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[chaotic_dirge]

'Destiny of destruction.' Hmmph... Perhaps there's little sense holding concern over what may not come to pass.

I wonder all the same whether it would ever be worth returning home, even... if I had the choice.

[As Vincent tosses the book aside, the image picked up is that of the basement of the Shinra Mansion. Vincent himself can be seen

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[gardenerofgaia]

... What's that about, Vincent?

[chaotic_dirge]

...Some information I came across a little while ago.

[He pauses as he lets himself fully reorient after transforming and picks up the journal to stare at it. And throw up a filter while he's at it.]

[Filtered]

Have you ever heard of someone or something called... Omega?

[Filtered] hope it's OK for her to know it?

[gardenerofgaia]

[Filtering is good. Lightning's death at the end of the draft did a number on her mood, and she isn't liking the sound of this. But Omega rings a bell, even if it's a bit distant now. When she talked to the Planet to summon Holy...]

... A last resort ... If Meteor came, there was a way to gather up the Lifestream before Sephiroth could.

[Of course at the end of things humanity and the Planet itself would still be wiped out, so that hadn't exactly satisfied Aerith.]

[Filtered] totally cool with me, it makes sense she'd know something!

[chaotic_dirge]

[Considering the reports do mention a connection to a Cetra legend... he realizes he should have asked her a while ago. But he also didn't want to trouble her, and even now would prefer not to burden her unnecessarily.]

[...At least he's getting a distinct impression it's not some person who will show up randomly.]

Then... there would have to be some threat to the Planet for it to... activate? It wouldn't do so naturally?

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[gardenerofgaia]

It shouldn't, not just on its own. If Omega appears, the Planet dies.

... Are you ... afraid of it coming?

[Filtered]

[chaotic_dirge]

My gift, from the Malnosso were a series of reports.

According to those reports, Chaos... is meant to someday purge the world of life and send it to the Lifestream... for Omega.

[Filtered] sorry for slow, forgot if she knew about Chaos XD;

[gardenerofgaia]

But... Chaos is inside you... [Her eyes widen at first before she shakes her head.] Of course it's worth it for you to come back home! No one is meant to stay here. A destiny of destruction... that's just stupid! There has to be something you can do.

[She stops, breathing faster than normal; she told Lightning there had to be a way to stop her brand too.]

...Things like "fate" and "destiny"... Why can't we just live freely?

[Filtered] not a problem >.> it works to assume so, though!

[chaotic_dirge]

There are always forces outside our control.

[Sighs lightly. He knows that he at least has some warning about what might happen, which is better than nothing, but part of him wonders whether he'd have been better off not knowing.]

[Filtered] Oh, she does :) came up after his kidnapping

[gardenerofgaia]

[Vincent, you are just a ray of sunshine. But he's right, too. After pressing her lips together, Aerith simply nods.]

Still... as long as people care for the Planet, it shouldn't die for a long, long time.

[Filtered] OH RIGHT. *remembers now*

[chaotic_dirge]

I'll trust your word.

[If anyone would know, it would be Aerith... and the Planet has been through so much already...]

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[gardenerofgaia]

[It's a pretty big condition--people haven't been caring for the Planet before--but Aerith does trust that.

...And...Vincent trusting her makes her happy, her expression easing with a small smile.] If I can find a way to help protect the Planet, too... trust me, I'll do it.

[Filtered]

[chaotic_dirge]

I know you will.

[He says this as solemnly and seriously as ever.]

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[gardenerofgaia]

You can never be too sure. I could've decided to kick back and enjoy myself. [Of course that's the last thing she wants to do--she doesn't even want to be dead--so it's said a bit wryly, but at least the humor is there.

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[chaotic_dirge]

[It takes a moment for the joking part to sink in, but it does eventually.]

...I suppose anything is possible.

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[gardenerofgaia]

Mm. And I suppose you just know me too well to buy that now. [Vincent, so serious. But ... she's feeling a little better now. And she's hoping that he is too.]

[Filtered]

[chaotic_dirge]

By now... of course.

[He does, actually. It's finally settled something that's been nagging at his mind for a few months now.]