ao's ideal world (3)

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Re: START

[firststone]

"Obviously it is a world created by the Lord, our God."

Re: START

[firstgrave]

..... no... this is a game. Kaguya said that this is an "ideal world", and I have to find the "owner". This world was made by someone else. And it's flawed. [ point: other-challah. ]

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[firststone]

"Do you deny the Lord?"

Abel.

[ Solomon rests a hand on her arm. Abel shoots him a look, but quiets down to let him talk as he smiles at Challah. ]

What will you do when you find the owner?

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[firstgrave]

"Of course I don't--" [ she STARTS to argue, but Solomon interrupts so.

she'll just glare at other-Challah while she responds. ]

... we're supposed to convince them to wake up. To leave this world.

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[firststone]

But you don't even know who they are, or what they must do here.

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[firstgrave]

.... whoever they are, they must know me. So they must be important to me. [ her glare... softens just a little, before she looks away from other-Challah to Solomon again ]

I don't know what they must do here, but I want to find them regardless.

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[firststone]

[ Solomon lets out a soft, faint sigh ]

It's better to be honest with you, isn't it?

I don't want her to go with you.

[ although Solomon seems to know what's up, Abel seems puzzled at whatever the fuck he's talking about ]

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[firstgrave]

[ ... blinks ]

Why not?

Re: START

[firststone]

Because I need her. And I am not the only one here who does.

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[firstgrave]

[ .... she does stop. to consider him. to consider this other-challah. to consider the way that he leans weakly into his walker, looking as though he might break at the slightest touch. ]

What if I also need her? Will you try to stop me?

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[firststone]

If I have to, yes. But I'd rather talk it out if we can.

Re: START

[firstgrave]

.... your only goal is to stop me from taking her, isn't it? Then I don't wish to talk. I have to remember that this world isn't real.

Re: START

[firststone]

But it is real to us.

Re: START

[firstgrave]

[ ... her fists clench. this is why she needs to stop talking to this man. ]

Where is she?

Re: START

[firststone]

You really won't hear me out?

Re: START

[sunflowering]

Um... excuse me. [ Kaguya is back this is round 2 ]

I brought the walker.

[ Looking between the Challah's and everyone. ]

Is everything alright?

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[firststone]

Oh, thank you! Could you bring it here?

[ Abel helps him back to his feet so he can grab onto the walker when she does, shakily leaning his weight on it ]

That's better. You're so helpful, Miss.

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[sunflowering]

It was nothing.

[If he needs additional help, she will help him...! ]

. . . What happened to that building? The place is...sort of curious.

Re: START

[firststone]

[ with a sad smile ]

We destroyed it.

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[sunflowering]

. . . Why is that?

[ . . . ]

I noticed that when I was inside and looked out the window, I saw a city. It didn't match what I see here in the field, though.

Re: START

[firststone]

Oh, it must have been my old view.

That was where I was raised. It seems like for the others, they were brought up somewhere different.

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[sunflowering]

Others... like Challah and Ao-san?

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[firststone]

Yes. Like Challah and Ao. They were my successors, so to speak.

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[sunflowering]

What did they succeed you in?

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[firststone]

[ he hums, and starts reciting ]

The Harel Research Institute was founded in ■■■■ A.D. by the Harel family with the dream of harnessing the magical properties of old world artifacts. Though their original goal was magic, over time, they renounced superstition for evidence and truth, and became a reputable school of science and history. From there, their focus expanded into all kinds of fields of study, and they gained an especially esteemed reputation in the areas of archaeology and bioengineering. This unique combination led to their greatest public achievement, when in ■■■■ A.D. they obtained and successfully cloned the long-lost remains of the ancient King Solomon of Israel.

After that, this and that happened, so I guess since they didn't have the time to spare to grow another clone from infancy, they decided to resort to a different method. Instead of physical remains, they found traces of blessing of protection placed on Cain by God, and used that along with some other relevant materials as the vectors to create a spiritual reconstruction of Cain. Things went really wrong with Cain, so they must have thought they needed a better one, so they used the earth cursed by the blood of Abel, and created Abel. And so on and so forth, with a few other names.

Since the institute doesn't study magic in the public eye, just like they're not a military operation in the public eye, Solomon's cloning was the only public project out of all of them, and the Institute didn't really want the rest of them to know who they themselves were, so instead of calling them "Cain" and "Abel," they gave them the designations "Reaper" and "Shepherd."

[ Abel looks down at the ground as he talks, hands in her tunic. ]

Well, but I still call them Cain and Abel. Don't you think those sound more like proper names?