[So this is what her father meant when he said he believed there would be peace, and perhaps more, waiting for them on the other side. Perhaps he didn't take traveling to strange places into account, but - but it's somewhere new. Something more than the long, long vigil she'd kept.
So that's fine.
Thankfully, she knows that the strange fellow in front of her isn't that one. So here, Izunia, have a tall, gangly marionette tilting its head and waving awkwardly at you. It shrinks pretty quickly, of course, down to the height of a child. She's more comfortable this way, now that there's no reason to be tall anymore. So now she's looking up at him instead of down, one three-fingered hand waving slightly.]
Hi.
[The quiet, tinny voice from the strange puppet is very much that of a little girl, maybe ten or so. She sounds shy and also curious. You dress funny, mister. :o]
[He dresses perfectly fine what are you talking about?
It's not often that there are people taller than him - Gilgamesh, the only one he can really remember - so Izunia is not used to looking up. And by the time he realizes he should, well, the
daemon?
is much smaller. And speaking to him, so probably not a daemon. With one glaring exception, they tend to not be intelligent enough to greet people.]
[look she's from the 90s on Earth don't judge her lack of fashion knowledge.
Perhaps the creepiest thing about this one is the fact that there's no light in her eyes. For all intents and purposes, this is just a puppet moving under its own power. So yeah, pretty creepy.]
Is this the afterlife?
[She almost sounds hopeful when asking this. That's creepy, Marionette. Don't do that.]
[True, but she doesn't know about any of that. She's still a kid, remember. Fashion did not mean a thing to her, and it never will. All she knows is that Izunia dresses weird compared to the other adults she's seen.
At Izunia's statement, she bobs her head and lets out...what sounds like a 'shhhhh' noise, but perhaps it's a sigh. Her next statement probably confirms that yeah, that was a sigh. Weird one, but this is a weird encounter in general.]
Thank goodness. Umm, have you seen any kids in animal masks running around then, mister?
[Because even if she's tired and worn out and running on sheer willpower, she still needs to make sure they got to the other side safe and sound. Still needs to make sure they're safe.]
[It's not what he meant at all, but - he won't not talk about them.]
My brother... Is very stubborn, and passionate, and devoted to what he does, no matter what it is.
[Whether that be healing, or, you know, the end of the world.]
My daughter takes after him a great deal - so much it's frightening to me, sometimes. My son is a bit more reserved, but a genius with his hands, and puzzles, and anything he can pick apart and put back together.
[He smiles, faintly. It may not have been the family he had wanted, but his love for them exists regardless of the foolish things he's done in the past.]
And then there's Noctis. He seems shy and withdrawn, but he's the sort of person who would never hesitate a moment when it really matters -
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So that's fine.
Thankfully, she knows that the strange fellow in front of her isn't that one. So here, Izunia, have a tall, gangly marionette tilting its head and waving awkwardly at you. It shrinks pretty quickly, of course, down to the height of a child. She's more comfortable this way, now that there's no reason to be tall anymore. So now she's looking up at him instead of down, one three-fingered hand waving slightly.]
Hi.
[The quiet, tinny voice from the strange puppet is very much that of a little girl, maybe ten or so. She sounds shy and also curious. You dress funny, mister. :o]
[completely canonblind] this is fine
It's not often that there are people taller than him - Gilgamesh, the only one he can really remember - so Izunia is not used to looking up. And by the time he realizes he should, well, the
daemon?
is much smaller. And speaking to him, so probably not a daemon. With one glaring exception, they tend to not be intelligent enough to greet people.]
...Hello?
canonblind buddies brofist
Perhaps the creepiest thing about this one is the fact that there's no light in her eyes. For all intents and purposes, this is just a puppet moving under its own power. So yeah, pretty creepy.]
Is this the afterlife?
[She almost sounds hopeful when asking this. That's creepy, Marionette. Don't do that.]
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And yeah that's kind of creepy and unsettling but -
Izunia is determined to never make a snap judgement about creepy looking things ever again.]
I suppose you could say that, yes.
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At Izunia's statement, she bobs her head and lets out...what sounds like a 'shhhhh' noise, but perhaps it's a sigh. Her next statement probably confirms that yeah, that was a sigh. Weird one, but this is a weird encounter in general.]
Thank goodness. Umm, have you seen any kids in animal masks running around then, mister?
[Because even if she's tired and worn out and running on sheer willpower, she still needs to make sure they got to the other side safe and sound. Still needs to make sure they're safe.]
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Well, here he is grateful to his distant descendant for killing his brother. No room to talk, Izunia.]
I'm afraid I haven't. I don't get many visitors, outside certain members of my family.
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Oh. I'm looking for my family too, as well as the kids.
[Marionette that's not what he meant-]
What's yours like?
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My brother... Is very stubborn, and passionate, and devoted to what he does, no matter what it is.
[Whether that be healing, or, you know, the end of the world.]
My daughter takes after him a great deal - so much it's frightening to me, sometimes. My son is a bit more reserved, but a genius with his hands, and puzzles, and anything he can pick apart and put back together.
[He smiles, faintly. It may not have been the family he had wanted, but his love for them exists regardless of the foolish things he's done in the past.]
And then there's Noctis. He seems shy and withdrawn, but he's the sort of person who would never hesitate a moment when it really matters -
I'm very proud. Of all of them.