Jade "read the script" Curtiss (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
yourfononsarewhack) wrote2013-03-10 11:00 pm
yourfononsarewhack) wrote2013-03-10 11:00 pm
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First Field of Fonons [Written/Action]
[Written, Anonymous]
[The following anonymous message appears around noon on Sunday. It could be familiar to anyone who's seen it before.]
Excuse me, people of Luceti. I am new here, and I would simply like to make a few requests in order to better ascertain this situaion. First of all, I'd like to request that the following people report to the local schoolhouse's second floor office immediately for questioning:
-Fon Master Ion
-Nephry Osborne (née Balfour)
-Anise Tatlin
-Mystearica Aura Fende
-Florian
-Asch, son of Susanne
-Arietta the Wild
-Also, Luke fon Fabre.
[He intentionally uses a personal touch in some names for several reasons. One is to hint at what he knows about them, which gives incentive for them to come meet with him without knowing for sure who he is. Anger is also a useful incentive, which is why at least one name is written a certain way - not to mention how anger can make someone slip up. And of course, Jade has to see if these people truly answer to such names - if they really have the memories of those he knew back in Auldrant.]
If there is anyone else here hailing from Auldrant whose name is not on that list, I invite them to be questioned as well. Secondly, any authors of this so-called Guide whom still reside within the enclosure are also to come talk to me. I would be glad to speak with anyone who has any other unique information at all.
Finally, I believe there that one of the clothing shop should currently have in its stock a standard grade uniform of the Malkuth imperial forces. If he is currently within Luceti, Gailardia Galan Gardios is to retrieve it and then report in for questioning. Otherwise, this duty shall fall to Luke fon Fabre.
That will be all.
[Action]
[It's been several hours since Jade woke up in this seemingly unoccupied office, which possibly contained some samples of pottery which had a disturbing familiarity to them. Jade had no problem working alone and in this state of undress to figure it out where he was - occasionally examining the hallway and nearby rooms to confirm that he was in some kind of schoolhouse. Even his glasses were gone, but Jade felt no major concern for the time being. He realized after reading the Guide that it could be effect of the supposed power cap reducing his need for the glasses. It just helps him feel more confident on his decision of spending the rest of the day in that room, awaiting those who come to see him, while making some paperwork already from loose sheets of paper.
During these hours before making the anonymous message, he had studying the contents of the journal, reading back through the last few months to gather as much information as possible - and studying the Guide as well. He liked to think that he was taking it calmly and rationally. But he has to confirm things firsthand. The images he saw in that book included those whom he was sure were dead. Until he talks to them himself, he can't dismiss the possibility of being suddenly trapped in a replica world, no matter how final Van's defeat seemed to be. So Jade sat at a desk with his fingers steepled, awaiting the first interviewee, his red eyes more glaringly standing out with his lack of glasses.
One could also catch him that evening in full uniform, browsing the item shop for those glasses once all his interrogations are said and done.]
[The following anonymous message appears around noon on Sunday. It could be familiar to anyone who's seen it before.]
Excuse me, people of Luceti. I am new here, and I would simply like to make a few requests in order to better ascertain this situaion. First of all, I'd like to request that the following people report to the local schoolhouse's second floor office immediately for questioning:
-Fon Master Ion
-Nephry Osborne (née Balfour)
-Anise Tatlin
-Mystearica Aura Fende
-Florian
-Asch, son of Susanne
-Arietta the Wild
-Also, Luke fon Fabre.
[He intentionally uses a personal touch in some names for several reasons. One is to hint at what he knows about them, which gives incentive for them to come meet with him without knowing for sure who he is. Anger is also a useful incentive, which is why at least one name is written a certain way - not to mention how anger can make someone slip up. And of course, Jade has to see if these people truly answer to such names - if they really have the memories of those he knew back in Auldrant.]
If there is anyone else here hailing from Auldrant whose name is not on that list, I invite them to be questioned as well. Secondly, any authors of this so-called Guide whom still reside within the enclosure are also to come talk to me. I would be glad to speak with anyone who has any other unique information at all.
Finally, I believe there that one of the clothing shop should currently have in its stock a standard grade uniform of the Malkuth imperial forces. If he is currently within Luceti, Gailardia Galan Gardios is to retrieve it and then report in for questioning. Otherwise, this duty shall fall to Luke fon Fabre.
That will be all.
[Action]
[It's been several hours since Jade woke up in this seemingly unoccupied office, which possibly contained some samples of pottery which had a disturbing familiarity to them. Jade had no problem working alone and in this state of undress to figure it out where he was - occasionally examining the hallway and nearby rooms to confirm that he was in some kind of schoolhouse. Even his glasses were gone, but Jade felt no major concern for the time being. He realized after reading the Guide that it could be effect of the supposed power cap reducing his need for the glasses. It just helps him feel more confident on his decision of spending the rest of the day in that room, awaiting those who come to see him, while making some paperwork already from loose sheets of paper.
During these hours before making the anonymous message, he had studying the contents of the journal, reading back through the last few months to gather as much information as possible - and studying the Guide as well. He liked to think that he was taking it calmly and rationally. But he has to confirm things firsthand. The images he saw in that book included those whom he was sure were dead. Until he talks to them himself, he can't dismiss the possibility of being suddenly trapped in a replica world, no matter how final Van's defeat seemed to be. So Jade sat at a desk with his fingers steepled, awaiting the first interviewee, his red eyes more glaringly standing out with his lack of glasses.
One could also catch him that evening in full uniform, browsing the item shop for those glasses once all his interrogations are said and done.]
[action]
[But his own levity is also silence by her response. He observes her body language with his hands folded together. It's clear she's aware of any of the lamentable events to occur after her time. Jade is just no so sure as to what extent.]
Do you now? May I ask precisely how much you've learned of your future?
[action]
[She doesn't want to tell him, just in case he isn't aware of what she had done. The colonel's approval had always been something she had valued, and she knows that telling him about her betrayal would break the trust that exists between them; he had already been suspicious of her in Mt Zaleho, she doesn't want to prove him right.]
[But it sounds like he comes from the future, just like Ion had. Does he know already? He wouldn't be treating her like this if he does, would he?]
[The silence is stretching uncomfortably long. She's not looking down any more, but she still doesn't meet his eyes. What could she say? Some part of her wants to pour everything out, to unburden herself, but at the same time she recoils from the thought of losing the Colonel's sort-of-friendship.]
[Deflecting is probably the best way to go. She tries to pull a smile.]
Oh, just a bit! Um, what about you, Colonel? What's the last thing you remember?
[action]
My, my. Now isn't that a bold demand from a young lady. It's not so often that one chooses to interrogate a Malkuth military official back. However, I believe I may just be willing to make an exception for this one question.
[He pushes at his glasses as he remembers the memories that still seem so recent Of Luke disappearing, seemingly for good. Asch, Ion and Arietta all gone already.]
It was the fall of Eldrant and the freedom of Lorelei. If you don't know what either of that means, then you have quite some catching up to do, Anise.
[action]
Eldrant? [Her surprise isn't feigned.] Isn't that part of some legend? And what about Lorelei? I thought it spoke through Tear, and...
[She doesn't really remember that part clearly; she had still been reeling from the revelation that Ion is a replica.]
[action]
And of course, there's always the chance that talking to Anise about any particular matters she was aware of could be beneficial to her.
But outwardly, his response to Anise's genuine state of puzzlement is to laugh.]
I see you know very little, Anise. That's too bad. Perhaps it would be easier to spell it as the ultimate end of Van's plot, and his final defeat.
[action]
You're being all mysterious again, Colonel... But fine! So, have you met anyone else from Auldrant yet?
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Asch is still as grumpy as ever! But what about Gloomietta? [She glances around. Nothing seems broken.] Did she attack you?
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[And... after Ion's.]
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If Ion doesn't know, then I don't think either of us can pry it out of her. But what about Asch? He's looking after her right now, so maybe he'll know!
[Well, if they can get him to talk.]
[action]
Of course. Asch, who's always been so eager and forthcoming to tell us even the most important matters. I'll be sure to ask him out for tea.
[At the same time, he's unsure about whether or not he's okay about the subject diverting from Ion for the moment.]
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And this will still apply when the information is primarily of importance to myself. But they still look out for each other in this world, eh?
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Why don't we return to the subject of yourself and your experiences here in Luceti?
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Sure, what do you want to know? I'm always right here ready to help! ♥
[action]
[He looks over a paper, pretending to deliberate over a question. And then he asks in a more serious tone.]
In this world, have you ever met a Professor Gelda Nebilim?
[He lets that hang there for a moment before he motions to the rest of the office.]
And yes, I have already been made aware of the irony.
[action]
Yeah, she was my teacher. [She hesitates a little before she asks her next question. After the Professor was sent back to Auldrant - to her death - Dist had been more withdrawn than usual. When she asked, Ion told her that the Professor had taught Dist when he was younger. And since the Colonel and Dist were childhood friends...]
Did you know her, Colonel?
[action]
She was my teacher.
But her return question at least answers itself some of his planned follow-up questions. He needed to know how much Anise knew about the connection between himself and Gelda. But now Anise had revealed that she knew nothing at all of it. And it put him in a unique position.
Back home, he had told them all. Entrusted the information to them - and they accepted it. Against Jade's better judgement, they still accepted him as a human being. but he only told them because of what had happened - because they had fought Gelda's replica together. Because they'd all gotten dragged into his finest mess. Now he was dealing with an Anise of the past, one whom had yet to experience her own most terrible mistake. It wasn't a simple matter of wondering whether or not Anise would judge him. It was wondering whether or not it was really so necessary to dispense this information in this very different context. So he keeps his own answer simple and short.]
Mm, years ago. But that's irrelevant.
[action]
[Maybe she'll have to ask Ion later. Could he have an illicit love affair with the Professor that Dist was jealous about?]
[Her excitement is abruptly cut off when she once again remembers that the Professor is dead.]
You... [know she's dead, right, is what she's been about to ask, but reconsiders it at the last moment. Learning Ion was dead was the hardest thing she had to face. And maybe, because it's the Colonel, he knows already.]
Um, so! What else do you want to know?
[action]
[He spends a moment in thought, pondering whether or not to pursue a different subject. And then abruptly cuts back to talking at whatever moment he's least expected to.]
What else do you know about the Professor?