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kenoscomm2024-03-08 08:07 am
bakedapple) wrote in kenoscomm2024-03-08 08:07 am
Entry tags:
- arknights: gavial,
- boy's abyss: gen minegishi,
- culture (the): demeisen,
- expanse (the): amos burton,
- fate/: rin tohsaka,
- fate/: tezcatlipoca,
- final fantasy xiv: cid garlond,
- haikyuu!!: atsumu miya,
- legend of zelda (the): link,
- life is strange: chloe price,
- oc: matt jamison,
- persona: goro akechi,
- suikoden: yuber,
- terra e: tony asuka,
- zone-00: kiritsubo
locked to zenith
[ Link's mental space feels like being outside, so depending on where you are, you might not realize that someone has started Communion with you. Since joining the Zenith, the landscape of Link's mind has gone from idyllic, sunny forests to icy, overcast mountains. A frigid wind blows against your face, carrying the scent of firewood and meat roasting over an open flame. The diminutive Hylian is not sitting by the fire, but standing at the edge of a rocky ledge, his back turned. ]
There's going to be another Oracle soon. I can feel it. The rest of you can feel it too, right? That... pulling feeling.
[ He sighs. ]
If we lose this one, it's over. The Meridian isn't going to go easy on us. I know them... I know how badly they want to win. To them, the stakes couldn't be higher.
So let's talk. About what we're going to be up against, and... well, planning ahead isn't really something we can do, but at least we can warn each other of the dangers that individual Meri pose.
And I... I want to say something, too.
[ He sits down where he stands, his feet hanging off the cliff. There's a sense that he knows this isn't going to go over well, but it's important enough to him to say it anyway. ]
Killing the other guy before they kill you is what war is. That's normal. But Kenos is different. Death doesn't work the way it should here. We don't die permanently. You can neutralize someone threatening you by just dissipating them. There's nothing to gain by destroying their soul after you're no longer in danger.
So, I don't think any of us should shatter anyone ever again.
If you claim someone's Shard, you should protect it. If you feel that you can't do that, give it to someone else.
...I'm not stupid. I know a lot of you aren't gonna agree to this. And the Meris probably won't either. I'm sure they want revenge for what happened to Quetzalcoatl, and those of you who lost the Shards Yima gave you probably aren't feeling very merciful right now either...
But if we don't come to some kinda agreement now, that's going to become normal. Things are gonna get really bad. I don't want that. So... can we talk about it, at least?
There's going to be another Oracle soon. I can feel it. The rest of you can feel it too, right? That... pulling feeling.
[ He sighs. ]
If we lose this one, it's over. The Meridian isn't going to go easy on us. I know them... I know how badly they want to win. To them, the stakes couldn't be higher.
So let's talk. About what we're going to be up against, and... well, planning ahead isn't really something we can do, but at least we can warn each other of the dangers that individual Meri pose.
And I... I want to say something, too.
[ He sits down where he stands, his feet hanging off the cliff. There's a sense that he knows this isn't going to go over well, but it's important enough to him to say it anyway. ]
Killing the other guy before they kill you is what war is. That's normal. But Kenos is different. Death doesn't work the way it should here. We don't die permanently. You can neutralize someone threatening you by just dissipating them. There's nothing to gain by destroying their soul after you're no longer in danger.
So, I don't think any of us should shatter anyone ever again.
If you claim someone's Shard, you should protect it. If you feel that you can't do that, give it to someone else.
...I'm not stupid. I know a lot of you aren't gonna agree to this. And the Meris probably won't either. I'm sure they want revenge for what happened to Quetzalcoatl, and those of you who lost the Shards Yima gave you probably aren't feeling very merciful right now either...
But if we don't come to some kinda agreement now, that's going to become normal. Things are gonna get really bad. I don't want that. So... can we talk about it, at least?
DIMITRI
...he's a good person, though. I think he'll listen to reason if you give him a chance. But he's devoted to the Meri cause, so... maybe not.
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But his heart is big, too~
So you could always try laying down and playing dead if need be. Or, at least, playing pathetically injured or open to surrender.
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You know him? You haven't fought him before, though, right?
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I've run into him before, yes. And I did my reading and listening after the Harbinger Oracle.
I have some of the papers, still, somewhere... If anyone wants to do their homework a bit late~
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but, if they're going to talk about the threat Dimitri poses honestly, they deserve mention. ]
...I don't think he's the kind of person who will attack others unprompted, especially if you're unarmed.
[ did Kiritsubo really fight him...? ]
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[She sounds perfectly sure about that!]
Which is why he did not attack me. I gave him a little consult about my work, that is all. I could not convince him to go under my needle, yet, unfortunately...
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...I wish you wouldn't give any to Meris... Or do anything else that'd help them win, Kiritsubo...
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I would tell you that I will not be doing that any time soon, Link, do not fret.
But... Unless I provide them with a beneficial spell in the ink to explain away the sense of magic in it... How will I sneak in the enchantments that benefit us?