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Zelos Wilder ([personal profile] wilder) wrote in [community profile] exsilium2013-07-07 09:49 pm

☼ 004 ☼ | Video

[Filtered from Seles]

[A rare video feed from Kaneis comes on, partly because one of his roommates had to turn on the tablet. It becomes quickly apparently why- it seems his hands and locks of his hair are tangled up with strips of brightly colored leopard print duct tape. Someone attempted to do home repairs when they knew absolutely nothing about home repair. The background shows one giant hole in the wall about six inches in diameter, just to give you an idea. Allen is next to him, trying to get some of the duct tape off]

Okay okay- I'll ask! Just get me outta this stuff!

[He gives a huff and looks at the camera. He looks rather disgruntled]

Say, does anyone out there know where a person can get a couch? Ours kinda...got wrecked the other day and we can't fix it.

Oh and, stuff to seal up holes in the wall? That'd be good too.

Thanks in- [And then he YELLS "OW" as Allen his roommate pulls a piece out of his hair not so gently]

ALLEN! THAT WAS MY HAIR!

[Transmission end!]
pactfulfilled: [color edit] http://brilliant-cataclysm.com/toggroovychat.html (► Only human.)

[Video] Maybe? Too Veigue.

[personal profile] pactfulfilled 2013-07-09 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I did notice that some of the shops were selling rare items and higher quality equipment. But we still haven't maxed out all our cards yet. You don't get the level ten privileges until you earn all the corresponding stamps.

Hey, come on. You've got to be at least a little curious...

[It does sound that way, doesn't it?]
pactfulfilled: (► That's a tough one...)

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[personal profile] pactfulfilled 2013-07-09 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
That's a good question.

I've never stopped to calculate it before, but if I had to venture a guess, the total amount would probably be around...

[Doing the math here.]
pactfulfilled: (► I failed to protect anyone...)

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[personal profile] pactfulfilled 2013-07-09 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Are you ready for this, Kaneis? He's done the math, bless him. Asbel says nothing for a moment, then lets out a deep sigh.]

...You don't want to know.
pactfulfilled: (► We won't let that happen.)

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[personal profile] pactfulfilled 2013-07-09 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah...it's pretty bad. Like in Lhant? I'm figuring it'd cost about a million gald to max out the shops' stamp cards.

But fortunately a lot of it's off supplies we need anyway, and you get credit for selling back items, so if you look at it from that perspective...

[Tales of Graces f World Problems: NEVER ENOUGH GALD.]
Edited 2013-07-09 19:21 (UTC)
pactfulfilled: (► Can't look away.)

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[personal profile] pactfulfilled 2013-07-09 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Whaa-- An entire town!?

[Either towns are really inexpensive in Tethe'alla or there's some serious inflation problems going on at home.]
pactfulfilled: (► And then what happened?)

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[personal profile] pactfulfilled 2013-07-09 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[Meltokio. That's the name of the capital Sheena was talking about at the dinner party, isn't it? But, wow. Maybe they've been wasting more money than he realized, if it could be put to use repairing a destroyed town... He's sure they could manage all right with less expensive gear.]

Oh... I didn't know that.

[It reminds him a little - a little painfully - of the time when Fendel invaded Lhant.]

So, who are the Desians, and why would they destroy an entire town? Was there some kind of territorial dispute?
pactfulfilled: (► We have the power in our hands.)

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[personal profile] pactfulfilled 2013-07-13 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[The first part of Kaneis' explanation is pretty horrible. But he knows someone who has distrusted and even hated human beings - Lambda's unwavering condescension of humanity is nothing new.]

[But ranches. The word evokes images of cows. Ranches are where cows are herded, bred, and raised for food, right? Should they ever get loose, they have markings on them, and the Windor crest, which help their owners track them down again. So a human ranch means...]

[Asbel's voice wavers a little, his expression drawn.]


You mean they wrecked people's towns...took them prisoner, and then treated them like animals?

[This is so not okay anymore.]
pactfulfilled: (► It's fight time.)

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[personal profile] pactfulfilled 2013-07-16 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
[It's okay, Kaneis. He will tread this depressing path with you. He might break somewhere along the way, though.]

[So, that's why Aster was asking about both of them. They're connected somehow. Kind of like Fodra and Ephinea, he guesses.]


And these activities were just allowed to continue? Wasn't there anyone trying to stop them?

[Because words cannot even describe how horrifying this scenario is. It isn't just torturing one individual; it isn't just being born for a single, terrible purpose; it isn't having your uncle trying to poison you and your family. This is the enslavement of entire populations of people...and for what? What reason could possibly justify all this?!]

What about this Chosen of Regeneration. Couldn't they have gone to Sylvarant as an ambassador and tried to negotiate with the Desians there?
pactfulfilled: (► Windows into the soul.)

[Video] yep here we go.

[personal profile] pactfulfilled 2013-07-18 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know exactly... But shouldn't someone at least try talking to them?

I'm not saying what they've done is okay, because it isn't! And I know that not everything can be resolved as simply as that... But these Desians must have some reason for thinking so poorly of human beings and for treating them like this.

There just has to be some other way they could co-exist.
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pactfulfilled: (► Yeah. You know it.)

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[personal profile] pactfulfilled 2013-08-19 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yep. This guy's for real.]

Thanks, Kaneis. ...I think. [Asbel can't tell either, to be perfectly honest, but a corner of his mouth quirks up in good humor. He's not offended; what Kaneis says is true, however he chooses to look at it.]

[After a moment, he continues more seriously:]


Yeah. I guess it's a little too late to ask them about it now. But what about all the people inside the ranch? Do you know if they made it out alive?
Edited 2013-08-19 14:55 (UTC)
pactfulfilled: (► At attention.)

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[personal profile] pactfulfilled 2013-08-21 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's okay, Kaneis. He'll still be your friend even if you think he's a wimp.]

I see. That's good news at least.