The Good Doctor

[Oyster.]

Life was returned to me,
but I didn't know what to do with it.
It was a long time before I found a clue.
The person that helped me, of course, was him.


He told me the right thing to do was often unpopular. I asked him how to know what I should do.
His face lit up with the first vestiges of warmth I'd ever seen. I'll never forget what he told me.

"The 'right thing', one would argue, is the set of actions that lays solid foundations for future advancement, avoids overt cruelty, tries to bring an outcome wherein the most sapient souls live in relative happiness, and avoids cutting short other lives as best as possible."


... Those were his words.

[Oyster.]

Tartarus Task,
Benedict Delisle,
And that man, Ethric Athelier...
I am walking in the footsteps of giants.

It has been a year and change since I officially became a medic. Already there are impossible expectations of me. To assist the Headmaster in projects which defy human limits.
People are looking at me. Expecting things of me. It is daunting.
It also gives me the strength to persevere.
I've put up posters across several cities. It is about my own research project. Vampire bites.




The life I've been given is a miracle. I won't waste it.
I will change the world. One way or another.

[Oyster.]

Years pass, and the potion completes.

I must admit, I never thought much about vampires while doing it. It was a complete focus on letting people protect themselves.

Now that I have had the experience of meeting vampires myself..?

I can no longer be a pacifist.

Some, like mister Task, have the tact to remain civilized. How effortless it is for him to remain fed, when he simply asks nicely of those around him. Even he cannot be excused considering what I saw at his ascension.

Others appear to be little more than beasts. There is a critical mass on how many of these can exist before they starve themselves.

And others still... are truly sadistic creatures.

I am sorry, Ventus- but I am proud of you as well. I know your determination has not faltered.

As the Minister of Research, Osrona's greatest projects are in my hand. I look forward to learning from Cerise and the other great minds. If vampires are so rabid regarding a potion I made only to protect...?

I wonder how they will react when I actually take steps to harm them.

Ethric.. I hope you are watching.

[Oyster.]

When I was reborn... I didn't know what to do with myself. Everybody around me seemed to be moving at their own pace. The insane things that came out of the mouths of magi... the ease with which they planned their entire futures based on legacy or just what they felt. It was a privilege greater than any other. What was I supposed to do, a normal person that could barely walk, become magi?

Everybody expected me to choose, to do what I want. That sort of freedom, it was suffocating. At times I felt like I couldn't breath.

It was the sensation, one that I feel even now.

Sometimes I can't move at all... unless I'm certain that I'm following the right path.

The person who helped me was the Headmaster.





Fast forward to now. People say they're proud of what I've accomplished in my time. Their expectations increase. Sometimes I still find myself paralyzed, unsure of what to do. Recent events reclaiming the Petrakis crown have helped to clear my mind... is what I would like to say. But it's more like somebody told me what to do, and my body yearns to follow. That 'somebody' was Leonaus himself.

I won't allow myself to become complacent. Cognizant of this desire to simply follow orders and betray critical thinking, I'll continue every avenue of research. Besides...

The avenue that I have in mind? It has never been seen before in this world. It is my answer to a question that's long haunted me.

How can I surpass those that came before me... in a world where almost everything is already known?



It lies in Leonaus' task. In the void, and the divine.