liberazoth | close your eyes and offer up your prayers to the deep blue darkness;

[ movies only can hold one's interest for so long, especially when the awkward feeling of being alone despite being surrounded by people persists. it's discomfiting enough that, once the gathering has mostly run its course, vayne will be slipping away early, trying to avoid the crowd.

he'll be found at the museum instead, staring at some of the displays with a faintly melancholic expression. ]

[ after a few movies that he's pretty sure he saw in his childhood, faldeus has to admit that he's grown tired of the crowd. from there he's simply been wandering aimlessly, trying to figure out his next plans.

it's there he finds himself in the museum, and can't help but to call out vayne's attention: ]

What's the long face for, Vayne?

... Just thinking, really. I guess I was just wondering ...

[ he'll pull away from the skeleton display he's in front of, turning to face the man as he approaches. ]

It seems like it'd be sad, to just forget people. I know we have the displays in the community center, but those ... aren't really anything like a memorial.

You want to honor Keito and Sampo?

[ should he include sora in that? considering the reveal from today, he's not sure whether it's worth it. ]

That's kind of you. [ he nods. ] I didn't really know them that well, but you could maybe use the crafts from the community center as a memorial. Something like a shrine?

I don't know if honor is the right word, but... maybe?

I was just thinking ... if our memories really are messed up here, then maybe we should at least try to leave something for them. In case they're messed with even more as we go on.

[ of course, posting from the future, we realize oocly that they're more likely to regain memories rather than lose them further, but shhh they don't know that. ]

If it’s done intentionally, then who knows if they would even allow us to keep that. They may just wipe it from our memories entirely.

[ the power of magical suggestion is pretty ridiculous, he’ll admit. ]

But, well, maybe it’s something that’s worth trying. I don’t see why you shouldn’t— others might even appreciate the effort.

Do you think it's being done intentionally?

[ curious, not really challenging. ]

Well, either way, if we leave something physical, it should make it that much harder to just... erase, shouldn't it?

[ perception filter that much harder, or destroy the grave or shrine or whatever it is they do. ]

Haha, my hand slipped a little bit, didn’t it?

[ a half-hearted joke, followed by a sigh as he looks at one of the other displays. ]

To be honest, I’m not sure. Suggestion—also known as hypnosis—is popularly used in my world to induce memory loss. So it’s entirely possible that it could be man-made, just as much as this could be a product of this land.

[ he sure is being chatty, huh? faldues shakes his head, turning back to the young man. ]

The point is, that your endeavor is worth trying. I highly doubt anyone will be opposed.

Your... hand slipped, huh.

[ it's... not a very funny joke to make here, considering how little anyone knows about each other. ]

... I'll think of something, maybe. Later, when we're not all... Anyway. [ depresso, caught off guard, still dwelling on what happened in trial. ] But, um, about the memories. What are you trying to hide from people, if it's so common? Maybe there's a connection...

[ between that and why it seems their memories have been messed with, that is. ]

I doubt it, unfortunately.

[ he tilts his head to the side, eyeing vayne curiously. ]

The reason mages do this is mostly for the sake of protecting their craft…from other mages and especially from non-mage civilians. We can’t let civilians know of us, so it’s better if they forget or don’t realize we exist. Those are the rules imposed by the Mage’s Association on us.

[ he sighs, shaking his head as if something about it didn’t sit right with him. ]

How is it with you? What’s practicing alchemy like for you?

Ah ... It's kind of supposed to be a secret too. [ too bad for him that it's right there on his profile, huh. ] Not as far as you guys seem to take it, though. There are people who know about it, they just don't ... well, understand it all that much, I guess. [ and any alchemist, of course, is hardly inclined to explain. ]

And there are some places and things that just can't be seen or accessed by people without the ability to do it, so, um.

[ that specific quirk of mana goes a long way in keeping things secret, probably. civilians is a weird way to put it, though. how strictly is this all enforced? ]

Is the Mage's Association like a military or police force then, or something...?

[ interesting. faldeus notes down the similarities between magecraft and this boy's alchemy in the back of his head. well, it's to be expected that there would be some sort of similarities between them. even the atlas institute alchemists' have some things alike with mages.

on that subject... ]

While the Association has both of those things, they are technically neither of those. The closest thing that you could call it is an academic society of mages made for the purpose of defending Magecraft from disappearing. But in reality, what I just said is true in name only.

Only technically, is it... [ well, that doesn't sound suspicious or shady at all. ]

Why is it at threat of disappearing, though? Is ... that something you really have to worry about?

It is.

[ he nods emphatically. ]

Unfortunately, that means people get lost in both protecting their craft and families trying to one-up each other. Honestly, the Mage's Association is just a den of vipers, and the only ones who thrive in it are the old, powerful families while us laymen mages are fated to disappear under the sands of time.

[ with a shrug and a sarcastic smile, he adds: ]

I suppose that's why they chose to add that to my "dislikes".

[ huh. so a mage who doesn't like the way the main mage body does things... ]

... wouldn't the craft be at less risk of disappearing if everyone stopped fighting each other?

[ he's so confused. is it disappearing because they keep killing each other in fantastic wish rituals, because they're too busy trying to one-up each other, or what. wouldn't all these problems be solved if they just ... didn't do that? ]

close your eyes and offer up your prayers to the deep blue darkness;

w1, friday after trial;

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