maskormenace | voice; un: Julian Delphiki

[ There comes to the network feed the sound of a small child's voice. He could do this over text, or under one of his many aliases, to distance himself from the emotional vulnerability of the subject matter. But hiding from his name-- his father's name-- seems like a cowardly move, given what it is he wants to talk about. ]

Today is Father's Day.

[ Bean takes a deep breath, then continues. ]

I've only ever had a short time with my father. I didn't grow up with him. Neither of us knew the other existed until I was seven. But once we learned... He took me in. He gave me the name he always wanted to give his second son. His name. We only had a year together before we had to separate again, but my father was good to me. He accepted me, even though I was a complete stranger to him.

Julian Delphiki is a smart man. A kind man. A man who loves his wife and his family. He doesn't deserve the trouble he's run into by having a son like me.

If I can do anything with this chance at life I've been given... I want to live up to the name he gave me. It's not the name I go by, but... it's still mine. Even if it was his first. [ And even if Bean is already the more famous Julian Delphiki, back on his Earth.

Okay, maybe he's letting himself be too emotionally vulnerable. Better wrap this up. ]

Are there any other imPorts thinking of their fathers today? I'd like to hear what they're all like.

Thank you.

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Your dad sounds like a great man.

[Even if their time together was brief, it still made a difference.]

I have no idea who my biological father was, what our relationship was, or if he even knows I'm gone.

[Those memories were all wiped out.]

The closest thing I have to a dad now is the world's biggest bastard, the man who--[right, kid. Kid-friendly origin there Midnighter.]--altered me into who I am now, and was actually in the process of trying to kill me the last time I went home.

In fairness to Henry Bendix, I was trying to kill him too.

Thank you.

[ It's quiet, and quick, because Bean would rather move on than dwell on his father who is god knows where, a universe away. ]

For what it's worth, I hope you're the one who wins.

So do I.

[Because fuck Henry Bendix and everything that monster stands for.]

Was... did you do anything with your dad? That you might... [M lets out a silent breath. He's not fully sure why he's asking this but he decides to go through with it.] You might wanna do to remember him.

we think about our father every day

[ Plural... Interesting. ]

Collectively?

Before-- [ He cuts himself off. Before Achilles ruined everything by trying to murder them all... ]

When I last saw my family... We were on vacation, on an island off the coast of Greece. We went swimming every day we were there.

Yes. We are the children of Sithis.

living up to your father's legacy, is it?

i don't think your father would consider it any trouble, if he's anything like you described. he'd probably hate to hear yourself thinking about it like that.

[a hypocrite? Yusei is sure is one for saying that, when he still beats himself up every day for things beyond his control. And yet he has no problem giving that kind of advice to others.]

My father...I never really got the chance to know him. But I still have things to carry on in his stead, I think...

No.
Yes.

Or if I am, I'd still rather not

Your father sounds like someone to look up t

My father was a good dad once. But he became a monster. He did very bad things. You sound too young for me to explain more than that.

[A pause.]

You also sound too young to have caused your own dad any trouble. You're a kid. You shouldn't be blaming yourself for anything.

Heropa's got a few nice beaches. Popular for swimming.

[He knows it's not the same, but he's not trying for same.]

Mine was the complete opposite. He just wasn't good.

I don't think a dad like yours would think that you were any trouble.

[ ... Wait, he's supposed to say something about his own family too, isn't he. He doesn't really want to talk about his dad per se, but... ]

... My, um. My Grandpa was really nice.

[yeah, so. This is 100% a thing that Stiles has been thinking about, a lot, today.] My dad's a sheriff. A really good one. He's, uh - it's just been the two of us since my mom died. I'm not, like... the easiest kid to take care of sometimes? And I've had to lie to him a lot, about important stuff, and he knows but I can't just tell him because I want him to be safe, you know? It already freaks me out sometimes that he's the sheriff and something could happen to him -

[Stiles cuts himself off, and the audio picks up the sound of a dog whining softly Derek's not cool with Stiles being sad.]

I haven't been away from him this long before.

I think...having kids means having trouble follow you. Trouble they deal with because they love their kids. My pops put up with a lot for me. I think about him all the time.

[He says it with some fondness, but its bittersweet. Putting up with him is what got his dad killed in the end, didn't it?]

He worked hard, wanted us to try our best in whatever we did. And no matter how hard and tough he tried to be...he gave in a lot on the little things. Letting us eat candy before bed. Buying us pizza on veggie night.

He didn't name me after himself, but he did name me after his mama. He wouldn't have been who he was without her and I wouldn't be who I am without him, so...yeah, I guess I've been trying to live up to that, too.

[ Bean can see what Midnighter is trying to do. The question is, does he want to stop it? Or let it happen? ]

...That sounds nice.

Who is Sithis?

My father would probably hate a lot of the things I have to say, if he heard them.

Is that hard? Having to carry on a legacy you don't even know?

I'm old enough to have known plenty of monsters.

[ Achilles. Bonzo. The teachers at Battle School could be considered monsters, for what they put their students through. Though Bean doesn't think he'd call Graff a monster to his face. Graff knows without him having to say it. ]

I blame myself for a lot of things. I've been a busy kid.

What lessons do you take from a dad like that? Just don't do anything he would do?

No. He probably wouldn't.

[ Julian Delphiki, Sr. always thought the best of his sons. ]

I've never had any grandparents. What's your Grandpa like?

These things you lie to your dad about... Do you lie because you're breaking the law, and wouldn't want the sheriff to find out? Or for a different reason?

I don't think my father ever expected his kids to bring him this much trouble.

[ But then, that's what you get for having two Battle School grads. ]

Is it hard to live up to? Two generations worth of legacy.

That's something we have in common, I think.

It's not that I don't know what it is...but rather, the sense of being lost regarding it? The feeling that no matter what you do, you can't live up to it. At least, not on your own.

He is the Dread Father. The personification of the Void.

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