Atbash's October CDC Tracker

[ATBASH CIPHER.]

Acceptance; Does Your Character Accept the Difficult Truth?

    The difficult truth for Atbash was accepting who she was. It was accepting the past and accepting the fact that nothing will ever be the same for her and her siblings. While she and Vigenere had a somewhat good relationship still, it was quite obvious that Caesar wasn't going to change his ways any time soon. In all honesty, Atbash didn't want to accept that. She didn't want to believe that Caesar was being this monster that he was becoming. He knew of the risk of being the way he was and she couldn't understand why he was willingly allowing himself to slowly become Corrupted. She wanted to believe that deep down inside, Caesar was still a good person and was wanting to do the right thing and everything would return to normal.

    Unfortunately, that wasn't the case. No matter how many times she willed this to happen and prayed to the stars about Caesar becoming the brother she once knew and loved, there was no going back. What Caesar did happened and there was no changing that. He killed their parents and caused their Home Dimension to rot. Even if he somehow made amends with her and Vigenere, there was definitely going to be some tensions between them. Especially considering he attacked Atbash twice. Deep down inside, the she-cat forgave him, but she was slowly learning that perhaps she shouldn't have faith in in returning to being a good person. Caesar has changed and that was something Atbash was going to have to learn to accept.

    No matter how many times she wanted to escape her problems, the recent takeover of The Pitt was proof that she needed to learn how to face issues head-on. Snowbound could still be peaceful while defending themselves; after all, it was only natural to want to fight if somebody injured your friends, was it not? Atbash first realized her mistake in deciding on making The Typhoon neutrals whenever Sunhaven visited. One of the Sunhaveners, Quantum, had pointed out that she had practically begged Pincher for mercy whenever his clan started attacking Snowbound instead of fighting back herself. Soon after Quantum said this, Stryker attacked Izuku and Atbash's instinct was to exile him immediately, which ultimately ended up with the lion joining The Pitt and seeking revenge. Honestly, if Atbash had been aware of Stryker living in The Pitt, it was likely she wouldn't have visited them but she did want to talk to their leader to warn him about the snake-like lion. But of course, Stryker was there and promptly paralyzed her and marched right back to his own home, declaring it a takeover with his new clanmates.

    The takeover made Atbash realize she was much stronger than she realized but she, truthfully, has yet to accept that fact. The Hailcaller believed that the rebellion was successful because of her tribemates, not because of her getting Stryker to surrender, thus making the rest of the Pittians flee. After all, Nui had been the one to sound off the call to get the rebellion started and the fight only lasted a few minutes before Atbash found and chased after Stryker. With her air elementals returning, making the male surrender was easy. All she had to do was try to suffocate him and that was that. Still, Atbash saw herself as weak. Her pelt was littered with scars as well as the fact that she only had one eye now. What sort of leader led when they had limited vision? Her, apparently, but it was only due to there wasn't really anybody else who could lead Snowbound.

    Regardless, Atbash has trouble accepting the difficult truth and it usually takes her a while to actually realize it. In fact, most times people had to confront her because she realizes these things. It was a major flaw but one that Atbash wasn't afraid to admit. If anybody confronted her or asked, she would admit she wasn't the best and didn't think things through. That was something she had to work on, as well as learning to accept things quickly than she does now.

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