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[Fire Luceti! Fire!!!

The forest is burning with flames that reach higher than many of the residents will have ever seen. There's something off in that fire thought, to begin with no animals are trying to escape from it. Another strange thing is the lack of smoke or heat that should accompany such a big fire. Yet the fire is there, as real as everything else, just lacking the normal effects it should have.

For anyone curious enough to check on it they will find they they can walk through the fire without burning or feeling even an inch warmer then before. Unless they come with evil intentions, in which chances are they will at the very least be burned a bit, and the force of the fire will increase as they approach its center. People without evil intentions will be able to waltz through it as if nothing was there, finding animals and vegetation inside the fire totally unharmed, and in what would be the center of the fire, they'll find Ikki, sitting on a rock with his Pandora Box besides him.

Eyes closed as he sits calmly, anyone capable of feeling or being affected even a bit by his Cosmos will probably notice a poke upon approaching and a great concentration in the young man.]

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[Cautiously walking deeper into the forest, Edward spotted someone nearby who seemed to be the source of these flames. Uncertain of what to say, Edward lingered by the trees nearby to study the man.]

He must be a sorcerer of some kind...

[The flames stir for a second, briefly and quickly, before Ikki speaks. A sorcerer? Really?]

I am no sorcerer of any kind, just a warrior.

[Quite surprised to see that the warrior heard him, Edward approached a little closer since it was obvious this man wasn't asleep like he thought. The fellow was meditating it seemed. Meditating amongst these faux flames in perfect harmony with the nature around him.] You are just a warrior, are you? In my realm, many would consider these flames to be an act of sorcery.

[Wondering quietly if any of his companions to view this fire from the town, Edward figured he mustn't have been the only person to interrupt this warrior's musings.]

Do you desire to be alone, sir?

[Actually in his world if normal humans saw this they would probably think the same. But that didn't deny the fact that they weren't anything close to magical, at least not in the normal sense of the word.]

If I wished to be alone I would have gone to the furthest point in the barrier. Company or solitude means nothing to my current training.

[Technically company is more beneficial for that training but he wasn't going to beg for it either or do it in the middle of the fountain.]

Training? Is this what you are doing?

[Somewhat intrigued by this warrior, Edward decides to sit amongst the harmless flames, and just watch for now.]

As long as I am not intruding, I don't mind lingering here.

[Quiet for a few minutes, the bard starts up again.]

What is your name, sir?

Training my Cosmos, my capacity to control it and keep it activated no matter what the situation is.

I'm Ikki, the Phoenix Saint. Who are you?

Ah, I see...

[He really didn't understand what this Cosmos was, but he'll ask more about it later. Right now, introductions were long overdue.]

I am Edward Chris von Muir, the Prince of Damcyan. I cannot say I've ever heard of a Phoenix Saint before, but I take it you are a warrior monk of some kind; much like the monks of Fabul.

[That makes him laugh sarcastically.]

I'm nothing close to a monk. Unless monks in your world participate in wars and kill people as part of their duties. The monks in my world are nothing but a lot of talking about Gods and no useful action at all.

Well...

Considering that Fabul's warrior monks are known to be quite proficient in their martial arts, I wouldn't be surprised if they kill in the name of their kingdom. Fang certainly was more than willing to aid me and my companions upon a perilous quest without a second thought.

I suppose Duty & God play a role in such matters, at least for Fabul's warrior monks.

Quite different from my world, I see. We serve no kingdom thought, just the Goddess Athena and we fight with her against any evil that threatens the world.

You fight on the behalf of a goddess?!

That's right. She accompanies us to battle thought, despite our warnings.

[There's a small annoyance there. Silly Goddess putting herself in danger willingly.]

[He smiled a little once he heard that.] It seems that your Goddess is just as valiant as the warriors who swear fealty to her.

She may be. Though she still prefers to sacrifice herself to save the world so she rarely actually fights.

A generous maiden who sacrifices her life for the well-being of the world around her.

[He sighed.]

She reminds me of someone I once knew.

Her kind is rare, but I would assume that at least one like her has to exist in each world, even without being a Goddess.

[Ikki notices the past tense, it could be because of them being now trapped in Luceti or because of something else. He won't question it thought.]

Courage is rare, yet common amongst those capable of such devotion. Much is the same regarding those capable of wielding blades, a skill I've never mastered.

[The bard let out a soft chuckle as he confessed that truth. Remembering all the times he fled from battle in the past, Edward honestly felt guilty for not being as adept in battle as his comrades. There isn't much a bard can do in the middle of combat, but he tries his best to support his friends in anyway possible.]

Say, what you think of this world? This fake manufactured world reminds me of the lands I hail from, but only slightly.

To wield a weapon isn't the only way to fight, neither is the only way to measure courage.

[That's said almost as if he looks down at weapons. He really doesn't, but it can't be helped that it may come across that way given how most of the Saints don't use other weapons than their bodies.]

Define "fake". Everything and everyone inside the barrier feels alive and real, same with those outside the barrier.

That's what he said too...

[Surprised to hear such words from who seems to be a seasoned warrior, Edward felt at ease now. While Cecil may have stated the same as this man before, the bard always figured that the Prince of Baron was merely showing kindness towards him. It felt good to know that Cecil's words weren't meant to patronize him, but rather to uplift him.]

Ah? I mean this world itself is a fabricated lie, despite being as real as you and I. The Malnosso created this realm, did they not?

Whoever that is I agree with him then. Those who would think otherwise don't know much about real wars.

[Ikki hums at that.]

I doubt they did. They may have created the barrier and placed us inside of it but that would seem to be all. That's not to say they can't alter this world, thought, however it doesn't seem they can do anything to it that any other couldn't.

[Perhaps this fellow should have a talk with Kain in the future. That brute certainly seems fond of referring to Edward as 'useless' whenever the topic comes up.]

So you mean to say that world we tread upon is actually real in theory? A novel concept, I actually believed this realm to be crafted by their design alone without the aid of whatever deity that does exist here.

From my experience dealing with deities, I wouldn't put it past them that this world is a creation of one of them. And to which they bring people from other worlds since the deities of those won't let them meddle with us in our homelands. Consider it their own private playground, in which those Malnosso may be working for them or not.

[Ikki merely shrugs at the last part, at any rate that they are the ones responsible of them being inside that barrier is pretty much sure. At least as far as he's concerned. And to be fooled or controlled doesn't exclude one from their sins, that's something the Gold Saints knew very well and the reason why so many of them gave up their lives upon realizing that they had been fooled and had been following a fake Pope who had tried to kill their Goddess.]

So the deities of this land could be in league with the Malnosso as well? That certainly is a novel concept on it's own, a frightening one...

Not really, just troublesome. A God is a hard enemy to defeat, specially if they have any sort of army one must get through to reach them.

[Notice how he doesn't acknowledge deities as invincible? Yeah, he has seen his share of deities being defeated. And he hopes no one else will have as many warriors as Hades, 108 was a crazy number, until he saw Pandora with the rosary finally having turned all black he had forgotten there was actually an end to the number of warriors Hades had.]

It's not like it matters thought, not until we find the trick behind the barrier at least.

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