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genessia2017-06-04 01:03 am
deathsought) wrote in genessia2017-06-04 01:03 am
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Action: Fairy Haven, Master's Quarters - Open to any member of Fairy Tail or anyone who lives in Fayren Haven
{ It would be quiet; barely audible, depending on where one was in the sprawling compound that Fairy Tail calls home. It was unmistakably Zeref's voice, but there could be none other heard. It might sound as if he were just... talking to himself. }
I almost gave this to them, you know. I was curious to know what they would have done with it.
{ There's the sound of rustling. Zeref sounded slightly sleepy, if one bothered to listen, as if he had only just woken up despite it being the middle of the afternoon. Maybe he was up late? }
What would they have done? Destroyed it? Opened it? They would have been in for a surprise if they had.
{ Whoever he's speaking to doesn't respond. If one bothers to peek into the room... he's speaking to a book laying on a desk parallel to the bed, propped up against the wall. Completely seriously, as if the book were alive and he was somehow expecting it to respond.
Suddenly, Zeref sighs, reaching for the white, outer-layer of his robe, unceremoniously discarded at the foot of the bed. He pulls it on, over the rest of his outfit. }
Why do I bother? I doubt you can hear me, anymore. I wonder if you're even alive in our world without this.
Text - OTA
I'd like to pose a rhetorical question, if I may. Much has been made about the issue of necromancy, in this world. The act of reanimating the dead into 'undead,' as the term I've been hearing up until now.
What I've heard little about is resurrection. Not merely reanimating the dead; restoring life itself. Reversing death. Bringing a soul back from the afterlife and returning it to this world. In my world, it is taboo, regardless of the circumstances or how unfair or undeserved the death was.
Death is ultimately meaningless in this world, at least for those of us with amulets. When one of us dies, we reawaken in the Bay, even if doing so often has a price. Regardless, I've heard some of us say that impermanent death cheapens it.
Why this distinction? What difference is there, truly, between necromancers, and whomever, or whatever it was that brought us here reducing death to a mere transaction?
{ It would be quiet; barely audible, depending on where one was in the sprawling compound that Fairy Tail calls home. It was unmistakably Zeref's voice, but there could be none other heard. It might sound as if he were just... talking to himself. }
I almost gave this to them, you know. I was curious to know what they would have done with it.
{ There's the sound of rustling. Zeref sounded slightly sleepy, if one bothered to listen, as if he had only just woken up despite it being the middle of the afternoon. Maybe he was up late? }
What would they have done? Destroyed it? Opened it? They would have been in for a surprise if they had.
{ Whoever he's speaking to doesn't respond. If one bothers to peek into the room... he's speaking to a book laying on a desk parallel to the bed, propped up against the wall. Completely seriously, as if the book were alive and he was somehow expecting it to respond.
Suddenly, Zeref sighs, reaching for the white, outer-layer of his robe, unceremoniously discarded at the foot of the bed. He pulls it on, over the rest of his outfit. }
Why do I bother? I doubt you can hear me, anymore. I wonder if you're even alive in our world without this.
Text - OTA
I'd like to pose a rhetorical question, if I may. Much has been made about the issue of necromancy, in this world. The act of reanimating the dead into 'undead,' as the term I've been hearing up until now.
What I've heard little about is resurrection. Not merely reanimating the dead; restoring life itself. Reversing death. Bringing a soul back from the afterlife and returning it to this world. In my world, it is taboo, regardless of the circumstances or how unfair or undeserved the death was.
Death is ultimately meaningless in this world, at least for those of us with amulets. When one of us dies, we reawaken in the Bay, even if doing so often has a price. Regardless, I've heard some of us say that impermanent death cheapens it.
Why this distinction? What difference is there, truly, between necromancers, and whomever, or whatever it was that brought us here reducing death to a mere transaction?
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Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with magic users as such. But magic is a way of waging war I know nothing about. I want to learn, and be prepared.
From what I understood he used magic to put his soul? his mind? back into the clone body. But I'll have to ask. I didn't ask for details, and the only person I can ask might not even know them. Disrupting the flow of magic might be the solution again?
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{ Well, it's not like it's a big secret; if he really wanted to, he could read the Genessia Tribune's archives. Thankfully, only the bare minimum of details are publicly known, which is all Zeref would have been willing to share, anyway. }
A poison, of some kind. I'm not sure about the specifics, and I'm fairly certain that all recovered samples were destroyed, and the substance itself is now banned in Fayren, if not by the Guardians then by the Royal Family and the Ivory Tower. The poison proved lethal to mages, however, and it was this, along with their sheer brutality and inhumane treatment of prisoners, that led them to be seen less as the freedom fighters they wanted to be recognized as, and more like terrorists.
In that case, it's certainly possible, but without knowing more, I cannot say. Transferring a mind or a soul into another body isn't entirely unheard of, but extraordinarily difficult. I only know of one person who wanted to do it; and apparently, she succeeded.
{ Which he has mixed feelings about, if what Erza told him was true. And he has no reason not to believe her. }
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Were the fatal effects of the poison intended or a side effect? When you spoke of disrupting the flow of magic, I had been expecting something along the lines of dampening their powers, a kind of tranquilizer for magic abilities, or a device to disrupt magical influence in a specific area. I didn't expect to hear of poison.
I've got to admit I didn't pay attention to news about the Hands of Decay. [ He'd been intrigued by the situation in Everglade, but Fayren was too foreign, and he had chosen to ignore it. Maybe a mistake. ] I've never even been to Fayren. All I know is they hate magic?
Extraordinarily difficult things wouldn't stop a man who rules an entire galaxy, but that's all I know. I'll try to learn more.
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{ Not that he's opposed to answering these questions... to a point. }
Given how radical they were, I strongly suspect it was intended. They believed that magic was a tool of oppression over those who don't have it, and anyone who disagreed with that view was not only wrong, but their enemy.
Magic is as much of a part of life in Fayren as electricity is in Genessia City, Attleton, or Nova City. Just like in my world, it is no more evil than fire. Fire can be used to warm your home, or to burn it down. It is mages who are every bit as capable of evil as any other human being.
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I see, thank you for explaining the Hands of Decay.
[ And he can even understand the backlash in a way, he still remembers his terror and helplessness when he realized that Emerald had used her powers to turn him against an innocent just to prove she could. ]
To fear what's different and turn against it is a base instinct we all have. But it's one we have to fight within us, and we can't tolerate others who don't fight theirs. There can be no place for people who think like that.
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but because they didn't want to be associated with people who bombed schools and experimented on living human beings.
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Unfortunately, most people consider tyranny acceptable as long as they aren't directly affected. It is only when the atrocities become too terrible to fake ignorance that they will distance themselves, and then it's still far too few who are willing to act.
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Again, thank you for this conversation. It's been informative.
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But you are welcome, regardless.