Second Night [Voice, Action]

[cowledcrusader]

[...Too much time had passed.  Investigations had run their course.  Confident in his ability to discern the accuracy of all the accounts and evidence, it was time.  Four murders, all with the same modus operandi.  Two suspects, named, and clearly psychotic and careless.  Kadaj and Yazoo, the Remnants of Sephiroth… like wild dogs demanding attention, they took their frustrations out upon the villagers, killing four innocents.

 

The Dark Knight has decided that it’s time to put these dogs down.  Carefully drawing up the most powerful filters he can, he prepares to call for several meetings with various individuals of interest.  Both in the case of Yazoo and Kadaj, as well as others…]

 

[Filtered 100% to John Stewart and Clark Kent]

 

…It’s time we met.  House 46, three hours.  It’s important.  Do not be late.

 

[Filtered 100% to Winry Rockbell]

 

Miss Winry, I have a project I’d like you to work on.  If you have decided you are willing.

 

[Filtered 100% to Terra Branford]

 

Terra, we need to talk.  You, and you alone, have vital information needed to protect the village.  I have several questions that I would like you to answer.

 

[Filtered 100% from Kadaj, Yazoo, Kefka, Yuber, Aku, Nu, Dilandau, Sephiroth, Blackbeard, Jin Kisaragi, Mercury, and other known villains.]

 

To the individual who gave an associate of mine a note concerning a certain individual’s gifting habits?  I’d like to speak with you.   [That means you, Erim.]

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[cowledcrusader.livejournal.com]

[...Good lord. This was worse than he feared. It's bad enough that he reminded him of the Joker, let alone the Mad Hatter on top of it. Terra might notice Batman's eyes widen at the story. ...And when he saw her turn into that purple creature shortly after his arrival? Was that a side effect of the infusion as well? He's not hiding the disgust in his voice though.]

...So the Gestahlian Empire used living, sentient beings as a method to gain magical power? And that's the source of his actual power?!

[He pauses for a moment, allowing emotion to slowly ebb from his face. Though the stoic facade is not quite back to what it once was.]

And I take it you were given that infusion when Kefka used you as a pawn?

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[esper-flight.livejournal.com]

[And then Terra realizes the corner she's painted herself into. It would be easy to lie, to say that was what happened. Then again, perhaps he might sense it or learn otherwise and refrain from trusting her word further. Omitting certain facts seemed to be the best way to protect herself, but if she starts fabricating the truth, then where does it stop? And how would she then get people to believe her over Kefka?

Her shoulders sag and she shakes her head.]

No. I had never been infused.

[And that right there probably says more than she realizes, not having known he had been watching her that one night.]

...I should continue. There's more to his deeds than brushes with magitek. In the more recent past, he destroyed an entire kingdom by poisoning their water supply. The Empire would have 'merely' lain siege to it, but the general in charge was called away, only to be replaced by Kefka and his inhumane tactics.

Somehow, Kefka had learned that the gaining spells from magicite, the crystallized remains of a dead Esper, was a far more efficient path than infusion. He collaborated with the Emperor in a ruse, making supposed overtures of peace to the Espers, only to lure them out of hiding and kill them, absorbing their powers. When General Leo protested, Kefka tricked him through use of his illusions and killed him.

[She tries to force away that pained expression, returning to that calmer demeanor. The memory of Leo's death will probably always hurt, but sharing more than the bare facts is too personal.]

And...that's not even the worst he's done.

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[cowledcrusader.livejournal.com]

[Never been infused. That meant her powers were natural and innate. ...Was she one of those Espers herself? The possibility danced in Batman's head, but that wasn't what was really important right now. And even that were the case, ultimately it meant very little in stopping Kefka.

But these stories... if they were true, they painted a picture as grim as he might've feared. This just kept getting worse. Poisoning a kingdom, then performing a military action like that?]

What was the worst?

[He had a bad feeling about it. But he had to know. To learn what he was capable of absolutely. Countering the magic is the next step.]

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[esper-flight.livejournal.com]

Kefka eventually turned against even the Emperor and killed him, during that time also moving the statues preserving the balance of our world out of alignment, destroying that balance and provoking a world-wide catastrophe. Thanks to this, the world's topography drastically changed and many lives were ended. He absorbed the statues' power, becoming akin to a god himself.

[She bites her lip and looks down.]

I don't know much about after that point, because I'm from a point in time when that just happened. My friends said we defeated him, but we must have had far more powerful magic at our disposal for that, magic that I don't personally know or can gain, here.