{Video | Crescent Moon}

[prince_of_the_moon]

Type: Video
Sender ID: crescentmoon (Sesshomaru)
To: Public
Subject: Answers. He seeks them.
Warnings: Sesshomaru being a grump.

{Silver hair flies in the wind and soft white fur is gently ruffled against a pale cheek. Sesshomaru is quite a striking presence wherever he goes, bearing the signs of his good breeding in the form of two crimson stripes on his cheeks and a purple crescent moon on his forehead. His ears taper into delicate points, too, and his eyes are the color of rich amber. When he speaks, he is accustomed to being listened to and obeyed.

Thus his first appearance on the network is dramatic, yet brief.}

Speak.

{His low voice brooks no argument and his expression is cold. He is difficult to read in the best of circumstances and his current predicament doesn't necessarily signify anything good.}

I am Sesshomaru, Lord of the Western Lands. What have you discovered about this world and the rifts?

Comments

[prince_of_the_moon]

Then there is no point in conversing with them.

{Done and done. Sesshomaru doesn't like to waste his time.}

Through the tattoos. {So he has heard.} What is stopping those marks from controlling their hosts?

{Magic is a seductive allure.}

Do not bother.

[desirestruth]

There's no blood in the ink, so that method of control isn't in play. If it could be used to control the riftfarers, I think they'd have roped us into this war they pretend isn't brewing between the natives wearing different colored hats.

[The amount she DOES NOT CARE about the armadas cannot be overstated.]

That no one's decided to use outsiders as a weapon by now says they can't do it. That's easier to believe than the power exists and just hasn't been used.

[prince_of_the_moon]

Blood is not necessary. {Just saying. Demons can do a lot and most of it is rather unfortunate.} I care not for their wars and have no desire to be forced into combat against my will.

{He doesn't shrug, but there is a sensation that perhaps he has...mentally.}

Nothing is impossible. Comfort is temporary.

[desirestruth]

It's really about the practicality of it. The Leviathans could kill us without such tricks--why bother? And these men on their backs; if they could have, they would be. The greed of men is at least consistent.

Blood isn't necessary, but it's powerful, for all it's simplicity. A curse even a human can use.

[Of course, she might be more sensitive to the uses of blood and blood magic than most but...no need to share the particulars of her nature.]

[prince_of_the_moon]

They might be able to kill you, but they would not succeed in killing me. {Or his family. As for the men...} I know how to silence a greedy man.

{Their heads are easy to remove.}

If their power is weak, their blood won't have much of an effect.

[desirestruth]

No one's managed to yet. Everything dies, but I'm not in a hurry.

[She's not going to comment on the presumption of their respective power. For all they know, his arrogance is accurate--she isn't interested in testing that. That's the kinda thing that loses you limbs and gets entire lands cursed! Bad idea!]

....Hmmm, it works differently, where I'm from.

[prince_of_the_moon]

I will not go willingly or quietly. {If they are able to kill him in the first place, which he doubts.}

Tell me.

[desirestruth]

Blood magic is simple--it only requires blood, and the will to use it. The cost is high...but it is the magic of the desperate and the cornered.

Beasts, humans, spirits, demons and dragons...the drive to survive pushes all of them past their normal limits. Fear and anger only feed the need. A simple peasant can take down even a dragon if she has the courage, or enough desperation to substitute. If you know what you're doing, it doesn't even have to be your blood.

It's dangerous, and forbidden for it. Not many blood mages live long enough to become skilled at it. The ones that do...tend to inspire armies to come make sure they don't continue being skilled at it.