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[ It'd kinda taken a backseat with everything else going on, but there's still something that's been bothering her a bit. She could just dismiss it as a kid making things up but... after everything she's experienced here, and back home, she's got a gut feeling there's more to it.

She can't search the internet like she used to but... well that doesn't mean crowdsourcing is off the table. ]

Hey, did anybody else run into a weird girl on their first day here? A little kid, blonde hair.

Also does anybody know what the name of this "linkshell" means? Kali Shashidhwaja. She mentioned that, along with telling me that "she" would try to hurt me if I ever lost it and was alone.

[ As a final note, she added the two pictures the girl had doodled, described as follows: " There was a crude drawing of a feminine figure with purple eyes standing over what appeared to be the corpses of a human and a moogle, looking a bit eerily similar to Futaba and her moogle even though the drawing was crude. " Along with "This time the figures looking like Futaba and her moogle were standing alive, and were surrounded by other figures. They faced toward the purple-eyed figure, who seemed to be fleeing."

And now, to see what information others might have... ]

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Did she show you any pictures of the 'she'? I think I met the same girl.

...she wanted to see a storybook about 'The Four Ancient Heroes'. Said there are two different versions of it.

The only pictures that I got were the doodles that she made on my tablet. I've already posted them.

What did she want with it?

[ Did the story maybe have something to with why they were here??? ]

Just like I thought. I wanted to confirm them before I showed you this.

[He adds three pictures to his text, one "a drawing of four people standing around the defeated corpse of the goddess. There were two men and two women, and holding a crystal in their hand", "depicting the goddess of death. The drawing was very basic and depicted a female figure with long flowing hair, surrounded by four black crystals. The only color on the drawing is for her eyes, a vivid purple." and "a very ornate painting depicting the same goddess than before. This time however, no dark crystals around her. Instead the corpses of countless dead people, looking eerily similar to the four heroes depicted earlier.".]

Just wanted to be absolutely sure. She wanted to read the version of the story where the heroes didn't die.

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[ The same purple eyes... and more dead people. ]

Is there any part of this that isn't really creepy?

I have no idea.

It's interesting that there are two versions of this story. She said there's a lot of differences between them.

Just to check did she absolutely say it was the linkshell you couldn't lose, or was it vague?

It was pretty vague. It sounded like she could've meant the linkshell, or the iMog slate, though.

[ In the context of their conversation, at least. ]

Do we know what the differences between the two stories are? Besides the whole dying thing.

Not yet. I'll go back for the book and read through it. She did tell me the version where the heroes die is studied by scholars.

That could be something to check out.

Yeah, sounds like they'd have a pretty good account how that one goes, then.

I'm... probably going to try to head over to the Curti Center soon to look into a few other things too. Like others who've come through this Dream Width thing and the development of the Mognet. According to a friend, the linkshell name is based off Indian mythology.

[ Which, logistically speaking, should not be here on Vaikutha. ]

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It would be a good idea to confirm that. This is not our reality. It could be the linkshell name means something else here.

Whatever it means, we have a few leads to pursue.

Yep.

Connie and I are gonna head over to the Curti Center sometime soon to follow up on a couple. We'll let everyone know what we find.

If I find anything I'll inform everyone about it.

[He's suddenly glad this is just text, because he... He knows the five depicted here.]

[...]

The four who sacrificed themselves...

[There's a long pause between that and the next text.]

These are depictions from the world I was on before we were saved from the Dream Width. If I had to guess, the four people with the crystals in their hands are meant to represent the four of our number who paid the ultimate price to see the "goddess's" plans fail.

[Another pause...]

Kalki- she wanted to destroy the concept of life and death altogether, and used the black crystals to become like a goddess in order to do it. We killed her, but what she was an aspect of demanded that four give their lives in order to stop the further destruction of other worlds. One of them- was a roommate of mine, and to see depictions of those events here...

[...he hadn't expected this. It takes him a few minutes to process what he's been told. How to approach this? First of all,]

I'm sorry.

[He leaves it open for the person to take however they like before he continues.]

If this is too painful to discuss I won't trouble you with it. But if you can I have a few questions. You don't have to answer now. I'm willing to wait until you're ready.

I'm fine. They chose it willingly, and I'm not about to dishonor their choice now.

[Not that it doesn't hurt, but... if he stopped at every loss, he wouldn't have taken a single step forward in his life.]

Go ahead. Ask away.

She called it a creation myth. And the linkshell name. Kali Shashidhwaja.

Does that sound familiar?

...It does, yes.

[Give him a minute. This is a lot of information to type out.]

I mentioned earlier on another reply, but I'll repeat it here: in Crystallis, the world I came from before this... "Kali Shashidhwaja" was a term used for the Heroes of Light by the Ancients, and "Heroes of Light" being those who were summoned to the world used in the time I was called there. Along with people I came to know as friends and family.

As for the creation myth... What I'm about to share is long, and unfortunately incomplete. Some parts of what happened I can't fully remember, but I remember enough to answer these.

The Calamity of the Skies. That was the threat we were called from different worlds to stop. What the keepers of the cycle - some crystal tree thing (wasn't there on that mission, don't know the details other than those who went there shut it down permanently) and Chaos - wanted us to do was sacrifice ourselves and our worlds to renew the cycle of life and death. We said no and chose a third option.

We destroyed the mechanism that siphoned life from other worlds, and we killed Chaos. But when we did, Kalki showed up. She possessed one of the best of us after one of us got a lucky hit on her and killed her, and the rest of us fell into a sort of sleep for five years. I don't know all the details about that, but according to my master, she heard a woman's voice before she fell unconscious.

She'd nearly destroyed the planet by the time we woke up. Chose four champions from us called Archfiends, who we had to defeat in order to reach her. We did, and in the end, killed her and saved our comrade. But that wouldn't have stopped the Calamity. After thousands of years, all it and the souls and melodies contained within knew as an entity was destruction. So, four of our own stepped up to guide it into creating a world where they could all be reborn. Live the lives that were taken from them before their time.

... I wish my memory wasn't so messed up, but. There's one more thing.

The purple eyes. That was a common trait of those who were possessed by the Calamity, and those of the repressed versions of ourselves a lot of us called forth to face before the final confrontation. I'd know. I was one of them that did it.

[That is a lot of information. It fills in some holes and as he reads over it a second time that nagging worry only gets worse.]

It's fine. You can't help how messed up your memories are. Thank you for telling me what you could. It's a great help.

So, this world is likely the one created? If that's the case...this goddess being mentioned by a moogle and by a girl. What do you think that means?

No problem. Saw enough of my fair share of people hoarding information from one another. Don't want that happening here when we'll likely need to work together.

I'm not sure. I may be familiar with how this world likely came to be, but I'm still just as new to what it actually is just like everyone else. It could be her again. She died before the others, but. It could be someone else entirely for all I know.

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So we know how it started, but the rest is going to be up to all of us to uncover. We'll know enough to watch for any signs of calamity or correlations.

Whatever reason we're here and why...I agree. We'll need to work together to push through.

I'll still check into how these legends are being told. I want to see what they think and it might give us a lead or two.

Right. The warning that girl gave the OP. Not sure what it all means, but I think it's safe to say part of it is "don't go it alone."

I'm curious about what they think happened, too.

Her focus on this 'her' whether it's the past trouble or not, there is a she we need to watch for.

I'll keep everyone updated about what I find. Or what I don't find if nothing comes up.