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[Video] The Rhyme is a lie

[The communicator flickers on to focus on Rita, who looks tired and a bit spaced-out. All the excitement of coming to the City catching up with her, perhaps?]

Hey, did someone start growing a flower garden in here or something? All I can smell are roses, and they're giving me a headache.

[She sleepily rubs at her eyes then pauses, mildly confused. She inspects her hand, and one might see rose-red rings on her fingers.]

Huh? Is there something...I never had allergies to anything before--wait, is something burning?

[Of course, the device can't exactly transmit the smell, but smoke is starting to waft around the room. Rita frantically starts rummaging around and looking for the source.]

Where is this coming from? A-ow, that kind of...

[Suddenly, her hands burst into flames. She's momentarily stunned at her spontaneous combustion but recovers enough to do something about it, grabbing a blanket and smothering out the flames. She's pretty alert now, at least.]

What the hell just happened?! Is this one of those...w-wait!

[Another tendril of smoke starts to creep up. Rita wastes no time now, a blue magic circle appearing at her feet as she casts a spell.]

O caprice of innocent waters...Champagne!

[The spring of water forms beneath her feet, bubbling forth a small stream that halts the smoke. Rita sighs shakily, about to turn back to her device, when the smoke returns once again.]

C-come on! Stop it, already!

[OOC: Will be backtagging when I get in from work AGAIN sob. Anyway, her nursery rhyme is Ring Around the Rosy, which this handy site going around suggests refers to the bubonic plague. Too bad the City doesn't feel like waiting to cremate you...]

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[Happiness flutters inside her, or maybe nervousness, but at least she won't have to sit here by herself.]

Well...if you're sure, it'd be nice to have you around.

[Suddenly, she realizes that there are a lot of things she'd love to talk to Natalia about. Her world, her friends, but she'd start with-]

So, what about that arte you used? We have artes in my world too, but I think yours was a bit different.

You have artes in your world as well? How every intriguing!

[She thinks about fonons and artes for a bit- if only Jade were around to explain them better]

My artes are powered by fonons, essentially. That is how they are performed in my world.

[She doesn't know what fonons are, though she wonders if it's their term for aer and whether they've had similar problems.]

Fonons? Is that...

[Hesitating, she's not quite sure exactly how to word it. Natalia won't know what Rita's talking about if she just says 'aer', but she wants to know if they're the same thing.]

Hm...is it like a substance that composes everything, even though you can't usually see it?

Yes, they can't be seen with the naked eye unless in large concentrations.

[Natalia tilts her head, rather impressed]

You're very intuitive.

So my hunch was correct...but I wonder if that means...

[Rita mumbles to herself a little, before waving off the compliment with minor embarrassment.]

Oh, it's not just that. I think our own artes may be powered by the same thing, only we call it aer.

Oh! That is quite the possibility, yes. I'm afraid I'm not very adept in the area of fonons, however, but if you've any more questions, I'll certainly answer to the best of my ability.

[Natalia finds it a little exciting that their worlds may share a lot of features!]

[Rita's excited about it herself, but refrains from asking Natalia about the specifics she's really interested in--instead, she'd rather get the most burning question off her mind]

Well, have your fonons ever...caused any major problems? Like too dense portions affecting organisms or...creating giant planet-eating monsters?

[She says the last part in a rush, hoping it doesn't sound too weird.]

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[Natalia's eyes widen-]

Oh, not at all! Perhaps at times large concentrations of fonons would have some sort of effect on the environment or even objects, yes, but- nothing too harmful.

[...I think.]

Oh, I see. Maybe it's not quite the same, or...

[She stops herself mid-sentence, since she doesn't exactly want to say that maybe they just hadn't noticed the effects yet, or it wasn't such a big problem at that time. Suggesting that Natalia's world might be destroying itself too doesn't sit too well.]

Well, maybe we have some other similarities, say--aer also exists in a more stable state known as mana in my world. Have you ever heard of something like that?

Not at all- I only know of fonons. I see the substance in your world is...quite complex.

[Natalia wishes she could provide much more useful information about this. Jade would certainly be a much better conversation partner about fonons...]

It can be for people not used to studying it all the time. Even mages don't know everything about it.

[Since it would likely be pointless--and unfair for Natalia--to keep questioning her about aer and fonons, Rita figures she might as well ask her about something more familiar.]

Fonons aside, what's your world like? Do you guys have monsters too?

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Oh, you're a mage, Rita? That's so very interesting!

[...She thinks that maybe mages are just INFINITELY MORE INTELLIGENT THAN EVERYONE ELSE]

Yes, we've got quite a lot, actually, scattered around the world. There was a time, too, when the continents were raised to escape the miasma- a substance that actually was quite dangerous to people.

Yes, I've been studying magic for years. You've probably worked on your healing artes for a long time too, right?

[Just this one. And Jade. Maybe Dist. Though between Natalia and Estelle, Rita's wondering if all princesses are actually this kind--and if they are, what the hell happened with the other nobles?]

Your continents were raised? Like, off the planet surface?

I have, yes. Along with my archery.

[Nods a bit solemnly]

Yes- the Sephiroth trees held them up quite effectively until a very...deranged man decided to interfere with them.

[A mischievous smirk is Rita's initial response.]

By the sounds of it, anyone who picks a fight with you must end up sorry.

[She turns serious again at that, though. There were no shortages of deranged people in her world, either.]

Sephiroth...huh. Anyone who messes with something like that would have to be really messed up themselves. How did that end up?

Well, if I do say so myself, I've only grown stronger since coming here, as well.

[...Sometimes Natalia gets a little cocky]

My friends and I took it upon ourselves to lower the lands once again. Without doing so, the continents simply collapsed within themselves into the miasma underneath.

That's no surprise if you've been using the monsters here for target practice.

Whoa...You took on a pretty big responsibility, but it sounds like you didn't have much of a choice if they were just...falling down again. But wait, if the land was raised in order to escape the miasma, then didn't that put the world in danger again?

We- that same terrible man used fomicry in order to create a world full of replicas. To neutralize the miasma, we- we asked those replicas to sacrifice themselves.

[Looks down very, very forlornly.]

[She doesn't know what fomicry is, but the rest...She isn't able to keep the stunned look from her face as she's momentarily speechless.]

...R-replicas...of people? But how...?

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Yes. I'm afraid I don't know the exact science behind it- there is actually a man here who aided in the creation of fomicry.

[Looks up toward Rita, now, looking very solemn]

Though it has many repercussions - both for the created replica and for the original.

[Although she suppresses a shudder, Rita can't help but be curious about it. It's just in her nature. However, it also seems to be something better left untouched.]

I...I see, so it would be dangerous for everyone involved. It...must be terrible for the people who went through it.

[She swallows the lump in her throat, looking right at Natalia for a moment then avoiding her eyes.]

...Just how did they neutralize the miasma like...like that?

They took the substance into their bodies- we needed enough Seventh Fonists to do so, and they generously sacrificed their lives for the cause.

O-oh. That...couldn't have been easy. For anyone.

And that...fixed everything? What was the miasma?

I'm not certain entirely, only that it is an incredibly poisonous substance.

[a weak smile]

I'm sorry to be talking about such depressing things.

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