Jurassic Guide

[drinkandforget]

She's been dreaming of Earth lately. Why she should be dreaming of that distant planet is not a question Sailor Lethe cares to consider too deeply; she knows it's said to be one of the last territories holding out against Galaxia.

There's no sign of that in the Earth she visits. The lush vegetation is almost tropical, vibrant ferns alongside tall trees. They grace the banks of a winding river, tranquil and quiet. Visible at intervals, small groups of dinosaurs go about their own business, largely ambivalent to her presence.

Lethe poles her small boat silently through the water. When she acquires an extra passenger, she shows no surprise, but be careful; passage is not free. Those in the boat will lose something before they disembark, whether as small and simple as a pen or as disastrous as an irreplaceable keepsake.

Comments

[repudiate]

... Knew it.

[ That's okay, Ange's pretty stuck in that way of thinking too, so to hear it confirmed.. Well, the only thing it could strike it that tiny optimistic part of her somewhere deep down, but she's almost killed that part off already. ]

[drinkandforget]

Then you're wise. Most humans struggle uselessly against it.

Do you know the human saying, "you can't take it with you"? That's all I say, too. Only, they don't go far enough.

[repudiate]

It's since humans want to cling on to what they do have, even beyond death. But they don't even realise, that.. there's no point in living if it's just a cycle of losing everything over and over.

[drinkandforget]

Would you rather end the cycle and have your existence end completely?

That is also possible.

[She makes no threatening move; apparently she does not plan to demonstrate.]

[repudiate]

Honestly, I've already thought quite some times before that something like that might just be for the best.

[ demonstration or not, she does answer honestly - even if her tone is still lacking the proper emotion aside from just sounding tired, almost. ]

To have everything end..

[drinkandforget]

[Being willing to accept fate puts Ange ahead of a lot of humans, in Lethe's mind, but that cynicism disturbs even her, slightly.]

To have everything done and left behind. Forgotten. That's what you wish for?

[repudiate]

... Yeah.

[ But it's strange, how exactly at a moment like this she can't help but think of Keiichi smiling, and then Primo's more pained expression-- ]

Not yet, though, but.. there's one thing I still have to resolve. After that, everything can fade away forever for all I care.

[drinkandforget]

You don't have the right to choose the moment. [This, again, is not said as a taunt, but simple truth. No person is given to know or decide the moment of their death.]

[repudiate]

Not for a single death, no, but surely for the complete stop of the cycle if such a thing were possible.

[drinkandforget]

To end a cycle like that would take a lot of power. Are you so powerful?

[repudiate]

No, probably not. I won't overestimate my abilities, and they're already pretty crappy even without overestimating them.

[ Besides, it would be pretty lame for the 'witch of resurrection' to be the one to end a cycle like that, huh? ]

Maybe I'll have to find someone who can.

[drinkandforget]

[She thinks of Galaxia.]

You should be careful who you hope to find.

[She has no choice but to stay loyal; but she knows Galaxia is a cold power.]

[repudiate]

So you're telling me to not just trust anyone, is that it?

[ Because she knows enough about that, really - she's already trusted someone for their power before only to find out she was used. ]

[drinkandforget]

You might not need the advice, but it's still wise.

[Ange seems the practical type, much like Lethe herself. Of course, again like Lethe, it doesn't mean she might not have reasons of her own for agreeing to something.]