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antreegonist) wrote2012-11-22 11:18 am
antreegonist) wrote2012-11-22 11:18 am
[MEMORY # 63 (SIGNIFICANT NEUTRAL)]
* "I can no longer bear your justice." Final death. Becoming the new Great Tree.
The game version is here (that's the first of three videos) and the manga version is here; the memory's dialogue is accurate to the game, but the manga better reflects the actual events/drama.
The memory begins with the ending of the final boss battle; Lloyd drives a sword through Mithos, fatally wounding him and destroying his body for good. Mithos is left as only a soul in an Exsphere again, weaker than before, so now he's dying and the Exsphere's destabilized enough that it's only a matter of time until it takes him over. This also cuts through the suicidal rage haze he was operating under, so he's briefly lucid. There is a sense of horror at what he's done present here, but it's dull and overwhelmed at this point; mostly he's hurting and worn to the bone and wants it all to be over.
Lloyd destroys his Exsphere, preventing it from devouring him but also killing him for good. At this point the memory gets very fragmented and hazy and incredibly weird in the sensory aspect, because he's just a soul trying to hold his consciousness and fading power together long enough to do what has to be done.
He gravitates to Lloyd's Exsphere first to anchor himself; he's only vaguely aware of the party's kerfuffle about the Eternal Sword reappearing. Origin's voice, Lloyd responding. The presence of the Great Seed starting to drift away and die. Lloyd's voice again, louder. A massive rush of power as Lloyd calls on wings he didn't know he had, and chases down the Seed. Mithos's own imperative: the Seed has to live, the Tree has to grow at last, Martel's world must live...
When Lloyd gets close enough he leaves the Exsphere and lets himself go to the Seed, bolstering it and holding it in place. What's left of his consciousness grows even more scattered here, as his power and self is absorbed into something big and complex, vast enough to anchor the network of all the world's living things.
Lloyd wakes the Great Seed up at last; there's a sense of growing rooted and more power blossoming -- the sapling grows, and the new Summon Spirit Martel is born. As Lloyd names the sapling 'Yggdrasil' to confirm a new beginning and a new pact, 'Mithos' lets go and sleeps, fading away for good as an individual.
+ Well mostly he's going to be knocked out in the immediate aftermath and then dazed and not quite lucid for a day or so after taking this memory, because it is intense.
+ And also mad at himself because he could have anchored the Tree and seen it grow without driving things to the point where the main party had to kill him! Also his dying speech was incredibly hurtful and stupid. Hindsight is perfect, though.
+ He already knows he died, and has seen Lloyd's memory of waking the Great Seed + the new World Tree/Summon Spirit! But he never saw the moment/circumstances of his own death, and Lloyd's POV wasn't clear that Mithos's soul did in fact become a part of the new Tree. So this slots the last few pieces into place there. This memory also finally makes sense to him.
+ In the end, it all filters back into his determination to return to Aselia alive.
+ Not taken.
The game version is here (that's the first of three videos) and the manga version is here; the memory's dialogue is accurate to the game, but the manga better reflects the actual events/drama.
The memory begins with the ending of the final boss battle; Lloyd drives a sword through Mithos, fatally wounding him and destroying his body for good. Mithos is left as only a soul in an Exsphere again, weaker than before, so now he's dying and the Exsphere's destabilized enough that it's only a matter of time until it takes him over. This also cuts through the suicidal rage haze he was operating under, so he's briefly lucid. There is a sense of horror at what he's done present here, but it's dull and overwhelmed at this point; mostly he's hurting and worn to the bone and wants it all to be over.
Lloyd destroys his Exsphere, preventing it from devouring him but also killing him for good. At this point the memory gets very fragmented and hazy and incredibly weird in the sensory aspect, because he's just a soul trying to hold his consciousness and fading power together long enough to do what has to be done.
He gravitates to Lloyd's Exsphere first to anchor himself; he's only vaguely aware of the party's kerfuffle about the Eternal Sword reappearing. Origin's voice, Lloyd responding. The presence of the Great Seed starting to drift away and die. Lloyd's voice again, louder. A massive rush of power as Lloyd calls on wings he didn't know he had, and chases down the Seed. Mithos's own imperative: the Seed has to live, the Tree has to grow at last, Martel's world must live...
When Lloyd gets close enough he leaves the Exsphere and lets himself go to the Seed, bolstering it and holding it in place. What's left of his consciousness grows even more scattered here, as his power and self is absorbed into something big and complex, vast enough to anchor the network of all the world's living things.
Lloyd wakes the Great Seed up at last; there's a sense of growing rooted and more power blossoming -- the sapling grows, and the new Summon Spirit Martel is born. As Lloyd names the sapling 'Yggdrasil' to confirm a new beginning and a new pact, 'Mithos' lets go and sleeps, fading away for good as an individual.
+ Well mostly he's going to be knocked out in the immediate aftermath and then dazed and not quite lucid for a day or so after taking this memory, because it is intense.
+ And also mad at himself because he could have anchored the Tree and seen it grow without driving things to the point where the main party had to kill him! Also his dying speech was incredibly hurtful and stupid. Hindsight is perfect, though.
+ He already knows he died, and has seen Lloyd's memory of waking the Great Seed + the new World Tree/Summon Spirit! But he never saw the moment/circumstances of his own death, and Lloyd's POV wasn't clear that Mithos's soul did in fact become a part of the new Tree. So this slots the last few pieces into place there. This memory also finally makes sense to him.
+ In the end, it all filters back into his determination to return to Aselia alive.
+ Not taken.