AUDIENCE FOR: Emet-Selch

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[ktiseos]

It certainly doesn't look like any sort of academic institution I am familiar with. What is the purpose of this?

[judgy as always,]

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Looks like a decent school to me.

[ terrible. they sound very amused. ]

[ktiseos]

I doubt you would know one if--

[hi i'm on my laptop and can pull up links (:

in a little shower of stardust, aquila gets a memory of his, up to 1:41:56 of this video from the timestamp.

what has he been up to since leaving the prism? well. here's the last thing he remembers.]

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[ ... oh.

as the stardust clears on the vision of the world from before - that magical sort of emptiness, the growing dread and despair through the little bird's talk, the reactions of the people around them, aquila seems... surprised, at first, shoulders hunched up.

...

they're silent for a long moment before they relax again, rolling their shoulders back and shaking their head, enough that the veil moves with the motion, like they could clear it free of their vision.

there's a beat. ]

Is - do you remember that?

[ktiseos]

...I do.

[his voice is quieter, at that. tense.]

It is what I recall before being brought here. We should be able to allow our-- future collaborator to escape, but whether we shall do so--

There will not be much time, before the process completes.

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[ hm.

yikes! ]

... And then - [ a pause. they stop, take a breath. ] ... The girl, she'll destroy mankind?

[ktiseos]

No. She will destroy our very world.

The Final Days-- it is all because of her. Her and her sisters. The dynamis they wield.

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[ they're quiet for a moment, pushing their hands into their pockets. ]

... Do you think it's inevitable?

[ktiseos]

It seems as if it is so.

[still quiet, his voice lower in tone.]

...we've no control in Ktisis Hyperboreia, no way to disrupt Kairos' processes. Meteion has already fled to join her sisters. Even should we escape with our memories-

Zodiark's summoning was the only way we could protect our star from their song, and I do not know if that would change even if we retained our memories of the calamity's cause.

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[ an inevitable fate, and the destruction of a world. there's a lot in here they don't really understand, but, they do seem deeply troubled; they listen to everything emet-selch says, letting the silence stretch between the two of them for a long moment

...

and after a moment, they shift, leaning over to press their arm against his, gently. ]

Shit, Emet-Selch. [ quiet, affected. ] 'm sorry.

[ktiseos]

[he's clearly tense, when they lean against him. it's-- he tries to think there must still be a way, but...

he doesn't see what it would be, now. it was easier before. before they knew the true cause and before hermes betrayed them before his eyes, allowing it to begin. her escape will be the start of the end.

the start of his own inevitable descent, from what he's been told. that future self of his that other people know, who certainly exists.]

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[ they just stay like that for a moment - they're a little tense too. maybe with worry, or maybe something different. it's hard to say.

... ]

Fate can be kind of a bitch. [ is their quiet response, eventually. ] I know.

[ktiseos]

I think I can understand, [he says, eventually,] why it is not always meant to be known.

[if there's no changing it, then knowing the future will be terrible is--

...yeah. kind of a bitch.]

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Mhm.

[ ... they shift a little, to pull back. ]

... So when you go back, it'll all be forgotten, but the fate'll still be there. 's even worse, somehow.

[ktiseos]

[his arm shifts slightly in turn, when they pull back, like he wants to reach out, but. he lets them move.]

...so it is.

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[ ah. well! they stop when he shifts, so. we are here now, in touch limbo. ]

Sure it doesn't help people here knew you from the future, either.

[ktiseos]

[his expression twists a little, at the mention of his future self.]

No, it does not. It lends all the more legitimacy to that future-- to my future.

[several moments pass, though, before:]

But Lup has been-- insistent that he is not entirely terrible.

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[ a little snort. ]

's good. [ a beat. ] She's a pretty good judge of character. So, I'd agree.

[ktiseos]

Oh, and you would know, I assume.

[he says, with a brow raised.]

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[ cheerfully: ]

I would! Yeah.

[ktiseos]

[they just get-- exactly this, actually.]

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[ well

this face makes them laugh, a snort, and then their shoulders are shaking a little. ]

What!

[ktiseos]

[oh, he huffs at that, giving their shoulder a light shove.]

Incorrigible.

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[ hehehehehe

they seem very pleased. very amused. very proud of themselves. they've successfully lightened the mood! ]

I didn't even do anything. [ uh huh ]

[ktiseos]

Yes, yes, never done a thing in your life, I am certain.

[he rolls his eyes.]