[Open] The Book of Memories
Who: Fai D. Flowright, A magical book and YOU!
What: The Book of Memories from the country of Lecourt is found in the library by the residents of the S.S. Thor. They all find and experience the magic of memories.
When: Starting in the evening.
Where: The Library
Warnings: MASS PEOPLE! Enjoy~
( Your deepest memories out for anyone to see. )
What: The Book of Memories from the country of Lecourt is found in the library by the residents of the S.S. Thor. They all find and experience the magic of memories.
When: Starting in the evening.
Where: The Library
Warnings: MASS PEOPLE! Enjoy~
( Your deepest memories out for anyone to see. )
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[TY KURO!]
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Figuring it would be a good place to start as any, he began to graze his fingers across the spines of the books delicately. So many titles... Vogon Anatomy (And how to Avoid It), Apparent Religious Miracles to Expect in the Future, The Trouble With Tribbles, and....
"...Hmmm...?"
His hand stopped on a plain, nameless hardcover.
This book wasn't like the others. An embossed heart adorned the side, but no lettering. No apparent author. No title. Archaic in form, still printed on paper.
Intrigued, the Doctor seized it, and gently cracked open the cover.
The inside cover was completely blank.
The next page was blank, as well. The next one, too. And the next... Even when he held each page up to the light, nothing appeared.
"What the hell...?"He had no use for an empty book. ( ... )
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Its size nearly doubled-- no, tripled the one she was familiar with back home. Anemone really wasn't the type to stand around and marvel at things like this, so she went straight to a shelf and yanked a book out. The biography of some dead dictator from some dead planet. She shoved it back, frowning. If all the books were going to end up being like this one then there was no point in even coming. She walked along the aisles, pulling volumes out of their place before setting them aside, boredom once again creeping up at her. She was just about to turn around to leave when something caught ( ... )
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The book in Anemone's hand is now filled to the brim with a rushed, scrawling text; every page covered from top to bottom in only half-legible cursive. Making out the writing is nearly impossible - it can only be explained as the rushed memoirs of a soldier.
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Anemone had been raised by the military from a young age and had been in battlers herself, so the sound of guns didn't frighten her as much as it should. But the corpses are what caught her attention. It scratched at a memory, buried deep within her, of a time long ago. Death had surrounded her then too; death and plague and nothing.
She shook the thought away, pushing aside her own memories. The moment was over. She peered curiously at one of the fallen soldiers, faintly wondering how long it was going to take him to die before moving on. What was going on? This was definitely not Thor anymore. She didn't recognize the setting at all, actually. Even Gulliver was no longer with her. The more she looked around, the more paranoid she became.
What's happening? What's happening? What's happening? It echoed in her mind. Besides boredom, if there was one thing that the girl hated, it was being left in the dark.
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... Hm? Wait a moment.
Oswald reaches forward, seizing the rather bland spine. Nothing was written on it as compared to the other books surrounding it, but turning it over, the design could be akin to the coins of Valentine or the ancient Vanir books. Curiously, he dare open it.
"Hm...?"
Was... it correct to be blank? None of the other books he tried to look at were empty. He thumbed through the pages, catching no sight of any text or even picture. How strange for such a bizarre ship to have a blank novel. Closing it, he put it down on a table and left. Maybe someone failed to inform the librarian; oh well, no need to return an empty book.
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What was this book?
How strange.
Now he couldn't just ignore it. He had to open it and look through it, despite the blank pages.
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Hatsuharu had to wonder if this was something normal that happened here... He'd only been here a few days. He wouldn't know otherwise.
But still, this all seemed so... dreamlike, and he didn't remember falling asleep...
He flipped through several pages of the book, looking for a taste of what this book would be like in the next few chapters.
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"Curious."
He took it and flipped through the many pages. All white, blank, crisp pages. Perhaps a lineless journal someone misplaced... Perhaps in an invisible ink or something? Whatever the case, he certainly couldn't read anything from it.
So he placed it back on the shelf casually, walking along to another row of books.
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He was looking for a book about the planet Bartledan when he saw a book with no title on the spine. He took it, he was a curious teen after all, and looked at the cover. Nothing there, nothing in the back either. Strange.
He decided to open it to see what was the book about.
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"You're ok?" He felt the urge to help him automatically but the kid didn't even looked at him, nor he seemed to acknowledge him. Kurt frowned and clenched the book in his hands, what's this it's fault?
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Which left her presence in said library open to question. She knew, of course, why she was here, but that was a question she was much less likely to answer, even to herself. She'd merely felt like being here, that was all.
She wandered the shelves, a distant look on her face, and chose a book at random. She did not necessarily expect to be able to read it, but she had not expected it to be blank. That was strange; why would a library have a blank book? Shion might not visit them often, but it seemed unusual, even to her.
With a mental shrug, she put it back. It was silly, but it wasn't any of her business. She was unlikely to return here anyway; what did it matter if they put blank books on the shelves and wasted everyone's time. Mood a little darker, she kept going, frowning a little to herself.
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She'd never actually been in a library before or seen that many books all in one place for that matter. It was kind of awe inspiring to see so much knowledge gathered in one place for all to share. Idly she wandered through the various stacks, randomly reading the titles of books off as she did so.
Suddenly she stopped as her eyes fell on a book with no title on the spine. How odd that out of all the books she had seen, this particular one was nameless. Curiosity getting the better of her, Tifa moved forward and pulled the book off the shelf for a closer look.
After a moment of looking over the cover and still seeing no title or author, Tifa opened the book to check inside, completely oblivious to what was about to happen.
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Ok, first, I'm going to give you some general background on Xenosaga, to set the scene and save time later. Xenosaga is set in the far future. While some things are basically familiar, there are some obvious things that may stand out - holographic signs, transparent computers, all calls being video, etc. There are robots, though not that many. Space travel is common and there's a government for much of the galaxy in addition to planetary governments and factions (you may hear some of this mentioned).
Humanity has encountered no alien races, so while there are many, many settled planets, they are all settled by humans. While humans do have jobs, much of the unpleasant or dangerous labor is actually performed by Realians, artificially-created and programmed humans. She probably won't see them explained, but she'll definitely hear the term used - Realians are very common.
For the rest of this chapter, go here. It's long enough that it's easier to link.]
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