Luna → Light

 *  𝐀𝐕𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐄𝐒    (  part 1  ).

01 :    main ffxv ; during her travels to awake the astrals, luna uses the absorption of star scourge with her oracle blood to slowly restore her former godhood, the fallen deity selene  (  read more here, or feel free to ask for details )

02 :    pre-game ;  any point in time before the events of the game, from luna’s childhood to kingsglaive.

03 :    post-game ;  lunafreya has returned to her divine status and has abandoned her mortal flesh.   however, tainted with cosmic tar, her glory is no longer that which it used to be.

04 :    selene ; during solheim’s presence before the war, we write in homage to myth, or, alternatively, are fully independent of the game’s lore and orient the writing to greek myth itself.

05 :    first oracle-queen ; a descendant of fallen messengers who have coupled with human women in the astral-war, gullveig of the dark land, relative of aera, has taken on the mantle of the first healer-oracle in place of both the previous savior and his fiance, each of them lost and doomed to be erased from history.  she establishes the very foundations that would soon become the nation of tenebrae, and dons the crown in parallel to somnus’ reign.  they both agreed for their blood to never be mixed for centuries to come, and by the gods’ will, form an alliance based on religious circumstance.  it is a mystery if gullveig ever discovered the truth of aera’s death, and that her life was taken by somnus’ hand.

06 :    ffvii ;   lunafreya is an ancient cetra alive during the times of jenova’s calamity and belonged to the remaining ones to band together to trap the alien god into the north-crater.  albeit passing away in the process, her existence returned to the lifestream.  traveling as an echo from the past, yet soon to be re-materialized sent by the will of the planet, rising from the dead after omega’s near activation to either erase all corruption, or continue omega’s work.  whether the remake is taken into consideration is entirely depending on the plot as the verse was created based on the OG lore.

▬ ❝ On my honour as Oracle, I will not rest until the darkness is banished from our world and the light is restored.

𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐒.

❝ sometimes the monsters we least expect are the most dangerous. ❞

The saying finds itself holding a topsy turvy perspective within his mind. Through voyaging beyond the stars and across the countless chasms of reality, watching the many ways life flourished or corroded, where people involved within his particular journey as starseekers were thrust into the chaotic grasp of Darkness one way or another, it left him... confused.

For there were many who also heralded the ends days that could produce an instinctively deep fear, the sort that could squeeze and claw at the very matter of your being, Sora's lips thinned as a hum escaped. So where does Luna's words find their lot in this system of experience?

Monsters made through relationships lost? Sides of the self that were all too eager to crawl to the surface, casting away restraint in terms of desire fulfilled? Or, by chance she encountered threats that found pleasure and purpose in intentionally keeping out of sight.

"Heheh, I can't really tell if it's bitter surprises or what you can see deep down that winds up being the worst. ..I'm not sure what I can really least expect at this point anymore."

The day power found itself burning bright within his hands was simultaneously marked by a day of betrayal. Ruin surrounded him, childhood whimsy and dreams smashed against the sea glazed rocks of a calamitous stretch, all while a great darkness lorded above destiny islands. When it came to Riku, in some ways, ..that wasn't the least expected. There was a discomfort that wormed heavily into their gang at the islands.

His distance as a thirst for adventure and an unknown promise allowed the intoxicating sweetness of false promises blind him.

So how about another? When that same individual ripped that strength back to it's rightful heir, when his companions that grew dear decided to follow duty instead of standing by their bond.

A monster known as helplessness had torn and burrowed into his rib cage then. Despite the outcome now days being a lot more positive, that all encompassing feeling that wanted to choke his Heart makes shivers creep through his being even now.

"..Is that another case of least expecting? When all courage within you could disappear from just one little moment?"

If only he could see the pain that contorts his face into such a firm gaze.

@moonichor

Amano Yoshitaka / Shojokyuu

𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐘𝐄𝐓 ,  𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐘𝐄𝐓 , 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 , 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 , 𝐑𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓.    endurance.  to not scratch, or rub, or break the stitches, to not tear the wound all open once more.  to let it be, and let it settle, and let it become part of a body.  the body which cradled the memory.  the memory that ought not be removed. and herein :  the nudge, her test, the voice, clear as crystal.  a refusal, on her part, to be silenced or to accept silence. “ now now, it is rather impolite to let a lady be left with crumbs and assume the rest of your train of thought.  go ahead.  speak your mind. ”

healing  and  enduring   .   .   .   to  him  ,  two  totally  different  concepts  . 

❛ still  .  i  just   -   ❜   [   .   .   .   ]   ❛  never  mind  .  ❜

Forugh Farrokhzad, Deevar (The Wall); from ‘Lost’, tr. Sholeh Wolpé

But where was my body? Where was I in these words? What of this belonged to me?

Jasminne Méndez, from Night-Blooming Jasmin(n)e: Personal Essays and Poetry (via lifeinpoetry)

" 𝐍𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐄 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄. so... i assume you either need my word of influence, or you are simply a mad man. " // @hellseng ( balthier. )

" 𝐈𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐀𝐍 𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐎 𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓 𝐀 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐔𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐍𝐒𝐆𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐃 ; may our cooperation be a fruitful one. " // @starshcwer