lucetilogs | Post-Event Reaction Log!

[Ion will find Yui sitting on the steps outside the community building. The last few days were the fondest memories to her...eventhough none of it was real. All of it was a lie and she put all her heart into believing that lie. She was an only child afterall, so it was so nice to have a sibling...hehe, now that she thinks about it, she even treated Madoka and Homura like they were sisters to her here...and Nao.

She makes a face and blows into her trombone and it makes a very loud sound of a single note. She figured playing on her trombone would help make things better, but it only a little. She wondered it Ion was ok. He's been on her mind all day and but she was hesitant to approach him. He wasn't in the apartment this morning afterall, so he probably needed the space. Still...she can't help but worry.

She plays another note and tries to make a tune. She came out here to practice, so she better start doing that.]

[Ion heard her playing before she even came into sight. There were still memories, vague ones, about an intrument of some sort... she was quite good at it, even if Ion had no idea what the instrument itself was. It had such a deep, rich sound... it's only after she comes into view that he stops for a moment and closes his eyes, taking the time to listen to her play. He had spent so much of the day thinking and worrying over so many little things, and yet standing here listening to her play was... calming. Music always seemed to have that effect on him, regardless of the sort. Perhaps it was simply a result of what he was: a replica whose body was composed entirely of the fonon of sound.]

[A replica, with no past and no possible relatives... he can't help but wonder if this past week would sting quite as much if that weren't the case.]

[Whether she notices him or not, he'll wait for a lull in her playing before walking the rest of the way. He hesitates only for a moment and then takes a seat beside her on the steps, looking out towards the sky. Even now, he wasm't sure how to start this conversation... so he'll just ease into things with a different topic.]

...your playing sounds wonderful, Yui.

[She won't notice him at all, too busy muttering "stupid, stupid, stupid" over and over again in her head and focusing on her instrument.

When she's done though, she'll look to Ion, mildly surprised to see him and yet she seem to have expected this.]

...Thank you, Ion-san. [She almost said Haru for a moment there. She puts on a small smile.] How are you doing?

...I'm all right. [An easy, over-simplified answer, to be sure. He wasn't sure "all right" is really anywhere near how he's feeling right now. But at the very least, he was better than he had been this morning.] I'm sorry for leaving this morning without a word. When I woke up and remembered who I was, I... wasn't quite sure how to deal with it. Even now, I don't know what to think...

[He turns to her, a look a concern on his face. No, she wasn't changed quite as dramatically as he was... but perhaps that only meant she would feel wrse now. While Ion may have spent the past week being an entirely different person, Yui essentially just lost a brother she never really had.] What about you?

Oh it's...it's ok. I understand. [She places her trombone down in it's case for now and then settles herself on the steps. She makes a gesture to Ion saying he could join her if he wants.]

I'm probably feeling the same thing as you right now. Sometimes I wished these experiments didn't end so abruptly.

[He sits beside her, but doesn't look at her just yet, instead keeping his eyes focused up at the sky.] I suppose in this case it couldn't be helped. If what they said was true, this wasn't supposed to happen at all.

[His gaze falls to the ground, and he smiles. But it's sad, thoughtful sort of smile.] Not that there isn't a part of me that's glad it did. It was... nice. To know what it's like to grow up with a real family.

[...]

...even though I didn't really grow all that much.

[...Now that is a curious statement. She never exactly thought about it before, but both times when Ion was "Haru", he acted very child-like, yet he never looked a day younger. Something wasn't right, something Ion hasn't told her.]

...So, you really never had a family?

No. I never did. [He never could.]

...Yui, do you know what a replica is?

A replica? Like an exact copy of something?

Something like that, yes. [Though "exact" would be a bit of an exaggeration.] On Auldrant, replicas are made using a science known as fomicry. It can be used to make nearly identical copies of just about anything.

[It felt as though no matter how many times he talked about this, it never felt any less strange, to be so open about who and what he really is.]

...and it's also what I am. A replica of the original Fon Master Ion, leader of the central religious authority in our world.

Before I came to Luceti, it had only had only been about three years since I was born.

That...that sounds like cloning.

[Finding out this information didn't scare her, surprise her is more like it. Still this would explain a few things. She frowns. But that meant he didn't get to experience as many things as most people.]

So then, were you replicated to do the same thing the first Ion did?

That's right. The original Fon Master Ion was dying of an incurable illness. But there was no successor, and so it was decided that fomicry would be used to create... a replacement. [Even more so than everything else he's explained so far, that word alone seemed almost painful for him to say.]

You remember when we first met, don't you? The Malnosso had changed me back to how I would have been moments after I was "born". Because replicas don't have any memories of the past, I had to be trained how to act like the original in public, and do the same duties he did.

[A weak, somewhat forced laugh.] Of course, there's only so much they could teach in so little time... I could recite the entire history of the Order since its founding in the Dawn Age by heart, but I had no idea what a box lunch was or even what it meant to go for walk. Even now, there are still things plenty of things I probably don't know about when someone else my "age" should...

...mm. That must have been difficult, having to learn everything you could in such a short time...and that first Ion, he must have had it difficult too. To be dying at such a young age...

[She slowly looks to Ion with a small smile] But you know, you still fooled me. When you weren't Haru, I never would have guessed what you were at all! Hehe, I feel like I could be talking to that first Ion. [...Yui how would even know? And I don't think anyone would have guessed about the replica thing unless told. |D]

But, you're still you, Ion and you're pretty knowledgeable in my opinion. And not having as many memories, means you have even more space than anyone to remember new things!

[...h-hah. Dying at such a young age. There's another thing to add to the pile of things he and his original have in common. If only it were so easy to look at this positively. Perhaps it's just due to spending so much of his life previously looking at it otherwise, and seeing how much happier he had been having lived a life where he had never lived as a replacement.]

...actually, it's possible you might have spoken with him before and not realized it. The... original Ion is here in Luceti as well. He's younger than I am, but aside from that, it might not be so easy to tell us apart right away... and you should know, in case you ever run into him. We both answer to the same name, after all. [Something Ion still has some mixed feelings about. How could he accept himself as his own person when he and his original were simply a few years of memories away from being practically the same person? So far as he knows, at least...]

There are two others in Luceti as well. Other replicas of the original Fon Master, born at the same time as myself, but they've both lived far different lives than I have. Florian is one of the people living in the same House as me. He's probably even more similar to how Haru had been than I am. And Sync...

[He pauses.]

...he wears a mask to hide his face. Though I hate to say it... it would be best to be careful if you ever run into him.

Oh, I didn't know he was! And I remember you mentioned a Florian and Sync...so they were all sort of related to you anyway. [so much for the alien theory.]

Why are there so many replicas of the first Ion though...?

[Hey, Auldrant isn't exactly earth, so to her they are kind of like aliens in a way! ...the green hair probably doesn't help, either.]

Making replicas of living things isn't an easy process. The replica of the Fon Master needed to be able to use the same abilities as the original Fon Master, in addition to being... programmed in a way that would make it easier for them to learn new things quickly. It would take longer than a few months to teach a new born how to walk and speak, but a few months was all they had.

I was the seventh replica created... the final one. And the only one whose abilities matched closest to the original. That's why I was the one chosen to succeed him.

[She looks at Ion with a look of surprise.] That many were made...? [So the others were just created for one purpose...then what happened to the others?]

Then, what about the others? Sync and Florian? What did they do to them?

...Sync and I were on opposing sides back home, though I hadn't realized exactly who he was until much later. Florian and I didn't meet until he arrived in Luceti. He's from further in time than myself, though I've never asked what he was doing up until now.

[He bows his head, his voice growing softer.]

As for the others... I don't believe any of them survived.

They just...[She lowers her head.]

That's so sad...they never got to know what it was like to be alive. [She looks to Ion.] And I can't even imagine how much pressure you were under. I thought all this time you just another kid like me. [A small smile] But you know, knowing this doesn't change anything. I'm still happy to be your friend, Ion and I really appreciate you telling me more about yourself.

[Ion was never really sure what to expect when he told people he was a replica, and this time was no exception. But with those last few words, he lets out a soft sigh he hadn't realized he'd been holding back. It doesn't change anything... Yui was always so kind, it's a wonder how he could have expected anything less!]

[He stays quiet for a moment or two, before suddenly raising his head and looking up towards the sky.]

You know, it made me really happy. Being your little brother... and even though I know none of it really happened, I still feel as though I should thank you. [He smiles, looking happier now than he's probably looked all day.] You were always taking such good care of me. I know I don't have much to compare it with but... I thought you were a wonderful sister, Yui.

[She smiles at his words. Saying she was a wonderful sister...]

I've always been an only child, but...I've always thought about what it would be like, having a little sister or brother. [She looks to him with the biggest grin on her face]

And you turned out to be the best little brother I could have ever ask for. I was happy to be your big sis.

[Somehow, even knowing it hadn't really happened to him, that made Ion so happy to hear. The only other chance he'd gotten at having a "real" family was during that one Malnosso experiment... but this was different. This was someone he had, perhaps in some other universe, actually grown up with. And even as the memories faded, his own feelings during that time still lingered in his mind.]

Yui...

[He looks back up at the night sky, taking a deep breath before suddenly jumping to his feet. When he turns back down to look at Yui, he holds out his hand for her to take. The smile on his face is still just as bright as it had been moments before.]

...there's something I want to show you. It's... something Haru wanted you to see.

[Yui blinks, puzzled for a moment.] Ah...all right.

[Curious, but smiling back at Ion, she picks up her trombone case and takes Ion's hand]

Where to?

It's not too far... you remember that clearing in the north part of the village with all the cherry trees, right?

[The same place Haru pretty much spent everyday going back and forth from, since it had so many flowers. And that's the direction he's going to start leading her towards, explaining as they walk.]

I'm not sure if I-- he ever brought it up, but there was something here he was looking for. It's strange, but... somehow it was only after I became myself again that I realized what it was.

...Maybe it's because Haru hasn't really left. Eventhough you're Ion again, Haru is still a small part of you.

Post-Event Reaction Log!

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/WOW SORRY THIS IS RIDICULOUSLY LATE s-sob

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