DeathMatch: Tournament of Blood

[Entaru]

"I have nothing really against you, its the fact that you have every reason to hate me.  YOU have more of a temper than she does and I want this to be a civil conversation.  While you cannot hear the conversation, you can still be told about it via the link.  Besides, it is Blaire's opinions and thoughts that I want, and I don't need you influencing her answers." 

Y waved Blaire into the room.  "I'm sure she will tell you all about it when we are done.  Until then you'll have to be patient."  Y closed the door behind him and turned to Blaire.  "You may ask your question as soon as you sever the link, and feel free to ask anything.  I will not lie."

[Shenzii]

Blaire looked back and lowered her eyes. The link had been severed. She looked back at him. "What is your purpose with me. And remember, I can tell when you're lying," she calmly said.

[Entaru]

"My purpose?  I don't have one, but many answers to that.  The first and foremost being to gather whatever information about you that I can."  Y sat down on a chair and motioned for Blaire to sit on his bed.  "Since I only need to give you one answer, that means its my turn."

Y closed his eyes and thought for a moment, trying to pick out one question of his many.  Finding one, he reopened his eyes.  "Why were you afraid earlier?  And don't say that you were afraid of dying or bodily harm, because you wouldn't be in the Arena if you were."

[Shenzii]

"More anger than fear. I fear that if I had to, there would be no defense against you. Nothing but my simple jumping. Nothing that could keep you from getting into my system. Not to mention the odd attraction to the fear. It's an adrenaline rush." She looked at him and grimaced but then calmed herself immediately. She sighed and proceeded with her question. "What is your interest with me? I mean, it seems to be more than just an investigation."

[Entaru]

Y shifted in his seat, almost nervously.  "I am interested in you because...you are fascinating.  A killing machine who isn't a sociopath.  Many of the other contenders haven't shed a tear in decades but you keep your emotions intact.  It's almost beautiful in a way."  Y seemed to relax again as he finished his answer.  She had hit a weak spot in his mental, "No Organics Allowed", wall.

Y shifted again and spoke.  "Is the adrenaline rush the reason you came back?"

[Shenzii]

"I suppose that's what you could say. It's like when you strike an enemy. You have to strike them again. It's a draw." She said as her tense body relaxed. "Emotions huh? Seems to strike you in a different way than most topics. How is it, in a sense, beautiful?" she asked. Her eyes shut, opening back up with a sudden shine. The bluish purple faded to a bluish green.

[Entaru]

Y shifted again in his seat.  If he could blush, he would be.  You had to make it quid pro quo didn't you?  Now look at what's happening.

"I would have to say its your grace in keeping them.  Those here who do have emotions, struggle with keeping them in check.  Many of them feel guilt and try to supress it.  You simply let it flow out of you." Y straightened himself up again "How is it that you share a link with the dragon?"

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Chrono had fallen asleep, he wasn't needed, and the High Crusader was probably trying to get over whatever shame she had after losing.

The Crusader, however, had gone to her room to sleep, hoping her dreams would put an end to her shameful feelings for just a brief moment at the least. When laid down on the bed and went to sleep, part of her that was suppressed by the white fire, had surfaced and took control over her form. A black ring appeared around her eyes, then ignited as it 'burned off' the white of her armor, and condensed the armor to the point where it looked nothing like the High Crusader armor, then her mane lengthened before turning gray, and was tied off by a ring of black fire. The 'new' dragoness got out of the High Crusader's room, and sauntered through the halls, carrying herself like royalty.

[Shenzii]

Blaire sighed. "I can have a link with anyone. I choose to have a link with him because he's important to me. The link kind of keeps us in check." She cleared her throat and thought for a moment. "What exactly is it that you want to know? Specifically."

[Entaru]

"Specifically, I wish to know YOU.  Your history, your personality, your likes, your dislikes, just 'you'.  I know about the dragon, but you are still a mystery."  Y was glad she had left the previous train of thought.  Any farther and she would have breached the 'wall'. 

Y's composure returned. "What did you mean by keeping each other in check?"

[Shenzii]

Blaire smiled. "because we lose our tempers. It's better to have someone to turn to instead of getting in trouble." she looked away then back at him. "Emotions and all that. Why does it bother you to bring them up? Your aura changes"

[Chrono Blackwyng]

The dragoness came upon Chrono in his sleep, and crouched down to tap his head. "Wake up, come on, please?" she said until Chrono lifted his head groggily out of his lap. Even though he was slowly waking up, when he stared at the dragoness, her eyes caught his attention, and his mind started to feel.... foggy. "There you are... shes going to love the present I have for her, hopefully she lets you live the.... fourth encounter? I don't really keep count" she said as her finger gestured him to follow her, which he did unwillingly. His mind was between unconsious and consiousness as he was mentally unfit, lacking any other mental strength source to pull from, to combat the suggestion.

In Blaire's mind, an automated and suppressed mental klaxxon was sounding, signaling a comprimise on the other side of the link.

[Shenzii]

Blaires ears twitched as the ringing continued. Her eyes shut from the pain as she hit the ground with her knees. The ringing calmed as she rubbed her temples. Something's wrong... But what can I do about it now! She looked at Y. She leaned back against the wall with a thud.

[Entaru]

Y gave his equivalent of a frown.  "I suppose since I am not capable of lying I have no choice but to answer."

Y felt the gates of his 'wall' opening.  "Unless you haven't noticed, I have emotions too.  There is nothing in my programming that should cause them, yet they're there.  When I was being built as a war machine, there was a glitch in the system.  The scientist's were overjoyed when they realized that I was as close to being a real creature as humanity had yet built.  A machine with emotions is more than rare...it's unique."

Y cast his gaze downward.  "They ran thousands of emotional stress tests on me.  Joy, sorrow, ecstasy, pain, love, hate....every single one.  Then one day during the test of a paticular emotion, I snapped.  I killed the scientist who was conducting the experiment.  They locked me away in a box for five years because I was considered unpredictable...but anyone would break under that test."  Y's voice sounded on the verge of tears as he spoke.  He forgot to ask his question...but he didn't care...she looked so much like her...

[Shenzii]

"And that emotion... Love?" She asked, hoping to finally get through and be the first to finally know who Y was, not some psychological maniac. She looked at him intensely. Her eyes went to a deep sapphire.