(open) and i had a dream about my old school

[anciently]

Who: Aerith Gainsborough and YOU
What: A general catchall log for the month!
Where: Various locations within.
When: Throughout the month.
Content Warnings: n/a, will update if needed




( top levels with locations below )

Comments

[bridge_princess]

More elegant than a bridge, if you ask me. It's old. Kind of forgotten. Did anyone even come to this place besides you in those days?

[This place had the feel of a ruin, more than it did anything else. It looked almost like it was the forgotten remnant of a faith no longer followed by anyone. There was something haunting about the fact that such a thing would still stand.]

Who was worshiped here?

[anciently]

Hmm, maybe. Not a lot of people, though. It was kinda out of the way.

[ Zack, but that was to see her. The Turks, too (to try and capture her). ]

Oh... [ Good question. Aerith tilts her head, studying the chandeliers above them. ] Not sure. It was here before I was born, and there's not a lot left that'd give it away. I like to think of it just as a...safe space. Like a kind of sanctuary.

[ She speaks to her flowers here, though, so...if anything, it's a shrine to the Planet, in her eyes. ]

[bridge_princess]

An old temple to a forgotten god. That's actually... poetic.

[In a very dark sort of way. She was accustomed to the idea of a shrine or temple to some forgotten kami that people would venerate out of fear but not even remember what was enshrined there anymore. The forgotten kami of the world was sort of a 'thing' in Shinto practice at times.

She looked around and settled into one of the pews, resting an arm on it to look over at Aerith.]

Sanctuary from life, or other?

[anciently]

Maybe it wasn't made for anyone, you know? Maybe it was just a nice to go to feel safe.

[ The residents of Midgar's slums could certainly use a place like that. Maybe she should tell more people about the church...if she ever gets back there again. ]

Oh, just in general. It definitely doesn't keep bad guys away. [ There have been a number of fights within its walls. ] Nobody seems to respect the space! What a pain...

[bridge_princess]

I think maybe it became that? If what you say's true, but it definitely looks like something was worshiped here before. But that sort of place? It's not a terrible shelter in my experience. God's gotta have a decent house to put their stuf.

[She had a very ... shinto outlook about places of worship. The kami was actually housed inside.]

Heh. Anyone who calls themselves a bad guy doesn't respect much.

[anciently]

Guess so. [ Aerith isn't one to really dwell on gods, particularly not since her main spiritual connection is just the literal Planet. ]

That's for sure. And then the good guys have to fight here, too, because the bad guys started it. [ sigh ] Round and round it goes... Maybe I should just put a lock on the old doors, huh? See if it stops 'em at all.

[bridge_princess]

[She laughed, shaking her head in mild, detached amusement at the thought of that before pointing at what was clearly a hole in the roof. Look, she might not know the story, but... that hole didn't come from nowhere.]

Please. Even without doors, things have a way of dropping in. The patch job's pretty obvious. Is that hole familiar to you too?

[anciently]

Maybe. [ It may or may not have been the handiwork of two different people. ] I guess a lock on the doors wouldn't stop them from coming through the ceiling...

[ Clearly. She's still smiling, though, content in her memories of those times. ]

It's fine, though. Lets the sun in to shine down on the flowers, you know?

[bridge_princess]

Heh. I know a spirit back home who would just love you for saying that about your flowers. [She chuckled.] She never felt people loved flowers enough for her taste, but then again she was the youkai of flowers, so...

...

You wouldn't have liked her. Girl had a bad attitude, even by my standards. Never figured out why. None of us know.

[anciently]

A bad attitude, but a lover of flowers? [ Aerith tilts her head, smiling curiously. ] I'd still like to meet her. We have at least one thing in common!

[ Besides, it isn't as if a bad attitude has ever stopped her... ]

[bridge_princess]

If Yuuka ever shows up, I'll point her your way. I'm currently hoping she doesn't. She's usually more trouble than she's worth having around.

But, like I said. [Smirk.] She'd probably like you. Anyone who loves flowers usually gets in good with her.

(OOC: ironically, I actually do know a Yuuka player. *laugh* but they're busy these days and I never see them play her in games anymore. Pity.)

[anciently]

Yuuka, huh? Okay! I'll keep an eye out.

[ Aerith is good at wrangling others and doesn't at all seem deterred. ]

That's a ringing endorsement in my book! I hope I get the chance to meet her.

[bridge_princess]

You... are the sort of person who sees the sunshine coming after a rainy day. [She snorted. This one could manage optimism about a lot couldn't she?]

I'm kind of the opposite of that, but I guess the world does like to have a few who can see the sunny side of things.

[anciently]

Aww. Well, thank you! I do try.

[ Some times are harder than others, but...she has a lot of practice. ]

It's okay. We all have different experiences, so it makes sense that we'd all have different perspectives, right? Besides, nobody should be expected to be bright and cheery all the time. That'd just be impossible!

[bridge_princess]

A couple of you folks definitely put in an effort to try and get there. I gotta say. But you're not wrong. Unless you're literally a spirit of happiness, it's not possible to always be happy.

...

You have no idea how annoying a spirit of happiness would be until you meet one.

[anciently]

I bet. [ She laughs a little at the idea, clearly amused. ] I'm sure it'd get a little grating to have somebody, or something, who was happy all the time, even when you weren't feeling so cheery.

[ Maybe it's how Aerith herself can annoy people, though she likes to think that she can rein it in when need be. ]

[bridge_princess]

Even Osomatsu isn't always happy. Cheerful most of the time, but not always. It's... kind of a lot to handle I'd bet. [Even Aerith could rein it in compared to what she was thinking.]

A spirit's usually defined by their emotion. So it's hard to imagine if you aren't one. I haven't ever heard of a spirit of happiness. [She did snicker a little.] You... just see happy most of the time. How do you do it because it seems easy for you.

[anciently]

Oh, it's not so bad. [ Yes. Yes, it is difficult to be cheerful all the time, in the face of the world's true terrors. ] We're all just...doing what we can do. That's all.

[ She nods at the discussion of spirits, head tilted somewhat with interest. ]

I guess this is just how I learned to deal with everything. [ Aerith says finally, with a light shrug. ] I hope it helps other people, too, and not just me.

[bridge_princess]

It's going to help most of them, I think. People who are able to see the silver lining in the middle of this keep them positive. And positive thinking seems to help overall.

So, yeah... I think it will help.

[anciently]

Well, good. We all have to do what we can to hold it together, am I right?

[ Otherwise, it could be easy to succumb to feeling helpless in a place like this. Aerith...is trying as hard as she can to keep others from feeling that way, even if they truly are helpless here. ]

[bridge_princess]

The alternative really isn't something even a depressing soul like me is all that interested in, so yeah. I think we do. Just a bit. And we'll figure it out one way or another.