http://marquisofthesky.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] marquisofthesky.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] mooglenet_backup2011-01-11 01:24 pm

The Naldoan Chronicles [voice]

[After being jostled about from one realm to another, Ondore is certainly grateful to be returned to Gaia. While the irony of it all certainly didn’t go unnoticed, the Marquis decides to prepare a detailed message for friends and acquaintances alike hailing from his realm of Ivalice.

He does not filter this message from Gaian eyes, nor does he filter his words from the eyes of commoners. In Ondore’s belief, there’s no need to filter the truth from those willing to see it.

Besides, this may prove to be rather education for all.]


How peculiar and how odd such a journey has been since my arrival to Gaia. Whisked away from land and home, many of us found ourselves abandoned within a realm not our own. Exiled by fate and sorcery, many of us began on a madding quest to become accustom the cultures we’ve experienced here.

Some of us chose to mimic the Gaians through observation alone, while others divulged deeper within literature in order to understand them. While both endeavors are noble enough, I do believe many of us have forgotten how little culture plays in human behavior. Their anger is warranted, just like their fear. The phenomenon I have witnessed beyond Gaia’s soil certainly proves this true.

Ivalice is Ivalice no more, but rather a realm mismatched by Garland’s magick. Banora trees now line the abandoned ruins of Ridorana, and Mount Bur-Omisace now thrives beside an active volcano that threatens to melt its icy slopes. Such a phenomenon isn’t limited to merely the changing of the soil, but the changing of the people as well.

Lilites now walk Archadian streets much to the Empire’s displeasure, and Yukes now flock to Bhujerba to exchange knowledge with all those hailing from Dorstonis. Dalmasca has changed very little in comparison of other realms, but now tribes of Shelkies roam the desert landscape alongside with rogue Seeqs and Bangaas in search of treasure. What this treasure could be one can only imagine, but such a unity amongst the newcomers and the patrons of Ivalice is quite humbling.

Such a time has prompted Ivalice to change rapidly through discussion. The temperament there is as heated as ever, but I can proudly state that the threat of war no longer looms over Ivalice’s shadow.

Diplomacy is what guides the land of my birth, and diplomacy is what shall guide Gaia through this time of crisis.


[ooc: Dag here, coming off of hiatus...today! Expect to more posts later today or tomorrow.]

welcome back! :33

[identity profile] mademyresolve.livejournal.com 2011-01-11 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Uncle Halim - I had feared...

[Ashe breaks off, because what she's hearing has her transfixed. Dalmasca. He'd returned home, he had actually seen her beloved country with his own eyes? The prospect has her bursting with questions, with the overpowering need for more information.]

Dalmasca - you saw her?

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[identity profile] tinymakoaddict.livejournal.com 2011-01-11 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)


Were the places that had been brought here removed from your home when you returned/

<3

[identity profile] mademyresolve.livejournal.com 2011-01-11 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[Relief is apparent in her tone and the sigh; while hearing his voice declaring all is well in her kingdom lifts the most weighty fear from her heart, every ounce of her being longs to know more.]

What is made of my absence? Please, uncle - I would hear all you can tell me of her, of my -- mine and Rasler's people. You say the threat of war no longer exists?

[voice]

[identity profile] tinymakoaddict.livejournal.com 2011-01-11 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I had hoped this was localized to Gaia but I suppose that would not have made sense, given the evidence...

The Liltie city. That is not from Gaia originally, is it?

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[identity profile] tinymakoaddict.livejournal.com 2011-01-11 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I had thought it wasn't, because people who left here and returned with memories of their previous trip to Gaia made no mention of changes to their own world. When Cloud returned the...third time...Midgar had not vanished at home.

But it is here also...

Whatever Garland does to move objects around is a much more complicated system than I had realized. There have been people and places here from over a dozen worlds. Keeping something like that running, organized...it would be astounding.

[voice]

[identity profile] mademyresolve.livejournal.com 2011-01-11 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[Peace reigns. It is these words which echo in her mind, over and over until she feels assured to believe them. Ondore would not tell her an untruth regarding Dalmasca, not even if he meant to ease her mind. How long has it been since she gazed upon the desert sands, how long has she wondered what has become of her people? It almost feels like a tension is unravelling in her chest, and she settles.]

Your words... comfort me more than I can express. To know we are at peace, even among sich discord... The people prove their resilience and wisdom to have chosen the peaceful path. They deserve no further bloodshed, not by their hands nor the orders of those who would act differently.

Did you make yourself known within Bhujerba?

[voice]

[identity profile] tinymakoaddict.livejournal.com 2011-01-11 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I have heard of two others that regained their memories upon returning. But it is a very rare thing.



Manipulation of time itself is...hard for me to sort through. I've been trying to deal with it in a linear fashion. But it obviously won't work now.

[identity profile] tidesnpcs.livejournal.com 2011-01-11 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[The local Leuda caravan finds this message very interesting. Especially the part about other Selkies. The Lilty part doesn't surprise them.]

[Dah Vis] What was that about treasure?

[Hana Kohl] Where is it at? We'll give you a cut if we find it.

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[identity profile] livelyangel.livejournal.com 2011-01-12 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
Oh - you went back to Ivalice? Did you... did you see Mjrn? Maybe?

[Okay, it's a forlorn hope, but she has to try first.]

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[identity profile] livelyangel.livejournal.com 2011-01-12 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Even though she was expecting it, Rinoa's face falls.]

Okay. It was a long shot anyway...

Do you think that people are getting transported to all kinds of different worlds? Not just here or Ivalice. It sounds like people might be turning up everywhere.

[identity profile] tidesnpcs.livejournal.com 2011-01-12 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Dah Vis] That's right.

[Hana Kohl] It was my good looks that gave it away.

[Video]

[identity profile] sonoffigaro.livejournal.com 2011-01-12 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
[Edgar's greeting the return of the elder statesman of the council with a smile. Ondore was a friend he was glad to see return.]

I see you've been able to join us again, Marquis.

[Video]

[identity profile] sonoffigaro.livejournal.com 2011-01-12 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
Rather quiet, to tell the truth - your absence has not been long, and as I see you've returned with your memories, then there will be very little to fill in. But your loss was felt, I assure you.

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