It's... well, somewhat, yes. It takes some time to adjust to a different age, while no one else necessarily knows there was ever any difference. Not many do know-- no one else, here. Somehow everyone's been polite enough not to question how my age was written.
[a slight sigh, with a brief shake of her head.]
Physically, it's not so difficult-- as I said back there, that loss doesn't bother me so much as just... having two fewer decades to work with.
[she has to think about that one. if this week has made one thing clear already, it's that she might not get to decide just what to let people know. it might not be the worst idea to just... take it into her own hands, here and there.
so eventually, she does answer, starting off with:]
They've been recovered, now, but there were seven relics put out into the world, each with different capabilities and a focus in a different school of magic. The Animus Bell, of course, but also the Oculus, the Philosopher's Stone, the Gaia Sash, the Temporal Chalice, the Phoenixfire Gauntlet... and the Bulwark Staff.
[Hmm. Yes, some of those names pop out to him as especially interesting. Philosopher's Stone, Temporal Chalice, Phoenixfire Gauntlet. . . yeah, he wouldn't say no to those. Especially that chalice. You ever see someone get a little bit of a thrall from a universe away?
But he sort of shrugs it off.]
And you are collecting these powerful things to remove them from the world, so they cannot be used to harm anyone?
That's a large part of it. The relics-- they were capable of so much more than we thought they were, we knew they would be powerful, but the things they could do... the Gaia Sash drowned an archipelago in minutes. The Phoenixfire Gauntlet left nothing but circles of black glass where there used to be cities. The Oculus could create a black hole and eliminate a whole army-- entire wars were fought, over these objects.
[so, not so great in practice.
one or two people know about this, already, have at least some of the pieces, and there might be some element here of knowing that if she obscures the truth her memories could just put the lie to it. but she's already mentioned she made her staff, and she has some hope that he might kind of understand.
there are still parts of this she won't ever want to tell someone willingly, but there's no need to bring those up.]
They were created in the first place to stop an entity that seeks out their power source from ever finding our plane, to separate it out across the seven of them and hide the Light that we put into them. The original thought process was that this was a better option than seeing the world destroyed-- and I objected to that when it was first decided, too, but it isn't the only way. I couldn't... it just couldn't continue, not when there's still an alternative.
[It's a little hard to follow, since he can tell there are pieces she's leaving out, but he understands a little. He understands the idea of creating something and learning it's too dangerous to continue to exist.
He nods.]
I can, uhm, see from the history of my world why this would have gone badly. Nothing like powerful magic to tempt people.
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[a slight shake of her head, there, as if clearing it after that memory.]
For the sake of removing it from the world.
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[He smiles a little at that.]
Something happened to a friend of mine like that. But only a few years.
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[she manages a small smile back, there.]
But it must still have been-- strange, for them, even if it was only by so much. I'm sorry they've had to experience it.
[even if it doesn't seem like much, a few years can make a difference.]
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[a slight sigh, with a brief shake of her head.]
Physically, it's not so difficult-- as I said back there, that loss doesn't bother me so much as just... having two fewer decades to work with.
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so eventually, she does answer, starting off with:]
They've been recovered, now, but there were seven relics put out into the world, each with different capabilities and a focus in a different school of magic. The Animus Bell, of course, but also the Oculus, the Philosopher's Stone, the Gaia Sash, the Temporal Chalice, the Phoenixfire Gauntlet... and the Bulwark Staff.
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But he sort of shrugs it off.]
And you are collecting these powerful things to remove them from the world, so they cannot be used to harm anyone?
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[so, not so great in practice.
one or two people know about this, already, have at least some of the pieces, and there might be some element here of knowing that if she obscures the truth her memories could just put the lie to it. but she's already mentioned she made her staff, and she has some hope that he might kind of understand.
there are still parts of this she won't ever want to tell someone willingly, but there's no need to bring those up.]
They were created in the first place to stop an entity that seeks out their power source from ever finding our plane, to separate it out across the seven of them and hide the Light that we put into them. The original thought process was that this was a better option than seeing the world destroyed-- and I objected to that when it was first decided, too, but it isn't the only way. I couldn't... it just couldn't continue, not when there's still an alternative.
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He nods.]
I can, uhm, see from the history of my world why this would have gone badly. Nothing like powerful magic to tempt people.