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bravenewworld2016-07-09 09:06 pm
bravenewmods) wrote in bravenewworld2016-07-09 09:06 pm
Gigan Mobilization
After weeks of waiting uneasily in the aftermath of the chaotic infiltration of Gigas to right a terrible wrong, the Council finally decided that it’s time to make a move. It's wasn't a decision that they made lightly, but the events in the distant city has proven a point that they had all seen coming:
The time where they could stay in the safety of Union's walls was no more, not when the Gods themselves were far from the infallible beings that they had believed for generations. It was time for Humans to once again take their stand. Joined by their allies from Caldera, Sanctuary, and the other surrounding cities, the people of Union Alliance gathered their supplies and set out west-- toward Gigas. The distant city had not remained silent either, rumors spreading of mobilization, and the fires of war loom as large as the four imprisoned titans over all the land.
The Gods had saved humanity countless times before. It was time that humanity returned the favor.
[OOC: Event Sign Ups are now open! We encourage all players to participate in this pivotal event. You can pick your teams of five yourselves, or you can request to be placed in a randomized pool that will be determined at the end of the sign up period, on 7/15.
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The time where they could stay in the safety of Union's walls was no more, not when the Gods themselves were far from the infallible beings that they had believed for generations. It was time for Humans to once again take their stand. Joined by their allies from Caldera, Sanctuary, and the other surrounding cities, the people of Union Alliance gathered their supplies and set out west-- toward Gigas. The distant city had not remained silent either, rumors spreading of mobilization, and the fires of war loom as large as the four imprisoned titans over all the land.
The Gods had saved humanity countless times before. It was time that humanity returned the favor.
[OOC: Event Sign Ups are now open! We encourage all players to participate in this pivotal event. You can pick your teams of five yourselves, or you can request to be placed in a randomized pool that will be determined at the end of the sign up period, on 7/15.
An OOC post will be made explaining the next stage in more detail. Please use this post as a catch-all for your IC needs.]
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I truly hope they have no other gods, but their capabilities concern me. And yet ... Union was an unknown for many years, and the Gigans were too busy conquering the lands to the west to even discover them. They're worlds apart when it comes to ideologies. Union hasn't truly faced anything like this in hundreds of years, and yet they do seem to be stronger, don't they? [Of course, they had the support of the other nations behind them to make up for the military numbers, but to be the heart of the effort?] I wonder if that will ever stop seeming so strange.
[Living in Sanctuary and experiencing the occupation would do that. It was only a little over a year when those changes had been made, and everything since then had been a whirlwind.] To realize that we've come to this point from even a year ago is... really something.
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[ Grass and Steel were an unusual combo at the best of times, from what she could ascertain. Certainly not the sort to be found in Caldera! ..It's a small hope, anyway.. ]
..Truly, I am more surprised by the amount of time that things have taken to change. Even in the last six or seven months. Especially after such a long period of isolation...Union remains unique, though not without having weathered strong storms.
..I can only hope that this coming mark left on history will be one worthy of remembrance. [and not because of failure]
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[And the towers, abandoned, warded, or left as rubble. She wondered if even a year's worth of restoration efforts had done anything to improve that, as much as she was avoiding the city now.]
... Indeed. We've got a lot of work ahead of us, either way. Our focus right now has to be on succeeding, though I don't know what that will cost us.
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We do. Should we plan for the worst while hoping for the best?
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[Preparing for the worst while hoping for the best... it sometimes felt impractical to hope when one wanted a clear outlook, but the preparation would balance that out. Success did not perhaps mean, survival, but this was war.]
Let me think... the most common primary types tend to be Psychic, Bug, Dark, and Normal. The next tier tends to run Fire, Fairy, Poison or Grass types... other combinations are considerably rarer. There are... circles... that do keep track of bloodlines, however, or have tried to. You'll just need to know where to make the inquiries.
[There's a slight bit of hesitance in her words, but she hopes that Sophia hasn't noticed.]
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Tiers, you say. Waver has mentioned something of a caste system when it comes to power and learning. Do the typings affect that at all? Or is it only the extent of knowledge and power that matters? [she doesn't miss the hesitation, but she doesn't - yet - call Raine on it. Just tilts her head a little more quizzically. ]
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The oldest families tend to have the access to the most 'knowledge', which in turn gives them the most influence and power over others. The more a family has branched out, the more different types start to appear among them, though who can say what influences that aspect the most among enlightened? A full-fledged mage can wield any type of spell to their advantage with the right amount of studying. That is the pride of Sanctuary.
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[Both Waver and Harry had vaguely indicated their position in Sanctuary's society when discussing magic with her in the past; Raine has not elaborated, but Sophia is left wondering.]
..That sounds to me a sure way to lose more than you gain in the long term. But I suppose nobility don't care beyond their own needs. [there's a disgruntled noise from Ouka, who shuffles closer to Sophia.] Well, the Mage Council came and went evry quickly from Union. Perhaps we can change that, there..
[We? well, maybe it's a little arrogant of her to say that, given her newness to her powers even 6 or 7 so months along. But sharing knowledge had worked well so far.]
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[Raine hadn't elaborated before, and still seems to hold to that secretiveness as she listens to Sophia's questions and responds accordingly. The facts are what are important, not her personal narrative.]
They're very strict. Even before the occupation, it was how our society had developed. With the dwindling of some of the greater families, most ideals focus on how to preserve the old blood, even now. [Certainly backwards by Union standards, and it said quite a lot about the mages that were living there, non-conformists all in their own ways.] If that is to change, it may take a very long time.
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[Yours, in the more generic sense than Raine's specifically. She might be Mage by birth, but she is still removed from it to a degree]
Change may well be happening far quicker than they would like, at that. Union certainly sees to that.. [take this war, for example, even if it was instigated by the gods] And those of us who live in Union have the chance to set out out own ideals for how mages should be, don't you think?
When we go home, perhaps we should gather other Union mages to discuss it.
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... The Mage community that's growing in Union is far removed from the one back in Sanctuary, and with good reason. I have to admit, I'm not entirely comfortable with the thought of coming up with our own ideals to oppose them with.
[There were simply times when it seemed that the spirit of Union's optimism was too overwhelming despite seeing what they could accomplish, with the weight or perhaps burden of personal experience still with her, of the knowledge of that closed-off society. She closes her eyes for a moment, and exhales, softly.] Though they seem to think very little of Union as it is, for the moment, so ... developing ideas among ourselves might not be a bad idea either. It's a lot to think about.
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[such things were better left to native Unionites - they tended to have that sort of impact on others.]
But what works there is not necessarily likely to work everywhere, and..To be honest, that attitude runs against the grain of Union's. I've enjoyed working with you, and with Waver, with learning magery together. If we can encourage that as a standard, I think it would benefit us all more than keeping that learning segregated.
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[And it was the very least, from what she had seen of it. There's still a lingering discomfort to her expression, even with Sophia's reassurances.]
So ... the foundation is there. Perhaps.
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..But you don't like the idea. Or does something else concern you?
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[But she still pauses, gaze flickering back down to her hands in her lap.]
... I'm sorry. These are very good ideas. I suppose the whole concept of it is strange to me, knowing what I grew up with, and just how different the societies are. In some ways it almost feels ... illegal, though I can't imagine how much attention it would attract. If at all.
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..You don't need to apologise. Ideas are just that. And, I should have considered that they might not be so simple to those used to growing up under other laws and regulations. [and a Gigan occupation besides.] ..How would it be illegal, exactly?
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[She wouldn't put it past them; they'd want their brightest to remain in their own city's ranks.]
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After all, so much of that is likely related to the Gigan Occupation to boot.]
Helping others realise where their path might lie once basic training is done.. That sounds well suited to us. Once we get home.
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... yes, you're right. [They're all rather uniquely positioned in their own ways for it, and it was really only that shadow of traditionalism that was lurking over it. Hadn't she brought her brother here to get away from it all anyway? As reluctant as she felt, she does nod, as distant as her eyes are.] There's a lot more that can be offered without people getting into trouble or feeling as if they've been left to their own devices. It's... something to think about.