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Post by Alexander on Sept 22, 2015 16:20:48 GMT
Cold zephyrs pawed abound at the mist-laden mountain peaks; though all laid veiled in the long-descended obscurity of night one could clearly see the vast canopy of crisp forestry, the rolling clouds of low-hanging mist descending to become fog amidst the forest floor and around the forever luminant corona of Naruki city's inner precipice. The Spring of Purity was cold, and it felt refreshing against his bare skin. He had come to the spring to purify himself, like he always does during the Full Moon. His red hair glistened under the full moons light. He had left his gigai and other items away from the pool, as they were not pure. He was here to clean his soul of the sins he had commited under the name of the Soul Society. “If there were no night, we would not appreciate the day, nor could we see the stars and the vastness of the heavens. We must partake of the bitter with the sweet. There is a divine purpose in the adversities we encounter every day. They prepare, they purge, they purify, and thus they bless.” alexander bathered in the water, as the trees around him shifted, the animals watching as if waiting for someone to come.
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Post by Amaori Ichika on Sept 22, 2015 17:11:07 GMT
"Of sin we can purge, of bodies and souls we can bless, but the ambition we can not cleanse."
Echoing words accompanied a light blue silhouette emerging from the heart of the lake itself, sparkling brighter than the glistening of the water on the man's skin. It reflected the outline of Alexander, but both he and the animals knew what it really was. The trees and animals bent and bowed to the manifestation of this being as if to welcome a rare guest, though in truth it had been there all along.
"For it is ego, and a blank ego is a blank man."
For a spirit to emerge from the Spring was not an everyday event. It must have decided to make contact for a reason. At least, that is what most would believe. Would one bother to list a rare event having casual causes? Maybe, but that is often a sign of one who thought too much.
"The fires of wrathful ambition in your eyes are not one that can be extinguished by these waters. Do share: How wrathful? How passionate?"
Walking across the water, the spirit made no ripples as it made it steps foward, finally stopping to seat itself on a rock.
"Let me hear."
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Post by Alexander on Sept 22, 2015 17:48:25 GMT
Alexander bowed his head respectfully as the spirit emerged. The animals around him were still in their own bowed stance. As the spirit spoke, the words did not enter alexanders ears, they washed over his mind as if they had been pure water poured over the nerves of his brain. The figure walked toward him, and there were no ripples upon the water. Most Shinigami would have called this spirit a hollow, or at best a very powerful plus soul. But Alex knew better. “Oh Naiad, Goddess of the Spring.” He stood up, to show her that while he respected her, he did not fear her. “I have come to partake in these springs. To wash my Sins away and present to you the thoughts I have created.”
The man looked up toward her as the water dripped from his naked chest. His eyes looked toward her own, and he made it known he felt no fear toward her. “I have been thinking again, of that day so long ago when Humanity showed me just what evil they can commit.” Alexander was referring to the second great war, where the bombs that changed the world were dropped on innocent people for the first and last time. “I Started my company with the goal to evolve humanity, to give them the power to defend themselves from the Shinigami. But I fear what they would do with the powers they may gain. What evil they may cause.”
Alexander turned away from her and grabbed his offering, a small wooden boat, filled with incense and other such offerings. “I bring you these gifts of the mortal realm so that I may gain insight into what may come. Blessed Naiad, I beseech you, show me the path Humanity will take if I leave them as they are.”
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Post by Amaori Ichika on Sept 27, 2015 15:31:53 GMT
The "Goddess of the lake" peered at the boat of offerings, contemplating, then waved her hand once. Exerting her power, the boat sank with a ripple and disappeared entirely. If one were to look under the water, they would not find a single trace of it.
"You give me the gifts of mortals, so I will show you the path of mortals."
Naiad got up and walked back to the center of the lake, abruptly sinking. Following that, the lake rippled as images began to show in the reflection of the water.
The images were of men in suits, conversing, then standing and shaking hands. The stereotypical image of business and trade. However, these men weren't just any men; they were the leaders of their country.
"Human society have developed far more than you Shinigami, and so is the concept of an economy. Mortals will do a great many things for money."
With another ripple, the image turned to a depiction of armed conflict, the ones that Alexander had feared so much. The cries of war, the hailstorm of bullets and bodies devoid of life were depicted. Despite the lack of sound, the images were all real enough to create the impression of the sounds.
"Even the conflict and war does not have much base in hatred or wrath: only benefits... monetary or otherwise. They would continue to bring harm to one another for this sake: where the strong can be rich and the weak are left poor."
One more ripple and the image changed to Alexander's company, of the armaments he developed in hopes of furthering Man.
"You arm them to fight Shinigami? This protection is important to you, but do the Shinigami purposely massacre on regular basis? Sooner they would turn those armaments on each other than on the Shinigami whose possessions are only spiritual. They may be able to fight the extraordinary existences that eat or harm them, but to let them down this path requires careful consideration. Surely you know this."
The image disappeared and another silhouette of water rose from the lake - taking the form of a female human.
"I do not possess the power to quell your flames, nor do I have the desire to stoke it. However, I do want to hear more of that desire. To understand it.
Speak without restraint."
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