Certain revelations @ vatheon....

[martelapproves]

... they're so stupid... why do they think I split the worlds up in the first place, anyway? So, Sylvarant and Tethe'alla started fighting just two years after they were reunited... ha. Humans really don't change, do they?

[ He shakes his head, and sighs. ]

And... and sis is a Summon Spirit, now. [ Mithos really isn't sure what to think about that. ] ... well... it's not what I wanted, but... I guess it's better than her being dead, right? Maybe I can even form a Pact with her.

... I wish Dhaos wouldn't have told me I died, though. I could have lived with my sister in the new Tree. Forget the humans fighting... I saved them once, and they repaid me by killing Martel. I'm not going to waste my time on them again.

[ ... oh, Mithos, if only Colette had the heart to tell you the whole story about what happened in Dawn of the New World. ]

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[number_xii_savage_nymph]

You expect them to? People never change. Unless you make them get with the program.

[martelapproves]

[ ... well, she looks human, but something about her feels... off. ]

That's the idea, yeah.

[number_xii_savage_nymph]

Least you're not an idiot. (That's a plus.)

[martelapproves]

Is there a point to this?

[number_xii_savage_nymph]

I was trying to compliment you. (And he is cute.) The name's Larxene.

[martelapproves]

Uhh... thanks. I guess. [ Blink, blink. ] Yggdrasill.

[ The fewer people who know his first name, the better. He doesn't exactly trust her, after all. ]

[skirtcladgunner]

As long as there's conscious motive, there will always be fighting. It's not limited to humans. [...] Or maybe it is in your world, but it sure as hell isn't in mine. As long as anything has a stupid need for power, conflict will always exist.

[And yes, she sounds angry about that.]

But you already know, don't you?

[martelapproves]

I saved them once before. I'm not gonna bother with them again. If they all kill each other the world be better off.

[skirtcladgunner]

...if you're dead, you wouldn't be able to bother with them anyway. [Looks away.]

[martelapproves]

I'll never risk my own skin for their sake again.

[skirtcladgunner]

...I know.

[martelapproves]

Then what's there to talk about?

[sketchingideals]

[He has a... very complicated relationship with Mithos in his own game, which only serves to make it difficult for Jeb to ignore this one.]

I want to believe that anyone can have the capability to change, but... I'm beginning to realize that it's not simple at all.

[martelapproves]

It's impossible. Humans just don't want to.

[sketchingideals]

That can't be true... every day, I see people trying to change. It doesn't matter what or who they are. [He wishes he could change. He wishes he could be a stronger person, like them...]

[martelapproves]

If they're trying, they aren't trying very hard.

[sketchingideals]

Change takes time...

[martelapproves]

Four thousand years is long enough to wait. If they haven't changed by now, they're not going to.

[fistfullofmagic]

I simply told you that you died on the timeline I am from. Time is far more fluid than stone; perhaps you shall survive.

[martelapproves]

What do you mean?

[ You... might have just given him the faintest glimmer of hope, Dhaos. ]

[fistfullofmagic]

I met someone from my own time not long ago; one who claims to be a friend of mine. She does not exist in my memories, and yet I do not doubt that she does indeed know me well.

I am certain you are wondering how that is possible. Simple. She and I are from different timelines.

[martelapproves]

And am I alive in her timeline?

[fistfullofmagic]

You misunderstand me. If you are to live, I shall not exist as I am; perhaps not at all, depending on the path you choose.

[martelapproves]

Was that supposed to make me feel bad? I only care about one thing, and it isn't you.

[fistfullofmagic]

You assume my life holds value to me beyond protecting my world and my people. Regardless, your decision holds no sway over my own timeline, so whether you change your fate or not hardly matters to me.

I will tell you this, however: you are a fool to believe your sister will be grateful should you succeed. Foolish to believe it is only humans that hold evil in their hearts.

[He laughs coldly.]

In my time, Half-elves have progressed enough amidst human society that they might hold high positions of power, though trust is not something gained easily. And yet amongst the elves, my sources indicate that a Half-elf who so much as sets foot in their village is to be executed.

[redcladidealist]

[Sadly, Lloyd is not from a canon point where he can correct any of this.]

Does it really have to be this way? Can't we change what happens?

[martelapproves]

Why are you asking? You're the one who did it.

[redcladidealist]

Because if I'm the one who did it, it ought to be my responsibility to change it!

[martelapproves]

What are you gonna do, Lloyd? Split the worlds up again?

Whatever it is, good luck. I saved them once and they killed Martel for it. You're on your own.

[redcladidealist]

No, I'm not going to split the world again. That would only make even more people suffer. I don't know what I'm going to do yet, but there has to be a way to keep people from fighting, to make it so people don't even see a reason to fight. If they just see that if we all get along and work together, we can have a peaceful world!

[martelapproves]

You don't think the four of us tried that, Lloyd? Kratos was a human before he was an angel. Humans don't care and they never will.

[redcladidealist]

Even if you haven't found the way yet, that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. I'm not going to give up just because it hasn't worked yet.

...are you saying that Kratos doesn't care, either? Because you just said it, he's human, too.

[hathnofury]

You should have just killed them all to begin with. Life is nothing but unneeded suffering, after all. [And doesn't she just look familiar?]

[martelapproves]

I've... kind of been doing that. Just not all of them.

[ Eyes narrowing. ]

Tori, are you feeling okay?

[hathnofury]

Don't call me that. [That's not who she is. Not anymore, and now she can't even stand the sound of that name...]

[martelapproves]

If you want another cute nickname, forget it.

[hathnofury]

I refuse to be called the same name as that failure. If I--she--had done what needed to be done in the first place, so many things could have been avoided...

[martelapproves]

[ Okay, this is getting weird. ]

... what are you talking about?