Oh, it's happened again.

Everyone did so well. I'm glad you're all okay.



I'm pretty tired. I think I'm going to sleep for a while.

People do create their own sin, but also their own redemption. Their fear, and their freedom from that fear. I don't think people could be all that makes them what they are if it were any other way.

...I've seen it forever. I've known it since before people were people, before planets and water, when all things flowed together as one great and symphonic whole in constant motion. Their fear was inevitable. They became frightened of such intimacy--that their thoughts and souls were not exclusively their own. Afraid of being detached from their aloneness.

I thought it was possible to lead them away from that. Because there were people in the world who could live without rejecting it, who could look forward into what is possible without becoming paralyzed by it. There are... countless remarkable beings in the universe. But it's in the strength of their wills that they begin their lives even more isolated. Without growing to transcend that...

It's up to each person to decide what the future holds. I believe in that more than anything.

I think I finally understand the reason I was brought here. Standing by as a spectator, trying to stay uninvolved... that's not a solution for anyone. I don't know what will happen. But, Ryoji, I don't think it's really a miracle that occurs; I think it's only people awakening to possibilities they never realized existed.

Take care of each other.








((ooc; And with that, chaos has departed to release the final seal that contains Neffe. :D Here's hoping the world doesn't asplode. PC says an OOC post explaining the events to follow is forthcoming tomorrow. So look forward to that. ♥))

Neffe.

Let's stop this.



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KOS-MOS.

Is this world precious to you?

I, uh...

I guess I'm not altogether sure who's in charge at ShuRa now. Whoever it is, though, I'd like if possible to request a short leave. There are... very important matters ahead for everyone.

KOS-MOS--have you found a place to work yet?

Jr.--how is everything now?

Gaignun--what about you? We could use some leadership around here, you know. ♪

I always believed you would return. Someday. Having felt the things that were important to you--and those that became important to you. Where you came from--and where you went.

And now...? I hope you found the answers you had been searching for. I hope you continue to find them.




I was... better for having known you.




( Private//Hackable. )



( Private//Unhackable. )

So much is happening right now, but no one's come to visit. Are you all sure you don't have anything you need to get off your shoulders? It doesn't seem right that they're paying me for hanging out in the office all day...

I heard there's going to be another ball. It reminds me of when I first came here. Maybe I'll go after all. It's not like it can be said that I'm busy.

Jr... Did you find him?

I guess I should make a formal introduction.

Pleased to meet you, employees of ShuRa. I'm chaos. I'm here as part of the counseling department. You can come to me if there's anything on your mind. I'll take good care of you. I promise. ♥

I told him that I wouldn't hide anymore.




Lisa, the "Eve." My name is chaos. We don't really know each other; I saw you just once--the day Kadaj and I met, he in your body, and I in Jenova's.

Lisa. It's important that you be careful from now on. It is of... vital importance.

U-um...

I'm...



( Private//Hackable )

The days continue to pass. But with every one, there's something more. Another voice. A touch. Even if it's faint... Even the tiniest seed can grow; until glorious.

I feel more like myself today.


( Private//Hackable by those close to him (Neffe counts. |D) )


...Thank you.

I won't stand aside anymore.


[ooc; Rowan-bb, anytime you'd like to do... er, what is now a teeny bit of a backlog, I'll be ready. :D Just say the word. ♥]

junior. where are you?

canaan is here.

canaan is here.

if...

no.

if...

neffe. now is not the time.



[Private//So hackable it's not even worth cutting.]

this place is dark and so silent.







i'm



so tired.

[/private]

[at first, chaos is faint, unintelligible. his words are nearly a litany, but they gradually mount in pitch and volume and speed until they melt clearly from another language entirely into something new. they rise to become close to frantic--a tone deeply, profoundly confused, hurt, and afraid. whatever device is receiving his voice scuffles loudly as something scrapes against it regularly and rhythmically.]

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[his voice cracks.]

You're not mine... Let me go. Let me go, I can't, I c--

[he makes a tremulous, shivery sound.]

[lost.] Hel...

[silence, save for a few shaking breaths, and the transmission abruptly cuts.]

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[ ooc; chaos has returned from his "visit" with neffe. ♥ he's seriously just wandering around naked right now, so if someone wants to pick him up (and turn him over to the care of Jr., probably XD)... just be forewarned, whatever happened has kinda made him bluescreen a little bit, so the boy ain't right. |D]

How...?

What purpose do you have in this world?

Why did you come here?

Arbiter. Animus...

I feel you, but I cannot find you.

[Private//Hard to hack] Peace never lasts here. It's true for all worlds. Where there are individual wills, there's also the fear that comes with being confronted with the separateness of one's own existence. People don't seek isolation--no one truly wants to be alone in the world--but in the resistance to accepting that they're not connected to everything...

We haven't failed: I can tell by the sense of it--their fear still exists as it always has, stable, slowly inching toward its future.

I know now. What that power was meant to do. But I can't do anything while I'm here, and even being here...

This isn't my universe; what right do I have to interfere? But--haven't I let so much time pass away as a mere observer? But this world isn't mine.

But that voice. My names. My name.

[/private]




[Private to Jr.] I didn't get a chance to congratulate you on your new position. It's good that you've found a place here so quickly.

I'm going to that hospital. I need to find out... more. About this world.

[/private]