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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.
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You know what. Not focusing on that right now. If Amos hadn't literally showed her in Communion she wouldn't even believe it in the first place. The sky was... it was the plains of Takamagahara, where the heavenly gods resided. Not that she neccesarily belived that literally, but... it certainly wasn't where people could or should go... and anyway-]
So you are saying he is making the air... essentially solid.
[Saying that... She actually makes it make more sense in her mind by thinking of it like firing an arrow into water, rather than a solid, but- Whatever gets her there.]
Well his limit must be in fully crushing a person, because if he was capable of it... He surely would have done it already. In my case, I was unable to move, and the weight made it difficult to breathe, but I was not... a noodle.
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[ it's nothing like that. but because she seems to get it, flat's not going to wrack his brain further in trying to work out the minutiae of it all.
with her answer, the mage falls back deep into thought, trying to form some sort of a strategy that he can give her. ]
How far away from him were you? Maybe if you do something like a sneak attack or have someone act as a decoy, you could probably land a hit from farther away. And I wonder if he's impervious to his own spell or if there's a small area around him where it doesn't take effect... but that sounds too risky, doesn't it? Maybe jumping from above...
[ there's so many variables! flat could come up with scenarios all day long and probably not run out of possibilities.
and, most importantly, there's the fact that flat has failed self-defense for 10 years in a row. ]
But again, I haven't seen him use these [ really cool sounding ] moves, so these are nothing but tips and suggestions!
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[Stupid... Exalt oracle trial wings.]
And now Set claims he has an even strong ability available. One that can crush.
[First "gravity", now a "black hole"?]
1/2
A black hole was exactly what I was talking about when I was talking about noodles and crushing, yup!
2/2
Wait, he can do what?! That's not fair, that's super overpowered! You definitely don't want to get caught in that!
1/2
I know that! If it killed Set, of course I do not wish to be caught up in it?
[This sudden tension is not what she expected?!]
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The issue is avoiding it. If he can just will it into existence at any time, with little warning...
Then there is only long-range to deal with him. The longest possible, perhaps.
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[ damn, he really doesn't want to be amos' enemy at any point in his life. ]
Maybe start the battle by using that power that you said you had? That way he can't do anything to you or anyone fighting with you.
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Well, surely he can not just... Just stand next to it forever...
[... But yes. The power she said she had. The one she had been vague about, with only "it may be able to rob some of our more powerful enemies of their advantages." But this was definitively an advantage.]
- That power may exhaust me a great deal.
I must be mindful with it.