No, certainly not. It's just why I have three ages, listed, actually~.
[ He laughs, but after that laugh, his expression turns much more serious. He had actually told Morrigan about this, since she had asked about his three ages, so he supposes that it's oddly appropriate that another member of Team Shady get the story too. ]
I haven't always been a valet. When I was a younger man, I was actually the knight and bodyguard of a different household. But I failed. I wasn't able to protect my master, and he died. I regretted it greatly, and so much that I managed to draw the attention of... Well. The Abyss is a bit hard to explain, but you may as well think of it as a demon. I was given a chance to change things. Or, really, I just went mad with my regrets.
[ Though there's definitely a large portion of this story he skips over completely. In part, it's because explaining Chains and Illegal Contracts is probably akin to Rhys trying to explain his arm and eye to Break in terms of how much he'd understand, but. He also just doesn't want to admit that he was a serial killer in a murdergame. ]
I was pulled into a deep abyss from which there's supposed to be no return, and I mean that quite literally. Being pulled into the Abyss is supposed to mean death, but I managed to appeal to its keeper. She gave me a chance to grant my wish to change the past, but time flows differently there, and so many decades passed while I was only in there for a short period of time. So the young man I was died in the Abyss.
[ He motions to his eye ]
My eye is the price I paid for it. That stupid cat is the one that owns it now, since he's a creature from that place. [ He keeps his hate for Cheshire on the downlow, though, since he'd definitely kill the cat again if he could... ] It's been twenty-one years since the Abyss spat me out, but more time passed while I was in there, hence the 139. I don't exactly keep track, but if that's the number my profile lists, it's as good as any.
[ Though he does gloss over another part here: whether his wish was actually granted or not. He pauses, but then decides to explain that too, since it makes his hatred for this week's motive much clearer. ]
...And I succeeded. I changed the past like I wanted so badly. [ His smile grows bitter here, since it's not any easier to swallow even years later. ] As promised, my regret was erased. The event that took my masters' life never occurred. But perhaps it was meant to happen all the same. My master was able to live four years longer, but instead, the entire family was wiped out, and the youngest daughter which I was tasked with protecting... She ended up taking the same path as I did. The Abyss whispered to her, and she also listened. But she dragged the entire family into the Abyss with her. My own pride and foolishness erased the entire family. They no longer exist at all.
[explains ph] @god: why
No, certainly not. It's just why I have three ages, listed, actually~.
[ He laughs, but after that laugh, his expression turns much more serious. He had actually told Morrigan about this, since she had asked about his three ages, so he supposes that it's oddly appropriate that another member of Team Shady get the story too. ]
I haven't always been a valet. When I was a younger man, I was actually the knight and bodyguard of a different household. But I failed. I wasn't able to protect my master, and he died. I regretted it greatly, and so much that I managed to draw the attention of... Well. The Abyss is a bit hard to explain, but you may as well think of it as a demon. I was given a chance to change things. Or, really, I just went mad with my regrets.
[ Though there's definitely a large portion of this story he skips over completely. In part, it's because explaining Chains and Illegal Contracts is probably akin to Rhys trying to explain his arm and eye to Break in terms of how much he'd understand, but. He also just doesn't want to admit that he was a serial killer in a murdergame. ]
I was pulled into a deep abyss from which there's supposed to be no return, and I mean that quite literally. Being pulled into the Abyss is supposed to mean death, but I managed to appeal to its keeper. She gave me a chance to grant my wish to change the past, but time flows differently there, and so many decades passed while I was only in there for a short period of time. So the young man I was died in the Abyss.
[ He motions to his eye ]
My eye is the price I paid for it. That stupid cat is the one that owns it now, since he's a creature from that place. [ He keeps his hate for Cheshire on the downlow, though, since he'd definitely kill the cat again if he could... ] It's been twenty-one years since the Abyss spat me out, but more time passed while I was in there, hence the 139. I don't exactly keep track, but if that's the number my profile lists, it's as good as any.
[ Though he does gloss over another part here: whether his wish was actually granted or not. He pauses, but then decides to explain that too, since it makes his hatred for this week's motive much clearer. ]
...And I succeeded. I changed the past like I wanted so badly. [ His smile grows bitter here, since it's not any easier to swallow even years later. ] As promised, my regret was erased. The event that took my masters' life never occurred. But perhaps it was meant to happen all the same. My master was able to live four years longer, but instead, the entire family was wiped out, and the youngest daughter which I was tasked with protecting... She ended up taking the same path as I did. The Abyss whispered to her, and she also listened. But she dragged the entire family into the Abyss with her. My own pride and foolishness erased the entire family. They no longer exist at all.