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[stilldontgotit]

[Things have been pretty stressful recently, between his argument with Xion, Vanitas' surprise attack on Axel, and the impending possibility that he could strike again. Fortunately, with Sora's return to Luceti, Riku's feeling a bit better today, and he'll be spending the evening out and about. Aqua's still kidnapped, which means he'll have to work

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[stilldontgotit]

It's not brooding so much as curiosity.

Huh, so what are these "Bright Shiners"?

[stilldontgotit]

You said they weren't exactly good. So, what did they do?

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[antlioncyclone]

Dark is an elemental type.

[Reverse curiosity - why do you ask? :|a ]

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[stilldontgotit]

Elemental, huh? So it's got something to do with magic...

[Oh, Riku. Not quite!]

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[redhairedknight]

Well, where I come from, there is light and dark magic. Dark magic is mostly rumours and legends - apparently, the Black Mage Zeref could use darkness magic to twist life into a mockery of itself, and Brain, another powerful mage, used it in its raw form, to simply cause destruction.

As far as light magic goes, my guild's master Makarov has a powerful spell which instantly defeats all of the people who he considers his enemies within a certain area. Also... [She briefly thinks of Gerard, but decides not to mention him. The memories are still painful.] there are others; it's much more common than darkness-based magic.

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[stilldontgotit]

So dark magic wasn't exactly a good thing. Sounds pretty standard, but messing with life? Any idea what that means?

[A mockery of itself... sounds twisted.]

Huh. Sounds pretty powerful, not that I'm surprised. I've seen what light can do, and it's in a league of its own.

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[redhairedknight]

Yes; I've seen some of it first hand. From what I can gather, he could bring life into inanimate objects, such as trees and mountains, and use the monsters that resulted to destroy entire civilizations. Unfortunately, he left a lot of his creations lying around, sealed away for just about anybody to find.

[She nods.] No matter how bad things may seem, light is always capable of dispelling the darkness and evil that surrounds us. That's what the master says, and so far, he's always been right.

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[stilldontgotit]

Most of the time, he would be, but darkness doesn't have to be used for evil. Whenever I tried to push the darkness away, it only made things worse.

[Heh.]

It wasn't until I embraced light and darkness that I found true strength.

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[compos_mentis]

[...So sue her, she feels like being a jerk. To start, she assumes the male and accented form of Conrad before flicking the voice option on]

...Well, where I come from, one of the most destructive forces we know of is actually light.

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[stilldontgotit]

[Well, that's new.]

That's a twist.

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[compos_mentis]

You think so? Darkness conceals people, after all. Refugees, persecuted ones - they all flee under the cover of it.

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[stilldontgotit]

True, and darkness is just as natural as light. The only difference is that, where I'm from, sinking too deep into the darkness can cost you your heart.

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[sorryhesabear]

[ Talking bears occasionally talk :|a ]

There's an Admiral who's made of light.

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[stilldontgotit]

[That's okay; he's bffs with a talking mouse.]

Literally?

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[sorryhesabear]

[ awesome. ]

Yeah. He's a really dangerous guy to be around.

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[stilldontgotit]

Well, he does sound powerful. So what's he like?