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[accidentalchaos]

My One True God gives me life, in exchange for death. That is all.

...Life is only meant to hurt. That proves that we exist... that we are remembered.

[wordsinthesoul]

For the price of all their lives?

By the wounds we leave in each other? Certainly that's one way- have you no happy memories?

[accidentalchaos]

...The happy memories simply fade to darkness. Fade to nothing. [ There is sorrow in his voice again. Loneliness. Is this... truly their enemy? Just what are Ascian, if their white-robed one is like this? ]

Their lives are meaningless. All lives are. If you knew what I knew, Thancred, you would feel the same way.

[wordsinthesoul]

They become harder to hold onto- forgotten? [He can't help but stare- and wonder. Is there something he- that they, too- would wish to reunite with…?]

Would I…? How did you come to that conclusion? Years of sorrow?

[accidentalchaos]

All must be forgotten eventually.

...Years? Hah. Think longer.

[ Lahabrea is whimpering a little, but then whispers. ] Elidibus lived before Zodiark was separated - before I was born. Thousands of years - he's always been like this. But-- not this open.

You didn't deserve it, Lahabrea. And even you think I'm young. How curious.

[wordsinthesoul]

And then- you've lived long enough to forget?

From before the Eras began…? Then- why be so open now?

Deserved-? To know? [he frowns.]. …not even thousands of years?

[accidentalchaos]

...I existed when the first Star - as you put them - bloomed. And I will exist until the One True God has consumed all Stars. That is my burden.

It might be amusing to see your kind fight against it. You're... similar to another Star which has survived.

[wordsinthesoul]

From the birth of worlds… to the end of them?

Ah. I'm thrilled. [but he tilts his head.]. Another? How so?

[accidentalchaos]

...I do not know how the other lived. Even now, some fragments of it visit here. Shantotto and Iroha... not the ones I wished to visit here.

--Vana'diel? [ Lahabrea then asked, quietly. Elidibus stared, as Lahabrea looked to Thancred. The Scions were likely informed, at least, of when Shantotto came to visit... ] I've heard it mentioned a few times. Another world like ours - but they don't even call your kind Spoken.

[wordsinthesoul]

No…? Were there other people you did wish to see?

I heard a little of that- some of it seemed quite worrying. [Shantotto, and her enormous golem…]. But- no- they called themselves something rather different, I think. The Races…?

[accidentalchaos]

...It doesn't matter to you, does it? [ Elidibus asked, with a smile. A fake smile. ]

The Enlightened.

[wordsinthesoul]

I find I'm rather curious about such individuals. And- wouldn't it be nice?

Oh- that's right. It's curious, isn't it?

[accidentalchaos]

It is. They're basically the same as you or I - in your olden times, they even shared names! [ Lahabrea begins, before seeming to pause. He's realising something, but...

Elidibus steps a little closer. ] What do you know of nice. Your Star - world - should have ended by now. I don't know how it came back to life.

[wordsinthesoul]

So those weren't simple misspellings after all. [well then. there's an entire field of study that can start arguing…]

… I'd not be the same if it weren't for kindness. Why is that- why would it have ended?

[accidentalchaos]

...You thought-- they thought-- [ Lahabrea would laugh if he wasn't terrified. ]

Kindness is a burden. But - Bahamuts' Calamity stopped a worse one. It distracted my Lord. And... it made many happy.

[wordsinthesoul]

The names we have now have been around for quite some time…. [a little squeeze?]

Worse? Than everything we saw? Because of the disaster?

[accidentalchaos]

[ Lahabrea simply puts a hand on Thancred, before looking back to Elidibus. Worried. ]

...Because of what came before, and what came after. I don't get their happiness. But think about it - what could be worse then a calamity? Nothingness.

[wordsinthesoul]

[it's nice! he appreciates it.]

It's… not the sort of thing you'd think someone would be happy about. [he frowns.]. And that's what there would have been instead? Then… it's better to live, isn't it?

[accidentalchaos]

Nothingness will come. It always comes. Even before my Lord rose, it was fate. I only wanted...

[ Oh. He trails off again, holding something back. ]

[wordsinthesoul]

…to everything, there is an end, hm? [he cocks his head again.]. To live?

[accidentalchaos]

...To be remembered for the good I did.

[ Alas, it seems that's all you're getting out of him. Because there is a building growl from nearby. ]

[wordsinthesoul]

Ah- is that so? What-

[Oh. Well. That's- maybe not entirely a bad thing? He takes a step back, one hand still on Lahabrea- trying to encourage him to do the same.]

[theblackawoo]

[ Lahabrea does step back - as Gaius leaps, with a blade messily made of Auracite...?! Elidibus vanishes into the shadows, fleeing.

Gaius looks to them. ] Tsk. He spoke in tongues. [ ...Yeah. Most people can't understand Ascian, can they...? Thancred likely could due to his connection to Lahabrea, but Gaius couldn't. ] A pity I couldn't catch him. My blade hungers.

[wordsinthesoul]

[Ah. So that’s how Gaius has been dealing with Ascians. Thancred gives the blade a curious look, before focusing on Gaius.]. I doubt he likes many knowing what he plans. It is. I- you don’t mean literally, I hope?

[theblackawoo]

It absorbs their very essence. And then... I destroy them. [ He says, grinning a little, even as Lahabrea seems... well. A little wary, looking at it. ] It has been far too long since I've used it - far longer then it takes for me to recover from a strike.

[ ...Recover? ]