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

[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.

[rising_drive]

'Death penalty?' What do you mean?

[paladinlost]

People who die in this world are brought back, but at a price. It can be powers, memories, senses... Anything the Malnosso feel is appropriate.

[rising_drive]

That sounds truly horrible, and I hope you've not had to suffer it often. We only lost memories, but as you can imagine that takes its toll after a while.

[paladinlost]

I've been blessed. It's not happened to me yet.

[By Kain himself, and many others...]

What happens when people have no memories left?

[rising_drive]

Ah. It sounds like a terrible burden to bear, anyway for those who must...

Those who lose all memories make the ultimate warriors for Chaos and Cosmos, with no recollection of home... knowing nothing but the constant battle. But most of us had at least regained some memories.

[paladinlost]

That is no way to live. How could you keep fighting, knowing that you might lose those few recollections at any time?

[rising_drive]

That was why we sought an eventual true end to the cycles.

[paladinlost]

You've found it, I hope.

[rising_drive]

We did... it was a difficult road to get there, but we found a means to the end.

[He doesn't quite look him in the eye, not exactly wanting to go into detail about the whole "traitor" thing.]