First Rose Fragment: Little Doll on a Suitcase [Video]

[firstrose]

[A little face frowns at the screen.] Jun? ...Did a version of you make the wrong choice again?

[She sighs, the feed shows a slender girl with long light grey hair wearing an old fashioned frilly black dress. She's sitting on what looks like a gigantic brown suitcase. Or at least it seems gigantic compared to the girl's size, since she could clearly fit completely inside of it. Also she's currently sitting on it and her feet aren't touching the ground.]

Pretty sure our lovely Shinku messed up again. [Honestly her bet is on Kirakishou, their crazy younger sister. But she won't say that out loud. She's too used to blaming Shinku anyway.] Seriously I have better things to do than being sent to some weird place I know nothing about.

[She has to find Megu. She has to. She made a promise.]

Is anyone even hearing this?

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[ audio ]

[deathsought]

Only in the loosest sense of the word.

Fiore. [ Try finding that one on a globe. ]

[Video]

[firstrose]

What's that supposed to mean?

Nice. [It doesn't ring a bell. But whatever.]

[ audio ]

[deathsought]

That is a very long story. One that spans four hundred years.

[ audio ]

[firstrose]

Four hundred years? [A pause.] No med... human being can live that long.

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[deathsought]

Normally, no, they can't. [ A sigh. He shouldn't have mentioned that. It's obvious that he doesn't like talking about it. ] But then... most humans don't involve themselves in the type of magic I've learned.

[ audio ]

[firstrose]

Magic? Are you a... [How do they call it already? Ah, yes...] wizard?

[ audio ]

[deathsought]

Yes. [ A beat. ] Do mages not exist in your world>

[ audio ]

[firstrose]

They might. Though I'm not sure I know the difference between the two.

[ audio ]

[deathsought]

Strictly speaking, 'mage' and 'wizard' are synonyms.

[ audio ]

[firstrose]

That brings the question... Are you a good or a bad wizard?

[ audio ]

[deathsought]

[ A long pause. When he speaks again, it's clear he's somewhat upset from the tone of his voice. She just had to go right for the throat... ]

History remembers me as the worst who has ever lived.

[ And he's not talking about skill. ]

[ audio ]

[firstrose]

My, my, isn't that impressive?

[She says that in a tone that tries to be caressing.]

Being number one is always something to proud of.

[Good or bad doesn't really matter.]

[ audio ]

[deathsought]

I'm not proud of the fact that millions are dead because of me.

[ audio ]

[firstrose]

How did they die exactly?

[ audio ]

[deathsought]

It is too long to list. Suffice it to say that it was because of my magic.

[ audio ]

[firstrose]

[Okay, Zeref. She'll leave it at that, for now.]

So what can you tell me about this world?

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[deathsought]

This world is made up of cities protected by 'guardians.' Beyond that, it appears to be a nexus between several different worlds, connected by 'gateways.' Beyond that... I don't know.

[ Zeref pauses, and takes in a deep breath through his nose. ]

I can still feel Eternano in this world, or at least something that feels very similar to it.