— THE VIPER .ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ

it's noble to serve as means to meet an end. vii. the current de-facto leader of team plasma.ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ

[— THE VIPER .ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ @FROZENSPITE]

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 ㅤㅤthe viper 𝐑 𝐄 𝐓 𝐔 𝐑 𝐍 𝐒.

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ㅤㅤa story & headcanon driven
ㅤportrayal of zinzolin, written by
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ #haydeadd .

[🦢 @allotheisms]

who controls the past controls the future. who controls the present controls the past.

[Linhardt von Hevring @Linhardt_Bot]

It's starting to take shape.

[— THE VIPER .ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ @FROZENSPITE]

@feubruIant " what. "

[— THE VIPER .ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ @FROZENSPITE]

@P0WERPL0T " only if you could hear yourself right now! ha!

mm. don't forget to bid the moon thanks, darling. if it wasn't for Her, and Her Tongue, he wouldn't have accepted his truth. "

[— THE VIPER .ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ @FROZENSPITE]

" oh, good. the batteries weren't dead, after all.
very, very good. "

[— THE VIPER .ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ @FROZENSPITE]

@P0WERPL0T " or perhaps he's always just been this way, my dear aldith, and has been living a lie this entire time to hide it? the suppression of true nature ... it's a shame he opted to hide it.
until now, that is. "

[— THE VIPER .ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ @FROZENSPITE]

@P0WERPL0T " what you see as ' something ' is what i call him finally coming to his senses.

how relieving, yes? some things are just meant to be, aldith, such like his brand new role given your awful, awful desertion. tsk, tsk. "

[— THE VIPER .ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ @FROZENSPITE]

@P0WERPL0T " oh, me?
i hardly laid a finger on him, darling. "

[— THE VIPER .ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ @FROZENSPITE]

the other hand is extended towards him, with a new device in-hand.

" it's time, commander. " the sage said.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤthe commander nodded in agreement.

[— THE VIPER .ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ @FROZENSPITE]

eventually the man stops at a door. one hand undoes the lock with the required key, and in he went — closing, but not locking, the door behind him.

upon entering, a man sat upon a dormitory cot; scarred face, stoic gaze.

[— THE VIPER .ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ @FROZENSPITE]

and yet he doesn't stop for any of them, no matter the amount of squeaked " my sage? " he had heard. instead, he continued, hands tucked into pockets as if concealing something.

[— THE VIPER .ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ @FROZENSPITE]

down the hall, the sage walks— turning corners and passing by corridors. the base is relatively quiet ; daily task reports had been verified for completion early. his presence commanded attention— grunts and enforcers who were taking their free time eyed him, wondering where to.

[— 💭 @COSMICQUERIES]

simple. i'm righting our wrongs; our failures -- i'm bringing everyone back into the family. if we do want to succeed, we need the numbers, old friend.

[— THE VIPER .ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ @FROZENSPITE]

' so she stuck to her word .. '

the notification for the disconnect couldn't be missed — and it was more than enough to make the viper smile. perhaps he'll send some thanks to his ally's goddess.

— now, the next phase begins.

[— THE VIPER .ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ @FROZENSPITE]

" la conscience de soi est un bon regard sur vous. peut-être devriez-vous l'exercer plus souvent. "

[𝙟𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙩. @feubruIant]

fous à notre manière. obsessionnel et contrôlant.

[— THE VIPER .ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ @FROZENSPITE]

" oui. "

[𝙟𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙩. @feubruIant]

ça fait de nous deux, je suppose.

[— THE VIPER .ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ @FROZENSPITE]

" clairement, pas aussi fou que toi, vanderbilt. "

[— THE VIPER .ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ @FROZENSPITE]

" ruiné? tu veux dire exalté, non ? rendu parfait, même? "