Voicetesting an AU

[holy_requiem]

Dear Mundane,

I am flattered by your sudden attentions after all this time, yet if you have no intention of doing anything with me, then I must suggest you leave me to my business and return to your own.

As Chosen of Tethe'alla, there is much I need to attend to. I would rather not be degraded to your "thought experiment", however much I would like to see Lloyd and my other travelling companions again.

[She gives a well-practiced, polite smile, before her expression turns into one of confusion.]

…Mundane, might I ask what you are finding so amusing?


Kindest Regards,


Seles Wilder

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[judgejuryexecutioner]

Chosen of Tethe'alla... Seles Wilder. [ Glasses push. ]

What do you know of this supposed thought experiment then?

[holy_requiem]

That is correct. I apologise, I cannot recall your name?

[This man doesn't seem familiar to her, but he seemed to know her. This was hardly unusual.]

My mundane is neglecting to tell me the details, unfortunately. Although I believe it has to do with… an event which happened before I attained my current status.

[judgejuryexecutioner]

Richter Abend.

[ It sounds like she's from some time ago, anyways. ]

That seems to be the case - and it presents a very curious situation from my perspective. I wonder, however, if they would appreciate me going into further detail.

She's from around the end of the first game time wise, but second game spoilers are a-okay.

[holy_requiem]

A pleasure, Richter.

[His comments were slightly concerning, but as of yet, she was not sure how to interpret them.]

…Curious in what sense, if I may ask? My mundane seems to have very little concern as to what I might learn here.

[judgejuryexecutioner]

They seem not to mind, and it's hard to judge how you would even take it.

To my knowledge, Zelos Wilder, your half-brother, is - was - the Chosen of Tethe'alla. [ Is? Was? He's not sure which to use actually. ]

1/?

[holy_requiem]

[She seems to falter a little at that comment, apparently taken off-guard. That was not a name she'd heard for a while.]

2/2

[holy_requiem]

[It took a moment, but soon enough the calm, collected smile had returned. If less confident than before.]

I'm afraid you are mistaken, I inherited the title of Chosen from my Father.

[judgejuryexecutioner]

[ He sees that recognition. ]

Was there no Zelos Wilder where you come from, then?

[ Totally was. ]

[holy_requiem]

[She's squirming, slightly, but is doing her best to keep up appearances as the unfazed noble she is expected to be.]

That is something of a personal question, Richter.

[judgejuryexecutioner]

[ So what you're saying is something tragic happened. Like he dead.

Richter nods. ]

Then I'll leave it be, Chosen.

[holy_requiem]

[She gave a small nod, grateful for that.]

…You say this 'Zelos' is the Chosen you are familiar with?

[judgejuryexecutioner]

A bit of a... strange Chosen, perhaps, but yes. The Chosen of Tethe'alla, who traveled with Lloyd Irving, Colette Brunel, and others, and reunited the worlds.

[holy_requiem]

'Strange' in what sense?

[It was hard to imagine Zelos as a Chosen, but part of her wanted to know what he would have been like had he grown up to take the title instead.]

…How odd. Back home, I travelled with Lloyd and Colette to reunite the worlds. In fact, we were preparing to leave Flanoir to fight Yggdrasil before my Mundane brought be here.

If I may, are you a friend of Lloyd's, Richter?