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[futurefab.livejournal.com]

[Lili is finally fully recovered and ready to set out after the journey to the Wind Shrine. She'll be wandering around Troia for a little bit. If anyone there would like to say hello, feel free to do so. She's slowly making her way to the airship docks.

In the meantime she also wants to call a few people to check in on them. So here's her list of calls (even though some of you probably don't keep your phones on you...):

○ Rishfee
○ Vincent
○ Excenmille
○ Mjrn
○ Angeal

So do your friend a favor and pick up! She's worried about all of you.

And, later, she'll be in Lindblum. And free to attack there, because she loves seeing people.]

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[dewdrop-pebbles.livejournal.com]

[Mjrn doesn't seem any less worried, since that sounds like a delay and little more.]

Where are you?

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[scarletgriffon.livejournal.com]

Congratulations are in order, then.

[A smirk, and then he scratches the top of his head.]

Aye. I have been training... or attempting to train. Yet the monsters here are too weak! I've not seen anything of the like, a few swings and they run. 'Tis more effort to persue than to find more quarry.

[He then loses all sense of joviality.]

Also; most assuredly, Rahal is not here. Have you heard aught of his presence yet?

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[futurefab.livejournal.com]

It's a long story, but yes... I've inherited a pact, it seems.



I'm having a bit of trouble controlling it now. But soon I hope...

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[futurefab.livejournal.com]

I'm on my way to Lindblum! Sitting around isn't doing me any good, so I'm planning on stretching my legs for a few days.

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[dewdrop-pebbles.livejournal.com]

Ah! I have recently arrived in Lindblum, as well. I would meet, if time permits.

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[futurefab.livejournal.com]

I'd congratulate the others first. I didn't do much for them.



Do you remember the Sanctuary of Zi'tah? I recently visited there, and it's still alive with goobbue, golems, and goblin. Perhaps we should make a trip of it soon. Fiends from our world should pose more of a challenge.



I've not heard a word of it. Perhaps it was only you that was taken, and he is scouring all of Vana'diel for you.

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[immortal-lion.livejournal.com]

[He exhales and closes his eyes, heart sinking. He hoped, somehow, that he'd be wrong. That maybe his abilities were out of whack again; he detected things he shouldn't have -- like when he saw Amnaf almost all of the time. But alas. He's still sane. And the problem is very real.]

...There was one with a pact on Gaia before. But he faded; he broke free from the spell. Myself and the Skyserpent... though he is gone now, felt that Odin himself broke him out of this world. We have no verification though.

[He's worried. Really worried. He remembers Eiko showing him her secret -- Alexander. Sure if another is here bound to the Dark Divinity...]

Lilisette...
If you would tell me. What does the Dark Divinity want in return?

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[futurefab.livejournal.com]

Of course, I would enjoy that very much. As of now I have no plans, so I have plenty of time.



I'll let you know when I've arrived so we can meet.

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[scarletgriffon.livejournal.com]

Is Zi'tah not the place in the Li'telor region, that those of the cathedral pass on their pilgrimages to Ro'maeve? I think all roads to it were sealed at the start of war. It was the Duchy's wish that none should enter, lest the beastmen find it. It drove half the cathedral to rage.

[Yes, Excenmille. Your grip on the goings on in the world around you is excellent. Always has been, always will be.]

...No.
If he is not here, he is dead. Of that, I am certain.

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[futurefab.livejournal.com]

That man... What did he look like?



Unfortunately I was not the one who forged the pact with Odin, so I cannot be certain. It was myself from another version of Vana'diel, one where the war never ended and grief ran rampant. Lilith gave herself in exchange for the power to reclaim Vana'diel from the Shadow Lord and set things straight--to give hope back to mankind.

But what could he have wanted from her? A world without Altana? A complete and utter end?



I don't know...

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[futurefab.livejournal.com]

That's the place. It opened up after the war, and at some point it seems to have been transferred onto Gaia. Imagine what the officials are saying now.



That's not true. Rahal wouldn't have died so easily, right?

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[immortal-lion.livejournal.com]

As for controlling him, according to scripture Odin appears to those who are steeped in the blackest despair, the most profound pain, or the deepest sorrow. The Dark Divinity appears to such people, and such emotion is a call to him from his realm, a summon. ...If he could be summoned so frivolously by any and all summoners -- if you understand my meaning. He only comes to those of worth - those with the strongest spirit. Perhaps the key to him not appearing, or your form changing, is to keep yourself from experiencing it. ...Self-preservation, if you will.

[Apparently, you're of worth. Interesting to know. But. he rubs his eyes and then answers her question.

A fomor which was an Ephramadian prince. He and his nation fell to the empire some two hundred years back... in the most horrible way. He died a horrible, cruel and drawn out death; as in those days the empire made example of their enemies. Odin is the guardian of that fallen nation. They forged a pact, and the dark divinity and said prince had rose from his realm, from the dead, to destroy the empire -- and Odin's enemy... who happens to be the guardian of the empire. Somehow, the prince found himself here.

[Such a tangled story.]

I do not know the details first-hand, but it appeared that the prince had thought against his revenge. The skyserpent told me that during a confrontation with him, the prince had told him that those of the near east alive today were not the ones which had gave him cause for his revenge; that he sought to revoke the pact and return to the grave, yet he could not reverse what was already in motion. He also told the skyserpent that Odin had held council with him upon this world, and told him that he could complete his end of the bargain in this world for Vana'diel to be spared. Something he accepted, though the skyserpent did tell me that he did not seem happy about that fact.

...I know not what happened after that.

[He pauses and considers things. As much as he feels sorry for her, the same way as he actually felt sorry for Luzaf, he can't direct her to Eiko. It's too dangerous. Lilisette would never harm her. But Odin...]

...There is a summoner tribe upon this world. Perhaps it would be prudent to seek their advice about this matter. They are very knowledgeable.

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[scarletgriffon.livejournal.com]

Here?!

[He's wide-eyed at that. And yes, he can imagine at some point, after the war pilgrimages starting up again.... and Zi'tah being replaced by an enormous crater. Heads would roll. ...And Jeuno would be blamed. Everyone in all nations knows that those "scientists" as they call themselves just aren't right.]

...Lilisette, he was beaten unconscious and left in the same caverns a colossus which was to explode at any instant was inside. It would have detonated, and brought the tunnels crashing down upon all of us. There is no way he would have lived. None.

[And.]

...You said that he survives the war, did you not? What if this... changes things?

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[dewdrop-pebbles.livejournal.com]

[Mjrn nods, absently petting a restless Chit with her free hand.]

We will await your message.

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[futurefab.livejournal.com]

Self-preservation on this world, where so many are in need of help and Garland still causes fear and dread, is nigh impossible. I would give any part of myself to see you and Vincent go unharmed. And now I have a new charge to look after, and more friends to protect. I can't just stop...

And I don't want anyone else to know. I couldn't bear certain people finding out that I'm little more than a ticking time-bomb.



The next time you see me start to turn, if I cannot hold to my senses... Don't hesitate, just kill me. I don't want to harm anyone but I know I will if I become like her.

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[futurefab.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's here. Along with Caedarva Mire from the East. I believe those places were likely replaced with whatever land was here before, but I'm not certain.



You said you were with a man named Maxcimille, correct? If it's the man I'm thinking of, there's no way he'd allow the thing to explode, and there's not a chance he'd leave Rahal behind. That boy is just as important to him as Rahal is to you.

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[chaos-vessel.livejournal.com]

[There's a slight pause.] Just Vincent.

[It's strange hearing his voice in such a lighthearted tone. And she's seeking him out, lightheartedly, even after seeing Hellmasker. He can respect that much.]

Fine. The effects fade quickly.

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[futurefab.livejournal.com]

I'm relieved. When you changed I thought I'd never see you again. I was worried.



Have you been staying with Rishfee? I'd like to come see you both again soon.

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[immortal-lion.livejournal.com]

[A lot of him can relate to that. A hell of a lot, actually. He wasn't given his abilities by gods. More like morally corrupt mortals that would have sacrificed anything to protect what they held dear. And he'd accepted. And he'd become a time bomb -- as per her words. And he knew better than most what that felt like. Immortals had absolutely nothing that could take them down. No reason to fear anything or anyone. But the hatred, the fear of them from the citizenry and the army ---

-- The Immortals didn't care. He did though. And that had always made him the target of Raubahn's ire and Amnaf's curiosity. He was more human than all of them combined. None of them could even understand how he'd survived the infusion because of that fact.]

...Look at me, Lilisette. Please. Don't look like that.

[He waits for her to respond before speaking. Something about him hurts seeing her like this. In a way, it's like viewing himself. And it is not comfortable.]

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[futurefab.livejournal.com]

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[chaos-vessel.livejournal.com]

[At least she didn't gloat over it. He's glad to see at least that maturity from her.]

[He lowers his face so that it's less visible behind the cloak, though, when she mentions the transformation. They probably do need to talk about it, but that doesn't mean that he'll enjoy the conversation.]

They're temporary. I didn't expect to be forced to, or I would have warned you.

[And now that that's finished, he- hopefully- changes the subject.]

For now. I may leave soon. [Before he ends up talking like a Qiq.]

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[futurefab.livejournal.com]

It seemed more like it was our fault. If Rishfee and I weren't hurt... Wait. They?



Where are you going? I'd like to see you.

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[chaos-vessel.livejournal.com]

[It is. He does not like this topic very much.] There are two others besides Hellmasker, who you saw. There used to be a fourth.

[He hesitates for a moment.]

Still close to the Mire.

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[futurefab.livejournal.com]

Can I stop by soon, then?



I won't stay long; I know you like your space.

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[chaos-vessel.livejournal.com]

...Whenever you decide.

[There's the instinct to run away from any conversation like this, or delay it, but it needs to happen, so he won't.]