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Luo Binghe ([personal profile] devilmancrybaby) wrote in [community profile] aionchat2022-05-30 07:00 pm

KENOMA // voice+memory

[ This takes place the evening after the first event described in the Event Wrap Up post, the entity having withdrawn its influence from Venera.

Binghe is in a bit of a bad mood, having had to haul Makoto's unconscious body out of the street when he would have preferred to drop him in the ocean, and as things are currently he can't really be bothered to pretend that he's not. There's some attempt to be polite, but mostly he sounds kind of tired and cranky. ]


My apologies for the interruption. I am Luo Binghe. No doubt many of you have heard at least a little of what has happened lately in Venera. I was there for the event at the heart of it, so I thought perhaps it would be of some use to share a few of the details.

I am sure it will not come as any great shock to learn it seems to have been the fault of that dog Estinien Wyrmblood. The spirit that seems to have been responsible for what has been happening was so angered by his death that it appeared to smite anyone who tried to keep it from... I don't know, I think it wanted his shard. I don't know what it would have done with it. Kept him as a pet, perhaps, in one of its illusions.

If I am honest, whatever this thing was it seemed rather simple, like the ghost of a child, but it clearly possessed immense power. The Aions of Pleroma who were there, their unconvincing promises about—taking care of him in its stead, that kind of thing. That was enough to convince it to retreat.

I think it did something to them, though. I'll show you.

[ He shares his memory of this moment, when the mass of wings demanded that those gathered keep their promise, grasping onto those closest to it with its ethereal hands.

The image fades and Binghe's voice resumes: ]


So the problem has been solved, but only temporarily. The spirit was not destroyed, and it seems if these Aions fail to fulfil its whims it may return with something worse. It might not be so easy to persuade next time.
galdorleod: ([blond] morose)

[personal profile] galdorleod 2022-05-31 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ Killed. At the hands of another Aion, then. That is what's been implied by this talk of Estinien's death and a fight over his Shard, but it's enormously helpful for Binghe to come out and say it plainly.

Even so, Howl is silent for a moment. His feelings on this revelation are mixed, to say the least.
]

Who killed him? What precipitated all this?
galdorleod: ([blond] secretive)

[personal profile] galdorleod 2022-05-31 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...

he feels you there, old man. but he's in no hurry to face you after... what happened, so he says nothing.
]
galdorleod: ([blond] studious)

[personal profile] galdorleod 2022-05-31 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ That... is one of the last people Howl would have guessed. But now that he knows, he can go get the information he wants himself. ]

I see.

And the spirit? Did it simply... appear out of thin air?
affal: (117)

[personal profile] affal 2022-05-31 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
( he really, and for a variety of reasons, hadn't wanted to say anything.

but it really looks like his "saviors" from this whole predicament are determined to be obtuse here, so...

preempted by a derisive mental sigh: )
I killed him.

( and if I hear a single challenging or accusatory word from any of you, I will fucking lose it. )
galdorleod: ([black] worry)

[personal profile] galdorleod 2022-05-31 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
As I recall, the Regent told us the Pleroma was responsible for the infection.

[ said matter-of-factly; he's not begrudging their supreme leader by bringing it up. but no, it was some sort of... spirit? ]
vapour: (pic#15709341)

[personal profile] vapour 2022-05-31 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...bigggggg cheeky smile over here. It can be practically felt in the communion silence that preempts his actual comment. ]

Wow, incredible.
galdorleod: ([blond] skyward)

[personal profile] galdorleod 2022-05-31 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
[ Howl already knows by the time M finally speaks up, but his words capture all of his attention all the same. The presence of the wizard's psyche is apparent, sitting silently in the wake of the brief response, until he finally says something. ]

Are you alright? Are you hurt?

[ What he really wants to ask is what the bloody hell happened, but that can wait. What he's heard so far has him seriously concerned for the demon's well-being, and there have been few details on that particular point. ]
vapour: (pic#15101074)

[personal profile] vapour 2022-05-31 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
Interesting. So, it is only hostile in self-defense or extreme agitation.
epiprocta: (40)

not here :)

[personal profile] epiprocta 2022-05-31 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ Hahaha, for real? M was the one who got his idiot ass laser-beamed for swooping in after he did the dirty work of actually fighting Estinien? ... Eat shit. Serves him right for being such a cowardly little rat, as always.

Maybe Makoto will feel a faint prickle down his spine (or the urge to sneeze) as Gen dwells over this message for a moment. But he has no reason to volunteer any information publicly, so -- there's nothing here, don't worry about it! ]
subsist: (pic#15626856)

[personal profile] subsist 2022-05-31 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
I need more information before I can decide. At the very least, I know what Dvalin [ and Barbatos ] is capable of.
galdorleod: ([blond] leaving)

[personal profile] galdorleod 2022-05-31 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
No, we don't. [ He'll concede that. ] But — would the Pleroma's Aions have to convince it not to smite people? Force them to make promises under the threat of its return?

[ As soon as Howl asks those questions, though, he knows that Binghe's prior answer is just as applicable. The other Aions could be subject to the will of some insane "benevolent" force, for all they know. If that's the case, this war has just changed significantly. ]
affal: (Default)

not real (:

[personal profile] affal 2022-05-31 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
( someone sounds jealous ☺️ )
lachtara: (Crowd)

[personal profile] lachtara 2022-05-31 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
You were there. Show me.

[ It's the easiest way to see what happened for certain. ]
galdorleod: ([blond] morose)

[personal profile] galdorleod 2022-05-31 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
Yes. It does.

[ and he's not sure how to feel about that. quiet, unsettled contemplation follows. ]
affal: (120)

also vibes

[personal profile] affal 2022-05-31 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
( get over it binghe where even were you )
lachtara: (Look Off)

[personal profile] lachtara 2022-05-31 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
So it seems.

[ A gentle sigh. And that's where he intends to leave it. ]

affal: (22)

[personal profile] affal 2022-05-31 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
...I can't tell if you're being facetious or not.
subsist: (pic#15626849)

[personal profile] subsist 2022-05-31 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
[ honestly, kaeya was hoping to avoid this. he's had enough of people getting glimpses into the kind of person he is and all the things he needs to hide. still, the part of him that respects emet-selch enough ultimately ends up winning: he won't refuse him.

he thinks back to where this all started, right around when makoto takes his first hit. any conflicting emotions he might have had at the time are trying to come to the surface, but he keeps them all at bay with a layer of frost and snow.

eventually, it gets to the same part of the story that luo binghe had already shared except it's in kaeya's perspective. he cuts things off soon after he turns to ask luo binghe something, looking at makoto who's still crumpled on the ground. ]


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