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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[ This takes place the evening after the first event described in the Event Wrap Up post, the entity having withdrawn its influence from Venera.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] 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. ]
affal: (148)

[personal profile] affal 2022-05-31 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
( the line of Communion becomes strained, like a violin string drawn so taught it threatens to snap.

this is howl, though, so he is more temperate than he might have been otherwise. )


That is not an easy question to answer.

But I am not injured, no.
galdorleod: ([blond] secretive)

[personal profile] galdorleod 2022-05-31 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I see. That's a relief.

[ "Not easy to answer"? Surely, it should be a simple yes or no...? Howl thinks back to the scene shared by Binghe and the bizarre actions of the spirit against the Pleroma who snatched Estinien's Shard. Between that and the spirit "smiting" those responsible for the dragoon's dissipation... What the hell happened, and how did M make it out of that uninjured?

He ponders thoughtfully for a moment, and then withdraws from the public communion space to speak directly to M.
]
Edited (fixing broken link days later...) 2022-06-03 21:35 (UTC)