Memory 29 - Signficant Neutral

Memory 29: Yori's Claim

Memory goes here through Page 14

What he learns?
- He's been sleeping with horses since he desires blood so greatly. This is a bad thing...
- He's been dreaming of Yuuki a lot. :x
- Apparently, he's been missing so much school that he's close to flunking a class.
- Yori believes Yuuki is the same as always, despite being a vampire. Thorn wants to believe so too, even if Zero is conflicted here.
- He is REALLY desiring Yuuki's blood to the point of it being hard to think. D:

What this means in Aather?
Learning that he's been sleeping in the barn because his blood-lust has become so bad sure doesn't instill Zero with confidence... Though it also makes him less concerned with sleeping indoors and actually makes him prefer to be outside, where everyone else will be safe. This will definitely lend itself to Ace's growing interest in ditching the luxuries of Sterling. |D Flunking bothers him only because he realizes it means he must have been doing other things... like hunting or being passed out from blood-lust. So yeah, that's bad. There is Yuuki conflict as always, but Thorn is more inclined to believe Yori since he rejects Zero's need for distance. Though the overwhelming desire for Yuuki's blood is unsettling because it feels so very vampiric and controlling. It's a stark reminder of what a monster he is.

Memory 30 - Trivial Neutral

Memory 30: Ichiru's Motives

I can't share this memory as it's from Vampire Knight Guilty, but it's basically a short scene of Ichiru fawning at girls at the academy, seeing Zero and then basically having a creeper conversation with him while Zero is DEFENSIVE. If you super want it, tell me and I'll tell you where to find the episode. I included it because we never get enough Zero/Ichiru interaction in the series so you're getting EVERY SINGLE SECOND Ichiru and Zero are together. So there. :|b

What he learns?
- Ichiru is good at making friends, even making others prefer him over Zero. This doesn't bother Zero since he knows Zero's an ass. But it does give conflicted feelings...
- He can't get a read on why Ichiru is here and Ichiru just wants to be evasive and cruel.
- Ichiru...

What this means in Aather?

As with any Ichiru memory, Zero is left in conflict. He can't hate his brother, but he knows how terrible Ichiru can be to him. This memory shows that in spades, with Zero viciously teasing Zero at every turn while repeating that all he wants to do is spend time with his "dear older brother." It fucks Zero up bad because he just wants to spend time with Ichiru too. And wishes so badly that things didn't have to have happened the way they did. That he could just love Ichiru normally.

Memory 31 - Trivial Positive

Memory 31: Trivial Positive: Hunters

Ngl, this is a trivial positive to canon Zero because he is fucked in the head.

Memory goes here. the whole thing.

What he learns?
- Kaitou is a teacher at the academy
- Cross won't give him a new list since Kaitou said he's been hunting too much
- He is addicted to hunting vampires and freely admits it. Not good...
- He was so desperate for an assignment that he jumped on the first one, which just happened to be monitoring some vampire idol singer since she drew a bad crowd.
- He was very disappointed to not be able to kill on this mission. :x
- Yagari was actually the one who stopped him. Surprising.
- Apparently, another Hunter role is to educate vampires on co-existing with humans. Is that a new role from the president? It seems like something he'd do.
- He has a VERY bad reputation among vampires...

What this means in Aather?
Most of this just makes Zero angry at himself again because it shows a lack of control over his anger and his urges. And one that is being widely noticed by others. But it's interesting that Cross is also instituting rules to help human-vampire interaction in his new role. That's a positive, he guesses... The ugly reputation is a sore spot though. Since these vampires don't seem particularly bad.