i just want to see the light;

[nightmareofdivinity]

Characters: Fou-Lu and OPEN (except for one closed thread with Mami).
Setting: Ruins of Floor 13, floor 4.
Time: Morning for 13, afternoon for 4.
Format: I'll follow you.
Summary: Troubled by the recent events, Fou-Lu tries to find some peace. He also decides he needs to have a more or less honest talk with Mami.
Warnings: Godangst, Olde English


[Floor 13]

[It was only fitting that he would find himself drawn here again. Even through the wreckage, he could sense that this was a calming place. It was not a temple made for the Endless, but it was made for a similar purpose, and so he can appreciate it - at least a little.]

[Carefully, he starts to move some of the rubble to one side. Perhaps he'll break it all apart into manageable pieces later, but for now someone heading to that floor will find a slim man moving large pieces of stone.]



[Floor 4]

[Clouds. That's all they can see out here. Fou-Lu presses a hand to the glass once more, before turning away. He wants freedom, and yet this place traps him as if he is a common beast. It offends his dignity as an Endless. He is not meant to be trapped and controlled. He is meant to lead and cultivate.]

[… Or he was. Now the mortals simply seem to desire destruction - destruction by his hand, which he will achieve as soon as his other half returns to him.]

[The mortals here, though… perhaps they are different.]

[He turns back to the window to stare.]



[Private for Mami]

[Fou-Lu waits for the farmer at the edge of the fourth floor, watching for her arrival. He had asked her earlier in the day to join him here at this time, but he is strangely nervous about it.]

[She is the one mortal he cares about. What if she rejects him because of what he is? He does not want her to fear him… at least, not like he wants the others to fear him. Respect, yes, but not fear.]

[But she has to know in this place, lest she find out in a more… unpleasant manner.]

Comments

[nightmareofdivinity]

[He does pick up on that, but doesn't say anything yet. Other worlds are very different, after all.]

[It still unnerves him.]

'Tis likely that it was simply a mindless beast. Though its destruction be great, we doubt that it had much knowledge of what its presence would bring.

[how_wicked_ruler]

[ No need to be unnerved. It's not like this guy is secretly planning to turn your loved one into an undead, nope. ]

I will have to agree. At the very least, the monsters were mindless.

[ He smiles and walks around. ]

The whale itself is quite a mystery. It was drawn to the tower- Much like how flies are attracted to light. But more than that, it attacked the tower rather than just flying around it... As if it wanted to destroy the light. Quite mysterious don't you think?

[nightmareofdivinity]

Not truly. There art many creatures that wilt attack what they see as a disturbance in their territory. 'Tis a natural reaction for a creature. 'Twas a shame none of us couldst contact it before it reached the tower.

[Not like he could intentionally do anything, but his aura worked on the lesser beings in his world... perhaps it could have done the same here.]

[how_wicked_ruler]

A shame truly.

[ Better keep your thoughts to yourself Fou-Lu, because that's the kind of thought that would pick Lezard's interest even more than it already is. ]

Oh, but I forgot my manners. [He nods politely to Fou-Lu.] I am Lezard, Lezard Valeth.

[nightmareofdivinity]

We art Fou-Lu.

[He holds back his titles for now, though he wants to say them just out of habit - people here won't know them anyway, so he shouldn't waste his breath on them.]

[how_wicked_ruler]

Fou-Lu? A fitting name for the kind of being you are.

[ At this point, pretending he didn't feel Fou-Lu's divine aura was useless, and he assumed Fou-Lu felt the same. ]

[nightmareofdivinity]

[Pretty much.]

Indeed.

What bringeth thee to this place?

[Or is it just to feel him out? Because honestly he can't say he wouldn't do the same.]

[how_wicked_ruler]

Nostalgia and curiosity. Forgive me, it is rare for me to meet those who radiate with such an aura.

[ He nods respectfully, see he's a totally honest God man. ]

[nightmareofdivinity]

'Tis rare, indeed. Which maketh us quite surprised that thou hast one similar, and yet very much not.

[how_wicked_ruler]

I believe as we come from different worlds, our existences are bound to be similar yet at the very same time, drastically different.

[nightmareofdivinity]

'Tis true. The measure of such a being be different in many worlds.

[Still, something's off.]