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If I live to see the seven wonders I'll make a path to the rainbow's end
It felt like an eternity as she waited for her rightful chastising. When the man would instead begin to talk about the other inhabitants of the world he had met, Aera looked up confused but attentive. Sin? "To undertake erasing sin," Aera smiled wondering who this woman might be, "she must have faith beyond compare or be extremely naive. Perhaps both." Aera mused. If even an Oracle could blaspheme, what manner of person was this girl? Good incarnate or just a dreamer? Either way, Aera could only wish the girl success in her endeavor.
Still the story calmed her heart some. So, this place was a gathering place of souls both good and bad. Aera pulled her hands close to her heart as she thought it over. What an odd proposition. That there could be other worlds, other gods aside their own. She would have dismissed the whole thing on Eos, perhaps even calling it an affront to the Astrals, but here with the evidence in front of her, she couldn't deny the claims. Then what was this place, and what if any gods had decided they belonged there. Her thirst to know began to blossom as she looked over at Caius.
"Perhaps," she acknowledged as Caius believed Somnus would have done the same whether she had revealed the knowledge or not. It wasn't a comforting thought, and it still didn't shake the guilt that clung to her like a cloak.She wondered if it would have mattered at all in the long run. Would Somnus still have erased Ardyn from history. Would he have taken her life as well? So much to ponder, so much to pray about. If it weren't for Caius' presence she probably would have walked down the never ending possibilities swirling through her head.
"The Starcourge," Aera noded knowing exactly the horrible plague that Caius was mentioning. "Adagium?" she sounded the words back to Caius blinking rapidly at them. "There was no monster named Agagium, unless it appeared after...." she let Caius fill in the blanks there as she looked away back to the crowded restaurant patio. How many of them had been pulled here from their worlds? How were they coping?
She turned back to Caius more questions blooming than answers. "How did you deal with the scourge. Ardyn was the only one I knew with the power to heal the blight?" She questioned how they would have survived for so long without his healing light. Aera gasped as a sword would materialize part way through the man's story and recoiled slightly but let out a sigh when it was placed gently on the table. The sight of a blade so near was an unwelcome sight and she eyed it nervously as Caius continued to speak
"If the gods have blessed this king, and the crystal responds to his call, then I have no concern he follows their will and is their champion in Eos," Aera nodded. "I am glad to hear the plague has been purged once and for all though although you lost your Oracle. To not be able to hear the decrees of the gods....Still, it seems we are both at a loss for the truth of history. Are there any others from Eos we could consult?" Aera looked around as if someone would just walk up with the answers she sought. "Even though we are not there, do you think the gods might still be able to listen to our prayers if they would even listen to mine?" It was the only source she had to go to if they could not find the truth for themselves.
"She is the biggest saint I've ever known. So perhaps both" He admitted with a gentle smile. Behind Celes, Yuna was the person that he had the highest levels of praise for. The King, Noctis, would perhaps have taken this spot but he didn't have a ton of experiences with the King himself. Yuna meanwhile, was someone he saw constantly. She'd be arriving here soon, actually, likely within the next day. Perhaps if Aera was still around at the time, he would introduce them. "She is able to call the Glacian, I've seen it with my own eyes. The Glacian has blessed her, and protects her. I watched the Glacian Shiva heed her call and descend from the heavens during her time of need."
Unaware he was probably causing some kind of religious crisis, he answered the next point in turn as she seemed to be in a slightly better, more relaxed mood. She mentioned that indeed, there was no Adagium while she was alive. He pondered it a moment. "Perhaps it surfaced after his coronation?" Caius suggested, deciding to skim over the part where Aera died. She asked how they had defeated the scourge, though Caius first had to deal with that recoil after he had brought out his blade. "Sorry" He responded as the sword quickly disappeared. "Clearly my cheer-up game needs work" He joked softly. He probably should have known, he knew. She'd just gotten here from being stabbed, apparently. Fatally, also. Oof.
But it was that idea that Ardyn, her fiance, had been able to heal it... And the only one at that, in Lucis' known history. Noctis had stopped it by killing Adagium, but just what was Adagium? A monster riddled with blight, wasn't it?
A monster riddled with blight...
It gave him pause, and his expression darkened a moment as a lightbulb seemed to go off. Her other questions went into the ear but it took him a moment to hear them right. He started to name off answers off the cuff but they didn't have the heart they did a moment before.
"Noctis dueled Adagium for the fate of our world, and the blight disappeared when the battle was over. There are people from this world, yes, but none that you would know. I only knew one myself, and that is Noctis. He didn't recognize me" He spoke softly, seeming a bit distracted in those moments. He decided the idea that Noctis was here wouldn't hurt, perhaps he could help her should she find him. He didn't think she'd hurt him on account of Somnus -- Caius had made sure she knew that Noctis had done the Lucian lineage proud. But there was what was on his mind that made him slightly regret saying that afterword. She asked if the gods may hear their prayers, and he shrugged.
"I've seen Shiva with my own eyes. Its worth a shot that there are at least versions of our Astrals in this world, even if they may not be the same ones. But I wouldn't worry about it" He spoke. "Everyone makes mistakes. We're human, as I told you. We make mistakes... But the best of us always find a way to make it right in the end. I know you will."
After that, his expression fell as he stared down at the table a moment. His gaze moved to Vordun, who had curled up and fallen asleep nearby. The Kingsglaive would finally let out a defeated sigh as his mind was seemingly made up, and he would be quick to drown the last of his drink before looking to Aera.
"Aera?" He inquired quietly, almost a whisper. He knew it was a long shot, but it was bothering him deeply... He needed to know. "Your fiance, Ardyn. Did he... Did he happen to have long red hair? Stand at about this height?" He asked as he held up his hand to give a rough estimate. "Speak kind of like this?" Came out next, as the Glaive tried to imitate the "ha-ah" kind of voice that the former Chancellor had. It was a voice he definitely wouldn't forget.
He didn't know why he was asking this, and moments later he regretted it. Even if he was right... Wouldn't it only bring her pain to know? Hadn't she suffered enough? Why should he make it even worse by hurting her this way? She didn't deserve this.
If I live to see the seven wonders I'll make a path to the rainbow's end
Aera just smiled as Caius would continue to talk about this girl. It was nice to hear of someone bringing hope and joy to the world. Still as she lulled as he talked, she would snap to attention her eyes widening as he would speak of Shiva. "The Glacian?" she would repeat her shock apparent in speech and face. "She can call upon the Glacian as she pleases?" It was unheard of, what manner of person could call the gods to their whim? Was she perhaps part goddess herself as unorthodox as the idea sounded. The gods watched and the people served that was the way of things. Aera needed to meet this girl immediatly, if she were that powerful perhaps she was more Oracle than she.
"Perhaps not personally," Aera began as Caius told her that others would not know her, "but perhaps they would remember the first Oracle if their faith or history more studious unless..." Unless. The idea sank her stomach and she took a sip of her water to stop the bile from rising. Had Somnus found another after her, or had Bahamut ordained another? Caius had mentioned the Oracle of his age after all. Would Somnus have been so bold as to sweep her and Ardyn from history's tale?
"Perhaps," she would comment as Caius spoke of forgiveness and humanity again. "Still, I would ask permission to meet her. This girl who can commune with the gods. If not her, at least would you be able to point me in the direction of the nearest holy site?" Aera asked her brow furrowed and her hands clasped together. Same but not the same. If not the gods of Eos, why would they bear the same name? Prayer or the girl would be the answer.
"Yes, it was beautiful. I spent many an afternoon combing through it lamenting that he was gone so often I could not do it more often." Aera mentioned off handed wondering why the question was being brought up. As Caius would continue to describe Ardyn her focus would shift from the gods and the girl to his words. Her breath caught as he would do a rather bad imitation of Ardyn, far too harsh but close enough. Aera quickly leaned across the table grabbing Caius hands again knocking over his glass in the process. "How would you know that? Is he....is he here?" She smiled a tear forming again this time not in sadness but joy. "Even if not by Bahamut's hand, could fate have brought us here, together? Oh pray, is he truly here?" Aera looked at Caius all the joy she could feel ready to break like a glass on table's edge as she waited to hear if her beloved was near.
Post by Caius Dragelion on Jun 21, 2019 12:48:38 GMT -6
Suppose this world isn't so terra-ble.
@aera Word Count: OOC: A rare moment of vulnerability Dialogue Color: 196fd1 Party Sprites Credit
Caius had screwed up.
All thoughts about what had been said prior left him as she grabbed his hands. He wasn't even annoyed that she had knocked over his glass as the look on her face made it clear that he had screwed up so badly it was unfathomable how badly he had screwed up. The look in her eyes, the joy in her face, and what he knew would happen when he told her the truth. His reactions had come in spurts. First, his complexion had turned deathly pale as he slowly realized with horror that his fears had been confirmed. But his expression turned from horror to further devastation as he realized that his stupid personal curiosity had doomed this woman to a life of either wondering where he was and hunting down someone that she believed to be her beloved that might only hurt her... Or for him to tell her now and to destroy her.
She didn't deserve this. She had suffered enough. She didn't deserve any of this. How could he have done this? It wasn't intentional, but the reality of what he had done made his breath hitch as he stared at her, searching desperately for some kind of way to fix this. Some way to take it all back and make it right. He shouldn't have said anything, he knew. He didn't mean to give her hope, he didn't mean to get her hopes up for nothing, he didn't mean to... He didn't mean to...
He didn't know how to handle this. The anxiety of the situation quickly overwhelmed the criminally unprepared Caius who only wished at that moment that he was anywhere but here. That anyone but him had tried to help this woman. Anybody else wouldn't have had the knowledge he did, and wouldn't hurt her the way he was about to. No matter what he tried though, he saw there was no way out. His face fell and he stared down at the table as he couldn't dare look at her. He didn't deserve to. What was to befall her was now on his hands. He didn't know what to say, his tongue caught in his mouth for the longest time until he finally spoke almost in a whisper.
"... I screwed up."
Brutal honesty left his lips, and he began trembling, gripping her hands as he tried and tried, one last ditch, to make this right. But nothing was going to work. He was frustrated with himself for what he had done, and his lack of foresight that led to it...
But what he had potentially done to her... It was difficult to sum up how he felt in words.
"... My stupid personal curiosity, I shouldn't have said anything" He admitted softly. He couldn't handle it anymore, and the glaive choked up sobs as it hit him harder and harder what he had done. Quickly wiping his eyes with his sleeve, he tried to look at her, the best he could.
"I... I-I-I-Agh..." He groaned, as he couldn't find the words and his gaze fell again. "I..." He trailed off as he could only speak what was on his mind. "... What I would say if I was to answer you would only bring you pain" He spoke quietly. "You've suffered enough. You don't deserve this. And I feel like an idiot for letting my curiosity override my tact. I just... I..."
He tried to breathe, tried to steady himself but the overwhelming anxiety swirling through his head at that moment made everything difficult. He didn't know how to handle this. He didn't know what to do. And the knowledge he was about to hurt someone as kind as she, who'd suffered so much already... He couldn't take it.
"You deserve so much more, for what you've been through. You deserve to look at this world with wonder, and see it for all the wonderment I've been able to. You deserve a second chance at this life, just as I've been allotted. I've brought something into this that I should not have... And for that I am so sorry. But the answer to your question will only bring pain."
His pride would hurt with the next admission, but it was there. It had to be said.
"... And I am not strong enough to be the one to hurt you."
He had considered lying. Telling her that he had heard a recording or something. But one thing Caius was not good at, was lying. She would see through him. There was no going back from this.
He tried his best to keep the tears away again but he was struggling vigorously. He couldn't go back on this, he knew. Either way, whether he told her or not, he'd doomed her. But he couldn't bear to be the one to hurt her here and now. He couldn't look at her, he knew. It was pathetic, he also knew. That he wasn't strong enough to finish the path he had set them on. But he was scared. He knew that. He was scared of what would happen to her if he did. The next words that came out of his mouth were given pleadfully, as if they were one last ditch attempt at saving her.
If I live to see the seven wonders I'll make a path to the rainbow's end
Aera continued to smile as her grip tightened on Caius' hand. They must have met than even for a brief conversation. How else would Caius' have known that husky tone, and of his beautiful hair. Had the man himself been blessed with Ardyn's healing capabilities to an extent? Something along those lines, she assumed. He was a quiet man who tended to himself, but she had never known him to pass up someone who needed help. Aera's smile brightened as she thought of what wonderful thing he might have done for Caius.
Still, her smile began to fade as Caius began to look more ill at ease. "What?" she asked as the man would start to chastise himself and saying he shouldn't have said anything. Aera let go of his hands gently and reclined back into her seat. Her heart sank about as fast as the man's mood when he asked her if the truth would cause her pain. "Perhaps it may." she began her voice soft the exuberance snuffed out like candle in the rain. Oh what ill fate had befallen Ardyn. The ideas twisted and turned her stomach as she looked straight ahead. "I fear ignorance would be the worst pain now though."
Aera sat quietly as he would talk about having a new chance at life. Aera just gave a small smile. A new lust for life was truly a thing of beauty, and she might have agreed if her mind and heart were not set on knowing Ardyn's fate. She closed her eyes and inhaled deeply calming her for the news she rather not know. "Don't let me frailness of body mislead you that my heart and mind are similar. I must know. If death has come for him, then prey, just tell me of his resting place that I may pray for his in the afterlife. If he is hurt or invalid, tell me of where he lies, so I may pray at his side." Tears prickled and fell quietly down her cheek as she begged the man for answers. "To not inform me would be the worst pain you could inflict now."
"No, no it's not that... You're clearly strong. I believe you on that. But this... I don't think it matters how strong anyone would be" He admitted. "If I understood what it was like to love someone the way you do... I think it would have broken me."
There was nothing that he could do. He'd known that as soon as he had asked her the question. He knew that there was no going back, and anything he would do was futile. He had tried, he really had... But he knew that this was coming. He knew Aera wouldn't just let it go. Why would she? Would he have in her position? Of course not. He remained silent for a few moments longer as he let out a defeated sigh.
"... I've been thinking about what you've been saying" He spoke softly. "About your fiance, and his gift. You said he could cure the Starscourge... And... And..."
He knew there was no going back now. He had to do it. Swallowing, he tried to get out what came next.
"The monster, Adagium. The one riddled with blight. The one that managed to concentrate the Starscourge to the point it effected our world itself. And the one that, yes... Is in this world, still hurting people. It had a human name, as the Imperial Chancellor. And that name was Ardyn."
Another exhale, even if he wasn't able to look at her, he knew she likely wouldn't believe him. She'd probably get mad. Or if she did believe him, she'd still get mad... But the amount of sorrow would be far worse. He almost wished she would think he was lying. She would find out the truth eventually, but... He couldn't bear to see her when she did. It was cowardly of him, he knew, but it was as it was. He had tried to save her from it, but it was too late. And it was better to learn and accept it all now, than get mad, be hurt, deny it, and then feel the same pain again later should she travel to Provo and see what Ardyn had done for herself.
"You told me that he could heal the blight. But there are two ways to heal. To completely wipe the condition from someone... Or to take it into yourself. And as I've never heard of someone who could actually heal the Starscourge, minus Noctis who wiped the source from Eos, and by the looks of it, somehow sent it here... It's very likely that your Ardyn was the latter. And the Ardyn I met here, he mentioned his immortality... But another thing I could tell was his resentment toward the Lucians. The way he talked about what my existence, with my powers, all means... I knew in his voice. I know that he hunts Noctis now, it was clear when I met him, when he realized what I was and what my existence here means."
This was hard. It was really hard. He didn't want to continue. He didn't want to hurt her. And as the seconds ticked by the pain was evident on his face as he knew he was going to have to get to the point eventually. The least he could do was explain how he had came to this conclusion, before anything else. To not say why would just hurt her now and then hurt her more later if she didn't believe him only to find out the truth at a later time. He'd started on this here... He might as well end this here too.
"This same Ardyn, who with the Imperials lay waste to Insomnia, the capital of Lucis. The same Ardyn who after unleashing the Starscourge on our world, holed up in the palace of Insomnia. Insomnia, the capital of Lucis was where we made our stand to take it back from the daemons that rampaged across it, and their master. It all ended in that palace, though I was not within it to see the result.
With all of that in mind, the gift your Ardyn had... What happened to him, the fact they took his throne, they took you, and their erasing him from history... And the resentment the Ardyn I met had for the Lucian royals, the blight he was and still is riddled with, the mention that he's stuck in a time long past his own... The obsession with Insomnia and that palace..."
Everything in his head screamed not to say it. Screamed to turn back. Lie. Think of something! But nothing came.
"... Aera, I think your Ardyn and the Ardyn I know, Adagium, may be one and the same."
He closed his eyes, wishing he hadn't done that. Wishing that it had been anyone but him to find her.
If I live to see the seven wonders I'll make a path to the rainbow's end
Aera laughed. A fit of giggles overtook her as she listened to the man's story. It was unbelievable really. There was no way that her Ardyn and this monster were the same person. "I don't mean to laugh at you or your strife," she said patting at his hands. "I just believe that who you've met and my Ardyn share not but a name." Aera couldn't imagine that Ardyn could do any of the horrid things that Caius had to described to her. "If he survived Somnus' coupe, how would he have lived for millenia?" Yes, this was the logic that Aera was putting together. No, this Adagium was not Ardyn and that was that.
Still she felt she needed to comfort the man, "I can not imagine what sacrifices the Scourge caused you and your people untamed." Aera spoke quietly. Though she had heard of the horrible demons, the poor souls the Scourge had thoroughly contaminated, from listening at doors where she ought not be, Aera couldn't imagine the whole world filled with them. "Why would the gods not send another who could cure the Scourge?" she pondered as she looked away to give time for Caius time to compose himself.
Still the fact that Caius had done a rough impression of Ardyn and knew of his hair. It felt wrong. Had this monster adopted his likeness to sully his image even further than Somnus could have. No, she would need to see with her own eyes this man, this monster, if only to put any doubt from her mind that this was someone and something else. "Where is this Ardyn of yours? So that I might prove to myself, your monster and my Ardyn are different." she asked simply pushing her chair out from the table and grabbing her cane. "Or if you know not, please point me to nearest place of worship so that I might pray on the subject." Aera shot Caius a glance, one that begged for answers but burned that she would be leaving with or without his help.
Caius was used to insensitivity, but he suddenly felt very foolish letting himself get worked up for someone that not only didn't believe him, but laughed at him in turn. He stared at her a moment, admittedly finding himself a little irritated that she'd seen him like this and dismissed it all the way she had. His expression hardened immediately, or at least after the look of shock and hurt that was his first reaction. The walls had gone up again quickly from there. The glaive closed his eyes a moment to take a breath through his nose, regulating his sense of calm again before he said something he might have regretted. He realized as she kept talking that odds are, even with the evidence he'd provided... It was just difficult to imagine someone you cared for so doing something like that.
And then he realized that there hadn't been a need for him to get so worked up. Aera was going to find out sooner or later. Whether on purpose or by accident, whether she'd been warned or not... This was not a fate he could save Aera from. She was never going to believe him. How could she? She'd just gotten here and here he was telling her that her fiance was a monster. He let her butter up herself to believe that he couldn't have lived for a millennia... But Caius knew that if he indeed had been taken by the Starscourge, the properties he had seen it take, the monsters he had seen it create... It really was no surprise. They were daemons, not true living things anymore. The odds of them having a lifespan were slim. And the scourge and the daemons it spawned, whether by the scourge itself or by the Empire's experiments... They had appeared so long ago and their numbers never seemed to dwindle until Noctis put a stop to it. What was to say Ardyn was any different? Especially in such close proximity if he was to purge it from the body like that...
But he was tired. And he didn't think that trying to explain it to Aera would make it any better. She was going to have to find out for herself.
He felt the hand on his. He knew she hadn't meant to offend, of course, but talking about the scourge and what his people had gone through was rough on a Caius who was already emotionally vulnerable right now. He stared at her a moment, about to say something, but then lowered his head. He wanted to tell the truth, to tell her just how much of the world had been destroyed thanks to this monster. How it had ruined his own life, even. Prompted looters to sack his home, to make nothing but bandits out of him and his father. And then when they tried to run, how they had ravaged and then slaughtered his mother and his sister. That was what the world Ardyn had created had driven people to. But Aera didn't need to hear it. Caius had just averted doing a ton of damage. He wasn't going to risk it again.
When she directly asked why the gods wouldn't send another healer though, he did decide to oblige. If only to try and forget about the world he had left behind. "They did. At least until Ardyn killed her" He spoke up, staring at her a moment. "Oracle Lunafreya Nox Fleuret. Ardyn's Empire made the terms of the truce between they and Lucis to be for her to wed King Noctis. Heard she was nice. The Empire tried to kill her twice, once being on the way to the wedding, and then succeeded while she was convening with the Astrals, or so what I've heard states."
The news entries he had read as a child stated she'd been killed by Leviathan in a freak accident after summoning it, but a more personal document he had found in the archives as a glaive stated that the Chancellor had done the deed. Caius had chosen to believe it instead of the newspaper written under the eye of the Empire. Why else would it have been in the archives, if the Lucians didn't think that specific account to be true?
Kind of ironic though... Have her and the King be betrothed, and then have her killed... It sounded a bit like...
He dared not say it. She'd probably just laugh. It was a stretch, anyway. But so was the King killing his only miracle healers during a plague they had no cure for, and then the Kingdom somehow surviving.
Either way, it seemed she had convinced herself that Adagium, Ardyn, was an impostor. Or that these were just a series of conveniences and nothing more. He supposed he couldn't blame her for feeling that way, and he let out a sigh. He knew he was about to set her on a journey that would only end in pain, maybe even leading her to her death. But he knew this was Aera's path to walk now. And even if he did not tell her... She would find it eventually. He knew that. He didn't know how he knew that... But he knew. He watched her get up when she asked for answers, and he nodded his head. He didn't know of any places of prayer, he'd just gotten here after all. But...
"I saw him here, but that was some time ago. Yuna, the Summoner I mentioned... She had an encounter with someone of his exact description, riddled with plague. And now there's a plague run rampant in Provo. She said he was responsible. I suppose if you're to start anywhere... Provo might be where to go. But it's a long ways from here."
He motioned to her, motioning around to indicate her injury. "You're not going to make it there no matter what method of transportation you use. Its too far for your body to handle right now. You need to take care of that injury, or you won't get far."
Letting out an exhale, Caius got to his feet. Vordun would stir when he did and Caius would place a bit of gil on the table for the drinks before offering his arm to Aera. He'd had a realization, it seemed, and it stirred him to ensure she was ready to go before she set out. He did say he'd help her get better, after all. But when he looked at her and saw the look in her eyes, he realized quickly that wasn't going to happen and he quickly dropped his arm. He knew this was goodbye, she was determined to head off wherever this journey was going to take her and she was intending to head off soon. She was really dedicated. He supposed he could admire that.
"Hey Aera?" He inquired shortly after this realization, deciding that just in case... He didn't want to leave anything unsaid. Regardless of whether their Ardyns were the same, attempting to deal with Adagium was to deal with the possibility of certain death. His expression had softened again, as he tried his best to find the words. This sort of thing wasn't his forte, nowhere close. He didn't know how to word it, but he would try.
"I've never had a partner, at least, not in the way you consider Ardyn. But if I ever do, I hope they are as dedicated, faithful and as true as you are. I have a feeling your journey ahead won't be easy... But I hope it never changes you."
Sure it was annoying how she'd reacted, but... He could admire how faithful she was to the idea that Ardyn would never do those things too. She would likely be even more hurt should she find out the hard way, but he really did wish there were more people like her. The world would be a better place, he knew.
"Seek out the Summoner Yuna, should you go to Provo. Tell her Caius sent you, before you ask about Ardyn. You can trust her, I'd trust her with my life if need be."
Another breath. He scratched his head, as he had one final realization to put to words.
"And if what you find isn't what you were hoping for, if our Ardyns do somehow end up being the same... I think you might be the only one who can put an end to this. For all he's done... I have no desire to hurt someone who's suffered enough if I don't have to. I don't know if you'll be able to bring him to his senses if my theory rings true, but if anyone can do it... After I've gotten to know you, I have confidence that it will be you."
