Event || The Enemy Within

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Characters: All characters who signed-up for the event.
Where: In their heads.
When: January 15th.
Summary: The Heroes of Light have a vision-- They are living through a hypothetical future where the Sage share his knowledge with them, and things went horribly wrong as some Heroes of Light became the villains in this timeline. Maybe they'll revise their thoughts on getting all of that knowledge.
Warning: The apocalypse, deaths, tragedies, overall a lot of very bad things.

Mingle Threads: The Antagonists || The Protagonists || The Others || General
Free Open Threads: The Two Years || Other Events

#01 Attempts at Negotiations || Trano Golsaucia
#02 Tactical Espionage Action || Aqures Ixen
#03 Judgmental Glares || Aerilon
#04 The Fight for the Crystallized Bodies || Aqures Tosf
#05 The Dusk of the Heroes || Mysidia
#06 The Fight for the Moon || Lunar Gate
#07 Conflict Above the Stars || Moon Base
#08 The Birth of a God || Crystal Life Tree
#09 The Death of a World || Moon Base
#10 Where Everything Ends || Pandaemonium

Conclusion || The Sage in Mysidia

Comments

[line_piece]

Yeah. That's pretty much it.

[She's not going to finish the sentence for Cloud, because she's fairly certain that he's got the right idea. And hopefully she's also imparted the notion that it's never too late to believe in hope. All Chiaki herself can do at this point is to give advice, after all. It does take her a while to answer his question, though.]

...Probably. But I'm satisfied with that. I left the world in good hands.

[Chiaki smiles, her expression one of genuine satisfaction and gratitude. She fulfilled her purpose. That's really all she could have hoped for in the first place.]

I'm sure Sephiroth must have felt the same way when he sacrificed himself to close the Rift.

[A bit sudden, maybe, but she does have something to say about that.]

He left the world - and his hopes for it - in your hands, and in the hands of the other Heroes. So I'm going to give you one last question to think about, Cloud. You don't have to answer me right away, but I do want you to consider it.

[She pauses briefly, as if to give proper weight to what she's about to say next.]

Are you sure that what you're doing now is the right way to honor his memory?

[neverfirstclass]

[Cloud's face tightens at that question. It's one that's rattled around in his head before, and it's been asked of him in different ways by different people in the past two years. And the answer has always been yes.

Or at least that's what he told himself. Somewhere along the way he started to push the question aside rather than answer it. His 'Yes' was less assurance and more indignity at being asked the question.

And now...he can't even bring himself to say it. His face on the other hand gives Chiaki the answer she wants. He doesn't know. He's done everything he can and everything has slipped out of control and out of his grasp. It's not his fault that the Heroes broke apart but it's still a weight that lays heavily on his shoulders along with all the other burdens he's sworn to carry.

A breaking point is coming. But until that time he's going to stand his ground on his last hill and defend it with all his might.

After a moment of his silence he leans forward.]

Goodbye Chiaki. I hope I can talk to you again when this is done.

[He turns off the computer, not waiting for her reply.]