wolof: (You're stupid (I like that in a woman))
𝓐𝓴𝓾𝓪 𝓢𝓪𝓱𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓪𝓷 ([personal profile] wolof) wrote in [community profile] aionchat2022-08-10 06:12 pm

[PLEROMA] | I heard a rumor...

[ The communion is clear, practiced, and clipped. Business-like. ]

We have quite a few new arrivals, so... Welcome to the Pleroma. I am sure we will all have the opportunity to introduce ourselves to you, but it's often polite to introduce oneself, isn't it? My name is Akua Sahelian, and I speak to you now of what I wish were a warm welcome, but instead, of serious tidings.

I do not know how many of you have been introduced to the wider group, or how much information you've been presented, so allow me to give you all a basics, hm?

If you can hear this, you have accepted the Pleroma. You may have already met one, or many of them, but regardless if you met them before -- we oppose the Kenoma -- perhaps not the individuals, but the... force of kenoma itself. Pleroma and Kenoma are no mere forces of Good and Evil -- The Kenoma would destroy this world -- and all worlds -- to rebirth a world of their own making from the ashes. If you have joined with us, then you have found perhaps something to save here -- or perhaps you believe that your world is still out there. Some do, but I will not promise that which I cannot see with my own eyes. Whatever has brought you to us, I'm afraid that I cannot promise an easy fight -- or an easy existence here. Even now, the Kenoma have captured two of our own, and I have no doubt that they will come out with an experience that only a True Villain by the name of the Regent could craft. [ In communion, it sounds like a Title, a Name. ]

We will have to rescue them, and though I wish I could say that only those that are willing to fight should come, the truth of it is that we must collectively join together. There is no choice, and we will need every willing person to join in, to save our allies. If you have experienced combat before -- of any sort -- your experience will be more than welcome. If you do not, please reach out to one us, and we will find a place for you. We all have...grand and great talents, and we'll need every single one, to find victory when our allies are eventually retrieved. You will be needed, no matter what your experience was before you arrived, you will be able to find some use of your unique talents. Please, if you are new, speak up, tell us about yourselves, and ask your questions. I'm sure someone will answer it. Even the smallest of talents, can mean the difference between losing more of our allies an assets, or victory.

I cannot provide details at this time -- no plans have been set -- but I will tell you to be ready.

Speaking of being ready, however... I must turn a part of our discussion to something just as serious, but in a different vein. I think it clear, that we will have to continue to fight those who have signed on to the Kenoma, and while it's an inevitability, particularly in these times -- we need to assess our enemies. We will want to share the names, the abilities, and the demeanors of our enemies, those in the Kenoma who may be a threat, those who would be weak to physical threat, or...

[ A pause, then. ]

I was...dissipated recently. As I regrew, I... knew something. [ Her voice now almost sounds...authoritative. Like she is Speaking something of great import, the communion gives her words an emphasis that she can only imagine, as it would not work in person. ]

While no Sovereign, they are sovereign in this land, and though their plans have been thwarted in some small ways, they have been given a gift. The gift of knowing the true hearts of their followers, one way or the other. They have no use for the frail and the convictionless, after all. Venera and Godsblood are not the only ones that face culling, as the light of the Sovereign fades.

I believe... there may be individuals within the kenoma that have less conviction than others. They may be willing to help, or even defect, although we will be racing against the Regent's own touch. We may wish to seek them out, and free them from the Kenoma, they may come willingly, but they may also come by force. If you have spoken to those who lack conviction for their Sect, please, share that as well. It may be invaluable. If we know who lacks the resolve to stay with them, we can then pursue them, convince them, or bring them to our bases, to be convinced. I know some may find that unpleasant work -- but... Well, let's just say occasionally, capturing your enemy and teaching them of your perspective works.

I'd know.

[ A pause, before: ] Well, now. Please chime in, I shouldn't do all of the talking.
locumstudentesquire: (pic#15809272)

[personal profile] locumstudentesquire 2022-08-11 03:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[He IS trying to take that to heart... It's hard, though.]

I know... It's just. We're from the same world, it seems... The same city, even. It's hard not to imagine how things might have been different...
dragonmount: (🔆 shadar logoth.)

[personal profile] dragonmount 2022-08-11 03:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he understands. he really does. how many times has he thought recently that he and misa might be friends in another life?

but what he says is, ]


Is that going to help us save our friends?

[ hesitating around kenoma, in his experience, has brought nothing but pain. and it's one thing when it's his pain, but when it risks people they care about? there's a time and place for doubts. ]
locumstudentesquire: (pic#15809273)

[personal profile] locumstudentesquire 2022-08-12 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
No... No, I know it won't, I'm simply--

[Can't he express sadness over the circumstances, without disagreeing that they need to fight?]

...She's really as zealously devoted to the Kenoma as you say?
dragonmount: (🔆 manetheren.)

[personal profile] dragonmount 2022-08-12 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
[ for him, the answer is no. because what if ryunosuke expresses this same kind of hesitation in achamoth? what if this kind of uncertainty gets him killed or worse? ]

She is. I'm sure of it.
locumstudentesquire: (Default)

[personal profile] locumstudentesquire 2022-08-13 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Rand 🥺]

...Alright. I trust you, and your judgement. I'll... bear it in mind, if I encounter her again.

[Which hopefully he won't, because he's not sure how to counter petrification???]
goldendeceiver: (every crack)

[personal profile] goldendeceiver 2022-08-12 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
Echoing what Rand is saying. That girl doesn't feel any uncertainty about what she's doing, and was pretty upfront about being fine with the Regent killing whoever they saw fit.
locumstudentesquire: (pic#15862126)

[personal profile] locumstudentesquire 2022-08-13 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Between the two of them, they've got Ryunosuke successfully (if reluctantly) on the Misa hate train. You'll get no further argument from him. That said...]

She really said that?! When?
goldendeceiver: (god knows you put your life)

[personal profile] goldendeceiver 2022-08-16 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
When I spoke with her in Godsblood. I was scoping out the prison they were keeping Miss Vaeka in, and she reached out to chat with me through the shards as a warning, but the conversation kind of meandered. I'm not great at remembering exact words, but she made it pretty clear that she didn't have any issues with people dying if she thought they deserved if, and if the Regent thought they needed to go? Well, those were the people that deserved it.
locumstudentesquire: (grimace)

[personal profile] locumstudentesquire 2022-08-16 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
That's... That's awful!

[What else is there for him to say to that? She's so young, too... He wonders what could have happened, that could possibly make her feel that strongly.]
goldendeceiver: (every crack)

[personal profile] goldendeceiver 2022-08-17 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
[ He's not the only one to think that either. That's part of why Ernesto's laugh is as strained as it is. ]

I can't say I know her reasons for going all in the way she did. Maybe she has a good reason after all, but...

[ A small sigh. ]

Regardless, it means some trouble for us when it comes to dealing with her. She's not going to be talked out of much.