prismatica | ❧ Of Gods & Magic [video]

[ It takes a moment for Alphinaud to set up everything just right but once he does, the video feed goes live revealing the faces of elven twins solemnly gazing into the camera. Alphinaud Leveilleur towards the right dressed in blues and whites with his sister Alisaie, dressed in red and khaki, towards the left. They look identical in every way but there are subtle differences that only a keen eye would notice. Nevertheless, Alphinaud takes a moment to clear his throat before finally introducing himself. ]

Greetings & Salutations to All,

I am Alphinaud Leveilleur and this ---[ He gestures to the girl standing at his left. ]-- is my sister Alisaie.

[ Alisaie raises a hand in greeting. She seems to be regarding the device with some skepticism, and so she's a bit more subdued than normal. ]

Greetings to you all.

[ The boy doesn't feel the need to address that they're identical twins since he's certain the audience has eyes. However, if anyone makes any rude comments about their appearance, they'll be promptly blocked. Alphinaud doesn't have much patience for those who make fun of his allegedly girlish looks. ]

We hail from the realm of Hydaelyn, a wondrous world plagued by both strife and great unrest. We are members of a faction known as the Scions of the Seventh Dawn, peacekeepers if you will, who strive in earnest to bring an end to the bloodshed that plagues our world.

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Due to great circumstances, we've been summoned to Prismatica along with all of you, by unknown powers. It has come to my attention that this fantastical realm is chock full of wonders, many of which we Moonblessed fail to comprehend. With that said, I wish to hold a forum regarding these wonders in hopes that we can further understand more about this world.

[ Alisaie leans in a bit more, cutting off Alphinaud from view for the moment. ]

-- We're interested in talking about where the Moonblessings supposedly come from. These beast gods, Sanguis, Iris, and Cordis. It's not the first time we've heard of such things.

[ She glances knowingly over to her brother.]

Not the first time-- [He states looking somewhat remorseful now.] Nor will it be the last, I fear.

[ Alphinaud comes into view again looking rather grim now. This not a light topic meant for the faint of heart. ]

In the region of Eorzea and even beyond her, false deities called “primals” offer succor in the form of blind fanatical servitude promising the moon and stars to all who worship them. Their promises are nothing more than lies told to bewitch their followers into supplying them endless aether in the form of great sacrifice.

The payment---one’s own life.

[ His gaze narrows some as he ponders about the deities of this realm. The more he thinks about these foreign gods, the more they truly sound lime “primals” to him. ]

We know naught if this payment would be the same in regards to the deities here within Prismatica but servitude certainly seems to be one of them.

[ Alisaie speaks up now. ]

Think about it. We are 'blessed' by these gods and they ask that we generate energy in return. Sound similar? The energy itself is benign so far, but then they twist and change our bodies and call it a gift.

[ She shakes her head. ]

I realize the people of this star depend on Chroma, and that it changed their way of life. I also know this life is better for some of you. But we deserve to know why we have been brought here and changed, not just be given some blind venerated explanation.

[ Her voice gets more earnest as she speaks, ending with her slamming her fist down on the surface the video device is propped on. She has to right it after it tilts, and then stills, taking a deep breath. Alphinaud takes over. ]

This is all we ask.

[ He chimes in after a moment of thought. It seems there’s something else on his mind but the boy hesitates to state it. Instead, he directs this introduction to a swift end. ]

We ask to know and understand the meaning behind our arrival here so that in turn, we could perhaps undo what has been done.

[ Alphinaud takes a breath. This is quite the intro and it will surely gain them some scorn. Nevertheless, he’s content. ]

I open up the forum for others to speak.

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You think these moons are Ei--Primals. N'that we've been Tempered. Right?

'Feel no urge to bend a knee and offer Sanguis any worship nor've I even seen anything I'd call a Primal. Being Tempered means being in one's presence first, does it not?

On Hydaelyn, yes. But just as we could easily be wrong to call them Primals of a sort, we'd be fools to think they play by the same rules. We hardly know the extent of Primals in Eorzea, either.

[ it's hard not to think of ysayle, or yotsuyu. they hadn't even realized humans could become primals, and that'd been a massive blind spot. ]

Furthermore, do you remember exactly how you came onto that moon? It's possible we never remembered seeing them.

[ There's a vague groan that boils down to a feeling of 'I do not like this idea and do not enjoy thinking about it but I'm going to have to now, aren't I?' ]

No...not the first time nor the second. All I remember's waking up on the ground up there before the Knights found me.

Where'd the Echo fit in to all this, then? If they are anything like Primals then would that not protect someone from being 'blessed'?

[ it's your problem now, cehd'ra!!! ]

You've been here twice? You'd be in the same boat as myself.

[ and oh, that. she's not sure how someone from eorzea would take the knowledge that hydaelyn herself is the eldest of primals, if emet-selch was to be believed. ]

Others have spoken of their connections to their gods and the like as being there, but far. Perhaps Her power simply does not extend to this star, even if you can still feel her.

Hn...'wouldn't be me but I know there're Warriors of Light here. 'Happen to think of one as a good friend in truth but...may be one of them'd be able to make more sense of it.

Still. 'Hope you're both wrong about all this to be truthful. The scariest bit to me about Tempering s'always been the forced faith and I feel none of that. The first time I was here I didn't want to leave but my reasons were my own, nothing t'do with Sanguis or the gifts it gave me. Now? I like where I was back in Eorzea but I like what I've got here, too; still naught t'do with Sanguis.

(OOC: Sorry! My tagging mojo tanks on weekends. )

I've encountered a couple; neither the one I myself am familiar with, but I think, in the end, a Warrior of Light is a Warrior of Light.

[ that is, that they hold the same core within them that had so drawn her to sayuri in the first place. ]

Believe me, would that we've make a mistake in our assessment, it would be a pleasant surprise. From what we've gathered it's not all the same, and it's part of why we'd like more information.

Mn, aye; 'think you've the right of it there at least.

[ He never met 'his' Warrior of Light personally but by now he likes to think he'd find the man to have more than a little in common with Dakki, and not just in experiences. ]

But information, hm...actually, now that I think on it...'may have been wrong when I told you I've never seen anything like a Primal before.

Anything you can share would be helpful. Even if it doesn't seem to fit the idea, more information should always be considered.

So it started with these jellyfish.

[ He pauses briefly, because that feels like the kind of statement that needs a pause after it's been uttered. ]

Piles of'm, getting into and breaking any bit of machinery they could. They were sent from Iris by this...'Queen Tempeste'. 'Looked like a stonking huge octopus woman. Some of us went up to Iris to try'n stop her before she could do more harm but it didn't go well...

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