[MINGLE] One-Man Show

[sixthiteration]

WHERE: Inari Shrine and elsewhere
WHEN: 25 January 2019 through ?
OPEN TO: All opted in characters
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[tosavecocoon]

"Yep," Vanille answers with a nod, but that's all she's willing to say on the matter right now. She can explain further about the real horrors, about the Cocoon Purges and how whole cities were killed in one fell swoop just for breathing the same air as a Pulse fal'Cie. The Cocoon fal'Cie had kept the fear of Gran Pulse and its l'Cie alive for hundreds of years. It was no wonder the people called for the Purges.

All of that sounds so familiar to Vanille. Not having a choice in what was done, becoming a being that others looked upon with fear. Panic, even. Vanille understands all too well.

"So... was that Sorceress we saw... was she one of the good ones?"

[firacrux]

He'd be curious to hear the story at a later time, honestly he'd jump at the chance to change the subject but... She has him talking. Might as well keep that going as long as he will allow it.

There were reasons for the panic, as Seifer had learned first hand. Sure they all learned about the war, but to them seventeen years ago was a life before their own. They weren't very old, they hadn't been alive long enough to understand or experience it. The one Seifer had caused... Well that was much more real.

"She was but... no." He shook his head, wrapping his arms tighter around himself. A defensive gesture. "The woman you saw, Edea, she raised us," He said that, but he felt he needed to emphasize. "I don't remember much, but I'm pretty sure she wasn't like that before. She wasn't the only one there. There are two Sorceresses, Edea, on the outside, and inside running the show a Sorceress from the future. Possessing her. That was Ultimecia." His Sorceress. He looked a little ill just saying the name.

"Ultimecia was far from good. Her one goal was destroying SeeD utterly." And, ultimately, everything else.

[tosavecocoon]

Something in him looks different from what she would have expected were this all about good memories. But Vanille had seen Seifer's reaction initially and she sees the way he looks ill now, the way he has himself protectively wrapped up, like a blanket. She wishes she could take some of that pain away.

"What did she end up doing?" she asks quietly, wondering how Seifer could have ended up with someone like that. What had Ultimecia done to him or promised to him? On the other hand, he might have wanted to protect or save someone or something else. Like Fang when she became Ragnarok by herself twice, wanting to protect Vanille at all cost and spare her the life of a Cie'th. For Seifer, it could have been anything, but she doesn't think the whole world's destruction would really have been his idea.