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]

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.

[awakenerd]

"That is a tricky one."

[ruinatings]

Am I always this annoying?

[awakenerd]

".............................."





"Oh no, never."

[ruinatings]

[He can't even be mad. He knows he would've had the exact same reaction if someone asked him that question...]

I shouldn't have asked.

[awakenerd]

"Perhaps not. However what I said wasn't to mislead you. How convenient it would be if there were a manifestation of "self-neglect" but unfortunately, it's a rather permeating presence."

[ruinatings]

Then send me wherever has the most direct connection to the problem. His desire to be nosy, perhaps...

[awakenerd]

The other Rufus just smiles.

"Well, turn around."

[ruinatings]

[Y'KNOW SOMEHOW I DON'T TRUST THAT FACE ON MYSELF...

But fine. Whatever. He'll turn around.]

[awakenerd]

You turn around.

A box made of light, with a thousand locks on it. And yet, for all it’s made entirely of pure light, it seems worn. Well handled and well loved. For all it’s secure, that is because it is precious. It radiates a chill, but somehow it’s a refreshing sort of cold.

[ruinatings]

[Oh, interesting.

He's immediately picking it up and poking it for weaknesses.]