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I met Vyers and heard an unbelievable truth.
The collapse of Akzeriuth was written in Crystal's Score, and happened
because it was destined to.
And not only that. The destruction of Malkuth's Hod Island, which led to
the biggest war in recent years, was likewise part of Crystal's Score.
So the people of Crystal City knew about both disasters ahead of time, and
simply let the people of both towns die. Even Kitten, who knew that Hod's fate
was written in the Score, hadn't known that it had simply been allowed to be
destroyed in order to fulfill the Score. She seemed pretty shocked to hear
that.
Unlike Kitten, Master Kyo did know the truth about Hod. Vyers said that
although he hated it at first, he's come to be a fine watcher, working as a
member of the Order of Sol to ensure that the world follows Crystal's
Score. The Order of Sol itself is simply the presence of Crystal City in
the outer Lands, dedicated to directing the world along the path written in
Crystal's Score toward the prosperity that the Score foretells. So the Order of
Sol and Crystal City are connected at the top.
A new war between Malkuth and Kimlasca is also written in the Score, and
that's why Grand Maestro Lahari was trying to start a war, in order to follow
the Score. Even Master Kyo's using me to destroy Akzeriuth was for the
purpose of the Score. It all comes down to Crystal's Score. If the Score does
promise a prosperous future, that's nice...but is that a reason to let people
living now die?
When we asked about St. Binah falling, Vyers said flatly that it was
impossible, because the Score doesn't mention it. If we were still worried,
he said, we could use the Crystal Road, a fonic circle used for transport, to
return to the outer Lands and see for ourselves. I headed back with Kitten to
her house to make preparations for departure.
While we were getting our things packed, Kitten told me a little bit about
her past.
She said that both she and Master Kyo were originally from Hod Island, on
the Outer Lands. When Hod was destroyed, it fell into the Qliphoth much like
Akzeriuth did. That time, Master Kyo used Crystal's fonic hymn to survive, and
the two of them were taken in and raised by Vyers.
Contrary to what Vyers was saying before, Master Kyo had always hated
the Score, and one day Kitten overheard him saying he was going to destroy the
inhabitants of the outer Lands.
That's why Kitten had decided to follow Master Kyo and stop him, even at the
cost of her own life. The duty of looking for the Seventh Fonstone was
likewise just a convenient excuse to stay near Master Kyo. It looks like I've
misunderstood her all this time. What a stupid idiot I was...
We finished preparing for our return to the Outer Lands, and headed for
the Crystal Road to check up on St. Binah.
The Crystal Road leads to a place on the Padamiyan continent called Aramis
Spring. Padamiya is also where Daath, the Order of Sol's headquarters, is
located. We entered the fonic glyph and returned to the Outer Lands.
 Foxraikov · Sun May 27, 2007 @ 11:37pm · 0 Comments |
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