Event || The Festival Of Light

[melodiesmods]

Characters: All the Heroes of Light and their Moogles.
Where: Aqures Ixen.
When: July 27th - August 03rd
Summary: Feel free to use this post to participate in the Festival of Light. Post your own threads or jump into someone else's thread-- This is a free for all mingle post!
Warning: N/A

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[deadlyvu]

Right now, it was still an abstract discussion about ethics and morality, not necessarily what Lydia herself believed. Easier then to not be as excitable about who lived or who died, and why. Lydia might've been young, and in some ways sheltered--but it didn't mean she wasn't intelligent nor prone to her own heavy thinking.

Her best friend was a ghost and she regular went to the land of the dead. For all that she was happier and more well-adjusted back home than she had been, it didn't mean she hadn't wrestled with existentialism on her own at times. Crystallis had just made it worse, in some ways.

She listened as Lust spoke, and was quiet afterwards while she thought that over. Trying to make sense of some of the words, and against what she remembered from science (or other relevant classes) in her schooling. "Where I'm from, the Philosopher's stone is a myth. But Alchemists who persued it believed it capable of all sorts of things. Usually turning lead into gold, or conferring immortality." A shrug, and her grin was still easy. "Then again, where I'm from alchemy never lead to the miracles they sought. It was more a precursor to modern chemistry, but with a magical bent to it. Most magic doesn't really exist in my world--not like it does here."

[gorgeous_sin]

"Well," Lust chuckled. "Any alchemist can transmute objects into gold. But it's forbidden, considering how that would completely ruin the inherent value of gold if it could be made out of coal. There are other laws as well, but they would bore you." There really wasn't any point trying to educate Lydia, as she didn't look like the sort of person who'd be interested in such things. Given how plainly she dressed, without expensive baubles and bangles, gold and immortality likely held little worth in the girl's eyes.

"If you'd do me a favor and keep an ear out for anyone who does know how to create the stone, I would be very grateful," she smiled, laying her fingertips lightly against her tattoo. "I've been searching for a long time for one who possesses the talent, as well as the inclination."

[deadlyvu]

Gold and immortality weren't really in Lydia's interests no, but the idea of Alchemy was still fascinating to her. It sounded different than the way it had developed in her world; like the magic inherent in it was stronger. Clear enough that Lust didn't want to go into it just then, so Lydia would ask later if she found a better time.


"I don't mind keeping an ear out. This world definitely has things I wasn't expecting." Easy enough for Lydia to agree, even if Lust didn't seem the kind to her who wanted immortality or gold either. "Can I ask why you're so interested?" Genuine curiosity in the tone, no judgement.

[gorgeous_sin]

Best not admit that she was interested in alchemy, because Lust was always on the prowl for more prospective students, and Lydia would have been a prime candidate given how easily she seemed to be conversing with Lust.

Even when she was being brutally honest about what kind of monster she truly was.

"Haven't you guessed?" Lust replied with a smile, her voice still soft. "So I can become human. While this world has made me mortal, it hasn't conferred a soul to me, nor a conscience. I still exist solely to pursue my desires." She folded her arms with a sigh, as if it were all so bothersome. "It's a sad thing to feel so incomplete."