[17:32] Seifer Gardios says, "....."
[17:32] Seifer Gardios says, "Alright."
[17:38] Seifer shifts a bit closer to one of the desks, using it a proper place to sit down a horribly worn-out book atop it. A push of his glasses later and the boy would turn to the almighty Commander of Achyon's forces, speaking forth.

"The first question I have for you today is:

What do you define as power? If you think of the most powerful person you know, what makes them powerful and is there any factor that are outside of our control in that aspect?"

He needed to make it sound like an interview. There had to be some way to do that, right? Unless the man was sold with the mere mention of an interview.
(Seifer Gardios)
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[17:50] Ryker stood there, feeling once more on top of the proverbial word so to speak. Why? Who knew! However perhaps it was fortunate for Seifer he was in such a good mood. He wouldn't have ordinarily done any interviews otherwise.

"Power is the ability to take precisely what you want, when you want." He responded at once. "Silverwall? Achyon took it. When Osrona aimed to sweep through and claim it as their own, we kept it. Then we dealt a decisive blow to the Shimmering City all at once."

His head tilted and the tops of his canines were on full display as he merely grinned towards the boy.

"The most powerful person I know is myself, of course. I'm powerful because I've never let a single shitting thing stop me. When people told me I couldn't do something I did it. I tell people what I'm going to do with them and I always follow through.

I told Ariadne she was next.
Now she's dead.

There are no factors outside of my control."
(Ryker pyr Docro)
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[18:00] Ego at its best. Pride dripping from every single digit of the man's grasp as he seized his destiny for himself and made what he wanted with it. To take what you want and take ahold of your fate were rather similar concepts; despite their differences the Stellus and the Commander were far, far closer than one may expect.

Seifer would never say that, however.

A few notes were taken even if most of the man's words were ingrained within his memories.

"That's definitely one of the more explosive answers I've seen to this date."

A bit of butter for the bread of pride.

"Now then, the second question comes with an aim that's... a bit more specific. The world knows you as the man who rifted forth thousands. Those tears in reality harm the world's stability, but I'm sure that's all the kind of stuff you already know.

If you wanted to fix that damage, how would you go about it? Since you're the most powerful guy around I assume you'd know what to do to fix the world.

.. Or even to change it and shape it to what's best for it."
(Seifer Gardios)
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[18:29] He scoffed as Seifer moved on with a question that perhaps he should have known better than to ask. How to fix the wounds that Riftmancy left behind. Of course Ryker knew well enough the wounds and the damage he inflicted with every single portal he opened.

He could feel it, if not vaguely even see it.

But.

"I don't care about fixing the damage." He said at once with a wave of his hand. "I know what's required to fix it.

But that doesn't mean I care enough to do so. Or speak on it."
(Ryker pyr Docro)
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[18:34] Of course he was not going to get an answer out of the man with such a question. He was basically asking him what his weakness was right then and there. How would the man who destroys the world actively would go about mending it?

He wouldn't.

There was hardly any way Seifer could twist this one to fit his premise without being caught out and in a horrible, horrible situation. Instead he decided to accept this blank space in his wisdom and move on.

"Understandable. Then I've got only one final question for you:

In your eyes, what determines whether or not someone should live?"

He hoped to get something good out of this one. For a man who's mere decision could cull a life there had to be something to learn from him.
(Seifer Gardios)
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[18:55] What determined whether or not someone should live...? He merely smiled.

"Whether or not they've pissed me off." Came the answer swiftly enough. "Have they fucked with me? Have they fucked with the family? Have they fucked with Barsburg? If the answer to any of those questions is yes, they die. If not? They live."
(Ryker pyr Docro)
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[18:57] Hoping for a longer explanation may have been a pipe dream. After all the greater one's hand could reach the more thought one would expect to be behind their actions, but Ryker?

Ryker kept it simple.

.. And in a way there was some wisdom to pull from that. Explosive. Passionate. Sudden and unrelenting - overwhelming force against those who deserve it most.

More romantic than what the Kitsune would describe, clearly.

"Thank you." The young one said, smiling. "Is there anything I can do for you before I leave?"
(Seifer Gardios)
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[19:04] He shook his head. Perhaps it was romantic, but Ryker's views had become simple. Straight forward. He killed those who deserved it. Period.

"No. That's it."
(Ryker pyr Docro)