abyssdressing | (no subject)

Were you my replica, my treatment of you would be far... different. Again, as I said, I am waiting for you to find your manners first. Then I will return your treasured staff to you.

Last I checked, someone with manners wouldn't just go and take someone else's stuff, so, really, I'm just responding in kind. Besides, are you so sure you want to be risking taking the gift Lorelei gave to me?

As am I. You found my assistance to be amusing, I find your anger to be so. I have no intention of keeping your little blessing from Lorelei all that long. I merely wished to have a look at it before giving back to its owner.

Tch. You're as obnoxious as he used to be back then. And you've looked at it long enough. Give it back.

Perhaps I am from "back then". If you want it back, let me hear a simple 'thank you' from you.

What can I say, maybe I was going on the hope that different versions of him might have not had that stick up their asses. [raises an eyebrow, but instead of saying "thank you," he's pulling something out of his pocket and looking at it calmly]

I am afraid there is no stick up my ass, as you put it. Though I must wonder how you know that about your Asch. [ Yeah, he knows Luke doesn't mean that literally. His eyes go to Luke's hand, watching him cautiously. ]

You learn a thing or two when you live with someone for ten years. [It's a fonstone! And it's glowing kind of red-ish! Wait... red-ish?]

Point. You must have come to understand one another very well. [ Interesting. This Luke is very different on all accounts. Being more curious than anything else right now, he'll opt to hang onto the staff a little longer. ]

[Sure that's a wise choice? He's starting to pull fonons out of the fonstone and into himself now.]

[ What can I say? Asch is a glutton for punishment today. He's looking over Luke like he's some fascinating science project or something. ]

[Might want to pay better attention to where you're standing, Asch, because there's a fonic glyph showing up under Luke now.]

[ Don't mind him, Luke. He's just going to come up to one side and crouch down for a better look at that glyph, resting the staff across his lap. ]

You're being kind of stupid, aren't you? [especially since it's almost done forming]

Am I? I would think you too would be hit with whatever spell it is that you are casting.

When was the last time you got hurt by your own fonic artes? Besides, even if I did, it's easy enough to take care of.

Touché, Luke. If you are as old as you say, I do not doubt your abilities. [ Stands, folding his wings tightly against his back in case Luke decides to finish the spell. ]

[Just hand back the staff and you won't get burned.]

[ Takes one last look at the staff, then holds it out to him. ]

... [takes hold of the staff with one hand, letting the fonstone reabsorb the fonons he took from it before opening his eyes]

Impressive. Aside from you, I have only seen my replica use fonic artes.

Dying changes people. And besides, Asch is better with a sword than I am, I figured it'd be more useful if I learned this kind of stuff and he stuck to that.

You died? [ Frowns, resting a hand on his own sword. ] A wise choice should it be true, but are you certain he is better with a sword? I was unaware you had any talents aside from that.

...

[looks up at the sky, silent for a bit]

...

I may have beaten him in Eldrant, but it didn't feel the same that time as it did back in Yulia City. It wasn't so much me getting stronger, even though I'm sure I had. But... he seemed weaker, and he must have been. He said something about that to me once. About how he'd been growing weaker towards the end. That was... probably my fault, too. [shakes his head a bit, almost as though to clear his thoughts]

I felt it after that, though. We were with Lorelei for a little bit before he gave our lives back to us, and I could feel it... it wasn't too different from using hyperresonance, so I don't know why I didn't think of it after I'd learned how to control that. I guess maybe it didn't matter since we had Jade and Tear and Anise with us... [shakes his head again] I spent a long time learning how to really control them, though, and Asch had to help me out a whole lot along the way. Looking back, it was probably a lot harder than it would have been the first go-around, though.

...you are correct in assuming he was weaker. It was a miracle any of us managed to survive the replication for as long as we did. The incident at the Tower of Rem did little to help either of us.

It looks to me that you did quite well. I doubt you would have had the patience for learning fonic artes when you were younger.