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melodiesofkupo2018-09-11 05:17 pm
acceptedlife) wrote in melodiesofkupo2018-09-11 05:17 pm
Entry tags:
letter + voice
[Early in the morning, almost as if it were timed, every single Native OC who was at the dinner last month and every Outworlder receives a similar physical packet. In it is, written in neat handwriting, a letter placed atop two different manila folders.]
Hey.
Most of you have never heard from me, but of those who have seen Futaba's notes on what we know so far, you may recognize my name. I am Takeshi Nakagawa, an Outworlder like most of you who receive this. Previously, I was a Hero of Light.
By now you've likely heard of the tale of Crystallis and how the journey ended for four of us. I was not one of them, but I witnessed their sacrifice along with countless others. It is because of their deeds that we are all here this day, for if they did not, all worlds and all universes would have been wiped out by a threat that posed to consume and assimilate them unto themselves and into an existence that doesn't know life or death.
I do not share this with the intention of scaring anyone, but to inform you all of what has been hinted at and danced around. What we may face in the coming months may well hinge on what we know.
As a promise for the future: I intend to keep sharing these words gathered here to every person who shows up in the Dream Width. 'Cuz those who turn their backs on the past risk history repeating itself.
I will post something on the network shortly after everyone should be receiving this. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me there or mail them to me physically. For those who arrive in the coming waves, you can always reach me via the contacts list if my name has not been grayed out.
We need to be prepared, and face whatever comes our way head-on.
Also, as some of this concerns a certain problem, do not share this with anyone outside our number until the world leaders agree to go public about it.
- Takeshi Nakagawa
[Said manila folders of information are labeled Crystallis' Status Report (outdated, obviously) and Addendum: the World of Ruins and the Aftermath. About three hours after the characters receive this, a post on the linkshell shows up. The voice is tired, likely from having worked on assisting with custom jobs all day. Yet his voice remains crystal clear:]
Hey. If you're not completely distracted by working on these custom jobs, you've likely seen the letters I've sent most of you by now. Ran out of paper while working on one for the Center employees. If not, take the time to read them before responding to this. For those who have: I expect you all have questions after the letter I sent. If I can, I'll try to answer them.
For those who don't know me, I'm Takeshi.
Hey.
Most of you have never heard from me, but of those who have seen Futaba's notes on what we know so far, you may recognize my name. I am Takeshi Nakagawa, an Outworlder like most of you who receive this. Previously, I was a Hero of Light.
By now you've likely heard of the tale of Crystallis and how the journey ended for four of us. I was not one of them, but I witnessed their sacrifice along with countless others. It is because of their deeds that we are all here this day, for if they did not, all worlds and all universes would have been wiped out by a threat that posed to consume and assimilate them unto themselves and into an existence that doesn't know life or death.
I do not share this with the intention of scaring anyone, but to inform you all of what has been hinted at and danced around. What we may face in the coming months may well hinge on what we know.
As a promise for the future: I intend to keep sharing these words gathered here to every person who shows up in the Dream Width. 'Cuz those who turn their backs on the past risk history repeating itself.
I will post something on the network shortly after everyone should be receiving this. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me there or mail them to me physically. For those who arrive in the coming waves, you can always reach me via the contacts list if my name has not been grayed out.
We need to be prepared, and face whatever comes our way head-on.
Also, as some of this concerns a certain problem, do not share this with anyone outside our number until the world leaders agree to go public about it.
- Takeshi Nakagawa
[Said manila folders of information are labeled Crystallis' Status Report (outdated, obviously) and Addendum: the World of Ruins and the Aftermath. About three hours after the characters receive this, a post on the linkshell shows up. The voice is tired, likely from having worked on assisting with custom jobs all day. Yet his voice remains crystal clear:]
Hey. If you're not completely distracted by working on these custom jobs, you've likely seen the letters I've sent most of you by now. Ran out of paper while working on one for the Center employees. If not, take the time to read them before responding to this. For those who have: I expect you all have questions after the letter I sent. If I can, I'll try to answer them.
For those who don't know me, I'm Takeshi.
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He's still working on living with it. But it's gotten easier every day. Mostly.]
But once you accept it there's less to fear. [A small smile appears on his face.] You accused me before of being afraid of the darkness. It was true at the time because I wanted nothing more then to be free of it. But once I realized that I couldn't, that it was a part of me, I didn't feel so afraid anymore.
[He looks down at his hands, fiddling them in his lap. He's not sure he can look Takeshi in the eyes while he says this.]
Maybe you were my Calamity Self. [He shakes his head.] That sounds bad. I don't mean it to sound like I think you're evil...now. I just mean...you helped me see things about myself that I never wanted to. But I think it was...necessary.
[Way to make things awkward.]
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It even earns a huff of amusement, instead of anything else.] I believe the term your looking for in this case is a shadow. No calamity involved with us.
[He got what the other meant. And he'd long accepted what it would be, what it would take, to become more. The memories he gained since helped with that.]
I was a tool, and an idiot. So if whatever blind loyalty I had to the Organization that made me helped, you're welcome. [Though the way he says it likely gives away a lot before he outright says it.] I... don't remember much of the time before going topside. A few fragments have come back, thanks to time and trying to pull on a few of those links, but most of what I know was written on reports another collected.
[Thanks,
ObamaVexen and Larxene.]