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Beginning
One moment you were elsewhere, surely speaking to your friends, fighting in a battle of your life, dying, or even in a state of non-existence in its entirety. It doesn't matter now, since when you open your eyes it’s become clear that not only is everything around you foreign and unfamiliar, so is everyone. And there seems to be a fair lot of you, at that.
It's easy to discern a few things upon a cursory glance, once you pick yourself up from the field of grass you're resting on. The place you've awoken in seems to be fairly tranquil, for the first few moments at least, and the view of a newly budded sakura tree is among the first that will greet you. In the distance, is a towering castle that manages to look all at once both imposing and welcoming at the same time. There's also an odd pendant around your neck, which you'll find won't come off despite your best attempts. In your pocket you'll find a room key, engraved with a number.
The weather is currently cool, with the sun brightly shining in the sky, though there are a few too many clouds to make it a completely clear day. While most of them appear rather normal, every so often you might spot one that looks just a bit off— like a storm cloud that's completely lost it's way. Lucky for you, it doesn't seem like you're going to have to worry about any inclement weather anytime soon, as they'll vanish from your vision as quickly as they came.
A large stone wall surrounds the entirety of the castle, though it's anyone guess why that is— maybe it's for your safety, maybe it's to keep you trapped, or maybe it's for another reason entirely. The only breach in the wall is a single gate that looks like it certainly led to the outside at one point, but that too has been cordoned off by solid stone.
Fortunately, there's nothing to stop you from entering the castle itself, where you'll find it's pretty grand all things considered. The lighting inside is provided not by electricity, but by magical flame that adjusts to the time of day or night. Actually, if you're looking for anything electronic anywhere, or even a simple power outlet, you'll be sorely out of luck.
For now, it might be best to explore and make some sense of where you are and why you're here— maybe one of your fellow travelers might know something? There are some plaques in the Great Hall that might catch your interest given their focus, in addition to one ridiculously large golden one that seems to bear rules.
Welcome, fellow warriors, to your very long stay.
It's easy to discern a few things upon a cursory glance, once you pick yourself up from the field of grass you're resting on. The place you've awoken in seems to be fairly tranquil, for the first few moments at least, and the view of a newly budded sakura tree is among the first that will greet you. In the distance, is a towering castle that manages to look all at once both imposing and welcoming at the same time. There's also an odd pendant around your neck, which you'll find won't come off despite your best attempts. In your pocket you'll find a room key, engraved with a number.
The weather is currently cool, with the sun brightly shining in the sky, though there are a few too many clouds to make it a completely clear day. While most of them appear rather normal, every so often you might spot one that looks just a bit off— like a storm cloud that's completely lost it's way. Lucky for you, it doesn't seem like you're going to have to worry about any inclement weather anytime soon, as they'll vanish from your vision as quickly as they came.
A large stone wall surrounds the entirety of the castle, though it's anyone guess why that is— maybe it's for your safety, maybe it's to keep you trapped, or maybe it's for another reason entirely. The only breach in the wall is a single gate that looks like it certainly led to the outside at one point, but that too has been cordoned off by solid stone.
Fortunately, there's nothing to stop you from entering the castle itself, where you'll find it's pretty grand all things considered. The lighting inside is provided not by electricity, but by magical flame that adjusts to the time of day or night. Actually, if you're looking for anything electronic anywhere, or even a simple power outlet, you'll be sorely out of luck.
For now, it might be best to explore and make some sense of where you are and why you're here— maybe one of your fellow travelers might know something? There are some plaques in the Great Hall that might catch your interest given their focus, in addition to one ridiculously large golden one that seems to bear rules.
Welcome, fellow warriors, to your very long stay.
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Did you and Zaveid make some friends then?
[If she mentioned 'six' that means four more were involved. Not a bad thing. He's not sure how he feels with Edna around people and away from her domain, but Phoenix should help with that.]
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A human climbed all the way up that mountain to ask for my help. After he almost got himself eaten by the dragon there, I felt too bad for the poor thing to turn him down.
[Isn't she just the most gracious being you've ever met?]
I fixed his problem, but I already knew he wasn't going to make it anywhere without me. So I joined him.
[Yeah that... still leaves a lot of questions unanswered. Like. All of them.]
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[Maybe he should have eaten this kid. At least he assumes this dragon is him. He will show his siscon in his own way.]
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A nerd. Real goody-two-shoes. But he knows how to treat a lady.
[Listen, it's not totally a lie. Armatizing is it's own kind of first base.]
He's... different. But then again, he was raised with sera-- malakhim.
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[Because that's really the only way. Given that the general public can no longer see malakhim and daemons.
...He still doesn't like it.
Who wooed lil' sis?]
Also, what makes him different?
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[Okay so that might have been slightly her fault for not helping things but. Sorey. Right.]
The boy would probably take on the problems of the whole world if you let him. It doesn't matter if it has nothing to do with him.
[Edna shakes her head.]
By far the stupidest human I've ever met. But probably the nicest-- [Pause...] as long as you don't get into an argument about interpreting old stuff.
[She still can't believe that was a thing. Who cares who that old guy was??? Meebs and Sorey apparently. She doesn't get it.]
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So was he interested in things like history, artifacts, and architecture?
[Edna, your brother may be a pirate, but beneath it all, he's a goddamn fucking geek. Probably why he likes being a pirate because being a pirate means finding treasure, and finding treasure means finding ruins and history and--!
Though he's found himself to be often wrong, sadly. Thanks Eleanor.]
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Never mind that, I suppose that's... good. At least I'm hoping it is that you found someone like that-- I mean, someone nice.
[Mrrr, he still feels like he's marrying off Edna or something to this guy the way she talks about him...]
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[Nerds and their books ugh. That's why even she can't believe her ears. Really? Her and Sorey? It takes a lot of effort not to laugh. It's not that he's the wrong traits. But--
How to explain it.]
But more than that... he wanted to help make a world where humans and malakhim could live together.
[It's noble, probably, not that she doesn't have her doubts. But if anyone could show the world that humans and seraphim could love one another-- heh.]
I'm pretty sure he still hasn't realized that he and Meebo are the ones that have a really weird and progressive relationship. But I'll be there to tease them both when together they figure it out and have their weird nerd wedding.
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So he's happy. He's happy... as much as he's unhappy... that she's found someone who believes that.]
One day a world like that will happen, but...
[If he had his coin right now, he'd be flipping it...]
...the reality is most of us can't handle living among the humans.
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[She's not hedging any bets even now. She's seem too much to fully buy into that kind of optimism yet. But... it makes her happy that there are people who believe in that.]
Humans can't handle living among humans. But still... they haven't self-destructed yet. Because there are some good ones who are willing to fight for those changes. I don't know if they'll succeed but... at least they've got a chance. It's up to them to take it and make something of it.
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[You know, like that one time the Lord of Calamity technically helped save the world when the Shepherd was trying to turn humans into mindless beings. That was fun. It was great. Awesome...
...amazing...
Except it wasn't.]
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[It's funny when you realize how wise she is, considering most of her experiences with people until a relatively short time ago was watching from the outside. But then-- maybe that was why she had some insight that those people themselves lacked. The couldn't see themselves.]
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[Edna's probably seen it, then. And eventually decided to help someone...
Someone with resonance...]
Did you aid a Shepherd?
[It... almost hurts to ask given his most recent experience, but not all Shepherds are like Artorius and the Exorcist Guild used to be better...]