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eustace "passively fuckable" granblue fantasy ([personal profile] lockedon) wrote in [community profile] aionchat2022-04-13 08:19 pm

KENOMA | voice, forward-dated to the onset of tdm dreams

[ Hello resident Kenomies, guess who???

Actually if you have no idea who this asshole is, that's okay, because rest assured he doesn't want to get to know most of you either. Unfortunately, business calls, and for the sake of not looking like an absolute gaggle of buffoons in front of the Regent a second time, everyone's neighborhood-(un)friendly furry is here to begrudgingly use Mind Twitter™ to make a public briefing.

It's largely voice only, because Eustace prefers to keep things impersonal, and shot through with an undercurrent of business-like terseness. ]


I'll make this quick. Many of us here don't have the experience to engage in a fistfight, let alone any sort of actual war. [ Or whatever the hell is going on here with the Regent and their plan for world destruction. ] For those of you with no combat experience but wanting to learn, Ciel and I are willing to teach you. Both of us are skilled in hand-to-hand combat, battlefield strategy, as well as various weapons. Emet-Selch has also volunteered his services, if you're looking for something outside the usual sphere.

[ Like magic, maybe.

But wait, there's more! From a different person no less. Still voice, and maybe some may recognize this one as part of a very exclusive club of Kenomas who not only did NOT get chewed out by the Regent, but also seemed to have gained their approval?? She’s sounding just as serious, but oddly also gives off the vibes of a science teacher of some sort, hm…]


I am not well placed to teach it, but I do have experience and understanding of magic. The possibilities in Horos are far greater too, the Regent themselves have said that anyone can develop powerful abilities regardless of their beginnings. According to Xishen, Aion powers don't adhere to any particular ruleset, they are mainly reflective of the person developing them: their wants, their needs, their expectations, towards themselves and the world around them. Those of us who already have supernatural powers merely retain traits we used to have in our previous lives.

Knowing that, we can help each other form ideas for personalized abilities you may wish to develop. They do not necessarily have to be combat oriented either, having combat oriented application is enough. For example, conjuring light: such a power would be most practical in navigating across low visibility spaces, but can be used to blind someone else in a pinch. Ways to harness it inwards instead of trying to influence your environment outwards can also be effective, such as reinforcing your own body to become stronger and more durable if you were mainly used to physical brawls before. Don’t be restricted by ideas of magic if you only knew it as fiction before, there’s much that can be done.


[ Eustace is happy to let Ciel explain this particular bit, because he sure as hell has no practical experience in this department. He's already moving on to cover something else anyway. ]

Additionally, preparation includes researching the opposition. If you know anything about the Pleroma, especially about any skills or powers they have, let the rest of us know.

We’ll start things off and group them by individual, prioritizing the strongest ones in combat. Please feel free to add names or faces, it’s fine if they’re a stranger as long as you remember what they look like and the powers they exhibited. I’ll be making a physical copy of notes for what we compile, it will be available to reference on demand.

[ Thanks for being the minutes keeper, Ciel. To close everything out, there's one last switch back to Eustace. ]

If you have any questions, ask.

[ There are indeed such things as stupid questions here, but at least the Regent won't be the one judging you for them. Maybe.

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OOC NOTES—

TL;DR: IC training offer/regain ideas power brainstorming/Pleroma shittalking powers notes comparing 3-for-1! We can handwave the training montages, for the two other points threadjacking is highly encouraged! Pleroma info compiling will happen under its separate TL, feel free to add new TLs under that with a name or url to someone’s icon (because why bother learning what the enemy is called, right) in the subject line if it’s someone your character would ICly want to draw attention to, it’s what Ciel and Eustace are doing based after their own PVP experiences. As per mod clarification to communion, this transmission will “float” around for about a day, which should give characters the opportunity to pitch in on whatever topic they want. We hope this all made sense! Feel free to ping us in the Discord/shoot us a PM with any OOC questions.

Also just in case: black = Eustace, blue = Ciel. ]
lachtara: (Raise)

[personal profile] lachtara 2022-04-16 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I see. Something for our consideration in the future.

[ At least he will be considering it. ]
lachtara: (Afar)

[personal profile] lachtara 2022-04-16 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Perhaps. [ Ugh...fine. ]

I would encourage them to battle one another. There is no better method for them to learn of each other's strengths and weaknesses and how to best compensate for them. The better they know one another, the better they will work as a team.

As long as they know reasonable restraint. We do not need our own allies thinning our ranks.
vivificantem: (042. there in my savior's love)

[personal profile] vivificantem 2022-04-16 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure. I'll go wherever you guys think I'll be most useful, really - if you need me somewhere, you can always let me know.

[...Howl seems like a mess, from what he's seen of the guy. Maybe he's a bit more focused in combat, but Paul has kind of seen him being a trainwreck and little else. No offense meant, of course. Nobody was really at their best before being brought here.

That said, he does mean it; he'll accompany Eustace to this, and he'll generally be on call as needed.]


Thanks, by the way. For organizing all of this. I'm hoping we're going into all of this overprepared and engaging in this sort of way won't be necessary, but...

[Honestly, he knows better.]
perfectlygoodbird: (END OUR SONG)

ELEVEN

[personal profile] perfectlygoodbird 2022-04-16 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[Meteion...has been debating on precisely what she wants to do, but she told the Regent that she would be prudent. And that means...giving information where it might do the most good. So, fellow kenomies, have an image of a young man.]

I know him as Eleven. He is...some sort of holy acolyte, from everything I could tell? He did me no harm while we traveled together, and while we were all in the cavern, he was one of the ones who truly suffered. But when the Plenoma were escaping, he helped support the teleport spell, and summoned some sort of shield to prevent the combatants on our side from harrying those attempting to escape.
perfectlygoodbird: (your sorry eyes out)

GABRANTH

[personal profile] perfectlygoodbird 2022-04-16 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[It might be easy to feel some reticence from Meteion, here, yet there's another image of a stern-looking man, his face grubby from the strain of kenoma sickness, but no less resolute for all of that.]

This is Gabranth. He seems like he is some sort of fighting man--during our journey, he regularly challenged the guards and was chastised for it. He has some forms of magic, as well, though I do not know much about magic at all, so I cannot say more than that. Be wary if you challenge him--he will not back down from a fight.
zauneyete: (listen to me)

[personal profile] zauneyete 2022-04-16 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Appeal to her need to be morally superior, if you want to pull her to our side. She was far too concerned with it when she met me in the caves.

Which shouldn't be someone like me, by the way. Despite the fact that her people have held mine in poverty and ignored the problems they caused with us, she seems to think I'm beneath her.


[ You can feel it. The eyeroll. ]
zauneyete: (What were the terms and conditions)

[personal profile] zauneyete 2022-04-16 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course not. I couldn't care less about her personally.

Although if I had the opportunity, I would take it. Let's just say it's a "her people" versus "mine" type of situation, and she isn't the one pulling the strings.
lachtara: (Prose)

[personal profile] lachtara 2022-04-16 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
One would be remiss to forget his bothersome speeches about the righteousness of light.

[ Grumbling.... ]
lachtara: (Souls)

[personal profile] lachtara 2022-04-16 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
This man is a soldier. He is skilled enough to have served at an Emperor's table, though he bears deep regrets for failing those he swore to protect. Those who he was serviced to were called "House Solidor".

I am unsure about the extent of his combat skills or abilities otherwise.
baltimores: (062; the things we do)

[personal profile] baltimores 2022-04-16 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Sure. All actions have consequences, he agrees with that. But she'd made it sound disproportionately dire that ultimately, it had sounded like nonsense to him.

As for the other matter... ]


No. It was real.

[ Just like that. There's no doubt in his mind. ]
lifespanned: (pic#11709547)

[personal profile] lifespanned 2022-04-16 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess that is pretty weird...

[ ...but she certainly hadn't seen it that way in the cavern. Really, she'd just thought he was a hopelessly optimistic guy by nature of his excitable personality. Only now that Makoto has insinuated it does she begin to wonder what kind of circumstances could have led Abel to be that way. ]

To be honest, I noticed something like that too, but I didn't think much of it.
He gave me some of his food while we were all in there... it was surprising. You know? It was such a shock that he'd even do something like that. Most people would think only of themselves in that situation.
So I think you're on to something.

But even if there's something else there, he really did seem earnest about taking us to that side. So that's probably the easiest way to get close to him and learn more.


[ pretend to have doubts about the Kenoma... and appeal to that empathy that Makoto had pointed out. ]
Edited 2022-04-16 21:42 (UTC)
lifespanned: (pic#11709536)

[personal profile] lifespanned 2022-04-16 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Woah, you know a lot... so cool.

[ There's genuine awe in her voice over the line, her wide expression of wonder practically visible. She can tell just by the quick way he fires off all those possibilities that he's not bluffing - this knowledge must come from some deep experience. ]

I see, if I could just keep them from moving around long enough for you and the others to get their shards, then we'd be all set, huh? That's the kind of help I want to give. I need to do my part like you and Ciel are able to do...

[ Her words are hopeful, faithful, honest. It seems she really does have an earnest want to help in the upcoming battles despite her general fragility. ]

So I will find a way to do that. I'm sure of it. I'll become really helpful to you guys in no time.

[ She can't know the specifics for sure, but now she feels more certain that restricting the enemy's movement and strength would be the biggest benefit to her comrades. ]
lifespanned: (pic#11743333)

[personal profile] lifespanned 2022-04-16 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Aww, do you really mean that? I don't wanna be a burden to you, Ciel...

[ See how she doesn't care if she's a burden to Eustace, but when it's Ciel?? She can't go getting in the way of a fellow girlboss. ]

I'll make sure my power will be useful to you first, okay? You're already so strong on your own, you might not even need my help. But I'll tell you if I have plans!!

[ And while she would most definitely feel 1000% better having someone so tough to protect her, she'd likely also feel a little guilty keeping one of their best fighters by her side. The big picture is what counts, after all. ]
Edited 2022-04-16 23:04 (UTC)
vivificantem: (092. make me a channel of your peace)

[personal profile] vivificantem 2022-04-17 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
[He feels that much, honestly.]

I just want to be useful; I don't want to be in the way, or be a burden on people - I hate being a burden on people.

I'm not really great at self-defense either - like I said, not really a combatant - but I've been told to work on defending myself in some way. [You know, by Childe, just now.] I don't die easily, I know that much to be true. But I'd...really prefer not dying at all.
galdorleod: ([blond] grateful)

[personal profile] galdorleod 2022-04-17 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
I don't recall agreeing to work with anyone.

[ He's being glib, but there's truth to his comeback. They might be on the same side, but he hasn't agreed to coordinate with others, especially not on the particular individual they're dealing with. ]

Besides, my powers are no secret. I used them last time too.

[ ...sort of. As he'd mentioned moment ago, that was only a portion of his power. But it's true that the nature of his ability is not a secret, not anymore. ]
zauneyete: (Knife's Edge)

[personal profile] zauneyete 2022-04-17 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
Well, if you do get the chance to capture, instead of destroy, do let me know.

It might not be personal, but sticking it to a Piltie is always enjoyable.
galdorleod: ([black] talkative)

[personal profile] galdorleod 2022-04-17 01:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Any particular reason you are so offended by my desire to do so?

[ Howl sighs. This is tiring. ]

Something tells me you aren't just so concerned for my welfare.
lifespanned: (pic#14152037)

[personal profile] lifespanned 2022-04-18 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
A purveyor...? So basically, a salesman.

[ That's the same thing, right?? There's genuine cluelessness to her voice. ]

Let me see, so that means you want to have something you can give to others to make them more powerful. Wait, if it's some item, you're not gonna charge us for it though, are you?
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