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[armum]

[How many full-fledged knights come for a stay? Lightning is armored, armed and looking every inch a servant of her goddess, Etro. This woman doesn't do weak and she is pausing only to address any who might be watching. Then, when her message is concluded, she will continue on her way. Time doesn't fix itself, you know, and she has a little sister to guide...to find...

Her job is never done - or so it feels.]

Was this your desire, great Etro? [Her exhaled breath lifts her pink fringe.] I am Lightning Farron, a servant of the Goddess Etro. If it was by her will that I was brought to this location, so be it, but I sense that someone has interfered. I must return to Valhalla.

[She glances at her audience sharply.]

The unseen will reveal itself in time.

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[alwaysimpaled]

Dunno who the hell this Etro is supposed to be, but I can tell you right now there's no god that holds power here.

[armum]

She is - [Lightning frowns, trailing off before she finishes her thought.] None? Are you certain?

[alwaysimpaled]

Yeah, don't... actually care who she is either. Religion and I don't really mix, and yeah I'm sure. There have even been gods that have been stuck here before.

[Shrug.]

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[liorafae]

[Omg, someone who shares the burden of having to carry out a mission for a goddess. Liora isn't sure what to say, so she'll probably spit out the first thing that comes to mind.]

I...I wonder how much time? I mean...I have to do something by the Lightweaver's will...but I don't think it was by her will that I ended up here.

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[armum]

[The Lightweaver. That isn't a name - or a title - she has encountered. Her worry increases and she stands taller, stiffer.]

Then by whose will are we present? Has time been put on hold in our absence? There are so many variables... So many time-lines... What they do is reckless.

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[liorafae]

They say it's the spirits in this world that brought us here. They're still trying to find out what their ultimate goal is. I've been told that time stands still in our own worlds. I'm not sure whether to believe it, but I don't know what to do...

[She fidgets with her talons, the worry apparent on her face.]

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[heartboop]

Isn't the point of something being unseen is that it's...unseen?

[It made way more sense in her head than coming out her mouth.]

Like...not being seen? At all? [Does that make more sense???]

[Video]

[armum]

For the time being. It need not be unseen forever. [Time changes everything except, maybe, emotions. Deep emotions.]

[Video]

[heartboop]

Do you really need to see it, though? Seems like it's unseen for a reason.

[Not everything is meant to be uncovered.]

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[thorons]

Unfortunately it isn't that easy to return. Many here want to go back to where they came from- but I will let you know that the place you are from is halted in time. Well, in your time.

So, you have nothing to worry about for the time being. [hope...fully....]

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[armum]

Thank you. [She is appreciative that there is nothing she is missing.] But I won't abandon my mission. There must be some reason I have been brought here.

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[thorons]

Ah- unfortunately there really isn't a reason as to why any of us are here. I have been brought back here twice now, and I still haven't found the solution.

Might I ask just what your mission is?

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[alternas]

'The unseen will reveal itself' ? ( when he repeats it, his lip seems to curl just slightly. sounded something like a prophecy... and he'd had his share of those. )

Doesn't sound ominous at all... ( but it's more for himself than anyone else's benefit. all the same— ) Sorry though, don't know anything about an Etro.

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[armum]

It is inevitable. What we don't know, what we don't wish to see, will make itself known in time. [If it exists as even a bare possibility, it needs attention. Lightning glances at him, solemn.]

The future is always ominous. We cannot see the effect of our actions. [She gives a short nod.] I am out of her hands. It changes little.

[alternas]

( cryptic, dude. all of this is so cryptic.
in fact, noctis is even squinting trying to make sense of what he thinks might be some kind of... double-speak? )

Isn't that just like saying you can't outrun your fate? Unless you're talking about something more tangible like, a way home or something... Which, if you're wondering, hasn't been found yet.

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[ultravires]

[ Oh? What's this? Ardyn is intrigued. ] My goodness, what a fantastic and mysterious introduction.

I am Ardyn, my dear.. who is this Goddess Etro?

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[armum]

I spoke honestly; it wasn't meant to be a performance. [But maybe that can't be helped.]

Come, pity poor Etro, she was left all alone. Her blood pouring forth, in Chaos to atone. Queen of nothing, goddess of death—so let her be known. She protects the balance between life and death. She is also one of humanity's creators.

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[burnwithawesome]

[It's been a long time since Johnny has seen Lightning. He knew her or well, a different her. He has his memories from a place that he was in before Genessia and Lightning was there. She and Johnny were intimately close, so seeing her again does stir up some stuff in him.]

Places like this don't let anyone go until they are good and ready to, Light.

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[armum]

[The familiarity catches her off-guard and she gives him a long look, brows rising in silent question.]

Do you...know me? [If so, her memory is failing her and that isn't a good feeling.]

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[astralera]

[ Era can relate far too well to this particular arrival. She considers it for a time before finally responding. ]

If you have not already been informed, time does not pass in our homelands whilst we are here. It does not make it any less frustrating for those of us with such duties, but I found it to be a comfort.

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[armum]

I am comforted, but I cannot rely on time remaining paused. My fate is not the only one at stake and I have been entrusted with a sacred duty.

[One she does not take lightly. However she loses some of her hard edges as she focuses on Era.]

You have similar callings?

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[soulsforsale]

Are you one of those religious fanatics?

[Because to her that is what it sounds like.]

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[armum]

Fanatic? No. But I am a servant of a goddess. [Because she chose to be; Etro made her sins obvious and now Lightning is fighting to right them.]

Video - I"M LATE

[greenmagick]

Excuse me?

[Terra is sitting in the green house behind the Attleton flower shop when she flicks on the screen. There are panels of glass behind her a thick green bushes with colorful accents budding from their branches.]

Who is Etro?

Video - You're fine!

[armum]

A goddess. [That doesn't begin to cover Etro, but if she isn't here, Lightning has to adapt to a new set of circumstances. Again.] It seems like I'm on my own.

Are those flowers? [She hasn't seen blooms like that for awhile.]