6th Rise of the Phoenix ஜ Action (Fourth Wall Event)

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[Like many, Ikki isn't really a happy camper right now. The sudden influx of people was obvious for him from the very start, mostly because of his habit of reaching out with his Cosmo everyday upon waking up. It's basically just a reflex, a way to know if anything important is happening or if someone he knows has gone missing... Or even if someone he knows has appeared. Even if the cycle for arrivals hasn't started yet, Ikki has heard enough times already that the cycles like to change.

Still, it's one thing for it to start early and another to get this many people. It requires a visual investigation and soon enough the Phoenix Saint will be walking around the village to check what's going on. He's wearing his Cloth instead of just carry the Pandora Box, he may come to need it after all.]

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[He arches an eyebrow at that.]

My name? Doesn't the knowledge of the current Saints active pass down between incarnations?

[deadellaguerra.livejournal.com]

[Blink.] That is true. However, the Phoenix Cloth that I know of has yet to find its Saint. You would be the first that I meet to bear that Cloth.

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[The Phoenix Cloth she knows... It takes a moment to click in his mind and then the relief is evident even in him. This Athena is either a future one of the distant future or a past one. Seeing how she talks about the Cloth having yet to find its Saint and that he would be the first she meets, he will bet it on her being a past Athena.

Either way this means that Saori is fine, and Shun is probably fine as well.]

I see. I thought you were a new incarnation from the one I've fought with.

[deadellaguerra.livejournal.com]

[She gives him a warm smile.] I am glad to find that the Phoenix Cloth did not choose to completely isolate itself and that it had found someone worthy.

[Now something more pressing comes up.] By the by, would you know where we are?

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[Well, Ikki isolates himself pretty much as well. Maybe the Phoenix Cloth saw that they had many things in common somehow.

Ikki nods seriously.]

I've been trapped in this world for around eight months now, it's known as Luceti. It seems to be a world that pulls people from other worlds into it, how that happens is still a mystery, just as how one can get out.

[He studies her for a moment.]

However I wouldn't worry about yourself, I don't think you'll remain trapped here for long.

[deadellaguerra.livejournal.com]

Luceti...

[Oh well that wasn't too much of a good news...]

You cannot leave? How can that be?

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Some kind of force blocks the exit apparently. It's not a Cosmo, but I can't beat it no matter what I try, neither find its source.

[deadellaguerra.livejournal.com]

[She ponders her options -- at the moment, things were looking like a stalemate. Almost like the Lost Canvas, even -- get inside, and seal Hades to get out. Need more time to think it over...] I see...

[She closes her eyes briefly --] I sense that there are many people here...

[-- and when she reopens them, she takes a look at the environs of Ikki's shoulders, distracted.] A-are those wings?

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The number of people trapped here has suddenly grown overnight, but like you, I don't think they will stay here for long.

[He blinks at the question and turns around, letting her see them. They even flutter for a moment.]

They are a 'gift' of the people who control this place. Without them we die.

[deadellaguerra.livejournal.com]

A strange occurrence it is. But I will take your word with regards to our eventual departure...

[And wings they are indeed and not some costume. Hearing of their sensitive nature, she refrains from wanting to touch them. Her voice then takes a hint of sadness in them, as her eyes settled on the wings.

She was still thinking of how she can help Ikki leave.]

Would not that be a poisoned gift then? [It was a non-question. But the next one however --] Do you not miss home?

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You don't have wings, it seems that the wings are key for our survival here, if that's true the one who control this place will send you all back to your worlds soon. A village full of corpses isn't among their plans as far as we're aware of.

[It's indeed a poisoned gift. Or maybe just a safety lock to keep them trapped there unable to leave.

He turns a bit at her next question, an unreadable expression in his face.]

There's a mission that I must complete waiting in my world. It's said that time doesn't flow while we're here, but I'm not one to gamble on such a convenient theory.

[deadellaguerra.livejournal.com]

[Here she takes a deep breath -- as if she had been holding it in for so long.] I see.

[Ikki's answer came to her as a subtle reminder as to why she had to keep a poker face at all times.] It is the same for me... while I am not keen on gambling myself, I would like to hold on to the hope that I will be there for my Saints on time.

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You will. If you weren't I wouldn't have come to exist.

[It's pretty simple after all, for someone from the future to exist there must be a future for the past it was born from.]

Until then, though, I'll escort you.

[deadellaguerra.livejournal.com]

[She gives him a fond smile.] Thank you, um... am afraid I did not get your name...?

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Uhm?

[That's right, he didn't gave her his name. He had been too worried about her being a new Athena and not a past one that he just... Ignored that fact.]

Ikki. Phoenix Ikki.

You can stay with me for as long as you remain here, I don't think Smoker will have problems with that.

[deadellaguerra.livejournal.com]

Ikki. It is good to meet you.

[She had been quite stressed when she had arrived but she is gradually relaxing...]

Thank you. I will do so. I appreciate it very much.

Is Smoker your friend?