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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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Nothing so banal, I assure you. It... [He trails off, tapping his chin thoughtfully, trying to find a few words to get across the gist of it.] ...was a very ancient being who was once a man who was determined to reshape the world in his vision.
...at least on the surface. In reality, he was a pawn to an even older being who wanted to reshape the world in his vision. It's all very complicated, really.
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How ancient?
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3,000 years, give or take.
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{ And he thought four hundred was old. }
How is that possible?
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Why, normally, one year after another. Add enough together, and well, three thousand come and go.
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{ People like Precht and Warrod are the exception, and not the rule. Mages seem to have slightly longer lifespans than normal humans in his world. And then you have people like himself and Mavis, who are immortal, and Acnologia and Eileen, who became dragons, and dragons can live to be potentially thousands of years old.
And he's fairly certain that the 'ancients' Dorian spoke of aren't dragons. }
Or do people in your world live that long naturally? { A beat. } How old are you?
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[He shakes his head.]
Humans are no longer lived than anyone else, mage or no, unless we also cheat. It's generally frowned upon.
action - enters a blond fairy
Hello, Dorian.
[She also has a smile for Zeref but she doesn't say anything to him. He's the one who asked her to come join them, after all.]
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{ Zeref's expression softens the moment Mavis enters the room. He almost forgets his question to Dorian, as he scoots over, allowing Mavis room to sit next to him. }
Welcome home, Mavis. I was just having the most fascinating conversation with Dorian, about his world... and his magic.
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Good afternoon, Mavis, and Zeref is correct, we were, indeed. [He glanced over to Zeref before continuing.] Though I'm beginning to suspect he has some sort of endgame in mind.
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It seems to me that you're starting to know him pretty well.
[She turns to Zeref expectantly.]
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{ Not that he was being very subtle to begin with. Zeref placed a hand on Mavis', before turning to Dorian, smiling as if what he was about to say was as casual as talking about the weather. }
It's simple. If the spirits from beyond the barrier attack again, I want to bind one into a body, and interrogate it.
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And you believe these spirits to have some method of communication intelligible to us?
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Once bound to a physical body, they should be able to communicate via signs at least, no? ...They might refuse to, though.
[And it'd be hard to know if it's because they couldn't understand the question or just didn't want to answer.]
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I see. You want me to facilitate an interrogation.
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Will they be bound to a body forever or will you be able to release them once we're done talking to them?
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{ Maybe not as painless as when Seilah was here... she could compel someone to do anything against their will using her Macro curse, but depending on what kind of mood she's in, she could either just force someone to tell her what she wants to know, or make them do something like play Russian Roulette, instead. }
I don't know. I only know what Dorian told me about how his magic works. I would hope we'd be able to release them... preferably without killing them, again.