genessia | Seventh Mission [Video]

Entry tags:

Seventh Mission [Video]

[Public Video]

[Erza doesn't exactly look comfortable being on camera, but she's got a few messages to send.]

I'll be going to the Dream Docks for a few days, now that I'm certain that it's safe. If you have any jobs for members of Fairy Tail, feel free to contact Mavis Vermillion, Mirajane Strauss, Dorian Pavus, Blair, or Jack Harkness, and they can help you out.

[Private Video - Mavis and Zeref]

Is there anything that you want to know about, concerning what happens back home? I don't know how much of it I'll be able to answer, but I'll do what I can.

...Also, I can't recall if I said anything at the time, but... thanks for the help last month. I don't know if I would have gotten out of Attleton alive without either of you.

[Private Video - Mirajane]

Thanks - if you hadn't shown up, I don't know if I would have gone through with this. [She didn't exactly leave home at a great point in time.] It's a relief to know that things are going to turn out all right.

Though I do have to ask... How much of the Penalty Game did you record? [She saw this, though she's under the impression that only the first post is from Mira. At any rate, nobody else in Genessia could have gotten footage of that, unless one of the onlookers from that day happened to show up here and never tried contacting someone else from their world.] I understand that harmless pranking can help lighten the mood, but this may have had... unintended consequences.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

No thanks needed, Erza. [Not back then and not even now.] We have to be here for each other, don't we? And I know you would have done the same for us anyway. [Yes, she did say 'we'. Because at that point, she's pretty sure Erza would go rescue Zeref if he was in trouble. It wouldn't have been true a few months ago and they were still a long way from friends but Mavis got the feeling they had respect for each other.]

I'd like to know what happens to everyone after the end of the war against Alvarez, if you manage to see that far.

Of course - I guess that's a little silly of me. [She does notice the 'us', though anything that would pose a threat to Zeref would take a lot of people to take down.]

I'll be sure to let you know - Mira hasn't mentioned everyone, [Even Jellal hadn't come up until a few days ago] but at least I know that a lot of us make it out all right.

[As Erza says this, it occurs to her that she hasn't asked Mirajane much about their future. Maybe she should have. Maybe she should still...] Actually I never even asked her what happens to me or Zeref... [As usual, Mavis cares more about her guild than about herself.]

If I find out, I can let you know if you'd like. I haven't heard anything about that from Mira either, but I didn't think to ask. [The two of them are finally happy here in Genessia, and that's all that seems to matter right now.]

Yes, please.

[Mavis believes it's always best to know. If she doesn't like what Erza finds out, it will be even more motivation for her to seize the second chance they have here in Genessia.

But Zeref might have agreed with Erza on that.]

All right. To be honest, I'm most excited about seeing the Master again, though Wendy is a close second. [Between Makarov's death and Wendy's possession, those two have been weighing heavily on her from the time she arrived here to Mira's arrival. Hearing about it from Mira is one thing, but she wants to see it for herself.]

Edited 2017-12-03 00:43 (UTC)

I understand. I miss them too.

Oh, and... if you hear of someone named Zeira, could you let me know as well?

...That's your friend, right? [Mavis had mentioned her when Erza first showed up in Genessia. Erza hadn't given her much thought since then, though she did find it odd that someone from a hundred years ago still sounded like a young girl. She's not sure if Zeira had the same sort of curse that Mavis had, or something else was involved, but she shrugs it off - it's Mavis who's asking her to do this, so she'll do it without question.]

Of course I will. Maybe Gajeel will be able to shed some light on that.

[Mavis nods.] Yes. [A pause before she continues. This is going to sound weird but she trusts Erza not to judge her.] She died many years ago and yet... it feels like she's always been with me, even if nobody else could see her. Then, during the war against Alvarez, I got the feeling that her presence had gotten stronger and that other people could see or hear her too.

So I wondered if, maybe... [Weirdest things have happened with the Eclipse gate annd all this.]

Say no more. [It wouldn't be the first time where she believed someone to be dead, only for them to turn out alive. Between Lisanna and Jellal, stranger things have happened.]

If I find anything out, I'll let you know.

Thank you, Erza.

And if you need to talk when you come back, feel free to come to me. Sometimes the Dream Docks get us to see things we would not have expected.

Don't mention it.

{ He knew Mavis was going to go save Erza with or without him, and there was no way he'd have allowed Mavis to go alone. He'd never allow her to have to face Acnologia - or worse - by herself. Not after all they'd been through together, here. And besides; between the two of them, he's the one who had previous experience with Genessia's "fear illusions." }

But if you're going to the Dream Docks... yes, actually. { Zeref's expression soured. } Mirajane told me that one 'Anna Heartfilia' appeared during the climax of the war. I have history with her, and I'm very curious to know why she apparently never even tried to contact me, all of this time.

{ It's not easy to offend him, but it's clear that that particular revelation stung. }

I'll be sure to let you know. [That last name certainly sticks out.] I wasn't aware that you had a history with Lucy's family - is that her grandmother?

She's from my time, actually. We first met at the very end of the Dragon Civil War. By my estimate, that would make her Lucy's ancestor by five, maybe six generations.

{ Let that sink in a moment. }

Before Mavis, I might have considered her the closest thing I had to a friend, besides Igneel. I expected better of her.

...Really? [Erza supposes that she can't be too shocked - she did get frozen in time for seven years along with a good portion of her guild - but it certainly comes as a surprise.]

I don't think Fairy Sphere existed back then... Is there another magic that causes immortality? Or maybe it's the Eclipse Gate? ...I guess you wouldn't know either way, but I hope I can find out how that happened.

The Eclipse Gate. { Whether or not Zeref knew for sure what she was planning (thanks, Mashima), there really was no other logical explanation. } In fact, she helped design it. You're aware of how it works, aren't you? Celestial Spirit Magic was never my forte, but one thing I had learned on the subject was that time flowed differently in the Celestial Spirit World than it did on our own, just as it does, here. I had theorized that this meant that time and space are connected, and that if you manipulate one, you manipulate the other. I've heard this concept referred to as 'relativity,' here.

{ Who knew shonen manga could get into astrophysics? }

Of course, I am no Celestial Spirit Mage, nor did I have any of the twelve Zodiac Keys. Back then, perhaps even more so than in the present, the Heartfilias were the experts on the subject, and Anna, in particular, is the only person I've ever heard of to have possessed all twelve Keys at once. More importantly, I had a good feeling she'd be receptive to the idea that Acnologia was a menace, and needed to be destroyed. It was only logical that I go to her.

I'm more than a little disappointed to learn that despite all of that, she wouldn't even think to try to get in touch with me once she stepped through. She would have had nearly fifteen years to try. And if anyone other than Mavis could have figured out how, it would have been her.

Edited 2017-12-03 00:12 (UTC)

We experienced the differences in time firsthand. It was... a little annoying, to be honest. [She really wished that the spirits had mentioned that little detail before the party.]

If you're certain that she's there, then hopefully, I'll find out something to clear it up. I'm not sure how this place works, so I don't know how much control I'll have, or if I'll remember anything from here in the dream. It all seems strange to me, but it's something that needs to be done.

So I've heard. It was hard to miss the Celestial Spirits rebelling against their King. Even Tartaros found out about that. { That probably wasn't what she was talking about, but still. } I'd hope that Hisui had learned her lesson, but thanks to Natsu, she won't get another chance with Eclipse.

{ And the irony of Natsu destroying Eclipse, when Eclipse was the reason he was in the present at all, isn't lost on him. }

There's no other way Mirajane could have found out about Anna. It isn't common knowledge that the Heartfilias had any sort of connection to Eclipse, much less that they were responsible for its existence. Lucy didn't even seem to know the full story, herself, while she was here. I can only assume Layla kept most of it from her.

I have no reason not to believe Mirajane.

I'm glad that I was able to help you Erza and-

[That she wanted to send her a private message before saying goodbye for a few days? Well maybe that's too sentimental a thought for them, even as just friends. Of course... Erza bringing up the anon post made her blush a bit in embarrassment of being very clearly caught. She should have known it would come back to her since Mavis or Zeref obviously wouldn't and couldn't have taken the footage of the punishment game.]

Ah... that. Not to worry, I only called in a reporter to record what happened while we were outside when you directly defied me in front of the guild. I was... a little vengeful at the time, but I made sure I was the only one who had a copy of the recording. As for sharing it here? I did feel as your guild mate I should defend the claim to you being the best... so... should I ask what unintended consequence it may have caused?

Now it's got people saying I "have an A+ booty", whatever that means, or that they "want to get me under the mistletoe". It's... not really the sort of attention that I'm used to.

Then it's clear what I must do! Until the end of the Christmas Season, I'll be your personal body guard so that nobody else will be able to get you under the mistletoe! It's the least I can do to make amends.

[Yup, the fact that both bits of attention Erza referred to were from her, was not lost on her.]

And, it means you've got a nice bum, which I pointed out to you during the photo shoot too, so clearly other people are noticing now.

I'd appreciate it. I'd hate to be caught unawares - they can be so hard to spot. [Which is kind of the point, but Erza's not great at picking up on that.]

I-Is that it? I thought it had to do with pirates...

Funny you should say that! I saw one of the anons thought it was about pirates too! Was that you?

[She was fairly certain it wasn't, since Erza was a bit preoccupied with trying not to let her public humiliation become public knowledge here... but she looked like she could do for a topic change.]

Oh, and when you go to the dream docks can you tell me how my siblings are doing? I am a little worried about them.

It wasn't, but at least I'm not the only one who made that mistake.

[Erza nods, glad to have a reason to change the subject.]

Sure. You'd said that we'd left on a hundred year quest, right? If I see what happens when we get back from that, I'll be sure to let you know.

Assuming of course that your quest doesn't actually take you a hundred years.

Right. ...I hadn't considered that possibility. They don't take Gildarts that long, but then again, Gildarts is in a league of his own. Still, with all of us taking part, I'm sure we can handle it!

Actually, didn't Gildarts fail his hundred year quest?

[Granted, he failed because he dueled Acnologia and managed to actually survive... though it did cost him a literal arm and a leg.]

But if anyone can do it, it's definitely Fairy Tail's strongest team!

[Hey, Mirajane was the one who called them that, and she still firmly believes it! She'll will fight anyone who says otherwise! ... Or just cry if it's a member of the team who says it, like Gray.]

Ah... right. [It's a little hard to think of Gildarts failing any quest, even if it was interrupted by a being that took most of the known world to defeat.]

I hope we can live up to your expectations. ...Though after fighting guilds like Tartaros or Grimoire Heart, maybe this won't be so bad. [At the very least, they've got a rather varied set of skills.]

[A worried sigh comes from Mirajane.]

Just come home alive and well Erza, that's my biggest hope and expectation I'm willing to put on you.

[It wasn't like Mirajane to worry for Erza's safety, but 100 year quests were unpredictable even for Fairy Tail's strongest as Gildarts had proven.]

I'm sure I will. If Wendy and I could defeat Eileen, then I'm sure that we'll be able to handle whatever this quest involves if we all work together!

[Admittedly, she has no idea how they could beat Eileen - from what she's experienced, the gap between them seems massive, and she feels like Eileen hasn't begun to go all-out yet. Still, they survive that fight, so that's a good sign on its own.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Seventh Mission [Video]

[Private video to Erza]

[Private video to Erza]

[Private video to Erza]

[Private video to Erza]

[Private video to Erza]

[Private video to Erza]

[Private video to Erza]

[Private video to Erza]

[Private video to Erza]

[Private video to Erza]

[Private video to Erza]

[ private video ]

[ private video ]

[ private video ]

[ private video ]

[ private video ]

[ private video ]

[ private video ]

[Private Video]

[Private Video]

[Private Video]

[Private Video]

[Private Video]

[Private Video]

[Private Video]

[Private Video]

[Private Video]

[Private Video]

[Private Video]

[Private Video]