24th moon [It is a 4th, and it is a wall]

[vibrafinal]

[Today, on the roof of house 9, there is a Cecil. A Cecil that is quite possibly staring at you, wondering where you came from, and pondering whether to invite you in for lunch. Bother?]

Comments

[paladinlost]

This is not the same sort of opponent, I assure you.

[rising_drive]

All opponents can be defeated... everyone has a weakness.

[paladinlost]

Of course. The problem here would be reaching that weakness in the first place.

[rising_drive]

Then let's determine how to do that. We found a means to break the endless cycles of the gods' war, after all...

[paladinlost]

We found a way to break what?

[rising_drive]

Then you've forgotten the fight against Chaos' minions?

[paladinlost]

I remember no chaos, much less its minions.

[rising_drive]

I can understand that you've forgotten... it was the nature of that war, anyway. It's unfortunate, though. I'm told our side was victorious.

[paladinlost]

That is always good to hear, though I know nothing of the stakes.

[rising_drive]

A battle of discord against harmony... Chaos sought to destroy and unbalance the worlds, while Cosmos fought to preserve order...

[paladinlost]

I assume we were fighting for the sake of harmony.

[rising_drive]

Fortunately. [Because he knows he has a bad habit for... being on the other side sometimes.] Golbez was among the opponents, but he ended up providing critical information to us.

[paladinlost]

Was he? Even if he found ways to help us, it must have been an unpleasant experience for him.

[rising_drive]

It was an unpleasant experience for all, truly. The cycles of war would have continued endlessly had they not been brought to an end.

[paladinlost]

What sort of power could have caused them and kept them going?

[rising_drive]

I always assumed it was a fault of Chaos, but I've since come to believe that it's from a power beyond even his.

[paladinlost]

It would have to be even more powerful than that being within the True Moon...

[rising_drive]

I'm afraid to ask what that is, but yes... I've a feeling it's far more powerful than anything we've encountered back home.

[paladinlost]

Has anyone ever investigated it? Even people from the other side?

[rising_drive]

They find out what they can in the midst of the conflict...

[paladinlost]

And do they share their findings?

[rising_drive]

I don't know. It's not easily done, since much was often forgotten with each new cycle.

[paladinlost]

Our memories were tempered with? Why?

[rising_drive]

The revival process somehow robbed us of memories.

[paladinlost]

It was that world's death penalty, then.