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Phase 2 - Of Hymns & Religion

♪ BGM: The Other Side of Memories

"You sing beautifully."

Lyner!?

"Do you sing like this often?"

...I'm not that good at singing, so I have to practice...

"You're being too hard on yourself. You were great."

You don't have to lie to me... My Songs don't help anybody. I'm not like Claire... People need her... And I always get in the way... I'm nothing but trouble.

"... So you and Miss Claire grew up together?"

...Yes. Unlike me, Claire can do anything she wants. Just like the concert today... People can count on her when they need her. I joined the Church and tried my best to become a candidate for the Holy Maidens. But, as a Class-D Reyvateil, I couldn't even find a partner. So when the Bishop ordered me to join the Singing Hill mission, it made me so happy. I actually felt like someone needed me.

"But I do need you, Aurica. At the Singing Hill, when I was about to fall...you saved me with your Song Magic."

...

"Don't act like this. You never got in my way..."

...Why are you so nice to me?

"... Huh? Me? Nice? ...I'm just a normal guy..."

No, you are...

"..."

...You're really kind.

[A.) Action / The Church of Salvation:

♪ BGM: Pulse ~Elemia Arrange~

Aurica found out at some point that there was a church in Mayfield, and that their main day of doing things was on Sunday. Curiously, she decides to get dressed and head there on the first Sunday she's here. Unfortunately, it seems she missed the Mass already, not that she knows what that's about. After admiring both the exterior and interior for a little, she'll move to sit on one of the pews and rest her head on her thumbs, both hands clasped in some manner of prayer.

Though, if she's not doing that, chances are she'll be checking out the whole place, observing with wonderment. Or maybe just sitting on the steps outside.]

[B.) Action / 458 Stone Street / Housemates:

♪ BGM: Malta Living

"Uhm..what kind of religion do you have back where you're from?"]

[C.) Action / Outside & Inside 458 Stone Street:

She'll be outside in her usual Mayfield attire, or indoors doing some housework. She'll then close her eyes and begin to sing in a hushed sort of voice:

Amakami o, kakemau, tama sasayaki yueba,
       (If the spiritual murmurings that soar through the heavens were connected,)

Kanmuribi furimichite, nanihito yuki orinase;
       (the crown of fire would completely descend and interweave the happiness of everyone;)

Samidare no, aimi o, tada nagaruru koe wa,
       (The voice that merely drifts in the indigo sea of an early summer rain,)

Utsuroi sakanagi o~boroge na furusato no ne;
       (is the changing, reversed, and faint sound of your birthplace;)

Kanade narifuku gaia, sora ni hibiki ainaseba
       (If the gaias that we are playing resonated together in the skies,)

Tobekaku, inori no uta matoite;
       (they would be clad in the soaring song of a prayer;)


Yasuragi no oka, namida no garasu, kioku no hako omoi no hi,
       (The hill of peace, the glass of tears, the box of memories, the monument of feelings,)

Hitoe ikue no, utsurou kiito, tamashii no ne musubitsunagu;
       (the single and multiple blank silk threads that tie and connect the roots of the souls;)

Tayutau, mu no umi, shourei no kazaiki,
       (The swaying ocean of nothingness, the breath of wind of the spirits,)

Tokeyuu, mandara ni, utai no miko are.
       (The dissolving and tying mandala, and in there, the singing priestesses.)

After that, she'll either go back to whatever she was doing or sing something else. Unless of course she's interrupted or otherwise distracted.]

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[The displeasure was noticed easily by Aurica, and she looked worried again. Does he think badly of me now...? Suddenly this didn't feel like it was going too well.

She still didn't quite know how to talk about it, how she felt of what she was a part of back home. With what had happened though, in her adventure, could she even really call it a religion anymore?]

I'm sorry, I guess religion was a bad word to use after all...it was the easiest way I could explain it. We just... adopted ideas that we thought were good for people to abide and live by for the sake of one another, really.

[Her eyes pleaded with the Astartes, seeking for any sort of acceptance.]

I belive the word you are looking for is Philosophy.... but what about it makes it not a religion, Aurica? It certainly has the legendary nature of one. [ This is about as politely as he can think to word it. </small.]

... [It looked like there was no way out of explaining it fully. She took a deep breath as she put together what she could remember of the whole ordeal.]

Things are a lot different in our reality. Monsters harass us at every turn, people need help wherever they are, and we go to make things better. It sounds a lot like how it is with your partner. Lyner was my sword, and I was his shield, protecting him from harm while he protected me...though I used fire and the other elements to further our cause often as well.

But yes, I think philosophy is a better way to look at it. Even if we look up to exemplary people, it's just those morals we follow. Well, at least, we can't really call it a religion anymore. [Here goes...] I'll admit, we used to believe in things like goddesses, but... they weren't what we thought they were.

In the past, we found writing that proclaimed the utopia of an earlier age, where everything was happier and peaceful. It was made possible because of three beings that could shape the world to their will and soothe it, as well as use destructive powers. We considered people like me to be their descendants, but we still treated them as the Trio Goddesses of Elemia.

We found out over time that they weren't really divine, and they were created by humans. We also found out it was because of one of them that some disasters happened in the first place. It really shook our beliefs. so of course we stopped thinking like that. Now that we know all this, we've stopped looking back to the past, and we're doing what we can to create a better future for everyone.

Such is the way of things. Adhere to their code, but don't ascribe to them divinity. If they led you to a righteous path, that is the important part. Truth and knowledge, and acting in a moral way are more important than faith without reason.

[ Garviel nods at the comment about a better future. ] The future of humanity is indeed what is important. I bleed now so that future generations will know peace and happiness.

[Bleed..? Aurica flinched at the thought, the idea of him sacrificing himself like that scratching at her heart.

Still, she felt relieved hearing him and smiled, even if it was because things changed as they did.]

Mh... what is your partner like? [The smile shifted to a sympathetic smirk.] I hope she doesn't let you spill your blood too much.

She is an exemplar of the best in humanity. Good, kind, and just. I fight by her side because of her skill, and morality. She has saved my life, and I have saved hers.

She is a young lady, of your age, roughly. I have a hard time with the ages of mortals. I myself am well over the century mark, and as such, have some difficulty in judging these things.

[ he smiles back at her briefly, and shakes his head. ]

I am Legiones Astartes, if I was not fighting, I might well be failing in my duty to serve the Emperor and Humanity. Well, my duty here, at least.

[~~This is totally an accurate description of the tsuntsun~~]

I see...I'd like to meet her someday. She sounds like a nice person.

[She closes her eyes, thinking of the peace she had just helped restore to her world a few days ago.]

I wish there was a way to have it so there isn't any fighting, but I'm just a dreamer, after all. [Her eyes open as she continues, a small frown mixed in her smile.] Especially in this town...I've heard it isn't the nicest thing.

She is. I could introduce you two, if you like.

[ he shakes his head. ]

No, that is the dream of all humanity, from the Emperor to every las-man who follows him. It is even the dream of the Astartes.

[ Okay, it's his dream. Abaddon and such would probably cry if he suggested it. }

[Her smile greatens from that.] I'm glad. You remind me a lot of Radolf, really.

[Suddenly she begins to look around, her thoughts of looking for others shifting to his own reason for being here. She refocuses on Garviel after that brief moment.]

I'm sorry, I feel like I've kept you. Were you still looking for someone?

I was perhaps looking for someone else, but only to have someone to talk to. You have been very helpful in that regard.

[ He reaches up to touch his forehead, just above his sinuses in a peculiarly human gesture. ]

Am I keeping you, at this point?

[She doesn't know what to make of it, but since it's Garviel, she assumes it a friendly gesture at any rate.]

Ah, no... I'll probably be here for a while. This place reminds me so much of back home. [Even if it isn't the same thing...]

Your home must have been simply constructed then.... to my eyes, and I mean no insult to anyone by this, but everything in this town seems brittle to me. I am used to a more solid architectural aesthetic.

Oh, I'm sorry, I meant the church. The town itself feels very, unnatural, yes. What with the houses all in rows like that and the... drones.

A lot of our world has different looks to them. I used to live in a very small village that had simple homes. It's kind of nostalgic, living in my house in this town. But there are a lot of places back on Ar Ciel that look very complex, like the tower itself. Machinery that could protect or help us, elevators going from the ground to the stars, airships being able to travel through the sky...

I guess looking at it, my world had a lot of old and new ideas to it.

Such is often the way of things. For my people, we have lost so much technology during the age of Strife, that while we are masters of so much science... and so much power... there are great mysteries we have yet to unlock. And so our crusading fleets go, seeking out archaeotech even as we continue our efforts to make the galaxy safe for humanity.

Mm...it's the same for us I think, even if it's on a much smaller scale. There are people I know that are working to figure out what our previous civilization had lost, making new things as they go along.

[Aurica sat back down on the pew, her jaw supported by a fist on each side. Her smile waned as she continued.]

Last I knew they were trying to make an airship that could let them fly across the Sea of Death that covers the planet. Maybe there are other places still alive besides ourselves.

[Thoughts about the airship reminded her that some of her friends were probably going to go do just that, after their adventure. Unfortunately that also reminded her of when she was taken from Ar Ciel.

She looked back up at Garviel finally.]

...I'm sorry, I don't think I want to keep talking about it.

Then what do you want to talk about, Aurica? I am willing to listen.

♪ BGM: Pulse ~Elemia Arrange~ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDWhZPl3ZKQ) (R) (http://www.youtuberepeat.com/watch?v=EDWhZPl3ZKQ)

...I don't know. [She rests her forehead on the backs of her fingers, elbows supported by her legs.] I just miss being home. I don't want to be here.

Aurica. No one wants to be here. We're here because we're needed to be here for a reason. Even if it is only to band together and escape. Nothing happens without a reason of some sort, even if we can't figure it out at first. Be strong and wait until you find your reason.

[The girl raised her head, resting the space between her lips and chin on the fingers, after she heard what Garviel had to say, her eyes looking toward the Astartes.

... Radolf would have wanted the same for me, wouldn't he?

She lowered her arms as she straightened her posture, before giving a solid nod a moment later, smiling again.]

Uun. I'll try. Thank you.

[ Garviel puts his helmet back on. ]

With that said, I will bid you good day, Aurica Nestmile.

[It made enough sense to her, why Aurica couldn't let go of something about him. Even if he wasn't the same person it was a familiar feeling, being around the space marine. Maybe he was something of a second uncle to her, if she was to stay in Mayfield for now.]

You too, Garvi.

[ He nods, and walks away in silence. ]

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