Oerba, Gran Pulse, Wednesday
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pulseof_lifeRather than remain in New Bodhum for the day, though they would return there for the night, Caius teleported them all to the ruins of a village. The buildings were made of metal (heavily rusted) and wood, which had held up surprisingly well under the ravages of time. Inside the buildings, personal things could be found: combs left on dressers, a few ancient photographs, and neatly folded blankets forgotten on the ends of beds.
A wide road cut through the village and a broad staircase led down to a murky beach. On top of one of the buildings, an overgrown fountain and the remnants of a garden could be found.
Powered crystal, which looked like snow from far away, and like sand close up, choked the side streets and surrounded the village.
"Welcome," Yeul said softly, "to Oerba."
[NFB and for them that have been invited. The theme songs for Oerba are: Dust to Dust and Ruined Hometown.]
A wide road cut through the village and a broad staircase led down to a murky beach. On top of one of the buildings, an overgrown fountain and the remnants of a garden could be found.
Powered crystal, which looked like snow from far away, and like sand close up, choked the side streets and surrounded the village.
"Welcome," Yeul said softly, "to Oerba."
[NFB and for them that have been invited. The theme songs for Oerba are: Dust to Dust and Ruined Hometown.]
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Date: 2013-08-28 01:22 pm (UTC)Time left all things abandoned.
That knowledge didn't bother her.
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Date: 2013-08-28 03:10 pm (UTC)It was a ruin. Whatever had taken place, it had done so years ago. She was not so much awed or struck with sadness as she was curious.
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Date: 2013-08-28 08:46 pm (UTC)Translation: My sisters are upset and I'm uncomfortable, so I'm going to be a brat until I regain some semblance of emotional equanimity.
Charming, Zee
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Date: 2013-08-28 10:37 pm (UTC)She continued placidly, "You're right, I was never a travel agent. I've never been anything but what I was born to be."
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Date: 2013-08-28 11:26 pm (UTC)Ignore Liara's evident enjoyment of their day trip. Zeela was trying to.
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Date: 2013-08-28 11:30 pm (UTC)She took a few steps down the wide street and looked back at Zeela.
"Come walk with me," she said, only the mildness in her voice making it seem like a suggestion.
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Date: 2013-08-28 11:44 pm (UTC)She grabbed a stick from beneath a tree and started idly poking at things as they passed.
"Did you know this place?" she asked, with a delicacy she usually tried to hide. "I mean, before it became the county's most depressing tourist trap?"
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Date: 2013-08-28 05:36 pm (UTC)"What... what was this place?"
It was fascinating.
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Date: 2013-08-28 11:50 pm (UTC)"I suppose all ruins were once something," he noted, softly. "What happened to it? Why did all the people leave?"
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Date: 2013-08-29 12:21 am (UTC)Was it that same war?
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Date: 2013-08-29 12:36 am (UTC)Some were made by gods.
"But no, the powers here that collided were Eidolons. Powerful beings that, of their own will chose to ally with strong-minded individuals on either side of the conflict."
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Date: 2013-08-28 08:14 pm (UTC)*We should write our mothers sometime soon,* Zhahar said solemnly. *To let them know we love and miss them.*
=Whatever.= Zeela's voice was gruff. =Our village is never gonna look like this, okay? We're gonna anchor somewhere before that happens. You'll see. Morrigen will never let this happen. Hell, that's why we're here, right? At school? To anchor Tryadnea as best we can. We're not about to be beaten by dirt.=
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Date: 2013-08-28 10:49 pm (UTC)But he was inclined to treat Yeul's friends well and went Sholeh, the youngest of the sisters, looked discomfited and Yeul was not around, he fell into step beside her.
"No people passed here," he offered quietly.
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Date: 2013-08-28 11:20 pm (UTC)She knelt down and picked up a handful of the crystal sand. "Did this arrive and choke them out?"
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Date: 2013-08-28 11:35 pm (UTC)She needed to know. For, err, reasons.
"What did they do to make the crystal sand come?" Was it perhaps something the Tryadneans had done in their own past? Was it something fixable?
...Judging by the village, Sholeh was going to go with "no."
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Date: 2013-08-28 11:44 pm (UTC)Wind tugged at his hair and the feathers he wore in it equally. "To cause this, they called down their Eidolons," he replied. Then, because he doubted she knew what those were, Caius elaborated, "Eidolons are powerful beings that sometimes choose to ally with humans who have the will power to intrigue them."
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