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[divinearrow]

[ accidental video ]

[this would be the face of a rather...skeptical young woman staring into the book. in fact she has a small frown on her face as she flips through some of the previous pages]

What kind of book is this? I thought it would help yield some answers but instead-

[have some new feather commentary.]Why is it making these strange

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[fallenambitions]

[Alexei was routinely skimming through the journal when he stops before going to a blank page]

... [He quickly turns it back and that's when he saw who was talking. There was a long pause as he quietly listen to her message. He just couldn't believe that she was here. Even if a guide tells you the dead can come here, it's still damn shocking when you suddenly see someone that been dead for years]

[Voice/Filtered]

[fallenambitions]

[He quickly filters the journal away from prying eyes before calling out to her.]

Casey...? You're--...Can you hear me, Captain?

The journal you found is used as a communication device here, as I'm demonstrating to you right now.

[fail!video]

[divinearrow]

[technically voice, because she's not actually looking at the book. instead she'll be looking up sharply and glancing around, warily]

...Commandant Alexei? [but how? was he here, too?]

[lmao long as this is filtered forever until we say so]

[fallenambitions]

[...Heh. Talk about a wave of memories just from hearing her address him.]

Yes, this is he. Look to the book. I'm speaking to you through the book as I do not know where you are exactly right now.

[but she doesn't know how to use filters! well it's filtered on your end anyway]

[divinearrow]

The book? [the skepticism in her voice is evident, but she turns to look, anyway.]

But how can that be?

[People can up the filter for other people too. So this is all private]

[fallenambitions]

I wouldn't be able to explain that to you unfortunately. It's a type of magic neither of us are familiar with as this place is no longer Terca Lumieres.

It is a place known as Luceti and we are being observed by an organization known as the Malnosso.

[...] I will fill you in on everything I know, as soon as you can tell me where you are. What landmarks are there around you?

[oh. that works /o/]

[divinearrow]

[she's listening, but with every passing word her disbelief continues to grow]

Luceti? A different world? Malnosso?

I'm sorry, but that's a little too hard to believe. [eyes narrowing a bit] How can I even be sure that this is not someone impersonating the Commandant?

[fallenambitions]

That is to be expected.

[...] Then ask me something that will confirm my identity to you.

[divinearrow]

In your own words, what are your ideals?

[fallenambitions]

[To take over the world and rebuild the empire under his regime through oppressing the people. Except that's not the Alexei she remembered. No, if he was going to convince her, he had to remember the simpler version of his beliefs...when things weren't so bad as now]

To bring equality among the people regardless of who they are. Social status should not limit what people can or cannot do. Everyone should have the right to achieve whatever they wish to reach for. That is why I joined the knights, to put an end to the segregation between nobility and commoners and to change the old views of the Empire that has failed to serve its people.

[divinearrow]

[there is a moment before a smile forms.]

This looks like a central plaza. I'll be waiting by the fountain, Commandant Alexei.

[looks like he passed the test. for now anyway.]

[Voice->Action]

[fallenambitions]

[Ah...good]

I will be there shortly, Captain. There is a guide in the journal that explains to you a little more about Luceti. I suggest you take the time to familiarize yourself.

[And with that, he grabs his cloak, keeping his hood up and starts making his way to the central plaza of the village. He was just a tad wary that he didn't have his mask but he didn't want to cause too much suspicion with Casey. Unlike the rest of the people from his world, Casey didn't know what he had done before arriving here. He wanted to keep it like that for as long as he can and keep her on his side.

Soon as he reached the plaza, he looked in the direction of the fountain. She was really there...not just a voice or an image in a journal, but physically waiting right in front of him. This woman who shared the same dream he once had...was this a hint of guilt he was feeling, because he had strayed from that path...? No, there was no other way, it had to be done...right?]

I hope I did not keep you waiting for too long.

[Action forever]

[divinearrow]

[she had been on the lookout for any familiar sign of the Commandant, so when she heard his voice, she turned...only to stiffen slightly.]

...Commandant?

[her words are careful, wary. if this truly was Alexei, why was he in a cloak?]

[fallenambitions]

[...That was a odd response. He probably appeared slightly older than how she remembered him. His tired features probably more prominent]

...I'm only wearing this, because of the weather Casey. I am who I said I was.

[divinearrow]

[there's a moment before she relaxes a bit, stepping toward him]

Forgive me. I'm still a little wary of the situation.

[fallenambitions]

[He nods] I understand. As I told you in the journal, I will try to answer whatever questions you have the best that I can.

I am still trying to understand this place myself.