azume | drops of jupiter.

[ so that was a lot, especially since it was keith’s first time coming face-to-face with a commander. he knows everyone must be tired and emotionally drained, but they have a lot of things they need to talk about. things that can’t wait to be sorted out. he has to collect his thoughts first, though--he’s not sure how to feel about this exactly, but he knows he’s feeling a lot of things. keith needs time to process everything, and he goes off to be alone for a little while.

eventually, michael, kayneth, ignis, camilla, and bucky bring over some food for the gang. it’s a much needed meal, and maybe some people want to eat in peace. unfortunately, keith is keith, and he thinks now is the best time to have a discussion. ]

Look, I know I’m not in the best position to say this, especially after how I acted back there. But unless anyone has any better ideas, we need to go to that lake and see the Guardian. We have to try. If that’s part of the solution to saving these people and going back home, then there’s really no other option.

[ he’s saying this with a calm head this time. he’s frustrated, clearly, but he’s speaking firmly and with nowhere near the same aggression he held earlier, back when he wanted to attack jupiter.

he doesn’t believe that he can be the leader anyone needs him to be. not here, not back at home. but it’s not going to stop him from trying to do what he feels is right. ]

And if we need someone to scope it out before we act, then I’ll do it.

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I agree, especially since you weren’t with us during the last encounter. I think we’re better equipped than the Galactics, to be honest, given that we can think outside he box.

Agreed--I'm not about to downplay the potential risk by any means, but I think we have the advantage of relatively sound minds and reasonable mental states.

What horrors are waiting for us this time, I wonder? I doubt they’re horrors we can’t reason with, but they’re probably horrors.

Honestly, so long as it's not more shrieking ghosts, I think we'll be able to manage.

Given what we learned today, there might be ghosts.

There might just be something else, too. I wonder if they’ve got Froslass? It’s location appropriate.

...I have the distinct feeling I'm about to regret asking for clarification, but do enlighten me.

Ah, it’s a Pokemon that resembles a Japanese ghost. Basically, they’re the spirits of scorned women who find handsome men lost in the mountains and add them to their ice sculpture gallery.

. . .

[WHY]

I am not sure I much care for that idea.

That’s understandable. You and Noctis should probably stay around the middle of the group, all things considered.

...I'm sorry, what are you implying.

Please don't turn this into a ranking of most to least likely to end up effectively Shiva's consort.

[ignis no one knows what that means]

...

[he was going to continue to be a smartass but uh]

I get the impression we are thinking of very different Shivas here.

Almost definitely. The Glacian's an ice goddess with the tendency to split into several bodies at once.

...As the epithet implies, she freezes things. And that is a massive understatement.

Hmm. Shiva is a male destroyer god in one of my world's mythologies, and he has no association with ice.

...Destroyer of evil, not a general god of destruction. He's not an evil god of any kind.

That is a bit odd. I can't say that she's historically always been the most merciful of our pantheon and we never spoke directly, but she was often reasonably helpful when our paths crossed.

[ignis don't just say that shit]

That's really interesting. I know it's very off topic, but I'd like to hear more about your deities... if not here, then some other time.

Might as well.

[since the strategic aspect of the meeting seems to have settled on 'fuck it, we're doing it live, calm down keith']

What would you like to know?

Mostly names, really. I'm interested in seeing if that was a coincidence or not.

There’s six in total; Shiva, Titan, Ramuh, Leviathan, Bahamut, and Ifrit.

Huh. The only name out of those that doesn't correspond to something from my world is "Ramuh," which is perhaps sounds like something, but... isn't quite the same.

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What was the plan last time?

We didn’t really have one aside from “possibly use berries to offer to the local deity.” We ended up encountering some extremely powerful Ghost Pokemon guarding Azelf, but we were able to convey our true intentions to them.

Basically, stay sharp and don’t throw any glowing rocks.

Glowing...rocks...?

Yes, because they’re probably possessed.

I.

What?

Oh, come now, Keith. You heard the ghost conversations we were having, didn’t you?