Sixteenth Spell

[courageous_wit]

[Hermione has taken her radio down to the music room. Hard Harry suggested they use it to broadcast music. So she is going to do just that. She taps the radio until she gets a good frequency, then begins to play the piano.

It's a simple piece but she still sounds a bit out of practice. Not much chance for music when you're on the run]

This has been the musical stylings of Hermione Granger. Thank you for listening.

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[courageous_wit]

[the war in her world is terrible, but she can't imagine it lasting for that long]

So the summon spirits were brought together in hopes they could heal the tree and save your world. That was a very brave thing to do.

[heal_theworld]

We just wanted to save our world and stop the war. Near the end... they had created a weapon, called the Mana Cannon. It took mana from the surroundings and fired a concentrated blast at something. It was just...so much. Too much for the tree to handle after a blast or two. And the tree died.

[courageous_wit]

That's terrible. What happened to your world after the tree died?

[heal_theworld]

Thankfully, the tree made a seed. The seed produces enough mana to support the world, but not forever. We managed to get Sylvarant and Tethe'alla to sign a peace treaty. However... [This is where she pauses.]

I don't...exactly remember what happened. I...I'm not sure if he aimed at me, but I was run through. Right at the bottom of the dead tree. I remember I told them, that I wanted to see a world without discrimination. Then...it all went dark. And I woke up here.

[courageous_wit]

[goes quiet for a while as she thinks this over]

I'm glad you woke up here, Martel.

[heal_theworld]

So am I, actually. My fiance, Yuan, told me what happens...after my death. [You can tell from the look on her face that it isn't nice things that happen.]

[courageous_wit]

[she reaches out to touch Martel's hand comfortingly]

And you were in Paradisa before, right? What's it feel like to be back?

[heal_theworld]

[She doesn't move her hand, smiling a bit.] ...Different. The Castle is much larger now. The towers weren't here and there wasn't as many people. And we didn't know anything about beyond the Castle. You got the edge, and got sent back.

[courageous_wit]

I read about that. I wonder what changed to make it open up to us?

[heal_theworld]

I don't know. To be honest, before the Castle took me to Paris, I was only here for about two months.

[courageous_wit]

Really? Did anything special happen in those two months?

[heal_theworld]

Not really... I mean, I got stuck on a ceiling for a few hours. And right before I left, the Castle started giving people bad nightmares.

[courageous_wit]

Bad nightmares, hmmm? [she'll have to go back through the old journal and check this out for herself]

I've been in the castle several different times, but I've never returned with memories.

[heal_theworld]

I don't know why I'm so special to come back with my memories. But I still have my memories from Paris too.

[courageous_wit]

How strange. The castle is becoming more puzzling than ever.

[heal_theworld]

I get that feeling too. But...there's not much we can do about it except try to figure out it's secrets.

[courageous_wit]

My friend Hard Harry seems to think there's quite a lot we can do about it. I don't know if you've ever heard his broadcasts, but he's very vocal about it.

[heal_theworld]

I have heard his broadcasts. I also know that there have been a few expeditions out there...

[courageous_wit]

I went on the last one! It was very exciting!

[heal_theworld]

[She's tempted to go on the next one as maybe a healer. It's what she does normally.] Don't be surprised if I sign up for the next one.

[courageous_wit]

I hope that you do!