Eleventh Vision

[hasavision]

[Action/Private thought]

[Wataru couldn't sleep. Part of it was, admittedly, Savyna's disappearance. He was worried about her, of course, and there wasn't really much he could do about it.

The other part was... well, everyone else. His friends, from Vision and earth, and most importantly, his mother. When was the last time he had seen her? Only briefly, when he had walked down the Corridor of Light to visit her from Vision. It was hardly any time at all. And she had looked so thin then...

And then there was the matter of his friends in Vision. Kee Keema and Meena would surely worry about him, if they'd known what happened. And his journey to meet the Goddess of Fate - what would happen when he returned? Halnera was in effect, and the last Traveler to reach the Tower would be sacrificed. Two minus one equals one. Mitsuru had already been ahead of him, even before he ended up in the Pokémon world. Was he now doomed? Had Mitsuru been able to reach the tower unhindered, leaving him as the only one left remaining? All because somewhere in his heart, there was a world that demanded sacrifices.

With these thoughts troubling him, Wataru sits by a window in the hallway of the inn, staring out at the stars.]

[Video]

[When Wataru turns on the Gear, he looks a little uncertain. He doesn't really know if anyone is even awake at this hour, nor if anyone would bother answering even if they were, but... he wants to know anyway.]

Does anyone know... what would make a goddess or a god need a sacrifice?

Comments

[video]

[tophat]

[Oh, but there is someone else awake at this hour, another person with many things on his mind.]

What an unusual question for someone so young to ask.

[video]

[hasavision.livejournal.com]

...You're right. It is kind of a strange question, huh?

[video]

[tophat]

Perhaps it is, but the strangest questions often turn out to be asked for only the best of reasons.

And one who refrains from asking receives no answers and in turn learns very little. However, the question in this case is not one that is easily answered.

[action]

[biteisbigger.livejournal.com]

[ Kisa can't sleep either, and so she's wandering the halls-- spotting Wataru and edging curiously closer until she hears his question. ]

... Sacrifice?

[ just thinking about the one god in her life has her turning just a little pale. What had been sacrificed to Akito had been decided from a time before Kisa's birth. ]

[action]

[hasavision.livejournal.com]

K-Kisa!

[He nearly falls from his seat in surprise. He hadn't expected her to be up at this hour.

...And it sounds like she heard him, too.]

You're still awake?

[action]

[biteisbigger.livejournal.com]

[ just nodding, even if she squeaked a little at his response. ]

I-I'm sorry... I didn't mean to surprise you.

[copystarfighter.livejournal.com]

Sac..ri...fice?

[Kirby does not compute.]

[hasavision.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Like... when you have to give up something for something else.

[copystarfighter.livejournal.com]

Oh, kuyo.

Maybe they need that thing, then!

[...yeah he doesn't get it.]

[Voice]

[foolishwren]

_{[... ooh, THAT grabs her attention. But not in a pleasant way... And it's a rattling enough question that she doesn't feel too keen on ignoring it and going to bed. She doubts she'd sleeps soundly.]}

Anything having to do with those things always comes with some nasty piece of fine print attached.

If you're thinking of trying something funny, don't.

_{[As someone who's been the sacrifice... Heather doesn't exactly look kindly on anyone who'd give one to some crusty old deity.]}

[Voice]

[hasavision.livejournal.com]

[The intensity of her response startles Wataru, so it takes him a second longer to reply.]

I wasn't- I was just asking, that's all.

...

"Something funny"?

[brbjudgingyou.livejournal.com]

Why are you so curious?

[hasavision.livejournal.com]

Huh? Uh... No real reason.

[Thaaaat was officially the weakest lie ever.]

[video]

[solas-ion.livejournal.com]

I don't think there are even any gods left in modern times. At least not as I knew them.

[video]

[hasavision.livejournal.com]

But it wasn't really a modern world...

[fullmoonstory.livejournal.com]

I know that many gods and goddesses in myths wanted sacrifices as payment for doing something for their followers.

[hasavision.livejournal.com]

But why would they do that? It seems mean to do to people who believe in you, doesn't it?

[action]

[checkingmyemail.livejournal.com]

[Haseo was on his way to the lobby of the inn when he heard that question. He notices Wataru near a window and he approaches him.]

... What kind of question is that?

[action]

[hasavision.livejournal.com]

[ls;jklj oh hello there Haseo, Wataru wasn't expecting anyone to be around to hear the question in person.]

Uh... Nothing, really. I was just wondering.

[Riiiight.]

[video]

[used-harden.livejournal.com]

[Well this certainly brings back some memories.]

Often it is because they feel that they deserve some sort of tribute from those they consider beneath them.

[video]

[hasavision.livejournal.com]

But... she also grants wishes to people. It just seems weird, you know?

action.

[reveiller]

[There just so happens to be someone else in that hallway, blinking lazily at the stars.

Teasingly--]

You want to return so badly?

action.

[hasavision.livejournal.com]

Huh? N-no... Well, I mean, I do, but-!

thoughts id already responded to this /Fails

[usednastyplot.livejournal.com]

If they were constructed by primitive thinking individuals or cultures.

It's okay~!

[hasavision.livejournal.com]

But this goddess is real.