Personification Life - IC Part VIII [open]

[New Aksarben]

The girl was quick to turn to Albert, and almost died with a squeal. "Ohmaigawd, I know you! Anyway, my name is Svetlana! Svetlana Alexandrov, and I've been wanting to meet someone from this building! You guys are awesome!", She said, hopping up and down. The other girl remained quiet. She was wearing a black uniform.

Albert blinked, as he had no idea why people would want to meet him, but he grinned, similar to how he did when they had returned to the building and the people of the city had cheered for them. "Ah. How did you hear of us? And if you know who I am, then what is my name?" He wanted to make sure that they really did know who he was, and didn't just assume who he was based on the fact that he looked different than normal humans.

---

Jacob sighed. "Ah, sure, whatever. I just don't want either of us to get hurt badly again without need." Jacob told Bran seriously. He shook his head to clear his headache some, and gave a smile. "Well, Let us see what this will cause..... Then we can go find a raptor or something."

[Tiltjuice]

With a solitary ‘DING’ the elevators doors opened in the lobby to reveal a lithe and rapturous Insidious. She was as always underdressed in the typical sense of the word lacking any clothing and displaying her spectral, clean and fair skin. Across her body her skin changed color in rapid succession with her frantic and chaotic mood and strange phantasmal water like designs of purple, green and blue gave her a strange genetic beauty.

She took a set of long dance like strides out of the elevator spinning on a foot before jumping to stand infront of Dora. At this distance it was easy to smell the reek of meth on her breath as well as several differed sets of lipstick covering her lush body in very descript locations. All of this indicated she had just come from a Luxan party of some kind.

The pair of ex-Conservators standing in the lobby had very different reactions. In a complete reversal of her normal stoic appearance, Dora's hair was all over the place and she was sweating slightly, as well as taking deep puffs off her electronic cigarette. Tasia, on the other hand, gave Insidious an appraising glance.

"Hi Insidious," Dora said, scanning the hallway behind the Luxan as well as behind herself and Tasia.

"Very nice look there. Any chance I could get in on the next one?" the blonde asked, as she swept back her hair and gathered it up into a ponytail, exposing her neck.

[Cerillium]

Giovenith nodded, looking sadly after Torii. Yoshi had been close to becoming her brand new big brother, so she knew this was probably harder on her.

"Alright, Most High," agreed Giovenith, still looking in her friend's direction. "And thank you. You were under no obligation to comfort me, yet you did. I am very, very grateful." She imagined that most godlings either had to get their talks from their pantheon superiors, or deal with it on their own. It was very lucky to have another Most High from an entirely different pantheon help one for whom they had no responsibility.

"You're welcome," Ogoti smiled. "I'm glad I was able to help. But Giovenith, it won't do to call me Most High anymore. You've taken your first step towards that stage in life. Please call me Ogoti. I'm simply Grandfather, as my own people call me."

[The BranRiech]

"Well . . . Here goes." Bran said and gulped. He slowly reached down to the stone and quickly ran the marker across it on a small part of it, before jumping back quickly in case there was any area of effect the effect would take place in.

--

Kei heard the knock and got up to answer it, nodding to Tekikoku along the way. She heard the message from Yuna and scowled at the Pyersai, but she would relay the message either way.

"Katya, you're needed down at the pool, Giovenith has something to tell you."

[Torsiedellious and Sturmovosk]

Yuna seemed to be going for her sister as well. Torii didn't care. Or maybe she did? She just didn't want to say anything. She wasn't going to acknowledge it. She'd believe that Yoshi was alive, and he'd be here. It worked. She thought it did. What was that, she thought? Nothing...

She stopped, still not far from Gio it Ogoti. She didn't care. She just needed to think about happy things...

.....

"You're Albert, from another universe! My sister knows all about you guys, it's part of her work!"

The older woman sighed, and nodded faintly to Albert.

[The New Velociraptor Empire]

Neil strolled outside of his house to check the mail. He found it empty as usual except for the adverts. The day was pleasant enough, a bit too cold for his tastes though. "I wonder if I could make a new city in the clouds?" he thought out loud as he looked to the sky. He figured that the hard parts would be dealing with the atmosphere and motion sickness, both would be fixable in short time.

Chrys paused as she was heading back to the apartment building, having stopped over in Chaos for a takeaway order of garlic steak fries. Spotting Neil, she waved and crossed the lawn to him, holding out the box.

"Hey, I was just looking for you! Want some?"

The offer of food was always a good way to get on the right side of a raptor. "Don't mind if I do." Neil answered and impaled a couple fries on his index claw. He nibbled at them savoring the flavor, as a carnivore, potatoes only offered flavor without satisfying his voracious appetite. "So, why would you be looking for me, stranger?" he asked the person he never met.

[Torsiedellious and Sturmovosk]

"Well . . . Here goes." Bran said and gulped. He slowly reached down to the stone and quickly ran the marker across it on a small part of it, before jumping back quickly in case there was any area of effect the effect would take place in.

--

Kei heard the knock and got up to answer it, nodding to Tekikoku along the way. She heard the message from Yuna and scowled at the Pyersai, but she would relay the message either way.

"Katya, you're needed down at the pool, Giovenith has something to tell you."

Katya glanced at her two friends and shrugged. "What's going on?"

[Giovenith]

Giovenith nodded, looking sadly after Torii. Yoshi had been close to becoming her brand new big brother, so she knew this was probably harder on her.

"Alright, Most High," agreed Giovenith, still looking in her friend's direction. "And thank you. You were under no obligation to comfort me, yet you did. I am very, very grateful." She imagined that most godlings either had to get their talks from their pantheon superiors, or deal with it on their own. It was very lucky to have another Most High from an entirely different pantheon help one for whom they had no responsibility.

"You're welcome," Ogoti smiled. "I'm glad I was able to help. But Giovenith, it won't do to call me Most High anymore. You've taken your first step towards that stage in life. Please call me Ogoti. I'm simply Grandfather, as my own people call me."

"Ah... okay. Ogoti," she felt a little strange addressing another god of the status by their regular name, after having spent much of her time adding the respectful 'Most High' form of address. "I can see why they would call you that. You are very nice like a grandparent." Giovenith smiled. "But... what do I do now? Do I just keep telling people, and that's it...?"

[New Aksarben]

"You're Albert, from another universe! My sister knows all about you guys, it's part of her work!"

The older woman sighed, and nodded faintly to Albert.

Albert grinned even more in response. "Yes. I am Albert. Now, why are you so excited to meet me?" He was still a bit confused and curious as to why they were here, but he guessed they were from somewhere that spoke a Slavic language based on their names.

[Tiltjuice]

Chrys paused as she was heading back to the apartment building, having stopped over in Chaos for a takeaway order of garlic steak fries. Spotting Neil, she waved and crossed the lawn to him, holding out the box.

"Hey, I was just looking for you! Want some?"

The offer of food was always a good way to get on the right side of a raptor. "Don't mind if I do." Neil answered and impaled a couple fries on his index claw. He nibbled at them savoring the flavor, as a carnivore, potatoes only offered flavor without satisfying his voracious appetite. "So, why would you be looking for me, stranger?" he asked the person he never met.

"Not a whole lot. Just that a couple of friends and I found a mysterious magical stone that we can't figure out, and so we thought - I mean, they thought...no, we thought you'd like to have a crack at it. I'm Chrys, by the way," she said in a rush.

[Torsiedellious and Sturmovosk]

"You're Albert, from another universe! My sister knows all about you guys, it's part of her work!"

The older woman sighed, and nodded faintly to Albert.

Albert grinned even more in response. "Yes. I am Albert. Now, why are you so excited to meet me?" He was still a bit confused and curious as to why they were here, but he guessed they were from somewhere that spoke a Slavic language based on their names.

"Good question! I'm excited because you guys go on adventures, and fight evil, have powers, and even go to space! Sister doesn't tell me anything, much, but stalk, I know! Isn't that right sister?"

The older woman nodded and spoke in a soft voice.

"Yes, Svetlana."

[Primordial Luxa]

With a solitary ‘DING’ the elevators doors opened in the lobby to reveal a lithe and rapturous Insidious. She was as always underdressed in the typical sense of the word lacking any clothing and displaying her spectral, clean and fair skin. Across her body her skin changed color in rapid succession with her frantic and chaotic mood and strange phantasmal water like designs of purple, green and blue gave her a strange genetic beauty.

She took a set of long dance like strides out of the elevator spinning on a foot before jumping to stand infront of Dora. At this distance it was easy to smell the reek of meth on her breath as well as several differed sets of lipstick covering her lush body in very descript locations. All of this indicated she had just come from a Luxan party of some kind.

The pair of ex-Conservators standing in the lobby had very different reactions. In a complete reversal of her normal stoic appearance, Dora's hair was all over the place and she was sweating slightly, as well as taking deep puffs off her electronic cigarette. Tasia, on the other hand, gave Insidious an appraising glance.

"Hi Insidious," Dora said, scanning the hallway behind the Luxan as well as behind herself and Tasia.

"Very nice look there. Any chance I could get in on the next one?" the blonde asked, as she swept back her hair and gathered it up into a ponytail, exposing her neck.

She gives them a gracious deep bow that seems out of place in modern times yet mirrors her eccentric persona. Runs her tongue over her teeth in an almost predatory manner at Tasia’s request for an invitation, and her skin patterns seemed to consolidate around her stomach before pinballing around her flesh. “Thank you, my aunts are more for fashion that I am” she said pushing her hair up innocently with one hand. “and Ill make sure to seek you out for our next family dinner Miss….?”

"Well . . . Here goes." Bran said and gulped. He slowly reached down to the stone and quickly ran the marker across it on a small part of it, before jumping back quickly in case there was any area of effect the effect would take place in.

--

Kei heard the knock and got up to answer it, nodding to Tekikoku along the way. She heard the message from Yuna and scowled at the Pyersai, but she would relay the message either way.

"Katya, you're needed down at the pool, Giovenith has something to tell you."

Nothing happens. The brief change in the surface color and texture of the block of rock has no noticeable effects

[New Aksarben]

Albert grinned even more in response. "Yes. I am Albert. Now, why are you so excited to meet me?" He was still a bit confused and curious as to why they were here, but he guessed they were from somewhere that spoke a Slavic language based on their names.

"Good question! I'm excited because you guys go on adventures, and fight evil, have powers, and even go to space! Sister doesn't tell me anything, much, but stalk, I know! Isn't that right sister?"

The older woman nodded and spoke in a soft voice.

"Yes, Svetlana."

"Hmm..." He chuckled at the mention of fighting evil, mainly because it was a bit ironic for some of the residents of the apartment. "Well, why have you come to visit us, then? How did you know you wouldn't get kidnapped by the raptors? I am pretty sure nearly every resident has been kidnapped by them at least once....." He was completely serious about this, but he didn't mention some of the worse things that could happen to the two 'tourists' as he had begun to think of them as.

[The BranRiech]

"Damn, well that was anti-climactic." Bran muttered and walked back over to the stone, this time drawing a smiley face on it before standing again. "Jacob, I think we should take it to the raptors now, or we could try one more thing because drawing on it doesn't work."

--

"It's important, Katya. Go." Kei ordered. She knew Katya needed to hear it from Gio, because if she told Kat, it;d be 100% better than how Kei would tell her.

[Torsiedellious and Sturmovosk]

"Good question! I'm excited because you guys go on adventures, and fight evil, have powers, and even go to space! Sister doesn't tell me anything, much, but stalk, I know! Isn't that right sister?"

The older woman nodded and spoke in a soft voice.

"Yes, Svetlana."

"Hmm..." He chuckled at the mention of fighting evil, mainly because it was a bit ironic for some of the residents of the apartment. "Well, why have you come to visit us, then? How did you know you wouldn't get kidnapped by the raptors? I am pretty sure nearly every resident has been kidnapped by them at least once....." He was completely serious about this, but he didn't mention some of the worse things that could happen to the two 'tourists' as he had begun to think of them as.

"We're not residents....well, my sister here does stay here sometimes, though. Army business. That's his she could take me here! Don't you know my sister, Dimitrus?"

Upon further inspection, the woman did seem very young, pale, and had white hair. Her eyes were covered by her cap, and besides her neck, everything was covered in black, shrouded by a trench coat.

...

'Um....okay...feel free to follow....I guess."

Katya jogged off towards the back of the apartment building. She ran for a minute to get to the pool, and waved to Gio.

[Germanic Templars]

A grin spread across Swith's face. "This... is my first movie theater," she squealed in child-like mirth and clutched her ticket.

The twins were overwhelmed by the inside of the building. The smells and sounds tempted them to run in all directions. Not knowing what else to do, they grabbed onto Thriller's pant legs and bobbed up and down in excitement.

"We should get our seats.." Swith trailed off. Her head tilted and the smiled on her face became fixed as she listened.

... and so it is and so it is...

Fleeting whispers glittered through ethereal pathways of chaotic emotion and swirled around the consciousness of Chaotic beings.

Not strong at all. Weak as a kitten.

The pages are left blank.

Sydney continued to pull on Thriller's leg but Siduer stopped moving. The whole theater lobby became distant. "Who isn't strong?" he asked out loud. "What is what and why's it blank?"

Swith handed her ticket to Thriller and scooped Siduer up. "Shhh. Don't listen. I've told you before, you need to learn to block your mind. You're trying to hear them all. They're separate."

He whimpered in her arms, not understanding why the voices were so malevolent. Something bad had happened, and there were so many voices talking. One set was concerned and seemed to have acknowledgment of something... some thing?... but the other was laughing at whoever the kitten was. He didn't understand, and so he buried his face against his mother's neck.

Swith rocked him and blinked back her tears. "Yoshi is dead," she said softly to Thriller. "Let's get these two into the movie. It'll distract Siduer. I'll... I'll explain later."

--

Xanthe laughed. "Well, it's never to late to learn about a person, I suppose." She picked up the empty plate and gave Cain's hand a gently pat.

"Lucius, what about you? Where were you born? And when?"

--

"Psh," Blythe snorted. "He needs to loosen up more. Take more vacations. Poor Lucius. He went through a lot of trouble helping us get you back. Maybe we could do something nice for him? Like give him silk sheets."

Thriller looked at her with a neutral expression. "Not to sound rude but, who is Yoshi again? I mean name sounds familiar, but I don't remember who they are."

--

"Me? Well I was born around 12 A.D somewhere along the Rhine River, on the Roman Empire side, of course."

--

"Silk? Well... I guess so, I mean that would be good for him." He replied, not really giving much thought into it since part of his mind was day dreaming else where.

[The New Velociraptor Empire]

The offer of food was always a good way to get on the right side of a raptor. "Don't mind if I do." Neil answered and impaled a couple fries on his index claw. He nibbled at them savoring the flavor, as a carnivore, potatoes only offered flavor without satisfying his voracious appetite. "So, why would you be looking for me, stranger?" he asked the person he never met.

"Not a whole lot. Just that a couple of friends and I found a mysterious magical stone that we can't figure out, and so we thought - I mean, they thought...no, we thought you'd like to have a crack at it. I'm Chrys, by the way," she said in a rush.

"Nice to meet you Chrys, you smell nice, like time." Neil greeted and offered a sharp claw to shake. "Magic isn't our field, but with SCIENCE!!! we can extract it's nature and provide a detailed analysis. Our library of the mystical may not be as large as Primordial's but it is still extensive enough that there might be an account somewhere." he explained.

[Cerillium]

"Ah... okay. Ogoti," she felt a little strange addressing another god of the status by their regular name, after having spent much of her time adding the respectful 'Most High' form of address. "I can see why they would call you that. You are very nice like a grandparent." Giovenith smiled. "But... what do I do now? Do I just keep telling people, and that's it...?"

He smiled in reply. "Now you do what the rest of us do. You watch the ripples and prepare yourself to duck if others decide the message isn't to their liking. Katya will probably want to know more."

His hands folded together and he pressed his knuckles against his lips. "Hmm. Fate puts a box of medicine way up high on a shelf inside an empty room. Someone rushes into that room and demands help because they've cut themselves. I have the medicine. Fix it! Yet this shelf is too high for me to reach. I'm just too small still. Meanwhile the wound begins to bleed and makes a mess all over the floor and people are angry with me.

"You are that empty room and the box is within you. You're still too small to access it. It isn't your fault. People's prayers rush into you. They plead for the box you can't yet reach. Their friends may be angry with you afterwards but that's because they don't understand. Forgive them - they're only human. All you can do is clean up the mess inside yourself. Promise yourself that one day you'll be able to reach that box. Don't rush to grow. Instead, grow into yourself slowly. Otherwise, my dear, you'll be like Atosh and Kei; powerful beings who dip their hands into the box and use the contents simply because they can reach it. Power is tempered by wisdom. Wisdom is gained through patience. Patience is mastered over a course of time."

[New Aksarben]

"Damn, well that was anti-climactic." Bran muttered and walked back over to the stone, this time drawing a smiley face on it before standing again. "Jacob, I think we should take it to the raptors now, or we could try one more thing because drawing on it doesn't work."

Jacob shrugged. "If you want to. I would rather just bring it to them. We could always ask them if we could watch their experiments.... It would be interesting to see what it would do, if we were protected from its affects, right?"

---

"I don't think I have met anyone named Dimitrus before." Albert said with a shrug. His tail continued waving behind him lazily. This was an interesting conversation, but Albert was a bit bored by it. "So I am guessing this Dimitrus is the C.O. for Katya and Torii?" He guessed randomly. "Or something similar?"

[Torsiedellious and Sturmovosk]

"That would be correct.", Dimitrus said. "I'm here again...and my sibling wanted to see everyone..."

"Yep! This place is cool!"

......

Katya walked up to Gio and Ogoti with a curious look. She didn't know why Gio would need to talk to her. Still, she humoured the girl.

"What's up? Yuna said that you wished to inform me of something?"

[New Aksarben]

"That would be correct.", Dimitrus said. "I'm here again...and my sibling wanted to see everyone..."

"Yep! This place is cool!"

"I guess so. You sort of get used to the strangeness of this place, I guess." Albert shrugged. His tail continued waving lazily behind him, and his ears occasionally twitched randomly. "Well, You probably want to meet others here, right?" He asked the smaller girl, wondering if he could get on with his walk.

[Giovenith]

"Ah... okay. Ogoti," she felt a little strange addressing another god of the status by their regular name, after having spent much of her time adding the respectful 'Most High' form of address. "I can see why they would call you that. You are very nice like a grandparent." Giovenith smiled. "But... what do I do now? Do I just keep telling people, and that's it...?"

He smiled in reply. "Now you do what the rest of us do. You watch the ripples and prepare yourself to duck if others decide the message isn't to their liking. Katya will probably want to know more."

His hands folded together and he pressed his knuckles against his lips. "Hmm. Fate puts a box of medicine way up high on a shelf inside an empty room. Someone rushes into that room and demands help because they've cut themselves. I have the medicine. Fix it! Yet this shelf is too high for me to reach. I'm just too small still. Meanwhile the wound begins to bleed and makes a mess all over the floor and people are angry with me.

"You are that empty room and the box is within you. You're still too small to access it. It isn't your fault. People's prayers rush into you. They plead for the box you can't yet reach. Their friends may be angry with you afterwards but that's because they don't understand. Forgive them - they're only human. All you can do is clean up the mess inside yourself. Promise yourself that one day you'll be able to reach that box. Don't rush to grow. Instead, grow into yourself slowly. Otherwise, my dear, you'll be like Atosh and Kei; powerful beings who dip their hands into the box and use the contents simply because they can reach it. Power is tempered by wisdom. Wisdom is gained through patience. Patience is mastered over a course of time."

Giovenith considered this for a moment, reviewing the images in her mind. Small, that was a very good word to describe how she had felt in the situation, unable to do anything despite the pleas for her to assist. She had felt like she had been a friend in her inability, though the way Ogoti explained, Giovenith began to understand that she really shouldn't be expected to do things she was not (yet) capable of. She was sorry, but... she could make up for it later. The first step may have been taken today, but there was still a long way to go before she could, as the Grandfather had said, reach the shelf and help. One could not learn skills without taking the baby steps. And today, those baby steps included telling, not doing. Considering the harshness of the things that must be told, Giovenith supposed it was quite plenty enough for now.

"Excellent way of putting it," she smiled. "Thank you for putting it that way. I have thought myself patient before, but I suppose keeping happy is easy compared to other factors..."

Katya walked up to Gio and Ogoti with a curious look. She didn't know why Gio would need to talk to her. Still, she humoured the girl.

"What's up? Yuna said that you wished to inform me of something?"

Oh dear. Hmmm. Okay... here it went. It wouldn't be easy. Giovenith suspected it might hurt, but at least she would survive it....

"Miss Katya?" addressed Giovenith, walking up to Torii's sister. "I do have something to tell you. Could you please sit down somewhere with me? It... is not of pleasant nature."

[Torsiedellious and Sturmovosk]

"Hmmm..sure thing, Albert!", She nodded. "It was nice to meet you!"

She skipped off. Dimitrus sighed and continued following her, saying nothing to Albert.

[Torsiedellious and Sturmovosk]

Katya was out off somewhat by Gio's announcement. Maybe the godling did have something to say...

"Um, play.", She said. She walked over to a pool chair and took a seat. Whatever it was, she had a feeling it wasn't going to be one bit good.

[Swith Witherward]

Thriller looked at her with a neutral expression. "Not to sound rude but, who is Yoshi again? I mean name sounds familiar, but I don't remember who they are."

--

"Me? Well I was born around 12 A.D somewhere along the Rhine River, on the Roman Empire side, of course."

--

"Silk? Well... I guess so, I mean that would be good for him." He replied, not really giving much thought into it since part of his mind was day dreaming else where.

"He was the young man who came to interview me that time. I tested him, remember? I offered him his dream. He agreed to it, but not because he wanted to gain perfection. He wanted to use the perfection to help others. He passed the test."

She sighed. "Oh, Cornelius. He already had that perfection in him. The world has lost a very gifted young man. It pains me to see talent stripped away. I suppose he died in transport? Or maybe he was already on the battle field? I'm not sure. Emotions don't convey facts, only the feelings behind an action. So, I'm at a loss to explain. He could have OD'ed or chocked on a grape, for all I know."

Siduer had stopped sniffling and Sydney still tugged impatiently on her father's leg. "Okay," Swith said, "Let's get back to what we were doing. Movie?!"

"YES!"

"Movie?" she asked Thriller as the smile crept back onto her face.

--

Xanthe's head tilted. "Aha. A young Lucius born into a time where men still saw the world with clear eyes. But you became a Roman soldier, so that makes sense. How on earth did you end up at Golgotha?" Unlike Blythe, she'd only heard him speak of that moment and not much of the details behind it.

--

Blythe slowly leaned forward, an inch at a time until her mouth was pressed against the tip of Superbia's snout. Her puckered lips thinned and widened as she opened her mouth. Sharp, pointy teeth slowly and gently clamped down on his skin and she gave a playful, mock growl. "Tag," she murmured through a mouthful of flesh, and then she let go with a playful squeal and bolted.