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[deathsought]

[ Zeref appears to be in the middle of Fayren City; a very bad place for him to see something that angered him, or at least severely embarrassed him. He's glaring, but his eyes are barely visible; they're not quite red and glowing yet, though. ]

Who in their right mind would think this was a good idea? [ Zeref holds up a flier for the beauty pageant. The camera is centered on his name, in the list of male contestants. ] Whoever you are, do you realize what could happen if I participated in something like this!?

[ Ignoring the fact that he'd sooner volunteer one of the Books of Zeref to be reviewed in the Genessia Tribune, if his magic activated in the middle of something like that... ]

I can't participate in this. I'm sorry.

[ And with that, the feed ends. Attempts to convince him otherwise, go. Spoiler alert, they'll ultimately work. ]

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[tenminutes]

I have a question!

[ She's come up with a potential idea for how to fight Zeref's fears, even if it's probably stupid. ]

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[deathsought]

What?

[ He's obviously not in a good mood. Don't take it personally, Yuri. ]

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[tenminutes]

Can you be knocked out by knock-out gas?

[Video]

[warring_triad]

And here I was thinking you'd grown a sense of humor~! C'mon, participate~ I hear that ghosty-goo girlfriend of yours is gonna be a judge~

video;

[deathsought]

[ What a bizarre question. ]

Why does that matter?

video;

[tenminutes]

Well if we get some in an aerosol can, then there's not a problem right? It's easy to hide around a beauty pageant because of all the hair spray and someone can spring up with it if you start having a problem and just knock you out before you do too much damage.

[Video]

[deathsought]

Were you the one who signed me up?

[ Honestly, he was lower on his list of suspects. He knew Kefka was irredeemably evil, but he didn't think he was petty. Unless he was counting on Zeref's magic activating there, or something.

And totally ignoring that bit about Mavis. ]

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[deathsought]

There's a lot that can go wrong with that plan. [ Someone else mistaking the gas for a can of hairspray, for example. And the fact that it's not even guaranteed to work. ] But I appreciate the thought.

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[tenminutes]

Well if you're already signed up you have to go anyway, so at least this way you've got something to hope works.

[Video]

[warring_triad]

ME!? Why, I would never! [He totally would, and did.]

I mean, what would I have to gain from something as silly and childish as that?

[Besides hilarity and the possibility of lots of people dying?]

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[deathsought]

I'd rather not hinge the lives of innocent people on whether or not magic I can't always consciously control in the first place can or cannot be stopped by a complete loss of consciousness.

[Video]

[deathsought]

I couldn't even begin to apply logic the things you do.

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[tenminutes]

Are you sure there isn't a way you can just learn to control it? You can't control a puppy if you don't train it, it's the same concept right?

[Video]

[warring_triad]

I assure you, I had nothing to do with it.

[He totally did.]

Though look at the bright side. A charm is being offered as a prize. Win it, and gather the other charms, and you can make a wish come true~

You could keep a better control over your power, become mortal, or even win the heart of your little girly~

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[deathsought]

That is the way the magic works. In order to fully control it, I cannot see any value in the lives of others. That is the cost for learning magic whose sole purpose and use is to kill.

[Video]

[deathsought]

[ While he wouldn't trust Kefka as far as he could throw him, there's no real way to prove he is lying, not when there are others he's met who would also do this kind of thing, if only out of naivete.

... and he does have a point about the charms. ]

I still do not trust the 'true' purpose of these charms.

[ But it sure is tempting. ]

[ifbymyhands]

I dunno, it sounds like fun. Are you scared you're gonna lose?

[Video]

[warring_triad]

You'll never know until you try~

Besides, I thought being mortal was what you longed for. Are you really going to let your precious dream simply vanish because you're too scared?

Empires are not built simply out of brick and mortar for the good of all. They are bought with the blood of martyrs and heroes. If you want something, you must be willing to pay the price.

[Video]

[deathsought]

I don't trust anyone who brings me anywhere, especially a new world, and won't tell me why.

[ Something he'd quite easily confide in Kefka of all people. It's a fact, one that could easily be guessed about him. ]

[deathsought]

No. I'm worried of something with much greater consequences.

[ifbymyhands]

Losing's that bad?

[Video]

[warring_triad]

Now now, this just won't do. I'm not going to just sit by while my friend passes up the chance of a lifetime!

[He taps his chin in mock thought for a moment before transforming into Zeref.]

I could go in your place~!

[video]

[melonsaregreat]

I don't know how to break this to you but you don't look that great.

[ video ]

[fairytails]

Hmmm. [ Have a Mavis on screen. ] That is worrying.



[ ...You don't think she did it, do you?

Come on, she's irresponsible, but not that much. ]

[deathsought]

Losing control over my magic?

Yes.