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Who: Sorey & Mikleo / OPEN
Broadcast: Fleet-wide
Action: Marsiva
When: Now!!

[ACTION]

[It's probably not normal for a lack of something to be the first thing one notices upon waking up, but Mikleo opens his eyes to the realization that there's a serious lack of... weight on his chest, one he'd become resigned to feeling ever since leaving Elysia. Malevolence was everywhere in the world, and only his contract with Sorey and Lailah had kept him from growing sick because of it, or worse.

Here, though, he feels not even an ounce of it. Which immediately brings to mind the question- where...?

Once he's up and on his feet and staring out the nearest window - witnessing the state of the sky, what in the world - it takes him a while to shake off the shock. He feels like his head's been invaded- thoughts, understanding forced into it, making his head hurt. This is space. He doesn't know why he knows this, but he does. Space, a fleet of ships traveling the universe like a fleet of whales in the ocean, prisoners for entertainment...

What does it even mean?

Sorey. I need to find him. Forcing himself away from the glass, he wanders the hallways, drawn to his Shepherd like a lost sheep. He has to be here. This feeling is unmistakable.]

[BROADCAST: VIDEO]

-ink this is how it works? Where’s the part I talk into? Try the top corner, it's flashing. Do you know why? -well because it’s communicating, isn’t it? Don't look at me. Oh! No no, it’s working now. ...yup. Okay! Geez…

Wow, this is so cool! Can everybody really hear me? -oh man, we can make recordings with this! You know, instead of having to lug around parchment all the time? We absolutely have to bring this back home.

Like people need more reasons to fear the Shepherd.

-ah, right! Introductions! I’m Sorey. I’m supposed to be an Engineer? I’m not totally clear on everything involved in that, so please be patient with me! Um, and since it sounds like we’re all in the same boat- I mean, this might’ve been asked before but does anybody know who we can talk to if we really, really need to get back? It’s kind of an emergency. This seems like a kidnapping but we’re not in a cell or anything, so it’s not as bad as it could’ve been, I suppose.

But definitely! Any clarification on how to get back would be really, really helpful.

You should probably stop talking like you're with someone, Sorey. People will think you're more weird than you already are.

Sorry, you’re right. It’s just really hard to pretend you’re not here when you look right at me like that...

[ACTION PART 2]

[Sorey and Mikleo can be found exploring the Marsiva. To those who can see Mikleo (have a look at his permission post please!), they'll both be there, talking animatedly. To those who can't, feel free to call Sorey out on, you know, talking animatedly to himself.]

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[It's okay, Allen can't help but laugh and smile at Sorey's excitement. It reminds him of Clay, which is always a good thing] You're quite the excitable one, Sorey.

But, yes- it looks like you already are! That's the Clay you want to ask.

Oh! Yeah, you guys are right. I gotta ask him right away! [EXCUSE HIM HE'S JUST GONNA- YEAH]

[....SIGH]

Don't mind him, he's always like this.

[Allen just smiles and shakes his head]

It's fine. Clay gets like this too, so if anything...I should be apologising to you.

[Because now you'll have to deal with this twice as much]

It's fine. I'm used to it, anyway. At least this means he's not worrying so much about home.

[Not that it's bad to worry- they have a lot of important things to do there. But a stressed Sorey is not a great thing for either of them. Stress can lead to all kinds of things, malevolence included. He's glad to see him happy.]

Mm...sometimes it's better to focus on something to take your mind off it.

[Before you go insane. Speaking of...]

By the way...sorry for asking, but are you camera shy?

Camera shy? What does that mean?

[What are cameras, bro]

[im back] Yeah he's kind of people shy sometimes, but that's not the case here.

It means you don't like being seen on video- like the feed here? [He waves his hand to indicate]

[But he glances over at Sorey]

Eh? What is the case then?

I'm a seraph. My kind aren't usually visible to those without resonance.

[And technology can't have resonance, so. That's a thing. ~~not that he can explain why his voice carries, but eh~~]

A Seraph...?

You mean like an angel?

[SNROGFSDLF]

Shut up, it isn't that far off in theory!

[PEOPLE WORSHIP THE SERAPHIM ALL OVER THE PLACE DUDE and yeah he's no angel but...!!]

[....?]

Okay maybe not that...

[He rubs his chin, trying to think of what other thing he's encountered that can only be viewed under certain conditions and isn't too far of from an angel]

[He says it kinda to himself, but it's still perfectly audible.]

Maybe he's more like the Easter Bunny...?

A bunny...? [there was that one time they found that costume attachment and it had fit terrifyingly well] Yeah, no, that could work. I think that probably fits better.

How am I like a bunny!?

[THIS IS THE WORST CONVERSATION]

Well your hair is really soft. [like a bunny's] And your eyes are really big. [like a bunny's] Also you kick way harder than anybody would expect you to. [do you see the pattern]

[Well he can't really speak for what Sorey's describing but..]

Well...The Easter Bunny that I met could only been seen if you believed in him. Otherwise he was completely invisible. And I think he was supposed to be some sort of spirit for spring and hope!

Sorey!

[YOU ARE AN EMBARRASSMENT TO SOCIETY, WHY ARE WE EVEN FRIENDS]

The ability to see seraphim has nothing to do with belief. It's resonance that matters!

[Well, okay, believing sort of helps. But it's not the same at all!]

Yeah, that's true. There's a bunch of devout believers who still can't see seraphim. I really can only see seraphim because I was raised with them my whole life.

I think probably a similar word is spirits? Though not like ghosts. Everybody still has legs.

[...what.] Ah...Most ghosts have legs, Sorey...

[Is that world full of amputee ghosts my goodness...]

But I understand, I think. What's Resonance, exactly?

[Ghosts with legs exist?? Trippy.]

Resonance is literally the way a human's spirit connects with the rest of the world- how they perceive it, whether they see what is true, or what is expected. Those with high resonance and hear, sometimes even see seraphim, and they can recognize supernatural phenomena for what they are.

Without resonance, their minds explain it away as just unusual acts of nature.

[why would ghosts even want legs that's like so pointless when you float around]

But there are also humans who choose to believe in and worship the seraphim even if they can't perceive them. [Father Breunor and Alisha, specifically. They believed Sorey long before they really knew he'd been telling the truth.] Not as many as there used to be, but.

[He rubs his chin]

So...it's sort of like people with a sixth sense would have resonance?

I guess that's another way to phrase it. Maybe.

[He's never heard it called that before.]

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