[Kain glares harshly into the crystal. Months ago, it had been Tooth who'd gone away, and now Rosa...]

What use is there in bringing us here, only to send some away before the final battle is even fought? There's no sense in it. The gods are playing pathetic games with us, and nothing more.

[The image shows mostly the ground, but the edge of a pink skirt and parts of a hand.]

Hell--looo! Can anyone hear me?

I'm... very confused. I thought I was in the church, but... Well... I guess I got lost.

Hmph... [The picture raises to reveal the person. She sighs, turning the white crystal over in her fingers. The feed cuts.]

[A small child crouches in the shallow water of Order's Sanctuary, staring at the crystal. A staff at least twice her size lies by her feet.]

She- That lady sounded so kind but-

[She places the crystal down, picking up the staff instead.]

-but a war? We'd only just found peace again...

By request of Minwu, I have drawn up a map of this world and its various areas.

[The camera turns and is focused on a inked map (not dissimilar from this map) drawn on a roll of parchment. The map has been drawn with military precision and simplicity. Each area is named and labelled as Cosmos, Chaos or neutral territory, knowledge Cecil has gained ( Read more... )

[initially there is no video display, only audio: a soft male voice murmuring, mostly to himself; the sound of the crystal being turned over in his hands can be heard as well.]

--a strange turn the afterlife has taken, indeed...but, that feeling--oh. [the crystal is not being turned over anymore.] This is for...communication, I think. [And we now ( Read more... )