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[personal profile] distressedude 2012-04-16 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
No. I never did. [He never could.]

...Yui, do you know what a replica is?
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[personal profile] bigsiskonagi 2012-04-17 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
A replica? Like an exact copy of something?
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[personal profile] distressedude 2012-04-17 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
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.
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[personal profile] bigsiskonagi 2012-04-17 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
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?
distressedude: (As the Fon Master this world needs.)

[personal profile] distressedude 2012-04-17 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
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...
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[personal profile] bigsiskonagi 2012-04-18 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
...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!
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[personal profile] distressedude 2012-04-22 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
[...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.
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[personal profile] bigsiskonagi 2012-05-03 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
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...?
distressedude: (The result are in... you ARE the father!)

[personal profile] distressedude 2012-05-04 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
[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.
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[personal profile] bigsiskonagi 2012-05-07 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[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?
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[personal profile] distressedude 2012-05-07 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
...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.
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[personal profile] bigsiskonagi 2012-05-08 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
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.
distressedude: (Shoot for the moon!)

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[personal profile] distressedude 2012-05-24 02:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[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.
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IT IS OK BB. IT IS OK

[personal profile] bigsiskonagi 2012-05-27 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[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.
distressedude: (Bless your kindness.)

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[personal profile] distressedude 2012-05-28 03:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[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.
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[personal profile] bigsiskonagi 2012-05-29 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
[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?
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[personal profile] distressedude 2012-05-30 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
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.
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[personal profile] bigsiskonagi 2012-06-01 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
...Maybe it's because Haru hasn't really left. Eventhough you're Ion again, Haru is still a small part of you.
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[personal profile] distressedude 2012-06-06 01:43 pm (UTC)(link)
A small part of me... [He wasn't sure how to feel about that. Haru felt like an entirely different person from who he was now. Their memories, their feelings, their experiences... they were all different, even if they were, at the core, the same person. The had as much in common as, say... himself and Florian. To consider Haru and himself the same...]

[Or maybe he's simply over thinking it? Would it really be better to think that Haru simply didn't exist anymore? If those memories had been a part of Ion's life, maybe he would be more like Haru. But, memories or not, that didn't change the fact that he was still himself. He was more than just a replica, more than just a replacement... that was something not even the Malnosso could take away.]

[He doesn't say anything, only smiling as he continued to lead Yui towards the north end of the village. As they begin to near the cherry trees, however, he takes a sharp left into another part of the forest.]

[And after a minute or so of walking, they reach another, smaller clearing. And even though it's night and the moon is sitting high in the sky, dozens of flowers fill the area, gently swaying in the wind.]
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[personal profile] bigsiskonagi 2012-06-20 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Yui at first was quiet. She blinks once and then quietly stares at the scenery before her. A small "oh..." escaped her as she was in awe by the patch of flowers that seem to glow under the moonlight.]

...Ion, this... [She takes a few steps towards the flowers and then turns back around to Ion] Is this what Haru...what you wanted to show me?
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[personal profile] distressedude 2012-06-24 01:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ion doesn't say anything as Yui takes in the sight, following just a few steps behind her as she walks out towards the flowers. When she turns back to him, he nods with a small smile before looking down towards the flowers.] I suppose I only remembered it because it was on my mind so often, but... in my memories of growing up in your world, I had a dream where I found flowers just like these. They're called selenias, and they only bloom at night. They were so beautiful, and I wanted you to see them too... but I could never find one that looked quite like it. Not even here.

[He crouches down and gently plucks one of the flowers from the ground. Then, straightening up, he holds it out towards Yui.]

I think... that's why I spent so much time outside looking at flowers all the time. I hoped that someday I'd be able to find these and show them to you. [A soft chuckle.] I guess I never considered trying to look for them after sunset.
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[personal profile] bigsiskonagi 2012-06-26 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
They're beautiful...! [ She turns back around to Ion and sees him offering a flower to her. She then smiles warmly at Ion as she reaches and holds his hand in both of hers.]

Thank you, to you and to Haru for sharing this place with me. I'll definitely cherish this place since you spent so much time to find it for me. It...really means a lot to me that you would.