dear_mun | Canon is Final Fantasy XIV.

[This clone might not quite know who (or what) Lahabrea is, but he's perfectly capable of both seeing Lahabrea and feeling power older than even his. Even his true self was nothing but a babe compared to Lahabrea's age; so perhaps his question is naive.]

Your goal?

[There's a moment of silence. Lahabrea merely looks at Doga. Then he smiles. It isn't a pleasant smile. No, it's almost... hungry.]

And so ancient Allag rises again, does it? [Oh, right. The question.] I seek but one thing: the rebirth of my god, the one true god of Eorzea.

...

[An answer for an answer.]

With the crystal tower, many things have awoken, yet the time of all these things has long since past. It is our purpose to disable the tower, so the relics of ancient Allag may not harm this civilization further.

[The god, though. Aaaaand yes, he's not quite clued in about the whole light = ew to ascians thing. Have fun, Lahabrea!]

This world is bountiful in aether, life, and light. For what purpose should another god serve, but to destroy this astral aspection?

A noble quest. But noble intentions so often go astray. And you are late in your endeavors.

[CoughUltimaWeaponCough. (And what a great waste of effort that hunk of junk was. Never leave a Garlean to do your dirty work.) Lahabrea's smile fades into a more neutral expression.]

It is rotten to its very core, child of Allag. The balance of this world is nigh-warped beyond measure. Hydaelyn must be rooted out lest She plunge this world further into ruin.

Indeed, we are late. The peoples of this world know not what they toy with, for our own empire brought destruction unto itself and the world around it with them. Dalamud brought about the seventh of umbral, and other things have more recently emerged by large part of another forces' ingenuity, though since fell silent.

[Yeeeeeep they're probably talking of the same thing here. Ultima's reactivation most likely helped wake him, Unei, and the rest of the tower frozen in time up more so than any Calamity brought on by Dalamud.

But that. Nope, he's no idea about the balance. Nope, nope, nope. Asking if Xande knew of this is pointless, given his judgement in his second reign. ]

... Yet those birthed in the world of darkness would feast upon this world's aether given half the chance.

You speak of things far larger than you know, child of Allag. But all shall become clear in time. All shall understand. And perhaps you shall live to see it.

[Hopefully you weren't hoping to get that back because. Uh. It's kind of blown to smithereens. Your idiot Warrior of Light friend did that. Just so you know.]

[Oh you poor sweet naive child. There's that horribly toothy smile again.]

And what cause have I to fear the darkness? The Light blinds you to the truth. Her power wanes, fades to ruin. And the souls of this world grown weak and frail. Surely you sense it as well. Surely...

[Lahabrea's words drift into silence when he peers closer at Doga. There's a sense of the familiar about him. Something horrendously familiar. But where...? ...Ah.]

You have met Her servant, then. The Bringer of Light.

... Perhaps.

[He doubts it personally, given his current situation. World of darkness, failed objective and all. To him, the only thing that awaits him and Unei is death.]

[....and if he's somehow going to be saved (the mun knows he will, of course he will! There's CT3 to go yet!) the fact he and Unei failed to annul the pact between Emperor Xande and the Cloud of Darkness equals one thing. The pact has to be annulled another way. Most likely throwing the Warrior of Light at the Cloud of Darkness itself.

ANYWAY he's just going to close his eyes for a moment. Then flicks them open.]

...Upon that world, I sensed the presence of chaotic aether. The enemies of ancient Allag- Ifrit, Titan, Garuda, Leviathan, and Ramuh have awakened and war between themselves. Shiva is in the process of reawakening. All vie for power within the aetherial plane. I sense Odin's presence reawakened, and I sense Bahamut's, though there is some kind of...

[Problem. A big problem. Thanks to awesome endgame raids, almost half of Bahamut's power cores have been disabled!]

Some fragments of Dalamud no longer respond.

...I sense that the Mothercrystal is weakened, thanks in large to the Heart of Sobek's activation, even if I cannot sense Ultima any longer. You are correct. But there is something else.

[Omega. He's just going to look at the Ascian evenly. In his eyes, the ruin is there in what he's described. But! He's no idea that the perpetrator is the one standing in front of him - even if he knows that the Garleans shouldn't have been able to work out what Ultima actually did. While it was the height of Garlean technology, Nero's device for aetherial readings was nothing more than a child's toy in Allagan eyes.]

The Mothercrystal stands little chance of surviving more.

[The question.]

...Yes. 'Tis that one alone that was capable of cleaving a path through the Labyrinth of the Ancients and dispatching Amon and Emperor Xande both. Their power does not wane, even considering the taxes placed upon the Mothercrystal.

[And yes, he finds that odd.]

Gods forfend, this again.

[But thanks to Urianger's tireless work, he knows a seeeeeeeeeeeeeekrit. And! N-no, he's not going to jeopardize that actually working by letting the Ascian know exactly what has been found.

Tempting, given extreme dislike FOR VERY OBVIOUS REASONS, but.]

I'm like to wager our mutual friend shall come out triumphant once again. Tell me, does your lot have any kind of system regarding failure? While I'll admit, I am quite disappointed they did not merely cast you aside for what has been, I am curious.

And so you return, Sharlayan.

[Oh, hey, it's the meatsuit. The smirk Lahabrea graces Thancred with speaks volumes. Someone still think he's got the upper hand; how amusing. Go ahead and sling barbs all day, bard. They don't hurt. They don't even tickle.]

Failure? Hydaelyn falters, and she will no longer be able to protect your vaunted Warrior of Light. I would say that we have not failed. Indeed, the time of our god's awakening draws ever closer.

I should say akin to a bad gil coin, yet you've that honour alone.

[Lahabrea why are you such a bitch srsly. The bard's (almost!) silent for the smallest moment, pad of his thumb jusssst running along a particular blade. It can't do anything to him. But gods, the need to slit Lahabrea's throat isn't going away even with sound logic stating it simply can't happen.

Mental note: Make a study of whatever the hell has been ripped up from any/all Allagan excavation sites JUST TO SEE if anything else that could possibly be extremely bad for the long-term existence of said warrior has been found.

Another mental note: Do it right away.

At least for show, he allows himself a rather bright laugh.]

Ah, as single-minded as ever. I'll have you know, our friend has grown ever stronger while your associate has been about and around! Why, one could even make a highly educated theory that the Crystal herself no longer has aught to do with our Warrior's strength.

[It's bullshit. Of course it's bullshit, but he's not liking where this is going one. bit.]

[It's part and parcel of the whole "evil" gig, Than. And besides, it's endlessly amusing to watch how others react. Like during the entire Castrum Centri incident. Oh, the look on Minfilia's face! Buuut that's neither here nor there.]

[That fake laugh ain't fooling nobody, bro. Try harder. Lahabrea merely folds his arms and continues smirking.]

Inferno. Vortex. Whorl. Crag. Levin. All have fallen, all returned to aether. But the Bringer of Light is but one mortal. And none shall escape death save His humble servants, Sharlayan. We need but be patient. The end will be wrought by your own frail hands.

And Hydaelyn shall fall.

[The problem with arguing with fanatics? It's really difficult.]

[And he's going to fold his arms almost entirely the same way.]

If I might hazard a guess, all of this is the very reason your associate in white had spent all that time watching - no - gauging our mutual friend's every move some moons hence. [A small groan.] Gods.

[But.]

Mine own? I'll have you know, I am not planning on going down that road again. You have no hold over me any longer. And, I know better than most of how you permeate the bodies of those birthed upon this world.

Better to struggle than to allow the trouble you bring run unchecked. And who can say whether it will be in vain or not until it's done?

[this is probably not her best idea. It's the truth as best she sees it, though. They've got this far- and if she has to keep fighting to see it through, then she will.]

Canon is Final Fantasy XIV.

hey this will probably be interesting

doga doga no run for your life

at least possession s h o u l d n ' t work amirite

probably wouldn't work considering

probably not, though the thought of lahabrea somehow getting some clones is scary

lahabrea plus allag clones equals no fun times for the poor pcs

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late reply is laaaate! sorry, man

no worries! mine's late too, I needed a nap :|

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