036: Cleaning up the damage

[cetraflowergirl]

[Aerith's sorting through what's left of her room, for while the fight hadn't lasted long, there was a lot of damage. Almost all of her furniture is in pieces, and there's splintered wood everywhere. She's tied her hair back in a brightly colored bandanna to keep the dust out of it, and she's crouched by what's left of her dresser.]

Please...just

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[chaoticelement]

Cleaning are we?

[Kefka floats into the room, the winds beneath him only serving to stir up more clutter.]

Feels nice and homey to me really...

[cetraflowergirl]

[She sighs, tying her bandanna a little tighter.] I am, actually. I'm afraid you missed the party, Kefka.

[If he doesn't know that she's basically a normal human now, she's not planning on telling him.]

[chaoticelement]

[Smirks and shrugs.]

I wouldn't say that... I attended a party of sorts... and one might say that the real party has yet to come...

[Leans over and plucks a stone from the clutter.]

Ah, I had almost forgotten I gave this to you... [Smirks, examaning the synthetic magicite.]

[cetraflowergirl]

Is that so? [An eyebrow arches, but she doesn't say anything else on it.]

Hmm, really? [She hadn't forgotten about it at all.]

[chaoticelement]

Yes, actually... quite the shindig... [Smirks, but lets it drop.]

Yes... with everything that has happened here, and the memories the place had taken from me, though I didn't know I had lost them, things have been... hectic, in my mind...

Now, though, my memories have fully returned, and things are a bit more collected in my head...

[cetraflowergirl]

You lost some memories as well? [Hmm, she hadn't known of that. Interesting...]

[chaoticelement]

Yes, though mine were taken from me upon my arrival and have just now returned to me... very specific memories too... schematics, formulae, blueprints... every bit of technical knowledge I had regarding Magitek technology... [Examines every facet of the sythetic magicite, grinning as he admires his handiwork.]

[cetraflowergirl]

[Another mad scientist, how unsettlingly fitting. Would she ever really manage to escape them all?]

That's good, isn't it?

[chaoticelement]

Oh yes... it was the backbone of the Gesthalian Empire's prosperity... we would never have survived the horrors of the monsters of our world without the advent of magitek technology... but, with it, we were able to thin their numbers enough to establish permanent settlements and the like...

[Totally oblivious to anything but the now faintly glowing gem in his hand.]

[cetraflowergirl]

[Aerith is kind of glad he's not paying much attention to her, and she slides her box of keepsakes out of sight, wondering if she can escape the room without him noticing.]

[chaoticelement]

[After a few long moments inspecting the gem, he sets it down and looks back to Aerith, glancing in the direction of the box of keepsakes but doesn't pay it too much mind.]

So... care to explain what caused this carnage?

[cetraflowergirl]

I don't know. [She shakes her head.] I was taking care of a few things, then all of a sudden I was being attacked. I never saw what it was. I've found it's rather difficult to fight an enemy you can't see. I must have passed out at some point, because I woke up a few days ago in the church. I don't remember anything of the week between that fight and waking up.

[chaoticelement]

Hmm... intriguing... I would very much like to see if I could find this thing that attacked you... it would be most interesting... not to mention satisfying to put a name to the beast... hmm... I shall let you know if my research bears any fruit.

Anything else interesting happen since then, dear Aerith?

[cetraflowergirl]

I wish you luck, but I have a feeling you won't be able to find anything.

No, nothing at all... [She's looking away, hoping he can't tell her powers are gone.]

[chaoticelement]

[Kefka arches an eyebrow, his smirk never fading, though he can definately sense a lack of abilities on Aerith's part, but chooses not to say anything as of yet. After all, he has other things in mind for Aerith, especially after meeting up with Zack.]

Hmm... well, should you need anything at all, do not hesitate to contact me, my dear... but for now, I have other matters demanding my attention. Until later, I bid you farewell~!

[And, with that, Kefka is gone in a puff of smoke, and a small burn mark on the floor over where he had been hovering.]

[cetraflowergirl]

[Aerith scowls at the scorch mark. Yet another thing she has to clean up, now...]