Time seemed to slow down, seconds became minutes, minutes became hours. The last sound had been Ren's laughter. The cold, evil laughter, the lack of glasses gave Ren a certain sheen that made Akechi's heart skip a beat. It had been easy to tell it wasn't exactly just Ren in there (not that he had any reason to suspect otherwise) but still...
Akechi might not be Loki in essence, but there was still brute chaos beating in his heart. Enough to experiment how much power he could truly wield in this world, unwilling to bend to its wills in full. Not to the point of poisoning others like Adachi had done so stupidly, of course. No, something more worthy, like a subtle change to a story's path. They had never been told they needed to stick to what they knew. He knew the story well, even remembering a more modern version with the Fight Group movie. He stood up, stroking his chin in silent thought before the grin on his face grew. Unlike Shadow Ren, Akechi didn't need to have his alternate personality take over.
"To think someone like you would be born of my machinations. The Id to my Ego and Super-Ego." So far, not too far from what the book had spoken about. He stood there, in a way his hand over the controls. "I suppose an unrestricted mind, free of guilt, would find itself with a lot less worry. Maybe you understand and represent what it really feels like to be free."
Is that a subtle message to Ren himself? Ahh, now that is a mystery. Akechi just hoped they'd be able to remember what they were doing after this. Or at least he'd have the pleasure of reading it up in books. He was about to take full control of the train, and derail it.
"What should I do? Why, I am one of the greatest scientific minds of this world. Do you try to stop an experiment in the middle of its testing phase?
No. No, I think not.
What I need...is more data. To witness the greatest depravities that an unhinged man can accomplish."
To push Ren into a dark path and force him to play that part. To make him understand what it was like. Maybe even get him to like it.
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Akechi might not be Loki in essence, but there was still brute chaos beating in his heart. Enough to experiment how much power he could truly wield in this world, unwilling to bend to its wills in full. Not to the point of poisoning others like Adachi had done so stupidly, of course. No, something more worthy, like a subtle change to a story's path. They had never been told they needed to stick to what they knew. He knew the story well, even remembering a more modern version with the Fight Group movie. He stood up, stroking his chin in silent thought before the grin on his face grew. Unlike Shadow Ren, Akechi didn't need to have his alternate personality take over.
"To think someone like you would be born of my machinations. The Id to my Ego and Super-Ego." So far, not too far from what the book had spoken about. He stood there, in a way his hand over the controls. "I suppose an unrestricted mind, free of guilt, would find itself with a lot less worry. Maybe you understand and represent what it really feels like to be free."
Is that a subtle message to Ren himself? Ahh, now that is a mystery. Akechi just hoped they'd be able to remember what they were doing after this. Or at least he'd have the pleasure of reading it up in books. He was about to take full control of the train, and derail it.
"What should I do? Why, I am one of the greatest scientific minds of this world. Do you try to stop an experiment in the middle of its testing phase?
No. No, I think not.
What I need...is more data. To witness the greatest depravities that an unhinged man can accomplish."
To push Ren into a dark path and force him to play that part. To make him understand what it was like. Maybe even get him to like it.