Allen's quiet, resting his arms across his knees for a moment while he considers that and they talk. Crystallized mana, a place which draws them in and traps them, full of strange phenomena and drawing them towards the very thing at the end that they have to defeat a creature in order to obtain... and be free again? Free this place?
Chin lifting, he looks up towards the ceiling. Old stone and moss that leaves the place feeling damp. ] I don't know if it's the same...
...and I know it isn't— [ But maybe it's close enough that he can draw some parallels to make sense of it. ]
—but in my world, there's a rare substance scattered across the world. And in its raw form it's a crystal, something we can take then and form into a weapon. It's the only thing that lets us fight. That gives us power—once it chooses someone to be its host. [ Or they take it into their own bodies and become a weapon themselves, as it is in Allen's case. And his expression shades.. a little heavier, actually.
These were things he used to feel pretty sure of, after all. But now he really doesn't know anymore. ]
But before it's taken and formed properly like that, it can cause strange phenomena in the world. Freeze time around a certain place and lock people inside, cause things to animate that shouldn't—a lot of ghost stories in the world actually are caused by it. "Innocence."
Sometimes it will have been taken a temporary host it will be in at the time.. and only by destroying them and taking the Innocence would they be able to go to rest then.
And whatever barrier the crystal had put up would fade then and the world would go back to normal. [ He's only seen it a couple times, like with the Rewinding Town, but... it's more the case that anything could be possible.
He draws The Fool from its usual place in his breast pocket, turning it around to regard the weapon. Legendary magic weapons that seemed tailored for them, is it... ]
It makes me wonder...
[ He tucks the card away, beginning to get to his feet again and looking back to Gil and Makoto and offering a small sort of smile that's almost a little apologetic. ]
Innocence would be drawn to the strong emotions of someone. It's generally what would awaken it in the first place.
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Allen's quiet, resting his arms across his knees for a moment while he considers that and they talk. Crystallized mana, a place which draws them in and traps them, full of strange phenomena and drawing them towards the very thing at the end that they have to defeat a creature in order to obtain... and be free again?
Free this place?Chin lifting, he looks up towards the ceiling. Old stone and moss that leaves the place feeling damp. ] I don't know if it's the same...
...and I know it isn't— [ But maybe it's close enough that he can draw some parallels to make sense of it. ]
—but in my world, there's a rare substance scattered across the world. And in its raw form it's a crystal, something we can take then and form into a weapon. It's the only thing that lets us fight. That gives us power—once it chooses someone to be its host. [ Or they take it into their own bodies and become a weapon themselves, as it is in Allen's case. And his expression shades.. a little heavier, actually.
These were things he used to feel pretty sure of, after all. But now he really doesn't know anymore. ]
But before it's taken and formed properly like that, it can cause strange phenomena in the world. Freeze time around a certain place and lock people inside, cause things to animate that shouldn't—a lot of ghost stories in the world actually are caused by it. "Innocence."
Sometimes it will have been taken a temporary host it will be in at the time.. and only by destroying them and taking the Innocence would they be able to go to rest then.
And whatever barrier the crystal had put up would fade then and the world would go back to normal. [ He's only seen it a couple times, like with the Rewinding Town, but... it's more the case that anything could be possible.
He draws The Fool from its usual place in his breast pocket, turning it around to regard the weapon. Legendary magic weapons that seemed tailored for them, is it... ]
It makes me wonder...
[ He tucks the card away, beginning to get to his feet again and looking back to Gil and Makoto and offering a small sort of smile that's almost a little apologetic. ]
Innocence would be drawn to the strong emotions of someone. It's generally what would awaken it in the first place.