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When Vyers heard about Lahari, he said he'd get to work restoring the
Order of Sol. Then he informed us that two spots had been found where
Seventh Fonons were being used up at a high rate. One of them was near where
Hod used to be, and the other was traveling around the sea--and far larger
than a simple ship. With no war going on now, the only thing that would use
up that many Seventh Fonons would be fomicry. We headed out to find that
large object moving around the sea.
As we searched the sea, we came across a strange floating island. It
should be impossible for an island to be floating, but we decided to land and
take a look.
We got off the Highwind, and Christian recognized the island almost immediately.
It's Feres Island, which was destroyed in the tsunami caused by the
disappearance of Hod. But Feres was an ordinary island--even a tsunami
shouldn't be able to make it float. Let's investigate it and see what going
on.
We found Brittany on Feres Island. Apparently this is her hometown. She
miraculously survived the tsunami and was raised by monsters. Eventually
Master Kyo found her here and took her into his custody. Master Kyo had
promised Brittany to bring Feres Island back to life, and had installed
fomicry equipment here for that purpose. Brittany said that Master Kyo is the
one that made the island float, too. This must have been one of his bases.
Brittany still hated Saiyukiness, and said that she would send Orca as a
mediator to tell Saiyukiness where the duel would be held. Then she left.
I feel sorry for Brittany. She was used by Master Kyo, and she never
realized that the original Sion she loved was already dead. But it's probably
just as hard on Saiyukiness for knowing all that.
From Brittany's words, we can be certain that Master Kyo had something to
do with this place. Let's find out where the fomicry equipment is.
We found the fomicry equipment, still operating. It looks like replica
soldiers were being created here. If nothing else, we can't afford to let any
more Seventh Fonons be used up, so we decided to shut it down.
All of a sudden, replicas--including Iemon and Mary--appeared from a
nearby room and criticized us.
They said that they had been born at Lahari's desire, and that they did not
care if those that did not desire them are killed. I couldn't believe what
they were saying.
After all, I'm a replica, and by being born I stole the place of my
original. I couldn't even imagine wanting to disregard that original.
But Kitten said that the hubris of those replicas was something I used to
have, something I could use now.
And Christian told me that I lack self-confidence.
But it's just as true that Jeremy suffered because I was born, and I'm only
his replacement, after all...
I don't know. Of course I want to have self-confidence. But what did I use
to base such self-confidence on?
Just then, a huge island rose from the sea. The replicas called it the new
Hod. Then is that huge thing a replica of Hod?!
Before we could learn more, the replicas disappeared, saying they were
going to a place called the Tower of Rem. We boarded the Highwind and headed
for the floating island to see if it really was Hod.
Unfortunately, the island was protected by the Planet Storm, and we
couldn't approach it. There's not much we can do about it now, so we decided
to head for Grand Chokmah instead, where Emrls says the replica data from the
original Hod is stored.
 Foxraikov · Sat Jun 02, 2007 @ 12:49am · 0 Comments |
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