[Closed] Snowball Fight!

[inlikethebrume]

Who: An idiot (Mira), a darkness child (Vanitas), a sleepy grandpa (Emet-Selch), and later on the crafting catte (Iryha)
When: During the Winter Storm Event
Where: House Darkness
What: Playing in the snow somehow turns into an all out snowball war
Warnings: Potential Shadowbringers spoilers but more than likely none. Dark weirdos being nerds.

[Of course there was warnings about the incoming storm. Everyone being told to stay inside and keep warm is what any sane or normal person would do in this situation. And yet there are some who are in the opposite direction. Such as one particular dark knight bundled outside in the front yard from head to toe in as much warmth as she could handle. Why is she outside in the freezing cold instead of curled up on a couch with a book and warm tea instead? Because she is bored. And being bored is always a bad thing when Mira was around. But the weather itself was a bit hectic that some activities could not be done without the risk of injury.

So that leads into what the woman is doing now: making very odd snow creatures in the front yard. Well, odd to anyone who isn't familiar with them. They're rough but Mira's more into alchemy, not art. As long as they have the shape and they look the part, then she's fine with it.

In fact, she's a little too preoccupied with making those weird things that anyone could possibly snap her out of her concentration even by the smallest greeting.]

Comments

[unsundered]

[That's because comfort is a foreign concept. Or at least, there are any number of things were there's no comfort to be had. What good is word, or touch, or company?

It accomplished nothing at all.

Not that Emet-Selch felt much of anything in regards to Vanitas' display, apart from, perhaps, some vague recognition. This was just how things were.]

Idle curiosity, on my part.

[Easily enough spoken; Mira could say the nice things.]

Your condition and star are not uninteresting. And there's not much else to do in this place.

[inlikethebrume]

The first? Truly?

[That cannot be right. Surely someone had to have asked at some point? No one else was curious about emotional creatures coming from someone mainly from negative emotions? Or maybe Mira did have a tendency to gravitate to those with some kind of tie to emotions and power.]

I have to admit that I too am curious about it all. About you and where you come from.

[darkcharge]

So glad can alleviate your boredom just a little, old man.

[ Oh that sarcasm is quite thick isn't it? Vanitas snorts and rolls his eyes. ]

But yeah, the first. Unlike some heroes that defend the Light, my own don't really seem interested in the why's. Only how do we stop it.

[ A thing he might have spoken to Emet-Selch about before. ]

What I am curious about is how you two seem to not be at odds. How is it you two met?

[unsundered]

[He's not offended at the sarcasm, at least. Displacing his boredom is a worthy thing. The question gets a more thoughtful look, though, and he's silent for a few moments, considering.]

That's... a more complicated question than you realize.

[Where did it begin? There were at least a half-dozen correct answers. And why weren't they at obvious odds? Certainly, he was more accustomed to heroes and champions taking the how do we stop it route, with no deviation. And that was still the result in the end, wasn't it?]

Technically, I first met Mira when I arrived in this place. Yet at the same time, we're well known to one another.

[inlikethebrume]

[Only because communication sucked. It's a very long and complicated story and should they really bring up the details like this?]

He has the right of it; there are different Warriors like myself but...how to explain? Different people but sometimes following the same path on a separate plane?

[How to explain timelines and all that? No one explained this so all Mira is going by is testimony from the other Warriors and friends.]

Thus it is the same with those we have met on our own stars. Emet-Selch and I have met in the city proper during the last festival technically. Precisely on the bridge where people were speaking their grudges and fighting to get it out of their system.

[As for why they weren't at odds, the answer is long. She should want nothing to do with him, ignore him or shun him like the dark vile being that she had known all ascians to be. And yet, it's the opposite. She admitted it to him herself: the fact that she cares about the man. If someone offered to change events that happened in the city, Mira would refuse to take it.]

[darkcharge]

[ Vanitas would say that alternate timelines aren't really a thing where he comes from, but Sora... Well Sora had undone what Xehanort did to him and his friends. ]

You're right. That is complicated. So then these other Warriors have experienced the same things as you?

[unsundered]

To some degree. Their backgrounds are different, but a number of their... accomplishments remain the same.

[Like interfering in all those Ascian plans, for one thing.]

I've four such heroes to entertain me here- though none are the same as the reflection from my version of events. Yet they remain the same person, nonetheless.

[The same soul, though he could not see it. They were interchangeable, but were not. They all had a baseline of importance to him, but- their differences manifested moreso than he expected. Almost as though they were their own people.]

[inlikethebrume]

Sometimes they are.

[Like K'rihnn and her experiencing the journey of the red mage or her and Irhya walking the same exact path of the dark knight. As she sips her tea, Mira gets a bit more curious. Not to mention recalling what Emet told her at the masquerade. Did that person's soul fragments exist within them too? One step at a time.]

I do not believe I have heard of your Warrior yet. What are they like?

[darkcharge]

They are the same person?

[ Okay, given Vanitas' little "issues" how could he not latch onto that? Mira is curious about this other Warrior and rightfully so. But Vanitas is curious as to how literal he should take that sentence...

All while going back to playing with Breezy's ears. ]

[unsundered]

They possess the same soul, which as far as I'm concerned, makes them the same person.

[As far as he could tell, anyway- but with so much else in common, why would that detail be any different?

The question about his own Warrior surprises him slightly, and he frowns.]

The Warrior that I know... heroic and selfless, like all the rest. More stoic than any of you, but not unfriendly. Taller.

[inlikethebrume]

[If that is the case, then...

Worry on it later. Be a little happy at Breezy purring from the attention.]

Taller than you? I am shocked.

[darkcharge]

[ Well he really doesn't have much to add to this line of conversation. Vani is listening, though. Taking in everything that he can. ]

[unsundered]

[He waves that off with a small gesture.]

Not what I meant. They're taller than any of you Warriors here, though that's not a difficult feat. But they're not like to match a Garlean. Average as this host is, it still towers over most Eorzeans.

[inlikethebrume]

I can name one shorter than you.

[Like Cid is a short Garlean compared to Lucia or Maxima. Same with the Warriors.]

And I seem to be the tallest of the Warriors here. Not by much but I am not used to looking down when needing to speak.

[That and all the others are tiny miqo'te.]

[darkcharge]

Host.

[ Usually that doesn't have a very good connotation, Emet-Selch. Why Van's master had quite a few of those... ]

[unsundered]

If this is an average Garlean, that implies there are shorter ones, yes? But true, you've got a considerable advantage over the miqo'te.

[Cats were so small. Vanitas' reaction gets a half-smile, a shrug.]

Ah, yes- my kind lacks physical form. To get around this, we possess mortal hosts. And, generally speaking, we do not return them.

[inlikethebrume]

[It should be awkward as hell but Mira already asked Emet about it while in Rak'tika. Or rather, asked her version but ever since Lahabrea took over Thancred long ago, it was very much a given.

While it may be answered for her, she can't help but wonder about Vanitas. Was he alright? Other than being awkward about touching.]

[darkcharge]

[ He clicks his tongue. ]

Do you possess them willingly or unwillingly?

[ Honestly he's just a bit curious. Somehow he doesn't really think Emet-Selch would care either way. ]

[unsundered]

Unwillingly.

[No regret or hesitation there. It was what it was.]

At least, I assume so. I've never asked, and I've no reason to leave their minds intact when I move in. Not that I change bodies very frequently- it's more tiring than you'd think, and the adjustment period is always a hassle.

[inlikethebrume]

[Why can Mira imagine any of the Scions make any kind of scathing comment on that? Or in Thancred's case, find his gunblade and try to yeet him into space? But what about her thoughts on it? She can't help but feel bad about the poor guy who more than likely was minding his own business and then suddenly gets taken over by someone else.

There's irony in Lahabrea's statement; in calling the Mothercrystal a parasite, he did not realize that he was one as well. Or maybe he did in all his madness. Thankfully none of this seeped through the bond but Mira is in thought. Did Emet have the same thoughts or has he grown accustomed to it? Did he have another form other than the one he fought her with?

Keep on going boys, she doesn't have much to contribute here but she's still listening.]

[darkcharge]

[ Honestly Vanitas doesn't really feel bad about it. After all hadn't he been about to do the same? Kick Ven's personality from the steering wheel? Whatever happened to his other half after that, well... Who knows? Who cares? ]

So it's just one person. Not multiple people at the same time...

[unsundered]

Now wouldn't that be a trick.

[An intriguing concept. Also an exhausting concept; possessing one life was tiring enough, nevermind controlling several.]

But alas, no. One host at a time. Though it sounds like you're familiar with the idea....?

[inlikethebrume]

[So many Emet-Selchs...the star may implode.]

It certainly sounds like it.

[Tell them more, Vani.]

[darkcharge]

Most of the Organization are somewhat possessed. My master thought that it would be easier to accomplish his goals if the Organization members were like-minded.

[ Yet some of them could act independently anyway, despite Xehanort's influence over their hearts. ]

As far as full possession goes, I think that was only one other person. Maybe two. If our final member had ended up being either Sora or Roxas, I think they would have had to been fully possessed as well.

[unsundered]

How can you somewhat possess someone? A bit like tempering, perhaps....

[It does keep everyone's goals on the same page. He mutters it half to himself, though the Ascian just shakes his head after a moment, focusing his attention back on Vanitas.]

And what are you? Full, half, or none?