video | r u freakin kiddin me

[takehisplace]

Who: Luke fon Fabre
Broadcast: Yes
Action: The Marsiva
When: The late morning

[video;]

[Luke is already up and running around when the feed snaps on. He's got bright red hair and a long white coat, opened to show a red gem at his collarbone.]

Hey! Is anyone here? Can anyone hear me? I'm-- uh, I think I'm trapped! Hello?

[Wait, there's a red light and some kind of screen! He rushes over, not really recognizing this kind of technology but he'll take it. The stuff in the ranches was a lot like this, just less polished.]

There has to be a way... Maybe I can pull up a map? What would Jade do... Wait, I know! [He smashes a LOT OF BUTTONS. And turns the feed off in the process.

Oops.]

Comments

[nerdeology]

Renewed how? What happens to it?

[takehisplace]

The mana comes back.

[nerdeology]

I see... so, what are the trials?

[Because that sounds kind of familiar.]

[takehisplace]

Fighting monsters, solving puzzles, and fighting a guardian of some kind at the end. [A pause.] The Chosen also, uh, becomes an angel.

[DID HE FORGET TO MENTION THAT? YUP.]

[nerdeology]

[WOW THAT SURE DOES SOUND FAMILIAR YEP]

Is that what the hero's sacrifice was? Becoming an angel?

[takehisplace]

[Oh, good. Mikleo isn't interrogating Luke on that particular aspect just yet.]

Yeah. And that's why an angel is needed to wake the goddess.

[nerdeology]

[Yeah, give him time.]

How are angels different from humans? We don't really have them on my world, but people here keep mistaking me for one, so I'm interested in knowing more about what they are, exactly.

[takehisplace]

They're stronger, faster, and they have holy magic. [A pause.] And wings.

Why do people think you're an angel?

[nerdeology]

I'm a seraph. Apparently, to some, the words are interchangeable, but I wouldn't call my magic holy, and I definitely don't have wings.

[takehisplace]

Seraphim are supposed to be the highest order of angels. But it sounds like you're not the same kind that's in the stories. Maybe that's a good thing.

[A while ago, he might have been in awe at the very term, but now he is cautious. Cruxis isn't what they seem. Granted, people trying to kill you and use your body for shenanigans is bound to make anyone cautious.]

What kind of seraph are you? If you don't mind me asking, that is.

[nerdeology]

I don't mind. Though I'm not sure if I can offer you a satisfactory answer- where I'm from, a seraph is a seraph. We don't have angel-types.

[There's a hierarchy, but he suspects it's not the same thing.]

Seraphim are like elemental spirits. My element is water. Being a seraph doesn't guarantee that we'll be stronger or faster than humans, really, but we do have seraphic artes. Or magic, as you called it.

[takehisplace]

I see...

[This is definitely interesting, and very different from what he's grown up with in the Church of Martel.]

Humans don't have magic, but elves and half-elves do. Other than that, they're about the same... aside from the lifespan thing.

[nerdeology]

I've heard a little about elves... they live for a very long time, don't they? The one I met had been alive for thousands of years.

[takehisplace]

I'm not sure how long they live since I've never met one. Half-elves can live for a few hundred, maybe longer.

Where did you meet an elf?

[nerdeology]

On the Huntress. He's part of my crew.

He might be a different kind of elf, though. A few hundred years seems too short, going by what he was saying.

[takehisplace]

I can't imagine living that long. Is he really old and wise? Does he have a beard that reaches the floor?

[LUKE NO]

[nerdeology]

[PFFFT]

He doesn't right now, though one's fashion can change a lot over the course of thousands of years, I bet. Maybe I'll ask him.

But actually, he didn't look older than thirty or so.

[takehisplace]

[Meet Luke, he's embarrassing as hell.]

Oh, yeah! Maybe he used to have a big bushy one and he shaved it off when it was out of fashion.

I guess that's to be expected, even if he's a really old elf.

[nerdeology]

I have a feeling that once you reach a certain age, fashion becomes less of a priority.

[Though Lailah fussed about it plenty when the subject came up... maybe she was the outlier. A lot of things about her were pretty unique.]