[Arche's writing a series of strange, wavy characters into her journal today. They're clearly letters of some sort, but strangely they aren't being translated
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[Well now, this is curious. Mithos is of course very familiar with those letters, having been born some 8000 years prior to Arche, and in the elven village of Heimdall itself no less. What he finds surprising is that someone here (aside from Yuan, but who cares about him) is familiar with the ancient language. (As an ooc note, I assume the two are very closely linked, perhaps like Spanish and Italian, if not entirely the same. "Angels" and therefore the Angelic language did not exist until Cruxis was established, and...I don't think Mithos, Yuan, and Kratos would have devoted time to developing their own unique and brand new language. Of course, this is just what I think, soooooo...yeah. If there's any evidence to refute this, feel free to whack me across the head haha.)]
[OOC: That's a perfectly reasonable conclusion, and like I said I have no knowledge of the links or lack thereof between the two ever being acknowledged in canon. So I think we'll go with that until proven wrong.]
Well, I've studied it since I was a little girl. It's come in handy a couple times too, let me tell you.
[written | filtered]imatreenowFebruary 5 2011, 08:10:43 UTC
(ooc: Oops, gonna continue to tl;dr about a fictional language herp derp. As an afterthought, Cruxis may have just borrowed Elven and it evolved over time (as languages tend to do, eventually becoming the "current language" of Symphonia's timeline), until the followers of the church of Martel probably started calling the old language used in founding religious texts "Angelic" on their own. ...Ok, I'm going to stop now.)
[Oh, Arche. This kid died before the world was ever called Aselia. Actually, Aselia wouldn't even exist if he hadn't been killed. As such, he doesn't quite know what you're talking about. He does, however, remember to put up a filter - something he had forgotten in his curiosity. It's rare that he elects to speak with anyone via the journals, and being paranoid and mistrustful as he is, he prefers to keep those correspondences private.]
I am from [He pauses to think for a moment, unsure of what to write. There is no place in the world that he would truly consider "home".] Derris Kharlan.
[written | filtered]skyborne_mageFebruary 5 2011, 08:27:06 UTC
[OOC: Yeah, that's definitely possible, and it's also one of those things the games themselves would never have bothered addressing (I really would have liked to have seen some examples of both languages).]
[Which leads to the question of what people called it before the split, but most likely nobody remembers the answer to that question.
She doesn't quite know why he threw up that filter at first, but as soon as Arche hears the words "Derris Kharlan", her heart almost skips a beat.]
[written | filtered]skyborne_mageFebruary 5 2011, 09:15:50 UTC
[She thought so. And here she'd told Raine she'd try and keep her distance. Well... here goes nothing.]
My name's Arche Klaine. I'm a half-elf from four thousand years in your future. As for how I know you, well... a while back there was another half elf here, one from around the time you came from, and we were pretty close. I think you know him... Genis Sage.
[The implication that Genis is the one who told her about Mithos is untrue, but since Genis isn't here she considers using his name safer than using Raine's.]
[written | filtered]imatreenowFebruary 5 2011, 17:01:34 UTC
[It's a lot of information to take in at once. First, the fact that she is a half-elf. Mithos knows well that even fellow half-elves cannot necessarily be trusted, if Yuan, Genis, and Raine are any indication, but at the same time...old habits die hard and he can't help but be a little curious. Second, that she is from the future. 4000 years is not unfathomable for someone who has lived that long already, but imagining another 4000 years on top of that? The span of those years seems to triple and then some. Third, that she knows Genis. Mithos coldly frowns down at the name on the page. He remembers his encounter with Raine the previous week, when she had assumed the appearance of her brother. How he had, for the smallest fraction of a second, nearly forgotten that he didn't care.]
[written | filtered]skyborne_mageFebruary 5 2011, 17:04:23 UTC
... If that's how you think of him.
[She really, really wants to go off on him for that. Genis was one of her best friends here, after all. But it's important to keep the conversation as neutral as possible. She's not crazy enough to want Mithos after her head if she can avoid it.]
[written | filtered]imatreenowFebruary 5 2011, 19:40:50 UTC
[He is about to write something to the effect of "At least you aren't that stupid", when he suddenly realizes...this girl is vaguely familiar. ...Hadn't they spoken briefly, back when he had first arrived here? His arrival, the tumultuous emotions that had come with it, and the proceeding moments are very strong and clear in his memory. And...she had mentioned Martel, hadn't she?]
How do you know the language of the elves?
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Well, I've studied it since I was a little girl. It's come in handy a couple times too, let me tell you.
... You're from Aselia, then?
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[Oh, Arche. This kid died before the world was ever called Aselia. Actually, Aselia wouldn't even exist if he hadn't been killed. As such, he doesn't quite know what you're talking about. He does, however, remember to put up a filter - something he had forgotten in his curiosity. It's rare that he elects to speak with anyone via the journals, and being paranoid and mistrustful as he is, he prefers to keep those correspondences private.]
I am from [He pauses to think for a moment, unsure of what to write. There is no place in the world that he would truly consider "home".] Derris Kharlan.
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[Which leads to the question of what people called it before the split, but most likely nobody remembers the answer to that question.
She doesn't quite know why he threw up that filter at first, but as soon as Arche hears the words "Derris Kharlan", her heart almost skips a beat.]
Derris... Kharlan? Are you a Seraph?
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I once was. [Which is something he hates to write down, but there is no point in pretending otherwise.]
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Her mind is whirring right now with the implications of all this. As she puts the pieces of the puzzle together, she decides to make a leap of logic:]
You're... Mithos, aren't you?
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My name's Arche Klaine. I'm a half-elf from four thousand years in your future. As for how I know you, well... a while back there was another half elf here, one from around the time you came from, and we were pretty close. I think you know him... Genis Sage.
[The implication that Genis is the one who told her about Mithos is untrue, but since Genis isn't here she considers using his name safer than using Raine's.]
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You are friends with that traitor?
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[She really, really wants to go off on him for that. Genis was one of her best friends here, after all. But it's important to keep the conversation as neutral as possible. She's not crazy enough to want Mithos after her head if she can avoid it.]
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[That little comment has her irked enough to slide some offense into that question.]
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Did you know my sister too?
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