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[chaoticwhimsy]

[With the battle against the Fox finally over, his power gone (though his daughter had escaped from Ganondorf which made Lumina pretty uneasy) and his heart destroyed, despite her best arguments that they should see what they could do with it first, Lumina had to go and check out where the battle itself had gone down. She knew what had happened, for the most part, but hearing about it and seeing it were such very different things.

It was hard to imagine that one person dying could cause the kind of destruction that he had. The entire landscape was changed! It was even sort of pretty, in an...uncomfortable kind of way. She wouldn't have stayed past looking around, except...well. Like most things Lumina did, she'd had a silly whim and the materials to pull it off.]

[When the locket turns on, it's pointed at a cape that many people would find familiar as the one worn by a certain near-revolutionary named Reynard. At the top of the screen, just in view, are two small hands holding it up, clearly not able to do much more than manage it almost like a curtain. After a few seconds it abruptly drops down to reveal Lumina's face.]

Boo!

[She giggles, letting it drop the rest of the way, and waves towards whomever is holding the locket (one of her imps presumably) who backs up a bit to reveal that Lumina is also wearing Reynard's boots. Although they're so large as to be comical, and she probably got her feet, shoes and all, inside them with a lot of room to spare.]

Grr. [She manages, still chuckling.] I'm Reynard! I'm going to steal the things you care about and overthrow your kingdoms!

[She stomps a few steps, which involves lifting pretty much her entire body each time she moves a shoe. She doesn't quite have to reach down and pick them up with her hands, but it's close. The cloak drags along behind her so far it's practically a train.]

[Behind her is Cul Lairid Orc, or what is left of it after the battle with Reynard. A blood granite vein starbursts along the ground where he had fallen, perhaps twenty feet or so away from where Lumina stands.]

Give me all your shards and I'll take over the world!

[Lumina stomps a bit to the side of the frame, leaving the explosion in the center of the image.]

Or maybe not, huh? [Her tone shifts some as she looks over at the ruin. Though this is Lumina, so she's still clearly amused.] So Reynard's exploded twice now. He's not gonna walk away from it this time, though. Probably not anyway.

I guess this means we won. [Lumina's smile is a bit sly.] A group of noble shardbearers from both courts banded together to face down our shared foe! They solved the riddle of the Great and Terrible Reynard, saving us all from his oncoming, unstoppable wrath! So powerful was he that dying changed the very land around him! [She says this quite dramatically, arms tossed to the side for emphasis. But then they drop to the side.]

Of course, it's never that simple, is it? We hated him, but the locals loved him. You know, the little people we all kind of ignore? [She wiggles her fingers dismissively as she says this.] And he had allies we probably don't even know about! I bet they're all preeeetty mad.

[Her voice is a bit sing-songy by the end, and she nods her head sagely as she falls silent. Observant listeners might hear...something? In the background there. A shout on the wind, maybe? Like an echo of an echo of a scream. But then Lumina's talking again.]

I wonder how it'll all turn out? What do you guys think? [The kid waves a hand towards the marred land behind her.] Good day, or bad?

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[topmodel]

So the general opinion of shardbearers has dropped even further, you think?

[...good thing she hadn't set out yet.]

[chaoticwhimsy]

Weeeell, we did just kill their favorite person in a violent and bloody battle that went on for miles.

Sooooooo...probably?

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[topmodel]

[she thinks for a moment before locking the communications.]

Got any ideas on how to make that sound like a good thing? Because personally I'd like to avoid things getting nasty from the natives.

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[chaoticwhimsy]

Ooh. Well. [Lumina sways side to side as she thinks about it.]

Nooooooot really? I mean, it'd be nice if we could do some public relations, jazz up our image some. [She giggles, then shakes her head.]

But the people loved Reynard, the first step probably would've been not killing him.

[topmodel]

That's not possible, if all the rumours about him were true.

So, time to discredit his memory?

[chaoticwhimsy]

Hmmmmmm.

That might work. You would need to find people who already don't really believe in him and get them to be all gossipy.

[topmodel]

We'll see about that. [friendly or not, Lumina was still on the opposite side, and so revealing anything more felt unwise.]

So, did he actually explode?

[dragmire]

A most amusing impression. [He does not sound greatly amused, though.]

But if the commoners despise us for what we have done, so be it. There is time enough to prove to them their folly in placing faith in that craven beast.

[chaoticwhimsy]

[Lumina's eyes go a bit wide when Ganondorf appears on hey locket, but then her expression settles into her usual smirk. He wasn't quite as terrifying on the little screen. So she gives a mocking little curtsy at his complement.]

Unless he becomes a martyr for them to rally behind. There sure are a lot of them. And they're everywhere.

[dragmire]

So there are. And together, dangerous. In that, we must now tread carefully and hope that our monarchs do not find reason to make us into further enemies of these people.

[chaoticwhimsy]

Do you think our illustrious leaders really care?

I mean, they don't even like having people without shards at court!

[dragmire]

No. Doubtless their concerns transcend the common people or are individual lives. But if they call us to arms again, we will only sow more seeds of resentment.

[chaoticwhimsy]

But they're going to 'call us to arms' anyway. They don't care.

I'm not even sure they should care. They're pretty powerful. They probably just figure us little people will deal with the littler people.

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[digophelia]

[ Impressions aside, Alice, right off the bat, scolding her. ]

What is this? Did you really go with them? What on earth were you thinking?!

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[chaoticwhimsy]

[Lumina just grins and waves a hand dismissively.]

Nah, they're long gone. It's perfectly safe. Nice and quiet. Except for the wind thing.

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[digophelia]

That whole entire mess was far from safe. You're too young for any of that.

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[chaoticwhimsy]

[Lumina sighs. On the one hand, it's nice to know someone actually cares about her, and worries. On the other, she is allowed to have fun!]

I am perfectly capable of keeping out of danger if I have to!

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[digophelia]

Danger doesn't care if you're capable, it happens. So in the near future, I have better not see you out and about in quests like that.

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[chaoticwhimsy]

Hey! Without me we never would've found all the pieces of Reynard's heart, and he'd still be alive! Everything would've fallen apart!

[Not that she voted to kill him but still.]

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[ziggyzoggy]

[Hey Lulu, how you been? Have a pessimist.]

Poorly. [THAT'S how he thinks it'll turn out.] This ain't over yet.

[Although, now that he thinks about it... Carrying the locket into his public study, he sits down at the low round table and moves a few papers.]

'Ey. About how far into those plains would ya say ya are?

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[chaoticwhimsy]

Uhm...I'm not sure? I was on Chaos, and we walked for all day yesterday and today.

[Plus, Lumina is a teleporter so she cheats.]

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[ziggyzoggy]

Chaos?

[Still, it's a start. He's not going to burn anything into the map until he's sure of where these new landmarks are. But he can place an X with charcoal, maybe. He's poised to do that, brows raised and looking into the locket with curiosity.]

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[chaoticwhimsy]

[Lumina points and her imp turns her locket to the side to so Chaos the Black Chocobo standing nearby pecking uselessly at a spot of dead grass.]

That's Chaos. He's pretty fast when he's actually listening to me.

[ziggyzoggy]

[A faint smile, just the uptick of one corner of his mouth, and he leans on the table via one elbow.]

Unruly, ah?

[Not...saying that reminds him of anyone in particular...]

[chaoticwhimsy]

Sometimes. [She grins.] Usually he does what he's told. He's just...mmm...headstrong!

[Like her, really.]