[ For a long moment, Sheena's quiet as she walks along, unaware of the others around her talking until Sparks repeats her words, snapping her to attention.
Not stopping, she turns to him and nods. ]
Yes. [ She hesitates. ] It's a very long story, and I'll tell it to you some time if you want, but whenever the world's mana was declining, those known as "The Chosen One" would go on a pilgrimage to the Tower of Salvation to bring mana back to the world. If they failed, they didn't come back.
They remained in the Tower of Salvation...entombed.
[ Hundreds...thousands...of Chosens who had failed swirling about them in the Tower. Not exactly an image you forget. ]
The shape and what it may mean reminded me of that.
[ Giving him a wan smile, she continues on, keeping her eyes fixed straight ahead on Jade, this time paying attention to what's being said around her. After Sephiroth's comment about the way they arrived, Sheena tilts her head in thought, wondering what had happened before her arrival that she had appeared at the Crystal of Water. She's going to have to look into that. Maybe it's a clue to...something.
Like a lack of power in the other Crystals? Or it's a shared powered that moves from Crystal to Crystal? She shakes her head. She's really going to have to start paying attention more to things.
But oh, how familiar and similar to what she knows all of this is.
Except for the room they're in--although that one sword looks awfully familiar. Especially in light of Sephiroth's reaction to it. And Sparks' reaction to another.
It's like the Lunar gate...only this place feels more like a tomb than a salvation, leaving her to wonder what this is doing to her friend. Stepping over to the silver-haired man, she places a hand on his arm. If anyone needs a diversion now, it's him and Cloud. ]
Sephiroth? How about we grab Cloud and go with Selphie to scout ahead on the other path?
Sorry Sparks. This is what happens when I don't track a thread.
Not stopping, she turns to him and nods. ]
Yes. [ She hesitates. ] It's a very long story, and I'll tell it to you some time if you want, but whenever the world's mana was declining, those known as "The Chosen One" would go on a pilgrimage to the Tower of Salvation to bring mana back to the world. If they failed, they didn't come back.
They remained in the Tower of Salvation...entombed.
[ Hundreds...thousands...of Chosens who had failed swirling about them in the Tower. Not exactly an image you forget. ]
The shape and what it may mean reminded me of that.
[ Giving him a wan smile, she continues on, keeping her eyes fixed straight ahead on Jade, this time paying attention to what's being said around her. After Sephiroth's comment about the way they arrived, Sheena tilts her head in thought, wondering what had happened before her arrival that she had appeared at the Crystal of Water. She's going to have to look into that. Maybe it's a clue to...something.
Like a lack of power in the other Crystals? Or it's a shared powered that moves from Crystal to Crystal? She shakes her head. She's really going to have to start paying attention more to things.
But oh, how familiar and similar to what she knows all of this is.
Except for the room they're in--although that one sword looks awfully familiar. Especially in light of Sephiroth's reaction to it. And Sparks' reaction to another.
It's like the Lunar gate...only this place feels more like a tomb than a salvation, leaving her to wonder what this is doing to her friend. Stepping over to the silver-haired man, she places a hand on his arm. If anyone needs a diversion now, it's him and Cloud. ]
Sephiroth? How about we grab Cloud and go with Selphie to scout ahead on the other path?