last_free_city Timid test run

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1) [ During a lull in the battles, Shion can be found sitting on a bench in the Foundry District with a large, blocky weapon fastened to her arm. Apparently there is a lot on her mind, given the quiet muttering she was making. Occasionally she looks up and around, as if looking for someone while she does a little maintenance on the M.W.S. Care to interrupt the space case? ]

2) [ Shion's wanderings have found her in the Wards district, though she looked rather dismayed and concerned by what she saw. It was more than a little bit of culture shock - her own world was so much more advanced, even in the poorer areas. It was a little difficult to move around through the area, but she managed it - somehow. It's only a matter of time before she bumps into or trips over someone though. Maybe even literally. ]

3) [ Shion was not used to fighting on her own - though she was not a weakling by any means. Yet at the same time, she was prone to distraction, and when she fought, she had always had KOS-MOS with her. Had she made the right decision, coming to this place after handing KOS-MOS over on Second Miltia? Had sh- oh WHOOPS, not paying attention in battle costs Shion, as an attack knocks her back and onto her duff. ]

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[ There is an easy smile quick to appear at Jr.'s arrival, and she pauses what she's doing in order to speak with her friend. ]

Hello, Jr. What are you up to, today?

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Getting some maintenance done on the Asher. I'm still not used to piloting him without chaos, so I wanna make sure he stays in good shape.

What about you?

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I see. I've just been thinking about some things, and doing a little routine maintenance on the M.W.S. It would be bad if it locked up during battle.

Can I ask you something, Jr.?

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Sure, what's up?

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What's the last thing you remember, from back home?

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*He quickly turns serious, more like the Jr. she sees in battle than the little kid from the Durandal.*

Michtam...we'd just gotten past the Red Testament and found out what was really going on.

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Michtam...

[ So strange. She didn't remember anything about that, and yet... and yet there were things she couldn't discount. No matter how far back she thought, she didn't remember a thing about what he was talking about. ]

I see...

[ No. No you don't, Shion, not one bit. Fess up woman. ]

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What about you? What's the last thing you remember?

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[ She'd hoped he wouldn't ask that - but okay, fair enough. ]

Proto Merkabah. After it I mean. We were on our way to Second Miltia.

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Damn...

*He shakes his head and tilts back to look at the sky.*

You're missing a lot...

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I was afraid you might say that. But there were too many discrepancies from what I've seen here, and what I remember.

To be brought here by the Valkyrie and lose so much memory - it doesn't make sense. You can't just pluck someone from one two different points in time - it's... just not possible.

[ But she can't explain it either! ]

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As far as we knew back home, could you have a Valkyrie show up and make a deal to carry you off to another dimension? None of this entirely makes sense.

*Okay, maybe he's gotten a bit used to things that shouldn't be possible but are...*

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... not as far as we knew, no. Okay, you have a point.

It... just seems so impossible. So ... just how much am I missing?

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A hell of a lot...there was MOMO's Dive and Albedo crashing the party, the path to Old Miltia opened back up and we raced U-TIC there. The bastards got the Zohar before us, though, and we had to fight their Patriarch for it. Albedo crashed that party too, though and stole the Zohar. Then...

*He trails off and looks away.*

I...dammit, I have to talk about what happened right after that, or things that happened later won't make sense...

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[ Shion, to her credit, does try to follow as best she can, with the limited knowledge she had on hand. Though the way Jr. looks away... ]

I'm sorry Jr. I.. guess it's a little inconvenient, being pulled from so much earlier than you. You don't have to tell me, right now, if it makes you uncomfortable.

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No, it's...pretty important information considering what's happened most recently. What Albedo did with the Zohar...ended with him dying.

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[ A small gasp escapes, and she places a hand before her mouth, stunned. ]

Albedo... he-- [ Okay he had done horrible things, especially to little MOMO, but still - to hear he had died... ]

He was ... close to you, once, wasn't he... I'm sorry, Jr.

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Yeah. After that, the Gnosis terrorism started. We found out that there was someone's consciousness inside a secure area of the UMN owned by Vector that was controlling them with Lemmegeton and directing them to attack major cities.

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What -- you can't be -- [ You can't be serious, she wants to say. Why would anyone... ]

There ...must have been so many casualties. Who's consciousness was it? And ... why were they causing the Gnosis to attack cities?

[books_n_battle]

A guy called Grimoire Verum. Nobody ever found out why, though, and he's good and dead now.