Aurora - Rean Heart

[awakenerd]

You float in a void--darkness around you, above, below, in every direction, nothing. You stand on nothing, you even breathe nothing. But you do not feel in danger, you are not suffocating. You are simply existing in… Nothing.

Crow | Towa | Dusk | 80H | Rufus

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Re: Rufus

[ruinatings]

[Well that's unsettling! He turns around, steeling himself for the potential nonsense.]

Very much so, yes.

Re: Rufus

[awakenerd]

Hey it's you.

"Well now. I don't see this every day."

Re: Rufus

[ruinatings]

I imagine not.

[And he doesn't appreciate being imitated, even if he's very pretty!]

Am I supposed to solve some sort of puzzle here?

Re: Rufus

[awakenerd]

"To be perfectly honest, I have no idea. You and the others simply... Showed up. Uninvited, as it were."

Re: Rufus

[ruinatings]

We were invited by a third party. I assume there's something we're meant to meddle with.

Re: Rufus

[awakenerd]

"I will not stop you. Though I may answer your questions if you like. Or you can flail around on your own."

Re: Rufus

[ruinatings]

I don't need that tone from you.

[He sighs, tucking some hair behind his ear.]

What are you meant to be?

Re: Rufus

[awakenerd]

"You could say I am you, if you like."

Re: Rufus

[ruinatings]

No thank you. Is there anything odd here that needs to be addressed? If so, where do I find it?

Re: Rufus

[awakenerd]

"I'm afraid you'll have to define "odd". The soul is more or less in its normal state, but I doubt anyone would call it a normal soul."

Re: Rufus

[ruinatings]

I was aware.

[Nothing new, then. But actually, there are some interesting questions he could ask!]

Alright then. Why are you here?

Re: Rufus

[awakenerd]

"Oh me? You wouldn't know I suppose. The truth is in seven years you'll become aware of your passionate feelings for Schwarzer. The two of you elope and live the rest of your life together as a doting couple."

Re: Rufus

[ruinatings]

...Please don't make such terrible jokes with my face.

Re: Rufus

[awakenerd]

"Oh you are so young. Very well, I shall answer seriously. Though I'm not sure I really have to. You cannot tell me you don't have some idea why I'm here."

Re: Rufus

[ruinatings]

I can guess. But I want to hear confirmation even so.

Re: Rufus

[awakenerd]

"Very well. I am here because all the Divine Knights are. My existence is only tiny fraction of you, or me as it happens, but we are all linked and interwoven, through time, fate, and more literally. Within Rean is a bit of each of us, and in each of us is a bit of Rean."

CS4 spoilers go away vynd

[ruinatings]

As I suspected.

[Ew though? And after he gave up on the idea of immortality...]

So it's all the final Awakeners after all. How exactly did that happen?

[awakenerd]

"As for the details... I'm afraid until he remembers I will also be ignorant. Inconvenient, but inevitable."

[ruinatings]

Of course.

[Sigh!!]

What do you remember?

[awakenerd]

"Some of the original plan, and life, and fragments of various lifetimes since. You and he have been allies and enemies on many occasions. You'll have to be more specific."

[ruinatings]

That's enough. I only wanted to know if he's been avoiding telling me anything.

[awakenerd]

"He certainly hasn't been forthcoming on what he remembers. But he's not entirely lying whenever he says it's vague. Oh, about fifty percent a lie I suppose."

[ruinatings]

Still an unacceptable amount.

[Ugh.]

Regardless. Let me go somewhere useful. People I care about will be upset if he doesn't wake up.

[awakenerd]

"How sweet. But you'll have to give me some vague idea where you want to go or it will simply respond to your own issues and wishes. That might interest you in itself, but you can pick your own path."

[ruinatings]

[Mrrgh no. That sounds unfun! Rufus doesn't need to think about his own issues at all!]

If what I do may change something, I'd like to see about his self-neglect. He should be more willing to worry about himself before meddling in others' affairs.