( aoi nods quietly, because it was terrifying. one accident left her in pieces, and even now she jumps at the darkest of shadows because it's so familiar.
and then she freezes, looking up at kuja slowly, eyes wide. )
... What do you mean, exactly...?
( she hadn't really hidden that she was involved in something bad- she outright called the outfit she'd arrived in sacrificial robes- but she hadn't confirmed her death publicly. did he mean something else...? )
Forgive me if I presume, but from how you've spoken I had taken you for a regular human girl. It could just be a quirk of being from.. dramatically different worlds. In which case I'll be quite contrite for making such a fuss.
[ dude, get to the point. ]
Again, you could have simply always lived this way, I have no way of knowing, but... It seems terrifically dangerous. It's no wonder you've gotten so chipped.
A soul walking the world bereft of a body... would be quite vulnerable. I didn't even think it was possible, but there you are, tangible as any of us.
... No, this is... a very new development. There's nothing to forgive, I don't think...
( aoi sighs, shaking her head. she should have known someone would be able to tell, even without her airy hints and lies of omission. )
I was... sacrificed, I'm not sure how long before I was brought here. I had actually been on my way to the core of the Far Shore, where the process would... finalize, I suppose? I didn't understand it completely. But it didn't quite matter, since I was going to find out soon enough.
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[ Some planet specific terminology, but it's not too difficult to make inferences. She was stripped of a body because she had died, and for some reason, had persisted in a stable form. It sounded a bit like the unusual circumstances were explicitly because of her being sacrificed. 'Far Shore' is an interesting name -- it could be nothing, a place as any other, but it could be an epithet for the final destination of the dead. 'Core of the Far Shore' where dying would 'finalize?' Yeeeeeeup, that's a crystal absorbing your memories into itself to grow, alright.
Still, there sounds like many differences .. what varied between planet to planet was always fascinating. ]
It sounds like you had quite the close call.
[ get too close to that 'core,' and it's curtains, he bets. ]
You probably don't need me to say it, but... Take especial care with what you do now, until, perhaps, a day comes when you've another body to shield you. There are things dangerous to a wandering soul that are not, in normal circumstances, and I would wager being able to walk the earth would not make you immune to them.
[ after all, he needs Aoi alive. already there are people in the town falling all over themselves to help this girl.
if they can find a solution to the problem of a damaged soul, then that could mean... ]
( she doesn't speak with any snappy tones, sarcasm or anything of the sort- it's a genuine, soft, dismal question that shows she already has her answer: "no". she lost her chance of escape the moment akane had dragged her into the pit.
lost her life.
she'll blame lord no. 6 forever, but it was akane who had, however unintentionally, finalized it. )
..Forgive me if it's callous to say, but I've seen quite a few dead souls, and none ever in your circumstance. You've been through a terrible misfortune, but.. you remain yourself, yet. There is an important distinction, there, between that and oblivion.
You're as trapped here as the rest of us, but you're not... sealed up. In my experience, preparing a vessel is the only way of preserving the dead, but you're an exception. You can still live a life as you are, even if you're not alive.
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and then she freezes, looking up at kuja slowly, eyes wide. )
... What do you mean, exactly...?
( she hadn't really hidden that she was involved in something bad- she outright called the outfit she'd arrived in sacrificial robes- but she hadn't confirmed her death publicly. did he mean something else...? )
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[ dude, get to the point. ]
Again, you could have simply always lived this way, I have no way of knowing, but... It seems terrifically dangerous. It's no wonder you've gotten so chipped.
A soul walking the world bereft of a body... would be quite vulnerable. I didn't even think it was possible, but there you are, tangible as any of us.
no subject
( aoi sighs, shaking her head. she should have known someone would be able to tell, even without her airy hints and lies of omission. )
I was... sacrificed, I'm not sure how long before I was brought here. I had actually been on my way to the core of the Far Shore, where the process would... finalize, I suppose? I didn't understand it completely. But it didn't quite matter, since I was going to find out soon enough.
Kuja making a stellar and wrong conclusion Abt other worlds once again
Still, there sounds like many differences .. what varied between planet to planet was always fascinating. ]
It sounds like you had quite the close call.
[ get too close to that 'core,' and it's curtains, he bets. ]
You probably don't need me to say it, but... Take especial care with what you do now, until, perhaps, a day comes when you've another body to shield you. There are things dangerous to a wandering soul that are not, in normal circumstances, and I would wager being able to walk the earth would not make you immune to them.
[ after all, he needs Aoi alive. already there are people in the town falling all over themselves to help this girl.
if they can find a solution to the problem of a damaged soul, then that could mean... ]
cries i thought i did this already im sorry
( she doesn't speak with any snappy tones, sarcasm or anything of the sort- it's a genuine, soft, dismal question that shows she already has her answer: "no". she lost her chance of escape the moment akane had dragged her into the pit.
lost her life.
she'll blame lord no. 6 forever, but it was akane who had, however unintentionally, finalized it. )
... I know. I will.
<3 NP HAPPENS TO ME ALL THE TIME
You're as trapped here as the rest of us, but you're not... sealed up. In my experience, preparing a vessel is the only way of preserving the dead, but you're an exception. You can still live a life as you are, even if you're not alive.