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aionchat2022-08-02 07:15 pm
coerthantorment) wrote in aionchat2022-08-02 07:15 pm
PLEROMA | FRIENDS LOST (END OF SOVISERI)
[Estinien can be felt in the communion space, after having essentially gone missing during the final days of the mission. He's only just now returning to Greentruth in the company of friends. The tone of his psychic transmission is fraught with sorrow and anger in kind.]
Himeka and Abel have been taken by the Kenoma. They... are the Regent's prisoners.
[His presence becomes distant for a few beats after, like he has to steady himself.]
The creature of Innocence we found in Venera... its hold on me is far greater than I ever realized. I was drawn into a battle with the Kenoma, in the defense of other Pleroma, and when I found myself outnumbered and trapped... it came to my aid. Yet, 'twas at a cost I would not have willingly paid.
Angered by their broken "promise", it lashed out at those that bore its mark. 'Twas this moment of weakness that allowed them to be captured. It struck Ryunosuke and Alphinaud as well... Ryunosuke is safe. Alphinaud... has vanished somewhere I cannot reach.
[He's doing his best to give an objective account, something he became skilled in doing as a soldier. It's clear how much this is weighing on him, though.]
The... creature has been attempting to enthrall me. To change my body and steal my memories... it told me that Alphinaud was 'among the light', and that he had no further need for me. That Himeka and Abel had chosen to suffer in this world. I...
[And finally, the anger takes precedent, a fire wrought with misery.]
I will take them back. No matter what it demands of me. I... will bring them home.
Himeka and Abel have been taken by the Kenoma. They... are the Regent's prisoners.
[His presence becomes distant for a few beats after, like he has to steady himself.]
The creature of Innocence we found in Venera... its hold on me is far greater than I ever realized. I was drawn into a battle with the Kenoma, in the defense of other Pleroma, and when I found myself outnumbered and trapped... it came to my aid. Yet, 'twas at a cost I would not have willingly paid.
Angered by their broken "promise", it lashed out at those that bore its mark. 'Twas this moment of weakness that allowed them to be captured. It struck Ryunosuke and Alphinaud as well... Ryunosuke is safe. Alphinaud... has vanished somewhere I cannot reach.
[He's doing his best to give an objective account, something he became skilled in doing as a soldier. It's clear how much this is weighing on him, though.]
The... creature has been attempting to enthrall me. To change my body and steal my memories... it told me that Alphinaud was 'among the light', and that he had no further need for me. That Himeka and Abel had chosen to suffer in this world. I...
[And finally, the anger takes precedent, a fire wrought with misery.]
I will take them back. No matter what it demands of me. I... will bring them home.
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I'll go with you.
[ He owes both Abel and Himeka a great deal. They reached out to him and showed him a kindness that was more than what he deserved, and to hear that both of them were captured is making him sick to his stomach.
But there's just one more thing. If the plan is to step foot into Achamoth in a rescue attempt, then... ]
About this creature. What if it shows up again? If you can't control it, there's no telling what might happen the next time you're cornered.
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[He's thankful to Dokja for saying so, and it comes across clearly. It doesn't quite hide the almost maddening helplessness and rage that fuels his next statement, though.]
If the creature need consume me to defeat the Regent, to bring them back... so be it.
[Pure, furious desperation is speaking now.]
Let me die on its altar. I care not.
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Abel and Himeka will care.
[ They have too much of that in them, and with the lengths Estinien is willing to go for the pair, Dokja imagines they won't take too happily to the idea of losing him. ]
If you're going to save them, at least be there to welcome them back home.
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[No matter how hypocritical, Dokja assertion gives him pause, mostly because he knows that he's right. They would be devastated to lose someone for their sake, no matter his opinions on whose lives are more valuable.
He becomes lost, after remembering that. It feels as if his reckless drive to succeed, even at the cost of his life, is one of the few things holding him together.]
Very well. I... I shall try.
[It's a genuine concession, even if the entire thing seems a lot more impossible with that in mind.]
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You're not alone in this. Don't shoulder everything on your own.
[ Too many consequences come from that. Too many tears and heartaches and not enough closure. ]
The Kenoma are going to be expecting us. What are we thinking? Portal just outside the city? Crawling through their sewer system? [ Ugh. ] Trojan Horse them?
[ Endless possibilities! ]
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You mean to ride in as calvary?
[He feels like the sewers might actually be preferable.]
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[ God. Of course not everyone here would know what that is. ]
It's a famous story where I'm from. The Greeks built a giant wooden horse and hid their soldiers inside. Then, when the enemy soldiers brought it into their city thinking it was a victory trophy, the Greeks climbed out and destroyed the city.
[ Ha... ha. ]
Probably too late to get started on a giant wooden horse, though.
(not here)
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