[video] [backdated prior to the 25th]

[openedthedoor]

[That is... definitely Claudine Renko on the network.]

I'll try to keep this short. This is no time for speeches. [Not that she ever got to make the important one...]

Xavier didn't lie to anyone, or hide me from you. I was even at your prom... We just agreed it would compromise the situation if we drew attention to my presence here. And like Director Fury said... the authorities knew I was here all along.

As for the situation... I'm going to turn myself in to SHIELD. I talked it over with Forearm and Reaper already. This... wasn't what we wanted. For any of us. I still believe the war is inevitible, but it's not going to start here, on a place where people are supposed to feel safe.

Sorry, Xavier... I took the decision out of your hands. But think of it this way... if I go of my own free will, this won't compromise your ideals.

Zancrow... Keep your chin up, okay? I'll see you again. Promise. [Even though they both knew that wasn't a promise she could keep.]

Students of the Institute... I have to say, I've... enjoyed my time here. It was pretty nice, getting to be almost a normal teenager. At least for a little while...

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[Audio]

[colorfulbrilliance]

[Someone isn't sure how to take this. Soo..Audio it is!]

It's never good to have a goodbye be this dramatic. It's better to say see you later because it is not so final.

[Even if is couldn't be kept.]

[openedthedoor]

... A nice sentiment. [But they both knew it wasn't true.]

[colorfulbrilliance]

It leaves a nice memory later on as well. One that someone can smile upon instead of cry when they think of it.

[video]

[now_i_know]

...wait... ...hold up.

You're the terrorist?

[openedthedoor]

I guess that is what they're calling me these days.

[now_i_know]

[She's not sure why, but that comment was enough to make her bristle.]

Yeah, and I'm sure you're as innocent as a daisy, too.

[theveilisin]

It is pretty nice, isn't it?

[Said rather gently, because he doesn't want to be petty and spiteful in a moment like this, and he supposes that someone who is technically a war criminal doesn't have that many high horses to call his own toward a terrorist - even one he disagrees with. A small quirk of a smile, hopefully disarming in its way.]

I still think you're full of shit, and so it would be particularily sanctimonious - not to mention condescending - of me to say you're doing the right thing, but... you're making it your own decision, and that's good. [An awkward little shrug, followed by:] Good luck.

[openedthedoor]

I suppose that's about as much as I can expect, given our differences.

... Thanks, though.

[theveilisin]

[Fuck him and his bleeding heart, but it's very hard to dislike someone when they're in such a shitty situation. Even if they did rather put themselves there.]

I'm the last person to tell you to trust the government, because they always want what's best for you. [A wry little grimace.] But I'm sure you can handle it. Give them a bit of hell.

[Audio]

[soccerwhisperer]

Are you going alone?

[openedthedoor]

No. Reaper and Forearm will be with me, as always. They're wanted, too, after all.

[soccerwhisperer]

So, you'll be safe?

[knighterrantofthedragon]

[...okay. Interesting. Alric answers with a raised eyebrow and a mostly seriously expression.]

...indeed. Apparently one misses more than I'd imagined at the prom. I regret, now, that I passed it up.

[He smiles just a little, at that, more to lighten the mood a little than anything. He pauses briefly, before continuing somewhat more pensively.]

It's my impression that we differ on many aspects of this issue. However, for what it's worth, you certainly have my respect for making this choice, and I thank you on behalf of the institute. And, although I cannot claim any great deal of influence in this country, if there is anything I can do to encourage your fair treatment, I will do it.

However foolish you may consider it, I still hold out hope that we will meet again in a world somewhat wiser and less divided than it is today.

[openedthedoor]

Don't hold your breath. They're going to put me on trial, they're going to convict, and they're going to jab a needle in my arm.

Of course I don't intend to go quietly. I'm not going to waste a single moment I have to speak, to tell people the truth, to let them know this war isn't over.

[knighterrantofthedragon]

...I do understand the revolutionary desire for change at once. But if you'll forgive my saying so, I hope you're very wrong about how your case will be handled. I know there are those who see abrupt, even violent change as the only possible solution; I simply cannot agree, in such a situation as this, given the human cost demonstrated even in the most restrained and well-managed of such transitions.

I pray the government of this nation has the foresight to recognize that, and that you are not used as kindling to light a much larger, much more destructive fire than the one already burning. And that you do not, in your fervor, provide them the means to do so. I see only ruin for humans of all persuasions down that road.

[video]

[friendofdorothy]

[Foregoing his usual shyness, Liir looks concerned]

You don't think we have enough martyrs?

[openedthedoor]

Think of it this way, witch boy... Whether I stay or go, there'll be martyrs. It's just a matter of picking who... three people, or the entire school.

This place is supposed to be a sanctuary. It can't very well be that if the battle is right at your front door.

[Video]

[kinofwrath]

No. There's no way. You don't know what they'll do to you!

[openedthedoor]

Actually, I'm pretty sure I know exactly what's going to happen.

Imprisonment, trial, conviction, and execution.

[voice][private]

[mouflon]

Hey.

[That word is abrupt, but then it takes a few seconds for Rin to continue speaking, like she doesn't quite know what to say.]

I wish I could have talked to you more.

[openedthedoor]

... Same. [Awkward.]

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[monstrueuse]

My dear! I am sorry to see you go, and before we met.

[Gilberte looks suitably sorry for a moment, in keeping with her words, then smiles broadly.]

But what a beautiful action... My faith goes with you! And my dream!

[openedthedoor]

Your dream?

Video response

[gregorydeegan]

"I disagree with you on many things but... I am glad you found some measure of peace here, and I hope that peace can spread so that you can come visit again sometime, as a guest, without fear or danger."

[openedthedoor]

I... don't think we're going to be meeting again. So I wouldn't waste those hopes on me. Put them somewhere more useful.