After Temperance's announcement/arrival to the network on December 5th, Lightning started keeping notes in a black notebook. The contents are written in Cocoonian script, but this can be translated by spells or runes if needed. ...And the translator can find the thing~
Branded=Rising Sun. Moon Temple/Court of Stars/Rising Sun. Connection?
Similarities between Cocoon and Noctis' world. Astrals=Eidolons? Didn't know Odin, knew Shiva and Bahamut.
Orchid could sense Odin. Power of Astrals. Connected to Noctis' Astrals?
Jarls toe the company line. No luck with them. Met Niamh; gave me a token for Strength to call her and talk. Could work, could not. Need to find her shrine. Dimitri or Neria?
Tokens for Strength - Victory in battle (kills, tokens of kills, stories of victory. Tell her about the fal'Cie?) Working with Dimitri to go in and track her down. Could get messy. Not the first time.
Temperance=Balance. Strength vanished and the war got worse, especially after Temperance was killed. Someone wanted her gone so she couldn't balance things out?
Strength didn't have anything. Mentioned the Tower could have had something to do with her fall, then ran away. Are all Gods this useless?
Clary woke up in the Temple. She went home and somehow the Priestess managed to yank her out of the Court and change her faction when she got back. Doesn't make sense but. Doesn't matter. Priestess said we couldn't go back, but that still happened. One more lie on the pile.
In a more hurried scrawl (as she was trying to remember it ALL) is a list of questions asked to Temperance and answers given by her on the network post. No writing in the margins this time, but at the end of the four to five pages of notes is a single question:
Anything visible to onlookers within the Temple Audience Hall (audience tag!) would have been noted down with names and Priestess' reply. No feelings, just blunt question and answer written down. Notes in margins read Telling them what they want to hear. Manipulating to get us on her side. and It's the fal'Cie all over again. This is a trap.
Any thread where answers were not visible/audible to the hall at large would have been noted as the questioner going up before an additional note of She's hiding something from us. was added.
INVENTORY (Arrival)
Canon Outfit
Blazefire Saber
Odin's Eidolith (Depowered/Silent)
2 X-Potions
1 Vial of Painkillers
Her survival knife
Purchases/Gains
Four day to day tunics in varying shades of gray or pale blue
Two dress tunics in deep blue; one ruined and blood stained during Harvest Festival, Sept. 2019
One travelling cloak in deep blue; purchased early October 2019. Lost in Jan. 2020.
One winter cloak, purchased Oct.24.2019
Three daggers, one each of bronze, silver, and gold. Purchased during the Long Nights.
Book of Shadow Magic; gained after defeating Branded Mage
White gold token; gained after defeating Branded Mage
Enchanted cloak; gift from Niamh to aid in seeking answers. Prevents notice, to a degree.
Leather bound notebook, times 3.; purchased Dec. 6th.
Gifts
A lightning cluster and scarf from Ryne
Painting from Clary; received Dec.25
Runed Dagger from Clary; received Dec.25
A house key from Clary; received Dec.25; updated to be a portkey on Dec. 29
Hunting dagger from Felix
Fur lined gloves from Felix
Serah's Crystal Tear
A picture of her family back home, enchanted to give happy memories when touched.
A small statue of Strength that prevents physical eavesdropping when placed in a room.
MAGIC STATUS - 2019
Brand active. Odin active. Ruin, Ruinga, Fire, Fira, Blizzard, Blizzara, Thunder, Thundara, Thundaga, Water, Watera, Aero, Aerora, Elemental Strikes, Cure, Cura, Esuna, Raise all fully functional.
Sept. 1 (Arrival)
All spells inert. Odin silent. Brand frozen indefinitely.
Sept. 8
Fire partially regained (torch level), other spells inert. Odin silent.
Sept. 15.
Fire, Thunder, Water, Blizzard, Aero, and Cure work half the time. Odin silent.
Sept. 22
First tier spells regained. Odin silent.
Sept. 23
Cura partially regained through extra use of Cure during the Harvest Festival Massacre. Odin silent.
Sept.29
Thundara and Watera partially regained. Odin silent.
Oct. 6
Fira and Blizzara partially regained. Odin silent.
Oct. 13
Same as Oct. 6.
Oct. 20
Same as Oct. 13. Cure/Cura lost.
Oct. 27
Combat magic at 'ara' levels nearly regained. Cure at half power. Cura lost. Odin silent.
Nov. 1
ODIN REGAINED. Can be summoned twice per month (additional summons to be gained with further blessings)
Nov. 3
Combat magic at 'ara' levels regained after battles with Arae and Spartae. Cure at full power. Cura lost.
Nov. 10-21
Same as Nov. 3; Odin summoned once for November.
Nov. 21
Canon magic same as Nov. 3; gained Novice status in Shadow Magic; Blood Magic class after reading book gained from Branded mage.
Nov. 28
Same as Nov. 3; Shell and Protect gained at half power through Blessing.
Dec. 5
Same as Nov.28; slow practice of spells for more practical use. Fire at torch level, can't hold and fight at same time.
Dec. 29
Synergist Tree unlocked. Slow progress over the next 16 weeks. (Bravery > Faith > Enthunder > Enfire > Enfrost > Enwater > Vigilance > Haste > Veil > Bravera > Faithra > Shellra > Protectra > Barthunder > Barfire > Barfrost > Barwater
MAGIC STATUS - 2020
Bravery at the ready. Fire at torch level, can transition from torch to blast if needed.
Jan. 12
Faith at the ready. Control over Cure increasing.
Jan. 17
Enthunder at the ready. (Potentially Haste instead? War!)
NOTES
no subject
Similarities between Cocoon and Noctis' world. Astrals=Eidolons? Didn't know Odin, knew Shiva and Bahamut.
Orchid could sense Odin. Power of Astrals. Connected to Noctis' Astrals?
Jarls toe the company line. No luck with them. Met Niamh; gave me a token for Strength to call her and talk. Could work, could not. Need to find her shrine. Dimitri or Neria?
Tokens for Strength - Victory in battle (kills, tokens of kills, stories of victory. Tell her about the fal'Cie?) Working with Dimitri to go in and track her down. Could get messy. Not the first time.
Temperance=Balance. Strength vanished and the war got worse, especially after Temperance was killed. Someone wanted her gone so she couldn't balance things out?
Strength didn't have anything. Mentioned the Tower could have had something to do with her fall, then ran away. Are all Gods this useless?
Clary woke up in the Temple. She went home and somehow the Priestess managed to yank her out of the Court and change her faction when she got back. Doesn't make sense but. Doesn't matter. Priestess said we couldn't go back, but that still happened. One more lie on the pile.
on Temperance
Is she lying, too?.
Seems she never found an answer.
Audience
Any thread where answers were not visible/audible to the hall at large would have been noted as the questioner going up before an additional note of She's hiding something from us. was added.