No, likely not. In the same vein that I wouldn't, would I drop my glamor.
[ He knows it's true. Silco has less...focus on respectability, but plenty on respect. On being acknowledged and powerful. He cannot do that if he looks like he does corrupted. As augmented, they are others, at least like this, with his face hidden behind a glamor, he can blend in, and be one of them.
He can't, if he shows his real face. ]
They wouldn't give us the time of day. [ Resentfully. ] Though, I suppose, that is why we are lucky enough to have the souls we do.
It’s convenient. Perhaps it’s even an apology for how rude our transformations are by comparison~.
[ He’s light in saying this, but it’s a lie. Truthfully, he finds their ability to hide to be a great source of guilt. Despite his best efforts (and part of it he would blame of the invasive, strange process of imprinting), he’s become fond of some people here. And, so… He feels cowardly when he compares himself to them. They have to wear their face as an Augmented, and here Hugo is, hiding it like it’s a terrible secret.
It’s a feeling he knows Silco wouldn’t share. ]
…You like being a Spectral, then?
[ He thinks Silco would, but he’s still curious enough to ask. ]
Of all the souls they could have given me, it fits the best, I gather.
[ There is truth to that. He is dead, after all. He'd died again, upon arriving here, and while that had been harrowing, had he not come out the other side? Had he not survived, in the end?
He feels no guilt, or shame, but Silco has little space for these emotions. The anger and resentment that came with being a Spectral feels... so easy, in comparison. ]
At the very least, it allows me to operate as I often have. I may be adaptable, but I've spent my life leaning on my old tricks. Having to change tactics now would teach me nothing for the future.
[ WHEN he returns, surely! ]
i didn't expect for this to be the convo where furries come up but ykw sure
[ Hugo scoffs, but for once, it’s with a genuine humor. It’s wry and even a little bitter, but. ]
Well, that I have to agree with. I may not be at ease with what my Soul has does to me, but it suits the kind of work I’ve been doing for years now, it’s true. Now, making the “phantom” in “phantom thief” literal is terribly on the nose, but…
[ He smiles as he takes another sip of his drink with a shrug. ]
Better that than a Carnivora, though that’s just personal annoyance from home.
[ Like, with his luck, he can only assume that he would end up as a canid, which would uniquely piss him off. ]
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[ He knows it's true. Silco has less...focus on respectability, but plenty on respect. On being acknowledged and powerful. He cannot do that if he looks like he does corrupted. As augmented, they are others, at least like this, with his face hidden behind a glamor, he can blend in, and be one of them.
He can't, if he shows his real face. ]
They wouldn't give us the time of day. [ Resentfully. ] Though, I suppose, that is why we are lucky enough to have the souls we do.
We're the only ones that can hide in plain sight.
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[ He’s light in saying this, but it’s a lie. Truthfully, he finds their ability to hide to be a great source of guilt. Despite his best efforts (and part of it he would blame of the invasive, strange process of imprinting), he’s become fond of some people here. And, so… He feels cowardly when he compares himself to them. They have to wear their face as an Augmented, and here Hugo is, hiding it like it’s a terrible secret.
It’s a feeling he knows Silco wouldn’t share. ]
…You like being a Spectral, then?
[ He thinks Silco would, but he’s still curious enough to ask. ]
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[ There is truth to that. He is dead, after all. He'd died again, upon arriving here, and while that had been harrowing, had he not come out the other side? Had he not survived, in the end?
He feels no guilt, or shame, but Silco has little space for these emotions. The anger and resentment that came with being a Spectral feels... so easy, in comparison. ]
At the very least, it allows me to operate as I often have. I may be adaptable, but I've spent my life leaning on my old tricks. Having to change tactics now would teach me nothing for the future.
[ WHEN he returns, surely! ]
i didn't expect for this to be the convo where furries come up but ykw sure
Well, that I have to agree with. I may not be at ease with what my Soul has does to me, but it suits the kind of work I’ve been doing for years now, it’s true. Now, making the “phantom” in “phantom thief” literal is terribly on the nose, but…
[ He smiles as he takes another sip of his drink with a shrug. ]
Better that than a Carnivora, though that’s just personal annoyance from home.
[ Like, with his luck, he can only assume that he would end up as a canid, which would uniquely piss him off. ]