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pixieledmemes2025-03-15 08:32 am
Test Drive Meme #2
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You wake up at a party.
You're not sure how, exactly, you got here. You may have just been walking in the woods or at a meeting for work or doing any other normal activity for you. But you know you weren't supposed to be at this party, you're fairly certain.
Anyone you ask about it will say the party is for you. You and the others also waking up and looking confused. Further questions will lead to the partygoers insisting you have something to eat. You're starving and others are eating the food without repercussion, so you figure there's no harm in a bite. You finish your portion.
It's a garden party at the crack of dawn, with the sun still in its early stages of climbing through the yonder, casting a good mix of pastel hues of blue, pink, and beige on everything. Heralding the first day of spring, the Ruler of the Spring Court has found it fitting to arrange this gathering where guests can feel the blades of grass touching their ankles, as well as the rich soil beneath their feet. Flowers of all kinds surround the party as if they were carefully curated. With spring as the "dawn of seasons," which marks a transition from winter's latency to the resurgence of life everywhere, the Ruler of the Dawn Court has also seen it fit to host aspects of this party during the one time of the year that dawn occurs the whole day. Tall candles and torches grace the outskirts of the garden party, providing warmth and an orange glow everywhere. Not one flame goes out even with the occasional wind, the Duchess always makes sure of this.
There are also freshly picked blossoms and branches with leaves on every table accenting the festive spread of food and drinks. This time, a lot of the food prepared for the Adopted guests are familiar to them with a little bit of a twist. Burgers might come in small packages and in toothpicks, while hotdogs in buns are also diminutive. Cookies look delectable but they have a flowery flavor to them, as if eating freshly picked daisies or daffodils. Fruits that may have been present in an Adopted's home, such as pineapples and watermelons, have seeds in odd places. Picking this selection of food is an attempt to be more welcoming and to appease the lovely guests the fae have invited.
As the party winds down and everyone's eaten, a tall, stately woman stands up and speaks. You feel her voice more than hear it.
I am the Lawspeaker of the Fae, elected by Seelie and Unseelie alike, and you are all, now, subjects of Faerie. You cannot leave this realm once you have eaten our food, and even if you could, there is no saying how much time has passed back where you're from. Your loved ones are likely dead, your problems have likely played out. We require assistance in various matters, and each of you has been chosen for your talent and skill. You will be adopted by one of the Seelie or Unseelie Courts based on your strengths and personality. Your Court will decide what to do with you from there.
As suddenly as she stood, she sits back down.
A party is not complete without dancing, of course, and while during the last gathering held for the Adopted, different fae danced to music exclusively for them around a glowing tree, this time they are insisting their guests to join in.
This is a party for you, after all.
If the prodding of the different fae hosts won't convince you, perhaps the music will. They play easily recognizable tunes that their wonderful guests must have heard before. These melodies have certain unique effects to their mortal attendees, which are as follows:
- Upbeat Music: You will believe that you and your dance partner have been friends forever and have known each other a long time.
- Romantic Music: You will become amorous and flirtatious towards your dance partner.
- Slow Music: You will develop some tension with your dance partner. It may be negative or sexual; completely up to you.
- Quiet Music: You will assume your dance partner is a threat and try to fight them.
At the Spring King's behest, every Adopted should wear a flower corsage or boutonnière to the gathering. After all, this is to celebrate the coming of spring and what better way to do that than to honor everything in bloom.
The thing is, though, the King of Spring, while amorous and friendly, also has a penchant for playing with mortals' memories, if not also affect their desires and despairs.
So, mischievous as he is, he made sure to enchant the different flowers present in every corsage and boutonnière for the party with the effects below:
- Rose: You will recall a horrific trauma
- Carnation: You will see a vision of your future, whether it's good or bad
- Orchid: You will remember a time you lost someone
- Chrysanthemum: You will believe someone among the Adopted is your soulmate
- Dahlia: You will believe you betrayed someone important to you, whether you actually did or not
It is perhaps a good thing that no one but the Adopted are allowed to see these visions and memories, but everyone who wears a corsage or boutonnière will be able to see each other's memories and visions when in close enough physical proximity to the vision-haver, for better or for worse.
You feel a vibration in your pocket sometime after the Lawspeaker addresses everyone. When you search for the source, you will pull out your Leaf, the device the Fae use to stay in touch with each other. Anyone who's used a smart phone will easily recognize how it works.
Greetings, Adopted. This is your Lawspeaker.
Tell us all of a time you gave someone a gift. Perhaps a bouquet of flowers or a box of chocolates. Was it appreciated or not? A reward might await the most meaningful gift given.
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"Oh, he can be annoying in ways you cannot fathom. But you have not seen him in his other work aspects."
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"...other work aspects?" now she's curious! "He protected me from a lot and not always because of work."
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What they authorize? What they did to his home town? What Tseng did?
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"I was sheltered, I guess."
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This was a woman who deserved better than that. She is too gentle, to kind for him to be blunt.
"Have you any idea why they allowed you to live outside of Hojo's grasps?"
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What gross reasoning. Do you see the face she is giving you, Genesis? That one is usually reserved for Hojo.
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"My greatest grief and apologies, dear lady, for that which would have been inflicted upon you. And for what you lost."
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Trying to prepare for when...if...she is caught again.
"I like to keep bodyguards."
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"Dear lady, are you beseeching me to serve as a protector? Alright I am sworn to our great mother, but I believe I could serve in this manner for you."
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How could she do less?
"I'll take care of you too if you let me."
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"Cloud... Cloud... This name sounds passingly familiar. Why is that?"
He's going to feel guilty when he learns why.
"I have only needed tending to once in my life, and the Goddess already blessed me with my freedom from the curse of my blood."
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"He's close to Zack. He's...part of the reason Zack died. Zack was protecting him." after Cloud had been filled to the brim with Mako.
"When he and I met, he acted so much like Zack that I couldn't let him go." she has a soft spot for good guys, "Do you remember...a place of green? The stream that girdles the planet?"
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"The blonde youth. I see. Last I saw him he was indeed fighting the throws of his poisoning. I had wondered over the tale I heard told that he fought Sephiroth. But if he believed himself like Zack..."
Well, Zack was always a true hero. The young man lived up to his dream. Were it not for Zack, perhaps even Genesis would not be as healed as he was.
"You speak of the Lifestream, my lady. I came to a place akin to it. The Lifestream was close to the surface in Banora, as it often is in those tropical island regions. When my home was destroyed much of it fell below, and old caverns became accessible. I delved into them, and there it was that I discovered the Goddess herself."
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With the encouraging support of his friends, both alive and dead. Now she has three little Remnants to care for in the Lifestream. What will she do with such miscreants?
"What was she like?" she has more than a fleeting idea. Minerva and her share quite a few qualities.
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His mistake.
"Regal. Powerful. Majestic. Her eyes are of a similar shade to yours, but lighter. Like the color of the Lifestream itself. Actually..."
He leans forward just a bit to look at her.
"There is much of her in the structure of your face. And your resolve is like hers. Her judgement swift but stern, and she looks into the core of you. She saw that there was much left for me to achieve. That there was potential in me, and that I had not yet served. She cleansed me of the things eating me from within, and..."
His look grows distant as he speaks, as he thinks back upon that moment. It truly meant much to him.
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"Half of me came from her planet." so it makes sense that some of her remains in her people, "She knew you could be a force for good; a force for healing. Without Jenova, you would have been her son." she lays a hand on his chest, right over his heart, "She doesn't hate you, Genesis. She's just...sad."
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And Genesis had to refind his own and live by it.
"As well she would be, with all we do to her. Forgive me, I am not so used to being forthright about it. Beyond the conversations turned to me by Weiss and Nero when I was retaken by Shinra, I do not believe I have had many conversations since that moment of her touch. I was not prepared to be seen with such tenderness."
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Sephiroth has proven that much.
"I've never felt hatred from her. Anger, yes, but not hatred. She won't turn her back on you."
Unlike a certain alien entity.
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And he means that in a capitalized way. He had felt the others stirring, had felt almost called. But in the end he had known it had not been a battle he was prepared for. Or suited tol.
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Just to save those like Genesis, Angeal, Zack, Cloud and maybe Sephiroth too unnecessary pain.
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"I do not believe you could have strayed us from the paths of our fate. But you are kind to wish so."
And then he laughs to himself, finally getting it.
"You're the woman in Loveless. The one the friend leaves for love of. The separated lover. Intriguing."
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"Probably not. It has been building for a long time. The planet took all of that time to find her voice." her green eyes widen in surprise, then, "Are you sure...? I...don't know."
Is he talking about Zack...or Cloud?
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"My dear, I was considered a leading scholar of the play in my time," he points out. "I assure you, the role fits."
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Says the woman who led the charge against Meteor and saved Gaia.
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So yes, it would make sense to connect her to them.
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