[2013/05] Curating Corruption

[Ziv]

“You approach in silence then stare, but do not speak.” The Reaver of Dreams turned to face the Vision of Horror.

“Yes.”

“Why would you wait?”

“Observing your calm and patient manner left me lost in wonderment. Never have emotions affected you, but now with an uncertain fate you remain as stoic as ever.”

“Eons of exploration throughout this universe, countless discoveries and acquired knowledge, I have seen too much to fear my fate.”

“Yet others, even more explored, have gone mad in waiting for trial.”

“The less enlightened perhaps. Why have you come?”

“There are those of us who have prepared an escape. We can leave shortly and your passage is assured.”

“That cannot be. All my time in the council benefitting from the position with all the good the Singularity has provided me, it would be wrong to disobey the laws that have served me so well.”

“Even when corruption flows through those laws?”

“When confronted with injustice, one should not commit injustice of their own. One can only be judged by their righteousness for nothing matters more. “

“The Curator spreads his plague to the ears of the council as we speak. Now is not the time for following rules. We can return once your innocence has been proven.”

“If I flee I will be a criminal as much as the Curator. I will have violated all that I hold true. Furthermore, the Curator will use my disappearance as proof of my misdoings. There will be no one left to stop him and more than just I will suffer. His actions could lead to a great destruction for the Singularity, this world, and even the universe itself. I must stay. I will stand trial.”

“Then what are we to do. He has false evidence. He has been convincing other council members of your guilt for days. We have nothing. Proof of your innocence and proof of his crimes do not exist.”

“That is what you must do, discover true evidence. That is all you can do.” The Reaver of Dreams turned away, staring off into the portal space beyond. “Go now and only return once you have proof, either before the trial or after. You must bring an end to the Curator’s reign. What happens to me is of no importance for I would rather be cast out into the exiled chaos as a wrongly convicted traitor, than to continue on after having committed injustice of my own. Save this council for I have failed to save it myself.”