[Video/ Shortly after the return from the Chaos Shrine]

[for_cosmos]

[The warrior looks worn out but solemn. It's difficult to explain what exactly happened at the Chaos Shrine- especially because he might be the only one who really understood what Garland was doing.]

Lufene is a threat no longer. However, Garland... or perhaps I should say Chaos... escaped us. He was nearly defeated, but four elemental fiends [and

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[Video]

[dragoon_rising]

[Kain is grumpier looking than usual if thats possible.]

I don't know where to begin... How can they be one and the same? Then there are the elemental fiends...

[Video]

[for_cosmos]

[Apparently it is someone needs to get laid-. The warrior is looking weary himself, instead of overly optimistic. It's beginning to feel like his life is spent doing nothing more than trying and not quite succeeding at stopping Garland.]

I do not know how, but twice now I have seen Garland transform into Chaos. But, what of the fiends?

[Video]

[dragoon_rising]

[They do need to work on that part very soon. It's the futility of their fighting against Chaos which is getting to Kain.]

There are elemental fiends on my world as well. Although their names and appearances differed, they too corresponded to the four elements in the same way.

...You say you've seen Garland become Chaos? Was... this in the final cycle of the war?

[Video]

[for_cosmos]

[It's almost getting to the warrior- but he has Porom being encouraging, and his own stubbornness, to keep him going.]

...It is much like the crystals that can be found in each world, then.

No. In that battle, Garland and Chaos remained separate. I saw this in my own world.

[Action]

[twincasting]

[She'll mention later how fiends with those names appeared on the true moon. For now, she just hands him a cup of tea. He'd seemed pained by all the new information when Gaia sent him to Cornelia a few months ago, so she wants to make sure he's okay before risking making it worse.]

How are you feeling?

[Action]

[for_cosmos]

[He glances up at her and accepts the tea, putting the Sky Phone aside for now.]

Better. I only wish that I had thought this might happen before we went to the shrine.

[Action]

[twincasting]

Thank goodness.

[She settles down next to him, sighing.]

...you just said that you ended that cycle before, didn't you? It can be undone. Don't let it worry you too much.

[Action]

[for_cosmos]

[And he leans into her slightly. It's a good thing Cecil isn't around, or they'd be giving him more fuel.]

Of course. He has been stopped before, and he will be again.

[eidolon_soul]

I'm not sure about Matoya's Cave, but if it hasn't been harvested, I'll go.

...what more can we expect from Garland, now that he's Chaos?

[for_cosmos]

Thank you, Rydia.

A dramatic increase in strength. He now favors wielding attacks of flame.

[eidolon_soul]

Now's the time to stock up on fire-absorbing armor, I suppose.

[for_cosmos]

Yes. We must battle him again... but I hope this next battle will be the last.

[alittletoosmart]

...it should still be there. A huge monster appeared after she died, we had to get out of there as quickly as we could. That'd be the guardian, right?

[for_cosmos]

Yes. Do you know what manner of creature it was?

[alittletoosmart]

A giant made of stone. When the tree changed, it ripped itself right out of the walls of the cave. We thought it'd cave in on us.

[for_cosmos]

I see. My thanks. It is better, knowing what to expect.

[video]

[livelyangel]

[Rinoa is taking all this in, her expression wondering.]

Sent to the past... So when you say it's a cycle, you mean a time loop?

We didn't collect the drop from Matoya's cave, no. None of us had a chalice with us - we just had to get out of there as fast as we could.

[video]

[for_cosmos]

Yes, I suppose it could be described as such, though the loop was broken.

[He nods.] Then I will travel there to collect it.

[video]

[livelyangel]

Are you sure you broke the loop? Garland - or Chaos, whatever - he's still around, so something must have gone wrong.

Um... Light, I know you're a brave guy and all but you're not gonna go alone, are you? That monster was really nasty.

[video]

[for_cosmos]

We broke those cycles. The problem is that he escaped a final end, to attempt to create another cycle upon a new world.

No. I do not intend to face it without others.