[Video/Action] Exploration

[bugcharmer.livejournal.com]

_{[Nausicaä stands atop one of the taller pieces of ruins, one leg up as she peers away from the mirror. A breeze whips at her flying jacket, the dark blue cloth rippling around her legs. She finally turns back to the mirror, looking thoughtful.]}

These ruins... they remind me of some of the ones back home; the cities and towns that were swallowed by the Sea of Corruption. Except here there's no miasma. No spores. I wonder what happened...?

_{[She pauses and shrugs.]}

At least we're not going to starve to death anytime soon. But still....

_{[Feel free to come upon her. Or just talk.]}

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[shanghaiworld.livejournal.com]

The 'Seven Days of Fire'?

It sounds like the title of a novel.

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[bugcharmer.livejournal.com]

The world was consumed by fire from the God-Warriors... It's an old tale, from a thousand years ago.

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[shanghaiworld.livejournal.com]

[Alice's thought process at the mention of 'God-Warriors'. Gods -> Shrines -> People who look after shrines. Warriors + previous -> Shrine warriors -> Shrine Maidens -> Reimu with fire.]

Ah... I can only assume how it must have been.

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[bugcharmer.livejournal.com]

We're just trying to live as best we can.

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[shanghaiworld.livejournal.com]

Sorry to say I can't relate.

But let's move on, were you investigating these ruins?

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[bugcharmer.livejournal.com]

A bit. They're very interesting!

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[shanghaiworld.livejournal.com]

Have you noticed anything yet? All I have been able to find is more of the same.

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[bugcharmer.livejournal.com]

They're just.. ruins. I can't see anything special about them.

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[shanghaiworld.livejournal.com]

That's a pity. I was hoping there would be something here.

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[bugcharmer.livejournal.com]

Someone used to live here... But I can't tell how long ago.

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[shanghaiworld.livejournal.com]

It must have been a good amount of time.

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[bugcharmer.livejournal.com]

Probably. Decades, maybe centuries.

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[shanghaiworld.livejournal.com]

It certainly gives off a very unpleasant feeling, especially when you think about it.

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[bugcharmer.livejournal.com]

It's not that unpleasant... Death is a part of life and we're a part of that. Everyone has a time.

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[shanghaiworld.livejournal.com]

... I've actually met with two people who absolutely cannot die.

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[bugcharmer.livejournal.com]

How...? That seems impossible. Everything dies.

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[shanghaiworld.livejournal.com]

An elixir of immortality.

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[bugcharmer.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if that's right, humans trying to step outside of the cycle.

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[shanghaiworld.livejournal.com]

Right or not, it happened.

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[bugcharmer.livejournal.com]

True. There's nothing you can do to change it.

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[shanghaiworld.livejournal.com]

By the way, what of beings that are not human who wish to leave whatever cycle they may be in?

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[bugcharmer.livejournal.com]

I think that depends on who they are and what their situation is. I can't really say without knowing more.

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[shanghaiworld.livejournal.com]

I was only curious, as you only mentioned humans and nothing more.

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[bugcharmer.livejournal.com]

Well, there's also the ohmu and all of the other insects.

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[shanghaiworld.livejournal.com]

[... Waaait a sec. Sure, she has no idea what an ohmu is. But it's hard not to notice there was a severe lack of anything else.]

Is... that all that you know of?