Claude von Riegan (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
leicesters) wrote in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
kenoscomm2024-03-08 01:40 pm
leicesters) wrote in kenoscomm2024-03-08 01:40 pm
Entry tags:
- divinity original sin 2: fane,
- enderal: jade the prophetess,
- ennead: set,
- fate/: flat escardos,
- fate/: sakamoto ryouma,
- fire emblem: byleth eisner,
- fire emblem: claude von riegan,
- fire emblem: dimitri a. blaiddyd,
- fire emblem: shez,
- fire emblem: yuri leclerc,
- jinba: hayame,
- marvel: nebula,
- oc: liem talbott,
- persona: ann takamaki,
- practical guide to evil: akua sahelian,
- pumpkin scissors: alice l. malvin,
- tsubasa reservoir chronicle: subaru,
- vampire hunter d: d
LOCKED TO MERIDIAN
[Claude's communion prescence has always been like a summer breeze; warm, easygoing, albeit difficult to read before it moves on. Now it has more of a brittle, bitter quality, like a looming dust-cloud he has to hold at a distance. There's no going back from this point when he knows things will only escalate from here, and so now seems like an important time to address his fellow Meri.]
The fight for the next Oracle will be on us soon. The Tribune may have been slain, but he entrusted the future of the worlds to us. Though he won't be able to help us see this through, we can still fight for him, and all the others we've lost along the way. We can fight for Springstar... and we can fight for Quetzalcoatl.
[There's a brief pause on this point. Her death deserves respect and acknowledgement, and she may not be the last to meet such a fate before the fighting is over.]
...We'll fight for your homes, too. After all, our worlds aren't that different, right? They might be flawed in their own ways, and there might even be some of you who would rather stay here when this is done. But every world and the life on it is precious, and it beats whatever phony world Yima and her followers come up with.
Speaking of Yima: I've discussed this with a few people already, but I suspect she's still alive. When the Blight almost destroyed Kenos, somehow she was still around. When I asked her about it, she said she wasn't bound by time like a normal person is. She can exist in different times and different places simultaneously; I don't know how it works, but maybe she even foresaw this attempt on her life before it even happened.
That said, it's just speculation, so we might as well play dumb and behave towards Zenith as if we're convinced she's dead for now. It'll be easier for us that way.
[Others have probably arrived at a similar conclusion, perhaps people among Zenith's ranks too, but it bears saying, particularly for those newly arrived to the conflict.]
Anyway, enough about her -- how about we use this opportunity for a little strategy get-together? We have a few new faces around, so feel free to introduce yourself and your capabilities.
For those of us who have been around longer, feel free to toss in an introduction too. More importantly, share what you know about Zenith and its current capabilities, in combat or otherwise. Any insight into their current thinking would be useful right now, too. What's their morale like? We know by now that some of them really hate our guts, and I wonder how much their desire for revenge is going to play into the next battle...
[He sounds casual, almost flippant, but there's a serious point in there he's sure he doesn't need to overstate: the more loyal Zenites are going to have some serious motivation in the next battle to get back at them, whether they believe Yima is gone or not.]
Let's not let our own judgement be clouded by revenge, even if we've sustained losses. We need to go into this with a clear head, looking toward the future.
Oh-- on that note, Hayame wants to speak with some of you about some further strategising either before or after the Oracle. Sorry that's a little vague, but I'm sure she'll talk to you about it properly when the time comes. For now, let's just focus on one thing at a time.
The fight for the next Oracle will be on us soon. The Tribune may have been slain, but he entrusted the future of the worlds to us. Though he won't be able to help us see this through, we can still fight for him, and all the others we've lost along the way. We can fight for Springstar... and we can fight for Quetzalcoatl.
[There's a brief pause on this point. Her death deserves respect and acknowledgement, and she may not be the last to meet such a fate before the fighting is over.]
...We'll fight for your homes, too. After all, our worlds aren't that different, right? They might be flawed in their own ways, and there might even be some of you who would rather stay here when this is done. But every world and the life on it is precious, and it beats whatever phony world Yima and her followers come up with.
Speaking of Yima: I've discussed this with a few people already, but I suspect she's still alive. When the Blight almost destroyed Kenos, somehow she was still around. When I asked her about it, she said she wasn't bound by time like a normal person is. She can exist in different times and different places simultaneously; I don't know how it works, but maybe she even foresaw this attempt on her life before it even happened.
That said, it's just speculation, so we might as well play dumb and behave towards Zenith as if we're convinced she's dead for now. It'll be easier for us that way.
[Others have probably arrived at a similar conclusion, perhaps people among Zenith's ranks too, but it bears saying, particularly for those newly arrived to the conflict.]
Anyway, enough about her -- how about we use this opportunity for a little strategy get-together? We have a few new faces around, so feel free to introduce yourself and your capabilities.
For those of us who have been around longer, feel free to toss in an introduction too. More importantly, share what you know about Zenith and its current capabilities, in combat or otherwise. Any insight into their current thinking would be useful right now, too. What's their morale like? We know by now that some of them really hate our guts, and I wonder how much their desire for revenge is going to play into the next battle...
[He sounds casual, almost flippant, but there's a serious point in there he's sure he doesn't need to overstate: the more loyal Zenites are going to have some serious motivation in the next battle to get back at them, whether they believe Yima is gone or not.]
Let's not let our own judgement be clouded by revenge, even if we've sustained losses. We need to go into this with a clear head, looking toward the future.
Oh-- on that note, Hayame wants to speak with some of you about some further strategising either before or after the Oracle. Sorry that's a little vague, but I'm sure she'll talk to you about it properly when the time comes. For now, let's just focus on one thing at a time.
VOID HORRORS
[Not to distraction from an attempt at the Oracle. It just doesn't help to have something else hanging over the whole ordeal.]
A few who were dissipated in the last Oracle had dreams or visions which aligned to what I experienced. If you also experience anything unusual during or after the competition, let me know.
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
Something like that...
[ Guess who got chased right out of Zenith considerations by a certain villain monologue. ]
If I observe anything noteworthy, I'll let you know.
no subject
It could be dangerous for everyone here.
Thank you.
no subject
Subaru was wobbly beforehand but well. Silco has that certain charm. ]
It does sound that way... And unstable, as well.
no subject
[ and while flat doesn’t seem to be all that bothered by it, he does carry himself with just a bit more gravitas than usual. ]
You all saw those people that look like like the people we know, right? Well, they’re the real deal— and they’re also full of the void. I’m not sure if they even have a soul anymore, but it’s hard to see underneath all of that stuff inside them.
no subject
[Sorry that the personification of the chilly darkness turns full-body toward Flat mentally. Not angry. Just hyper-focused.]
Tell me how you know this.
no subject
[ is he intimidated? not really. but he is taking this seriously. ]
I can see it. It’s difficult to explain but… I see the world a little different than other people, I guess.
no subject
[He's quiet for a long moment or two, but the presence is still there, stormy, not at Flat.]
It's infiltrating the dimension. [Hmm.] Are you able to see it elsewhere, or just on the people we believed to be illusions?
no subject
[ something is making his mind wander yet again, and there's a cold stillness in the communion. as if no one were there from the start.
and then, he continues. ]
No, that's not right. But what happened was a lot harder to explain. Have you seen any of the citizens looking kind of confused? Like they talk about people that moved away or things that disappeared? Well sometimes, we would be talking about something like a store that they came from and then suddenly, it would, uh...well... you know when you're deleting a lot of files from your computer and you're watching them disappear from your computer one by one? It kind of felt like that, but magically.
[ sorry d and everyone else. try to decipher that. ]
It's going to get worse. Probably. [ a pause. ] Most likely.
no subject
Yes, I have heard them say as much. [Actually, as someone who shockingly knows what a computer is, he understands this reference. HE GETS IT!! AMAZING.] I understand.
Something happened to allow it to worm its way inside. A crack, somewhere. It will get worse. It was hungry. I don't think it will be satiated.
no subject
[ maybe it's misunderstood? or maybe it's just acting on its needs, the same way any other human or non-human might. ]
But if you're saying there's a crack, then where is it? Maybe if we close it, it'll shrivel away.
no subject
[A VERY BAD, DRY JOKE. Delivered very badly and dryly.]
I don't know. [Which frustrates him.] The crack may be metaphorical.
When it spoke to me, it said it got in from the "choices" made. If it's becoming worse, then it must be something someone is doing. Us or someone else.
no subject
[ this is a genuine question. ]
no subject