walking in a winter wonderland. (MINGLE)

[mirroromirror]

Who: Everyone on the planet!
Broadcast: N/A
Action: Snow planet, it's a winter wonderland~
When: From when the planet is in reach until it's time to leave!

[ ooooh the weather outside is frightful

but the fire is soooo delightful

and since we've got places to goooo

let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! ]

[ ooc: link to planet info! ]

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[wilder]

[He's...not exactly surprised to see that look of horror. It's a sobering tale alright. One that only gets worse and worse the more you learn]

I...don't know how he pulled it off, exactly. [There were speculations, but-] The system's been going on for thousands of years. Records of what happened that long ago are either very scarce, or very edited.

By my time...well, it's been going on for so long, almost everyone accepted it as the truth of things.

[limitstorm]

[ riku opens his mouth to ask about thousands of years, before he silences himself. he doesn't really know how old xehanort is. it's perfectly feasible. he exhales, pressing a hand against a closed eye. ]

So what were you supposed to do? How did you... [ ... can he even finish that sentence? ]

[wilder]

[Wow that's so rude Riku, Master Xehanort does not look in his thousands take that back. ]

Life on our world requires a type of energy called mana to survive. Thanks to an ancient war that nearly destroyed the world, mana's in limited supply. So Yggdrassil split the world into two worlds connected to one another through mana links. It works like an hourglass, one world would always be receiving mana and flourishing - while the other would be declining. He claimed it was prevent technology from getting advanced enough to start another war like the Ancient Kharlan War...but if that's the truth, I don't know. Maybe it was a long time ago.

[He shakes his head]

Anyway- if a Chosen is in the declining world- it's their job to go on a journey that reverses the mana flow so their world can become the flourishing one. Along the way, the rituals cause them to go through- well, the condition I mentioned to you before. But unlike me, they don't have a proper keycrest...so each time the condition worsens, they lose more and more of their humanity until there's nothing left and they're fit to be a vessel.

If they're from the flourishing world, like I was - well, you're pretty much expected to sit in a gilded cage until your world starts to go into decline, or you produce an heir that's got a good enough mana signature to be the next Chosen. Maybe Cruxis snatches any Chosen that's very likely to be a successful vessel- I don't know. They only really contacted me for spy work, so I guess I didn't meet those qualifications.

and now for a little backtracking 8|; THIS IS DEPRESSING

[limitstorm]

And if you had, you'd just...

[ ... ugh, that's horrifying to imagine. ]

I'm--I'm sorry, I didn't know. A cage, a prison... I think I kind of understand.

JUST A LITTLE

[wilder]

[There's a pause from Kaneis as Riku seems to fish to find words]

...Sorry. I know there's not a lot to say to a story like that.

[He gives a simple shrug and headshake at Riku's apology.] Don't apologize for not knowing- it's not like I talk about it much.

[limitstorm]

Yeah, it's... the kind of stuff that leaves you speechless.

[ he sighs, nonetheless. ]

I'm just sorry you had to go through it at all.

[wilder]

[He gives an awkward shrug.]

...Yeah, well- it was a long time ago. Literally in another lifetime. I find it better not to dwell on it.

[limitstorm]

[ you're better at it than i am, even though i didn't go through anything nearly as bad.

somehow, he admires kaneis even more after that. ]

Remind me to buy you something to drink next time we get to a place with good alcohol.