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( She's been to the temples a few times, circled the outside of each and tried to learn, to understand this world and how it works. She's never really stepped foot inside one before, however.
(There's always that voice in the back of her head, the one which remembers just what she caused by stepping into the site in Bodhum. The branding of her arm and the events thereafter, the chill passing through her bones as she turned into crystal.)
Serah breathes deep, squares her shoulders, and steps in. The sorrow weighs down on her as soon as she hears the click of her shoes against the floor, the ever-present weight of the lives lost in the Purge stronger still. She breathes again. No one ever helped anyone by wallowing in their own problems. She can only make up for all of that by trying. )
Hello...? ( Still, there's clear nerves in her voice when she speaks. ) Is anyone there?
(There's always that voice in the back of her head, the one which remembers just what she caused by stepping into the site in Bodhum. The branding of her arm and the events thereafter, the chill passing through her bones as she turned into crystal.)
Serah breathes deep, squares her shoulders, and steps in. The sorrow weighs down on her as soon as she hears the click of her shoes against the floor, the ever-present weight of the lives lost in the Purge stronger still. She breathes again. No one ever helped anyone by wallowing in their own problems. She can only make up for all of that by trying. )
Hello...? ( Still, there's clear nerves in her voice when she speaks. ) Is anyone there?
Someone is here.
[Sorrow steps out from behind the shadows, solemn. He's a fair distance away from her, so as not to startle her with his sudden appearance.
This one is new.]
I'm Sorrow. Who are you?
[Sorrow steps out from behind the shadows, solemn. He's a fair distance away from her, so as not to startle her with his sudden appearance.
This one is new.]
I'm Sorrow. Who are you?
( He looks so... human. Somehow, that wasn't the appearance Serah expected, but this is a different world, with different rules. She nods her head once, as much as greeting as a way of steeling herself and going forward with this.
Noel would push on. Lightning and Snow, too. She will do the same. )
Serah Farron. I came here a few months ago. ( Introductions are easy enough. It's the everything else that's complicated. ) I wanted to learn more about this place.
( The city. Its history. Everything that led up to their being here and the things she'd learned from the newbies guide and talking to others. )
Noel would push on. Lightning and Snow, too. She will do the same. )
Serah Farron. I came here a few months ago. ( Introductions are easy enough. It's the everything else that's complicated. ) I wanted to learn more about this place.
( The city. Its history. Everything that led up to their being here and the things she'd learned from the newbies guide and talking to others. )
I see.
[Interesting enough. He tilts his head toward her, sizing her up a bit- though Sorrow has learned by now not to judge a book by its cover, particularly when it comes to humans.]
This world currently, the city, or my temple?
[Interesting enough. He tilts his head toward her, sizing her up a bit- though Sorrow has learned by now not to judge a book by its cover, particularly when it comes to humans.]
This world currently, the city, or my temple?
[Nick doesn't make a visit to the temples without cause. He patrols past them, sure, but doesn't exactly stop in for a chat unless he's got something to say, so when he shows up in Sorrow's temple, he has a reason. Incidentally, the reason on this day is the same one it was the last time he dropped in.]
I've got something for you.
I've got something for you.
Do you?
[He's waiting for him, it seems, already leaning a hip against his altar with his arms folded across his chest.]
What is it?
[He's waiting for him, it seems, already leaning a hip against his altar with his arms folded across his chest.]
What is it?
[Nick takes a brief glance around, just to make sure they're alone, before reaching into his coat and pulling out something wrapped in a cloth. He unwraps it carefully, revealing what he's brought: a god killer.]
I expect you know what this is.
[Given what happened to him.]
I expect you know what this is.
[Given what happened to him.]
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I do.
[He's very careful with how he proceeds, though he's reasonably sure that he knows Nick well enough by now to know that Nick wouldn't use it. Sorrow keeps his gaze trained on it for a long while, before he nods once.]
Put it on the ground, please.
[The please is unusual. The entire building seems to shudder around the object, as if the stone itself could gasp and recoil. Sorrow's mouth is in a tight, thin line.
He's afraid.]
[He's very careful with how he proceeds, though he's reasonably sure that he knows Nick well enough by now to know that Nick wouldn't use it. Sorrow keeps his gaze trained on it for a long while, before he nods once.]
Put it on the ground, please.
[The please is unusual. The entire building seems to shudder around the object, as if the stone itself could gasp and recoil. Sorrow's mouth is in a tight, thin line.
He's afraid.]
the door was your area of expertise.
dont suppose that little null on the network would be lying would it?
dont suppose that little null on the network would be lying would it?
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was, is, whatever.
i think it's probably telling the truth and maybe you had a reason for withholding that information all this time.
do the other gods know?
i think it's probably telling the truth and maybe you had a reason for withholding that information all this time.
do the other gods know?
It was never relevant information. It doesn't change anything.
Fear suspected, I think. Regardless, they all know now.
Fear suspected, I think. Regardless, they all know now.
hey
i know youre busy with the whole door business but i must ask
hows delight?
i know youre busy with the whole door business but i must ask
hows delight?
k lemme rephrase that
can the fragments change that in some way?
can the fragments change that in some way?
Hey Hope said you're back in town. Cool nice work getting him and all.
Any idea why the Door screwed up this bad? Figured I'd just ask you since you're the resident expert and all.
Any idea why the Door screwed up this bad? Figured I'd just ask you since you're the resident expert and all.
We never fully understood what we were doing when we commanded the Door to work in various ways. It's clear that I overlooked something. I'll be sure to correct the discrepancy before we move again.
Yeah I get that but was this outcome a known risk when you chose to use the Door for the move? And are you still gonna use the Door to move the city next time?
Got a question.
The Door seems to bring in people who already know each other. That intentional?
( It's been a point of curiosity for a while, now, something she keeps noticing but placing aside in favour of everything else Hadriel throws at them. But now she's too curious to ignore. )
The Door seems to bring in people who already know each other. That intentional?
( It's been a point of curiosity for a while, now, something she keeps noticing but placing aside in favour of everything else Hadriel throws at them. But now she's too curious to ignore. )
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I believe that it's easier for the Door to locate a universe if it's already accessed that universe in the past. From there, it's not a stretch to imagine the Door pulling similar emotional signatures.
People we have emotional attachments to. ( Whether positive or negative, that really seems to be what it boils down to. It's got to be helpful to the gods to have the people who make each of them most emotional turning up.
It's interesting, really. As a tool to get home, sure, but even beyond that. It's a completely alien being of power, something that her home world could never even conceive. She wonders what Dagny would make of it, with all her dedication to non-human biology and everything she taught Kate about their kind's abilities, their construction. She wonders even more what Marc would do if he saw it—
Well, no. It's not really wondering. She knows Marc would want to take it apart and discover how it works even more than she does. )
Do we all have emotional signatures to you?
( Why wouldn't that be possible? It certainly is with people's powers. )
It's interesting, really. As a tool to get home, sure, but even beyond that. It's a completely alien being of power, something that her home world could never even conceive. She wonders what Dagny would make of it, with all her dedication to non-human biology and everything she taught Kate about their kind's abilities, their construction. She wonders even more what Marc would do if he saw it—
Well, no. It's not really wondering. She knows Marc would want to take it apart and discover how it works even more than she does. )
Do we all have emotional signatures to you?
( Why wouldn't that be possible? It certainly is with people's powers. )
What all has been done to stop the Null? Have you ever tried to form a treaty with them, not using one of your own or even having one of you in the vicinity to affect them?
[ She knows it's likely he's stated these things somewhere before, or it's been done, but she hasn't been able to locate that information. She has ideas but if it's been done before, she won't bother. ]
[ She knows it's likely he's stated these things somewhere before, or it's been done, but she hasn't been able to locate that information. She has ideas but if it's been done before, she won't bother. ]
( So.
It's time to ask, isn't it? They're running out of time. )
Can The Door protect us? ( Kate, you might... want to explain better. ) There a way to use its effects on the Null?
( Y'know, that whole madness stuff. It was pretty damn effective on all of them, after all. )
It's time to ask, isn't it? They're running out of time. )
Can The Door protect us? ( Kate, you might... want to explain better. ) There a way to use its effects on the Null?
( Y'know, that whole madness stuff. It was pretty damn effective on all of them, after all. )
You mean using it as a weapon.
[His voice is low and measured.]
It wasn't designed for that. It's original purpose was a way to bring conflicting and chaotic species to us.
[So...]
...it's an interesting question. How do you think something like that would work?
[His voice is low and measured.]
It wasn't designed for that. It's original purpose was a way to bring conflicting and chaotic species to us.
[So...]
...it's an interesting question. How do you think something like that would work?
( She nods. Essentially, yes. Perhaps not in a proactive, aggressive way, but still. It certainly has the ability to do so, even if that was never part of the design. )
Ideally? ( Because even if she thinks this should be possible, she will admit there is a whole lot about programming the Door that's not entirely clear to her. And, you know, it's Hadriel and nothing ever goes right. ) Recognises the people in the city as allies and affects anything else.
Ideally? ( Because even if she thinks this should be possible, she will admit there is a whole lot about programming the Door that's not entirely clear to her. And, you know, it's Hadriel and nothing ever goes right. ) Recognises the people in the city as allies and affects anything else.
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