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[cultivatingsin]

I noticed a lot of people here are called "superheroes". Whatever the hell that means. Anyway, how would you define a hero? You know good and evil and all of that shit can change radically based on your perspective.

[This has been Xue Yang's morality TED talk. You're welcome.]

Justice is in the eyes of the one who holds the sword.

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[donfire]

Honestly, being a hero sounds tiring.

Oh there have been, but with help of my friends and crew I was able to kick them down.

[cultivatingsin]

Useless, too. Evil always wins.

Is your crew with you?

[donfire]

You think so?

No, I'm the only one from my crew here.

[cultivatingsin]

I know it from experience.

Shame.

[donfire]

What kind of experience?

And yeah, I miss them so much.

[cultivatingsin]

Do you really want to know?

You'll have to get over it and defend yourself.

[donfire]

Wouldn't ask if I didn't.

I don't need them for defence, I want them for company.

[cultivatingsin]

Get to know me a little better and you'll understand.

I'm Xue Yang.

[donfire]

Is it that easy? Sure.

I'm Portgas D. Ace, nice to meet you!

[cultivatingsin]

It doesn't take a genius.

You might change your mind.

[donfire]

Why do you think so?

[cultivatingsin]

I'm a murderer. A criminal. The worst.

[donfire]

I haven't murdered anyone but I am A wanted pirate.

Just because you've done wrong doesn't mean you're a bad person.

[cultivatingsin]

Wanted for what? Theft?

I am a bad person. I've tortured people. I messed with corpses and tried to revive them.

I'm a Demonic Cultivator, so it comes with the territory.

[donfire]

My bloodline, mostly.

Wait, did you succeed? Can you revive people?

and one thing I've learned, is that bad people don't feel like they're bad.

[cultivatingsin]

Bullshit. You know what I would do to anyone who tried to imprison me for that?

Sorta.

I learned. I met someone who taught me better.

[donfire]

torture and kill them? Maybe?

Ok that's cool, like really cool.

Then you're probably not proud of what you did! So if you've learned to be better, that means you're not completely a bad person.

[cultivatingsin]

You make it sound so innocent.

You think?

I guess. I know my skills, though. That hasn't really changed.

But I won't hurt him with them.

[donfire]

Seen it happen a lot.

YUP! Having that kind of skill is pretty cool! But also, you know your powers and you can choose how to use them. Kinda like if you want to be good you can use your powers to allow people to say goodbye to their loved ones! or something!

[cultivatingsin]

Really? What was it like? Did they understand commands?

...isn't that too...

sentimental? I do have a reputation.

[donfire]

They were weird. Not sure they were truly dead, considering all the powers people can have in my world though.

It absolutely is! hehe

[cultivatingsin]

Yeah that's how it works in mine. The ones I animated aren't fully dead either. It's more like a trance.

Gross.

[donfire]

That sounds interesting, do they know they're being revived?

hehehehehehe

[cultivatingsin]

Probably! I never asked.

[donfire]

You should!

Though now that I think about it, how will that go?

"Excuse me sir, do you know you're being brought back to life?"

[CW: Talk of dirty demonic cultivation involving violence/nails.]

[cultivatingsin]

I think they would freak out and then they would be useless.

[Unless he drove nails into their head.]