so i'll just keep dreaming, dreaming

[endsorrow]

Who: Braska & YOU
What: Three open starters and one private one!
(1) Braska's door is always open, whether it's for business or chilling with friends.
(2) He's got a lot of learnings to do, about science and other cultures, so the library in the resort is somewhere Braska spends part of his free time.
(3) Machina used for fun??? OMG. Aka, Braska is entirely tickled by everything Mr. Jellicles has to offer.
(4) Braska and Lindir hang out to share songs and stuff.
When: Over the past week
Where: (1) Full Cure (Braska's shop); (2) the resort library; (3) Mr. Jellicles; (4) wherever Braska and Lindir decide to hang out
Notes & Warnings: Will match you for prose or brackets!

Title + cut text song. Gif involving bright colors and stupid dancing under the cut to make the OP feel less empty. Clickit if you wanna see the source.

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[endsorrow]

"When I was younger, I would hear and read of theories that the fayth became the statues -- that the statues were not carved out of rock, but were formed as a new body for the soul." His expression darkens. "Much later, I would see it for myself that this was the case."

He removes a hand from his robes to spread his fingers. "And the bond between fayth and summoner -- It can be severed. But it is a very painful thing, and it does damage to the summoner's soul in the process. But that fact is much less well-known, and has never been studied."

[ewestmarch]

"How do you sever the bond? Is there a way to remove a fayth from a statue without killing it? In what circumstances does a summoner need to be severed from a fayth?"

[endsorrow]

"For all of those questions, I only have one answer, because I only know of the one circumstance."

Braska tucks his hand back into his robes and turns away, walking to the nearest window. His eyes aren't seeing through it, though. He sighs.

"There was once a being that could possess aeons." His voice is low, and all traces of his normal mirth is gone. "It was put to rest two years ago, thankfully. But it would possess the aeon, and through it, possess the fayth itself. It cut the bond between fayth and summoner itself, I believe, so that it would do with the fayth as it wished. The process would kill the summoner. Once the fayth was freed from its prison, its statue would disappear."

[ewestmarch]

"A self-inflicted prison."

Emilia's lip curls.

"What became of the loose fayth?"

[endsorrow]

Braska turns back around. "No. The prison I speak of is the possession. The fayth that had been possessed did choose to become the fayth, but they did not know that the possession would happen. That is not the fate they chose."

He shakes his head slowly. "I want to assume that they are then free to travel to the Farplane. But... There was a very, very long time that I cannot speak for. I do not know. But, in the end, I know that all moved on."

[ewestmarch]

"How do we apply this?"

[endsorrow]

Braska is silent for a moment, thinking. A way would need to be found to repair the soul, this is true. But to give a different form to it, a body...

"Once the soul is mended," he says slowly, "then... for him to have a body again, then perhaps... If a soul bond is made with him, as though he were a fayth, perhaps his body could be summoned, like an aeon.

"But that is several steps down the line. The reparation of the soul is going to require much more study. The magic that is used to create this crystal... To know how to heal this wound, I'll need to know the details of how it was created."

[ewestmarch]

"He's bound to a body, though."

Emilia picks the crystal back up, waves it for emphasis.

"This is a sliver of what he is now, not the whole thing."

[endsorrow]

"Ah?" Braska blinks. "Oh. Oh, I see."

... there is a pause as several pieces click into place. And that pause lengthens as Braska tries to figure out a way to phrase this so that it isn't too offensive.

"Is it the body that he will keep, once his soul is restored?"

These broken soul shards are used to 'power monsters,' she said. And her sensitivity about fiends... He believes that he understands, now, more than he did before.

[ewestmarch]

"Hell if I know. Is it even possible to cut apart a soul without doing the same to the body?"

[endsorrow]

Braska shudders, because of the way that answered his question. "I don't know," he confesses. "But then, there is much I don't yet know about this kind of magic. I must learn about it, somehow. Are there books here from your world in the resort library, do you know?"

[ewestmarch]

"Nothing good,"

Emilia scowls. It had been the first thing she checked.

"Dry history and romance novels. I have books."

She has far too many books for anyone's standards, and tips her chin up.

"Don't forget that I've been working on this. I can answer questions."