I'm relieved too. I don't- I don't think I could have bared it if I'd actually killed anyone. They- none of them deserved that.
[He nods, hugging his arm around himself.]
My cellmate...Andrew? He- he was part of this group that hated Corona. He convinced me to join them when we broke out. I helped them get to the king and queen and wiped their memories with magic. I used them to control the citizens of the Kingdom- to make them mine for a mineral that I could use to turn the memory magic into a gas- something that would wipe everyone's memories. I...I just wanted to make everyone to forget what I'd done. Just- wipe the slate clean, it was so stupid.
[But Andrew had been so charming and convincing, had been someone Varian believed he could trust when he had no one else. ]
Rapunzel had been travelling, to understand more about the moonstone- but when she came back they revealed their real plan was to use my alchemy to destroy the entire city. I didn't want that, I didn't want anyone to die. So...I helped Rapunzel get onto the airship they were gonna drop my alchemy from and tried to neutralise it. Andrew caught me and tried to kill me, but we managed to fight them off. But he'd done damage to the ship. It was dropping in altitude too fast, and if it crashed everyone would die.
[He looks down at the floor, uneasy. He's aware this part of the story doesn't go down well- Fern was pretty damn upset about it and that's always in the forefront of his mind.]
I figured out we could use my alchemy to get the ship higher, but someone had to stay behind to get it up there- and when everything heat up enough for the ship to explode... I told Rapunzel to get off the ship and- and let me deal with it. I had to clean up my own mess and...it's not like there was anyone left who'd have missed me anyway. [He exhales sharply.] She wouldn't let me though, she pushed me off and managed to survive the blast with her hair. Everyone was saved. She- she used the knowledge she'd gained on her travels to free my father and...he was okay too.
[Thankfully, Varian's not sure how well he would have coped if he hadn't been. He feels a pang in his chest at the thought. He misses his dad so much.]
I'd spent the rest of my time doing everything I could to help the kingdom. To- to try and even out the scales of all the bad I'd done. To just make things better instead of worse, y'know?
tw: sucicidal intention
[He nods, hugging his arm around himself.]
My cellmate...Andrew? He- he was part of this group that hated Corona. He convinced me to join them when we broke out. I helped them get to the king and queen and wiped their memories with magic. I used them to control the citizens of the Kingdom- to make them mine for a mineral that I could use to turn the memory magic into a gas- something that would wipe everyone's memories. I...I just wanted to make everyone to forget what I'd done. Just- wipe the slate clean, it was so stupid.
[But Andrew had been so charming and convincing, had been someone Varian believed he could trust when he had no one else. ]
Rapunzel had been travelling, to understand more about the moonstone- but when she came back they revealed their real plan was to use my alchemy to destroy the entire city. I didn't want that, I didn't want anyone to die. So...I helped Rapunzel get onto the airship they were gonna drop my alchemy from and tried to neutralise it. Andrew caught me and tried to kill me, but we managed to fight them off. But he'd done damage to the ship. It was dropping in altitude too fast, and if it crashed everyone would die.
[He looks down at the floor, uneasy. He's aware this part of the story doesn't go down well- Fern was pretty damn upset about it and that's always in the forefront of his mind.]
I figured out we could use my alchemy to get the ship higher, but someone had to stay behind to get it up there- and when everything heat up enough for the ship to explode... I told Rapunzel to get off the ship and- and let me deal with it. I had to clean up my own mess and...it's not like there was anyone left who'd have missed me anyway. [He exhales sharply.] She wouldn't let me though, she pushed me off and managed to survive the blast with her hair. Everyone was saved. She- she used the knowledge she'd gained on her travels to free my father and...he was okay too.
[Thankfully, Varian's not sure how well he would have coped if he hadn't been. He feels a pang in his chest at the thought. He misses his dad so much.]
I'd spent the rest of my time doing everything I could to help the kingdom. To- to try and even out the scales of all the bad I'd done. To just make things better instead of worse, y'know?