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27th moon [video]

Rosa, Rydia. Edward is...

Edward is...

[He cannot finish that sentence, but those last few words are rather obvious.]

...Why can Johto not give without taking, for once?

[And that is all Cecil has to say.]

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There's a fair chance of that, yeah. But if the leader drafts in the unwilling, I can't help but think they would stay as hidden as they could for fear of exactly that kind of uprising.

... I'm happy. Everything works out good?

We could always offer them protection. Considering the number of powerful trainers here, managing that should be easy enough.

Of course it does. We'd never let the bad guys win, would we?

Yeah, you'd think that. I doubt it'd be that easy.

It makes me think of a story I heard once, honestly; a country was about to be invaded by a small army. The country would have repelled the invading force easily, but all their warriors were left unable to fight by a curse.

What I'm getting at, Cecil, is that even if something looks easy, you never know what kind of things are going to screw you over.

...Then again, the invasion failed anyway, so maybe I'm wrong.

... I don't get it. Why go through the trouble of bringing us here only to replace us immediately?

...How did the invasion fail, if the knights were cursed? Did the people rise up and take arms to defend their lands?

[Sorry, was there a moral or an important life lesson to the story? Cecil is too busy thinking about the logistics.]

People can tire of each other easily. Why not whatever brought us here?

[Oh, Cecil. Welcome to the missing-the-point party.]

There was only one person standing that could hold a weapon; some stupid teenager who thought he was invincible. He met the army at a river and cast a spell of one-on-one combat. Every time an enemy knight would approach, he'd defeat them one after another. The story says the standoff lasted months. The army recovered and the invasion was driven out.

[Lancer wasn't lying when he said he'd heard the story, because of course he had.]

[No one would shut up about the incident after he'd done it, after all.]

[Geez, now he feels like a summoned beast or something.] I dare not want to meet our captor, really.

Stupid teenagers who think they are invincible are surprisingly efficient fighters, but a months-long standoff should be enough to drive anyone to exhaustion. How did he manage to last so long? ...Though a spell of one-on-one combat sounds extremely useful.

[Details are always more important than the bigger picture.]

He was just that good. Apparently he was a demigod who, according to legend, was stronger than half the country even when he was a little kid.

I hear there's a whole lot of stories about that guy, actually.

[Which was a-okay with Lancer.]

We can hear much from stories and legends, but embellishments are inevitable. Are there any remaining eye-witness accounts?

Not even to express your annoyance?

It was a few millenia ago. Two, two and a half? Depends on what year you're from, I guess.

So, I guess not. Only way to know for sure would be to find the guy they wrote so much about. But of course, he's been dead for ages.

Last year was the 556th anniversay of the founding of the kingdom of Baron, if that means anything in your world.

I suppose so. Even the Lunarians cannot live for so long.

Not in the slightest. It was, uh...2004, I think, when I came here. Sometime in winter, can't remember exactly.

...heh. He'd have to be a stubborn idiot, hanging on even now.

[ And she's up and at the door, quickly opening it and stepping aside.

Quietly but warmly: ] Come in.

I'm glad you're here.

Trying to compare times between worlds is starting to look impossible.

Perhaps not an idiot. Surviving takes a certain amount of talent.

[By some sort of miracle, Cecil is not wearing the armor at the moment. Those Johtoan clothes must look strange on him, especially with the beads and the jewelry and the accessories.]

Thank you for having me. I fear I'll not be the most cheerful of guest.

You're right about that much. Even if he was still around, it'd be hard to track him down.

[Okay, now he was just screwing around.]

I hear he went by so many names in his time, choosing an alias to keep himself hidden would be easy.

[Beat.]

...Although these days he just calls himself 'Lancer'. Go figure, huh?

Not at all. [Well, considering his last state before he got here, he might end up just thanking them.]

Y-yes...

[A pause. Well.]

...So many names over the years, and he calls himself after a pokey stick? I guess imagination truly does disappear with age.

Did you have the chance to enjoy the recent bout of sunshine, at least?

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