[superhell] catchall for zelgadis

[ontrend]

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[hardrocklife]

Ah. I suppose you've never seen one before...

Their bodies resemble fish, but they have arms and legs like humans, and are capable of breathing the same air.

[ontrend]

Whoa... yeah, we don't have any fishmen where I'm from.

[huh.]

[hardrocklife]

There was one among my closest comrades and retainers. Noonsa. Along with a wolf-troll hybrid, Dilgear, and two humans... Zolf and Rodimus.

When I was changed into this form, they were perhaps the only ones who didn't treat me differently.

[ontrend]

Sounds like they were good people, no matter what they look like! I'm glad they had your back.

[hardrocklife]

As was I. But one day... all of that changed.

I betrayed that sage, and in retaliation, he sent my former comrades to pursue me.

[ontrend]

[tilts his head to one side...]

...you must've had your reasons, though. You don't seem like the kind of person to betray someone just because.

What happened?

[hardrocklife]

I saw an opportunity for revenge, and I took it. For it was that "great sage" who turned me into a chimera in the first place.

[ontrend]

Whoa, whoa whoa whoa, whoa. He's the one who did this to you? And he has the balls to get all butthurt about you NOT being okay with that when you found out? What the hell!

[hardrocklife]

... It was no secret that he did it. He claimed he was merely granting my wish -- my desire for strength. And for a time, I even believed that.

I truly admired that man. It was difficult to accept that I had been fooled...

[ontrend]

So he gaslit the hell out of you?! Argh! I'd like to take him by the shoulders and shake him!!

[hardrocklife]

[huh. was he gaslit? does zel even know what "gaslit" means?]

[ontrend]

...anyway! When people do shit like that to you, it's totally natural to lose respect for them and to go your own way. I hope you haven't been beating yourself up about it!

[hardrocklife]

[... He thinks about it.]

I know I was right to oppose him. But the events I set in motion...

[He takes a long sip of his beer before continuing.]

Noonsa was the first to pursue me. I killed him without hesitation. Left the body floating in a lake.

Then the others came in waves. One by one, I cut down all who had once followed me.

[ontrend]

[


kuranosuke is starting to feel guilty about asking for storytime.]

...did they even, like... question it? Or give you the chance to explain? Or did they just come at you because the sage guy said they had to...?

[hardrocklife]

[one thing zelgadis will never fail at is being a total downer.]

They were simply loyal to him... perhaps for the same reason I was. He gave them a purpose and a place in the world when no one else would.

[ontrend]

...so he totally used them, too. God, what a jerk!

[hardrocklife]

I suppose that was the case.

[ontrend]

[chugs a whole glass of mediocre beer]

You listen to me, Zelgadis! You were not in the wrong there!! That's on the guy who tricked you and sent your friends after you - that was a total dick move. You hear me? A total dick move!!

[hardrocklife]

I...

[... He's at a loss for words, in the face of this aggressive reassurance.]

[ontrend]

[huffs]

I'm serious!

[hardrocklife]

I still must accept some responsibility for my actions, and the consequences that followed.

But... thank you.

[ontrend]

Ehhh, I don't think you should have to, but I guess we can agree to disagree.

You're welcome!