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[impacter]

Mm. [His attention circles back to Mithra.] And you cooperated? I wonder why.

[Though, speaking of previous sage... surely he's still around here somewhere?]

For your dear Sage, perhaps?

[promittere]

[ The way Mithra stares back at Solomon makes it seem like he wonders why, too. (If he's even wondering anything at this point.)

The old sage is here, in fact, rushing up to Mithra and the aftermath of the commotion. Mithra looks at him, and the sage looks at him back, then to Solomon. ]

Thank you— [ He says, slightly out of breath from having run. ] Are you all right? You're one of the other wizards, aren't you?

[impacter]

Mm. Solomon the Wise. I cared for the North under our own sage. Tatara.

[Cared for. Not a part of it. Not anymore. But that village under the castle will still have a soft spot in his heart.

He holds out a hand to shake, pausing only slightly as he finally notices the lack of his crest with a sad sort of creasing to the sides of his eyes, the way his smile lacks light.]

It's good to have you whole... but given that Mithra doesn't remember much, I'd like to hear if your memory is any different.

What is your name, dear Sage?

[promittere]

[His head tilts for a moment at the name Solomon, but whatever he's thinking he shrugs off.]

Ah, I'm Akira.

[He glances over at Mithra again, the wizard intently watching the conversation going on with the man in the mech though it's unclear what he's thinking about it.]

If there's anything I can answer for you, I'll do my best.

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[impacter]

Ah, Akira-kun!

You'll have to meet your twin over in Central. He's quite talented.

[Akira (wizard version) where are you let him gush about you to the owners of the establishment--]

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[impacter]

[Mm. Anyway, jokey tones aside--]

More precisely to the point, though... yes, I do have a few things. But we can go through them one by one.

Tatara and Lazuli arrived before the rest of us, but what happened to you afterwards has been a mystery. Even now, I don't think it's certain what sent you all away and fragmented you.

Do you remember anything, from those last moments?

[promittere]

[Gasp, more Japanese people?! God it's been so long...

Still, serious business first.]

Yeah, we were able to meet beforehand and they got the lay of the land...

[He sighs.]

My memory is a bit fuzzy, but Snow and White foresaw Tatara and Lazuli helping usher in more wizards that would be able to save us when things started getting even more unstable than they already are. They weren't sure on all of the details, but... their prophecies are never wrong.

[impacter]

[Mm. Not encouraging, but it's a start.]

The wizards who watched over the City of Ice, correct? I wonder if they would be able to know more, if they've returned with the rest.

It doesn't sound like this incident with the West was a cause, but rather a consequence of opportunity. [Disappointing, really, but eh everyone else and their dog is handling that, so!] But we did catch that there had been some tampering with stones left behind from the moon.

The largest of which is, well... [Gestures at the cow-sized stone here in the courtyard. Sorry about their bad decorating.]

Is this something the Calamity has done before?

[promittere]

Yes! That's them. They know more about basically everything than anyone else.

[Mostly because they're so old. Old as balls.]

Tampering with moon stones... Well, it did all originate from one of Murr's secret labs...

[Akira sounds so incredibly weary when he says Murr's name, like this isn't the first time complications have arisen because of him.]

He's been researching the Calamity for centuries, so while I don't think he remembers what was happening in that lab specifically he wasn't surprised he had fragments of the moon there.

[Typical Murr, really.]

[impacter]

Remind me to go find them for a proper talk, then, if they do not make their way here.

[Old to old communication.]

That could explain our source for all the troubles recently, then, but... mmm. The instabilities were happening even before all of you vanished, weren't they?

Were you aware of what was happening to you? We found you in a state that looked like you were trying to take action, but broken apart in the midst of it...

[divineth]

[Man......he wants to meet these other wizard prophets.....]

[fallingsand]

[ ...do they really want to meet more Northern wizards, though? Do they? Well, maybe. Bruno would also like to meet them. ]

[divineth]

[Eh, they'd be fine. Probably. Hopefully.]

[leewards]

[Makes an annoyed noise all the way over here with his bf. Fucking prophecies, eh.]

[promittere]

[hey so how does ithaqua feel about stories of fratricide--]

[foresightis2020]

[ Huh.

Snow and White, eh. ]

[shadowkin]

[It's a little too on the nose......]

[fellheart]

[ not to interject, but (okay, he is interjecting, shh), ] ... I ᴅᴏ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴀᴛ ʟᴇᴀsᴛ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏғ ᴏᴜʀ ɴᴜᴍʙᴇʀ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴᴇᴅ ᴀᴄʀᴏss ᴀɴ ᴇᴄʜᴏ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴅɪsᴄᴜssɪɴɢ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ.

Bᴜᴛ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ sʜᴏᴜʟᴅ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀʟʀᴇᴀᴅʏ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴᴇᴅ ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇʜᴀɴᴅ, sʜᴏᴜʟᴅɴ'ᴛ ɪᴛ? Tᴀᴛᴀʀᴀ sᴀɪᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ʜɪs ᴀᴘᴘᴇᴀʀᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴡᴀs ᴀ sɪɢɴ ᴏғ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴡʀᴏɴɢ. Tʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴀs sᴇᴠᴇʀᴀʟ ᴡᴇᴇᴋs ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇxᴘʟᴏsɪᴏɴ, ᴡᴀs ɪᴛ ɴᴏᴛ?

[promittere]

Yeah, and Lazuli showed up even earlier than he did. Though he wasn't going by Lazuli yet...? So we knew it was coming for quite a while.

[troublereduction]

[ Oh, Day's paying attention to this, since he talked about this with Robin back after North mission happened. ...Never wrong, eh. ]

sort of here

[fellheart]

[ hello, yes, this is a conversation he's paying attention to. ]

[dyingtohealyou]

[Also paying attention, he can glare at the westie and listen at the same time.]

[mirristry]

[Also tuning in to this...]

[jokey]

[don't insult him, imposter. he's way hotter than you]

[promittere]

[he wasn't aware they were having a competition?! he's not prepared for this...!!]