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Week 5
[As with the weeks before, life in the Fantasy Sweet returns to something resembling normalcy with shocking efficiency. The second floor rest area and Adventure Zone Death Orb Room are spotless again, the demon glitter has been vacuumed, the deflated orbs have been replaced. It's like none of it ever happened, like three more friends aren't dead and stored away in the guest house morgue.
There's a new floor to explore, their "reward" for a job well done.]
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[ooc: Don't forget to to turn in your activity for week 4, submit your memory regains and put in your threads for the Benefactors!]
There's a new floor to explore, their "reward" for a job well done.]
[ooc: Don't forget to to turn in your activity for week 4, submit your memory regains and put in your threads for the Benefactors!]
MONDAY
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Meet me in the first floor rest area tonight. If we want to get out of this alive, from here forward we have to formulate some plan to fight back however we can against PAL and this situation. Larimer, Diver, that means both of you as well. If anyone should have anything that is best not overheard, bring something to write on.
Additionally, Angel's message had the right idea; anything PAL can yet use against us is something we should consider placing out in the open ahead of time whether we like it or not. If the desire to rely on each other isn't just mere platitudes, now would be the time to prove it.
In that same line of thought, I have something I need to tell all of you.
-Ardyn
[Ardyn himself would be wandering the floors again--wearing whatever this was with a distant smile on his face. As he'd said, he'd be in the rest area by early evening, waiting for the others.]
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[Once the others had more or less gathered, Ardyn spoke up in a voice laced with bitterness and contempt. The look on his face was cold as ice, yellow eyes sharp but at the moment uncorrupted by anything inhuman.] Allow me to regale you with a tale.
In an age long past and nearly forgotten, a prophecy spoke of a king who would save the world from an encroaching darkness. And not long after the word of the gods was passed down on that matter was a savior born to the house of Lucis. He who would bring the dawn was named the 'sky of burning light'--'Ardyn Lucis Caelum'.
He was hailed as a saint and savior by all he encountered, curing the afflicted of the plague which turned children of nature into twisted daemons. It must have seemed as though his very existence was a miracle to those he saved and protected.
...But the King of Light harbored a secret. For his healing was not modern white magic, but transferral of wounds and ailments--onto the savior himself. He carried the suffering of his people in a very literal sense, and was content in knowing he could save others by shouldering their burden.
[Ardyn curled his right hand close to his chest, the crystal set in his ring catching the light as he struggled to keep a bitter scowl off of his face.]
And the more innocent lives he spared, the more that 'burning light' faded. He was able to hold the Starscourge within himself without succumbing to it or risking the infection of others through mere contact, but at cost to himself. Gradually, the healer's body and soul became something which was human no longer.
When word reached the capital about what the savior was becoming, it was scarcely long at all before another moved to take the throne and cast out the current ruler. All those he had sacrificed his body and soul for turned on their salvation, spurred on by the false king in Insomnia. 'Accursed', they named him; called a usurper to the Crystal's power. 'Daemon', 'monster', they blamed him for the propagation of that which he had been told it was his destiny to banish. Even his own Crownsguard and Kingsglaive turned upon him in an instant, aligning themselves to the jealous king who sought power.
[He stopped to press a hand to his face, pausing briefly as though collecting his thoughts; when that hand dropped back to his side, his eyes were a little too bright with a barely-hidden quiet hatred that twisted what had once been a compassionate expression.]
...The souls of Lucian kings are meant to ascend to sleep within the Crystal upon their deaths. But one who corrupted his own body and soul would curse the Crystal with the plague he carried, and so even the gods who had selected and blessed him deemed he should be unfit to ascend. Which means he was no longer even allowed to die.
So the once-mortal healer who now cursed and despised those who had turned on him was cast out from his kingdom by those he had dearly loved. Erased from all of history by the one who stole the throne, he who was once exalted and adored became little more than a man of no consequence. He swore apocalyptic vengeance upon the planet and all upon it from gods to mortals, the line of Lucis being no exception. And when he left the name of 'Lucis Caelum' behind, he replaced it with the name of the one he hated the most. So that no matter how many thousands of years passed in an unaging and undying body that was more daemonic than it had ever been human, he would remember the name of the man who betrayed his own brother.
'Ardyn Izunia', the immortal Accursed. 'Champion of the Infernian', because I am vessel to the plague which Ifrit wrought.
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I'm sorry. It must hurt, still. What happened, what you've suffered alone. I'm so, so sorry.
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That's about what I figured. I mean, generally. I couldn't have called some of the details.
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Well.]
...That is an awful lot for one person to go through. I know my words may as well be meaningless in the face of all of that, but I still am... truly sorry. You did not deserve any of that.
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.....So what you're saying is you're basically a super villain.
[ Choromatsu....... ]
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No time like the present.]
Since we're sharing, I suppose I should as well. [Better get it out there now. All in one go, not spread out in details across multiple people.] ...Before I say this, I want to make it very clear that this isn't something I've intended to hide. I'm not one to obscure my goals or motivations. It's simply information that didn't seem relevant.
Still, honesty is the best policy, hm?
[So. Time to put all his cards on the table, as it were.]
I've spoken to a lot of you about the nature of what I am. Some of my... origins. But I suppose I should make it clear for everyone else as well. My species was created by a man named Tenjuro Banno... a human I could honestly only describe as a monster. But he was a genius and he created us to be very powerful. More powerful than he intended, perhaps.
Or... perhaps exactly as he always intended...
[...No, that's not a train of thought that he needs to go down now. He shakes his head. Not relevant. Move on.]
In my profile, it lists my occupation as "revolutionary". The revolution it speaks of is when I... combined forces with my fellow Roidmudes. I killed my creator, as well as his old partner. And then we attacked the rest of humanity. We froze time for everyone but ourselves, an event called the Global Freeze, which would have made our attack child's play, but... we ran into an unexpected problem. So our attack was interrupted.
But even when things went back to normal for humans, we didn't stop our plans. There's still opposition, of course, humans are nothing if not determined. I'm not certain anyone is from a world familiar with the term Kamen Rider, but they're... how to explain... ah, transforming heroes of justice, I suppose. For a long time, those Riders were our greatest enemy. And humanity's defenders.
...There have been many complications since. However, simply put, our eventual goal was to conquer humanity and rule in its place.
[Did he never mention that? Probably should've mentioned that.]
So... I'm what you might call an enemy to humanity.
If that will cause any problems, I would rather deal with that now.
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Meeting Sharesies Time
I... Didn't know what this was when I first found it waiting for me. But I understand it now. There's... A story to go with it. Arianna and Nari will know more of the details, I only know what I've read of my own autobiography. Ardyn knows some things, too, but...
[ She takes a deep breath, as if she's a bit unsure. ]
...After I fled to Aceid, I know Mikaela and I were employed by Lord Freezis and his family as maids. There, Mikaela met King Kyle Marlon. He... Fell in love with her, and eventually broke off his engagement to the ruler of Elphegort's neighbor: Riliane Lucifen d'Autriche.
[ Those from Earth who know history would recognize that last bit, because that's exactly Marie Antoinette d'Autriche. ]
She was the ruling princess, and... She was very, very angry. Nari and Arianna read about it. She... Committed genocide upon Elphegort, ordering the deaths of all Elphe women. And her army was strong. I read how we hid Mikaela, but she was... Still found. I was apparently captured at some point and held prisoner.
[ She is quiet for a bit. ]
...The Green Hunting, as it was called, was ended with Mikaela's confirmed death. Soon after, revolution sparked in Lucifenia and the princess was beheaded by her own guillotine. Or... So the story went. I know my autobiography cut off talking about a girl who was just as lonely as I was, but... I didn't realize until last night what that meant. There is still a sizable gap in my memory, but...
[ ...She's nervous and she fidgets a bit, staring down and boring a hole in the floor. ]
...I remember being on a beach at night. There's a girl with long, golden hair kneeling, sobbing, with her back turned. She threw a bottle into the water, and I recall Mikaela's voice demanding I take revenge. The feelings I know then... There's pain and anger and despair. The girl is... Riliane. A fallen princess who somehow survived a revolution. I nearly killed her, and then there was... A boy who looked like her before me. And he smiled sadly at me. I was thrown off, so I looked to Mikaela for help, only to realize she wasn't Mikaela. She was a demon wearing her face, tempting me. Riliane--Rin--turned to me and begged me to kill her. She had razed my home, my country, and purposely killed numerous people to kill the woman I loved, after all.
[ Clarith is quiet. A bit uncomfortable. ]
...I couldn't do it. I cut her hair, but I couldn't kill her. The knife became silent, and turned into this key. I... Don't know if it can still do that. I'm scare that they sent me a potentially demon-possessed object. Don't touch it. Don't listen to it. Please. And I felt you all should know... What happened. So I don't have something to hide.
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CW: Abuse
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'Anything PAL can yet use against us is something we should consider placing out in the open ahead of time whether we like it or not. If the desire to rely on each other isn't just mere platitudes, now would be the time to prove it.'
There's something he's been sitting on that's far more important than his background.]
...Before I talk about me, I'd like to discuss something about the here and now. Specifically, about our bodies, and how it might be possible for us to be here from so many different histories.
[He pauses.]
It's something Takumi and I discussed last week, if that's going to upset anyone.
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Basically anyone who hasn't slept with him yet is getting a free show. And also he's gesturing with the sugar stick when he isn't sucking it down.]
I've kind of told some people all of the story and everyone some of the story, but...
[he glances at the cameras.]
There were two seasons of this before, both of which took place inside of a computer world while the Champions were asleep with their brains hooked up to the machine. The first season went out really quick, and left only two survivors. Those survivors were the Overseers for the second season, but one thing that was different about season 2... was that there were survivors. Seven people woke up from their dream - eight, counting one of the Overseers.
The last thing the network told me after the finale was that they had let the survivors go. I thought that meant the actors went home with their paychecks, but I think... they got away.
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This is from Roland if anybody wants ta read it. Break it and I'll break you.
[ Short and sweet. ]
As fer me, y'all know everythin' important. I'm a yakuza. I kill people. Oh, and I might be fuckin' dead on top o' that. So ask away if ya wanna know. I ain't a liar.
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Share and share alike
I... was born to a man named Jack. As I told some of you several weeks ago, when I was a young teen, I was given the powers of a siren. Those... powers would eventually kill my mother. Jack locked me away for years, telling me it was for my own good.
Using my powers, he was able to connect me to the ECHOnet, an... intergalactic network. Together, we worked to help him seek power in the corporation he worked for. He told me that if we succeeded, he would have the resources to keep me safe from the rest of the world.
And... [Her hands trembled, leading her to ball them into fists.] In due time, succeed we did. In the process, though, Jack began to lose himself, or at least what little humanity he had left. He sought out another vault, one that held the promise of immense knowledge. In the process of absorbing that knowledge, he was scarred severely by a woman named Lilith.
And so he swore revenge.
His plan was to capture her, to use her to recharge the vault key and destroy the planet called Pandora. He... instructed me to earn the trust of the town called New Haven, and then to convince them to lower their defenses.
The blow was swift, and led by Jack's best. No one survived my betrayal, including Lilith.
So instead, my father decided to use me, instead. I am his tool, his own personal siren to lure people to death. That is... why I was branded the Champion Traitor.
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Uh, since we're sharing anyway... my life's pretty normal, aside from the whole "six same faces" identical sextuplet thing. So unless you really want to ask how confusing growing up unable to tell even your own brothers apart is and all that, I think it's safe to skip me on the whole backstory thing.
But... I did want to bring up the memory I dreamt about this Sunday. I don't know if it's actually relevant to anything but I can't help wondering if it is. I think it might be the last thing that happened to me before I was kidnapped-- or before my body was 3D printed, if Junpei and Takumi's theory is right. It'd make the most sense if it was.
There was a lot that happened in it but the important part is that there were aliens... and in the end my brothers and I were left drifting in space.
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I have mentioned to some of you that, when we first arrived here, the last thing I could recall was going to perform a ritual in the Temple of Ginnungagap. [And running into trouble but that is neither here nor there.]
In my most recent dream, I learned that Ginnungagap's lowest floors contain a monstrous Calamity, which would destroy everything if unleashed. The true purpose of the ritual is to condemn a good man to lose his humanity, so that he might become a living seal against the Calamity for another hundred years.
A man I cursed to this fate myself. At the time I did not understand what the consequences of my actions would be, but it is nevertheless my fault that he must meet such an end. He has shown me only kindness, and how have I repaid him?
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Honesty time - right place
... Some of you know a few things. Admittedly Junpei knows the most. I'm not divulging every single detail of my life with you guys. Just what could be used against me. [Here goes]
I was eight when I killed someone. It was covered up as a car accident. I set a man on fire... The second time I attacked someone with my powers was in high school. A girl hated me. Never found out why. She tried to kill me, almost did. I nearly killed her with ice... She lost her legs. Covered up as being "hit by a train". I spent weeks in the hospital. Quite a few surgeries, thus the scars.......... I don't feel bad about what I did. I just am afraid of hurting people I like. Killing or hurting someone I dislike or who wants me dead is no skin off of my back.
[Isn't she honest?] And that's all everyone needs to know.
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ITS SHARIN TIME, maybe
Except for Rhys. Except for his brief conversation with Nishitani, he's stayed very quiet. ]
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I don't got a dramatic story to tell or nothin. I'm just a glorified secretary. My sister, she's gotten involved in some miserable, balled up nonsense. Probably comes back to Grindelwald, everything does.
I dunno about all this science stuff you guys have been talking about but magic is something I can understand and confirm? For some of it at least.
Removing memories, as I said before, is perfectly doable. But it's not just that. Ya can pluck specific memories outta someone's head and just... tuck them away for later, keep them to relive another time. 's why I haven't been too worried about all this. I don' turn 22 until February so I got two more months of memories.
Raisin the dead, terrorizing people with the past, making other people remember things that aren't them or however you wanna call this body swappin thing Junpei's talking about? Grindelwald could do it. He's... the things he can do. And he wants to. He wants to destroy everyone. All the no-majs, any witch or wizard that doesn't come from "pure" lines. Anyone that stands in his way.
Time travel, we can do that. He's created armies of dead things... calls 'em inferi. Stealing people's memories. Their entire minds.
He can do this. And what's more he would. I dunno how or why he'd have any idea about somethin so far in the future but rumor is he can See things too so.
[She takes a shaky breath, not quite in tears again but she is very clearly terrified of this man and what he's capable of.]
Everyone can talk about... how it's okay, and Ardyn's gonna be better and Heart's justified and maybe Grindelwald has a reason he's a goddamn monster but until you live every day wonderin if some maniac is gonna try killin you and yer family an yer friends and thousands of people in the most gruesome ways he can think of-
Don't ask me to just stand by and say "Gosh, guess my hands are tied".
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And when he's done with his now-daily training in the first floor rest area, then he'll, for fucking once, be in the dining room with a bunch of crap he doesn't need laid out. He considers just leaving the pile there and going about his day, but he sits by and fiddles with his PIP meantime. And maybe plays with a dumb plastic tank on occasion.
Later, in the evening, late, he can be found in the morgue having a grand old quiet depressing time.]
Morgue
[Apparently, having found Church, Junpei doesn't have any further interest in the corpse room itself. He finds a spot along the wall to slide down and sit against with a quiet sigh.]
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I... apologize. I thought I was alone. [She'd been deep in thought, deep in a funk upon entering. Whatever it was, it still seemed to cling to her features, a far away look in her eyes and a troubled frown on her lips.]
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...I dunno if you're supposed to be in here without me or Ceec.
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...wait.
What.]
This is...
[Heart's just zeroed in on that small toy car, staring very intently. Because honestly, what?]
You received this along with everything else.
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