[Game Thread] Lord Windos’ PokeRole Adventure 2: The Wild Lands

[Lord Windos]

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Oz was sitting in her mindescape, lamenting her fate. This is not fair. Not fair at all. She wanted to be there. Fighting alongside her companions. She doesn’t care if Zoeti is part of her and Hecate's soul. She is not them. She doesn’t deserve to be fighting there. Oz finally had the courage to fight, and then this happened.

While she was hating this fate, she felt a moment of weakness in Zoeti mind. She grabbed that chance. While Zoeti was weak, she imagined grabbing Zoeti by her hands, and then saying to her. “This is my body Zoeti. Not yours. Get in the seat of my mind.”

“Normally I would say “no hard” feelings, but that would be a lie. This is MY fight. MY companions. MY sisters. You take my and Hecate's bodies. I'm taking them back.”

Oz was surprised by her cold voice, but she was not exactly in the mood to be gentle or kind. She does NOT appreciate her freedom being taken. She pushes Zoeti away, back to the same place she dared to put Oz. As if as an apology, she said to Hecate.
“I'm sorry Hecate. But I will use this power to save us and our sisters. I will fight to the bitter end. I will return us back to normal sister. I promise.”

With that said, she finally returned to her body. She vomited a bit of blood in the ground. She staggered, and was very confused but at last, back to her body. She kneels with one hand, but uses her magic staff to balance her body. She looks at her companions and with a smile (with blood in her lips) she tells them. “Damn. It took a long while, but I got back. Pushed that crazy witch back to her place. Don’t worry people. It's me, Oz.” She looks at her body. “And it seems I was capable of keeping this body. Although my mind it’s still confused.”

Oz stands up, and using the same spell Zoeti did, she summons all of her sisters: Persephone, Fortuna, Bethy, Glinda and Meza. “I'm back , sisters. It's me, Oz. I pushed back Zoeti. Hopefully for a LONG time. I said this once and will say it again: Can you lend me your powers sisters. Including you Meza if you want?”

Action: Bring my sisters and ask them to fight at my side. Before the fusion they were willing to fight at my side. Time to reaffirm that oath and fight with everyone. Meza included if she wants. I still have a few things to say, but for now I will keep this brief. I wait everyone reactions before I do my thing.

Surprise
Confusion
Shock
Distress
H u r t

Those were the feelings - your feelings, no matter how much this Part of You disagreed with that Truth - as you coldly suppressed your greater self's Will and Conscience and supplanted it with 'your own' . It was deeply unpleasant on every level - it felt like you were actively and cruelly betraying yourself in the deepest, most intimate way possible. The magnitude of what you did was Unown, but huge.

However, you couldn't afford to simply...adjust to this New You, no matter how temporariy or extraordinary said miraculous event was. There was too much to do, with FAR too much at stake for more diplomatic ways of 'bridging the gap' between the different parts of You. Or so this Part of You Believes.

Whether or not its the Truth is irrelevant now. 

What done is done, and you must handle the consequences thereof.

The Hecate Part of You was....distant. Weak. You felt that this part of you was far more invested and Willing to BE Zoete, and 'your' efforts had only jostled a mere fragment of your Sister's and Daughter's essence. Still, it was enough for 'her' to Understand what happened, understands 'you, and more than make itself understood.

'Hecate' was not happy. In the slightest. About MANY things. Including what you did to Zoete.

But.

BUT.

....See understands where you're coming from now, and....won't interfere in 'your' efforts. She won't help - beyond trying to keep You alive - but neither will 'she' interfere. Resigned acceptance was the best you were going to get out of 'her' .

Once 'you' .... recovered enough to be salient of the World around you and cope with your injuries, your reassurances.......don't do much to ease the IMMENSE worry your Coven has for you. Glinda was more concerned than ever in Spite of 'your return' , while Persaphone seemed to be very intrigued and amused. Bethy just looked...pensive, staring at 'you' with an indesrcibable expression. Only Fortuna seemed mostly positive about 'your' return, but even they were somewhat put off by everything and the rest of your Sisters reactions.

Assuming you want to know why your Good and Wicked Witch were so focused on you, they launch into a brief but Insightful Explanation that may or may not make you Wish 'you' never asked:

You were not Oz.

Well, yes, 'you' were, but not THE Oz.

Glinda tries her best to describe what is Happening to 'you' right now, but it turned out Persaphone was a better authority on such spiritual matters - unsurprising, given she's been a Ghost Witch for FAR longer than either of YOU. It was, frankly, an hideously complicated subject in both terms of Magic and Spirituality, but your IMMENSE Insight, even in your Confused State, made it trivial to parse it all out. To (hopefully) simplify things and give a frame of reference, here is the gist -

1) Imagine Oz and Hecate as Different, Separate Computers (Bodies), each running their own OS (SOUL) and Programming (Mind)

2) The Accident Fusion is akin to something disassembling and recombing the two separate Computers into one, designing a OS that draws upon the OS of each individual Computer to be 'the sum of and greater than' both in terms of 'running' the New Computer.

3) From there a New Program emerged to act as the 'Executable Interface' - that being Zoete - that was based on a 'recompiling' of the Programming that ran off of Oz's and Hecate's OS

4) The Integrated Oz Programming , instead of 'running harmoniously' on the New Zoete OS and 'within' the Zoete Programming in the background as a 'part of the whole, went Rouge, wanting Primary Control due to a 'fundamental incompatibility' it had with the New OS and Programming.

5) Said Oz Programming Succeeds and effectively Demotes/Banishes the Zoete Programming to the Background, stripping it of its Control and Rightful Place. From there the Oz Programming does its best to Assimilate, Adapt, and recreate 'Itself' and Its Functionality on the New Zoete OS and Hardware.

.....Hence 'you' - Zoete as Oz. 'You' were a recreation of Oz Le Fey's Mind that was currently In Control of Zoete's Body and the Primary One in terms of 'Operations of the SOUL' . Said recreation was roughly 80 - 90% 'faithfully accurate' to what the true, OG and Unfused Oz was like prior to The Incident, based on your own estimates and introspection. Parts of you that differed - the Instincts of this Body, the memories of Zoete, the small part of Hecate brooding in the background, the internal distress and CHAOS you were doing your best to ignore - were minor but major differences that ultimately distinguished 'you' from you.

In all honesty this Matter - though greatly fascinating and potentially an existential nightmare - was semantics. 'You' were pretty much you in all ways that mattered to YOU. 'Oz' was In Control and 'freed' from their 'confinement' , and 'you' were ready to kick ass and take names. Whether or not you wanted to freak out was irrelevant right now - you had a duty to perform, and by your Oaths you WILL prevail!

However you explain your own perspective on 'you' , one thing is abundantly clear: You Sisters are still with you, 100% . Sure, Glinda is more worried than ever, hovering around you more intensely and constantly keeping an eye on your and your Bond for ANY more 'fluctuations' , and hearing Persaphone amused musings on your current State being the equivalent of One Soul in a Spiritomb taking control of the whole probably didn't help with any burgeoning Identity Issues. But still: you had their unconditional and full support for the grueling Fights ahead, and can say with full confidence they would follow your lead. Even if it was to prevent more complication - which, after the Incident and recent events, was more than fair really.