melodiesoflife | Hidden Truth [Log]

What: A log for everyone to gain the information in the Hidden Truth video tape.
Where: The Observatory.

There had been a flurry of letters sent out from Jack and Chiaki, first to Zelda to ask to borrow the Observatory, and then to every Hero of Light, alerting them that they had uncovered some intelligence received in the Heran Empire before the Capital had fallen to Crystal, and that everyone needed to see it immediately.

Jack, Chiaki, and a few others brought in a screen connected to a machine that some would recognize as a VCR. "With our peace mission to the Imperial Capital over Christmas, we returned with a recording made on 20th-century Earth technology, the kind that doesn't have an analogue on Crystallis. It took us time to build a machine to be able to play it. This information comes from Kalki, recorded what appears to be years ago. We obtained it from the Imperial Spy, Jenni. As of right now, we still have no reason to believe that Kalki is alive. But this comes from her, and I apologize to everyone who might be upset by seeing her again."

With that, Jack plays the recording. He stands by the screen and repeats the words for everyone to hear, for those who cannot understand English. Since Kalki's first words are to explain why she is recording it this way, it makes sense why he has to do this. He keeps his own emotions in check throughout, until the explanation of the Bard song that everyone gets to hear. That seems to upset Jack.

Once the recording is over, Jack pauses. "We will need some help from any other English speakers to create a written transcript of the recording so that anyone can access this information at any time. The tape and player will remain here for any Heroes to review. We ask that you please be careful with the machine."

Finally, Jack sits down to let the room descend into the inevitable chaos.

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Avatars. Controlling the Calamity. Becoming God.

Meteor listened to the explanation, arms folded. His posture was tense, as he was reviewing what they had learned from this "video" they had obtained. It made sense on some level; become God, and protect your people. Wasn't that what Louisoix did, taking the power of a million prayers upon himself to defeat Bahamut?

And yet, the way the Avatars were mentioned worried him. Of him, and his masters. The Ascians were not behind this, but a stronger entity, who deemed them as ants.

"The moon envies the star, and the star fades. Split into ten and three, prosperity and calamity are intermixed as one..."

Urianger would have an idea of what to say here, but the cryptic words was leaving Meteor to his own thoughts.

Hidden Truth [Log]

The Adventurer (Meteor) | OTA | Warning: Heavensward Spoilers