DGM Cygnus
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Post by DGM Cygnus on Sept 29, 2017 13:49:50 GMT -5
New Zealand Penal Rehabilitation Colony
Guarded isolation block 33b
Sapphire knelt on the hard floor surface of her cell for hours, eyes closed in meditation. She suddenly sensed a change in her environment as she heard faint whispers of beautiful ethereal singing. Her eyes opened to golden beams of sunlight cascading through a clear, blue sky. She breathed in fresh, clean air as she stood now wearing her signature armor, minus the helmet. Her hair gently blew in the wind as she gazed over the flowing sea of grass. A large sapphire crystal outcropping was before her that she could imagine taking the shape of some kind of chair, or throne...
The sapphire crystals pulsed with soft blue light as a beautiful, disembodied, voice melodically resonated all around her, "Sapphire... A name you chose for him or he chose for you as a reminder, a replacement...?"
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Sapphire
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Post by Sapphire on Sept 29, 2017 16:10:03 GMT -5
Sapphire lifted her head a little to let the sea air waft through her hair. She kept her mind calm, serene keeping her thoughts ordered never allowing even the miraculous beauty before her to distract her. Seeing this no matter how awed she was internally by the majesty of it, in its proper place. She was moved by the beauty of the voice, softer than she was used too, more harmonic, expressive. Though even with the difference she knew in her heart just who this was...and just what /they/ represented...to him...to her...She turned her emerald eyes up to stare in respectful defiance to the being before her. They may not agree...yet she knew her place..
Slowly the armored young woman, took a knee before the crystal throne and answered in a well ordered, lovely voice of her own.
"It was the name bestowed upon me, when I earned my armor..." She sang with her devoted heart and strong willed mind. "The others chose....it was I he gifted with the name..."
She lowered her head in respectful deference before the throne as she kept her breathing measured, her mind and body calm. She waited the response as she should...
...in deference and respect.
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DGM Cygnus
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Post by DGM Cygnus on Sept 29, 2017 16:47:42 GMT -5
The voice was not silent as Sapphire responded, but she sensed it listened despite the constantly ethereally chiming whispers around her.
The reply came as a melody with gentle, sad musical accompaniment, "Sapphire...did he ever tell you the significance of the color?"
"What does the name mean to you?"
"Do you still hold on to the name you once had, outside the armor...before devotion to the cause?"
"Do you still remain?"
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Sapphire
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Agent of Mister Diamond
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Post by Sapphire on Sept 29, 2017 17:49:45 GMT -5
With a regal reverence her head came as she responded to each of the questions. Her voice steady and full of her devote commitment. "He sang it to me once he gifted the name to me...he sang in the most loveliest of voices, despite his deep pain. He sang of The magnificent and holy Sapphire, in all its celestial hues, is a crystalline hue of wisdom and royalty, of prophecy and Divine favor. Forever to associated with sacred things to be for all times the gem of gems, a crystalline light to transcend and be embraced by the history and lore of nearly every religion..."
"The name, its true meaning is something I must forever strive for, must stay true to become...to become an example for the ordered and the just." She says in a softer voice. "He once sang to me, his own reason why I was chosen to be his Sapphire...his song embraced me...enlightened me...for i heard and experienced that Sapphire meant beauty to him, and this is how he saw me...this is what I am to him. I am to him both beauty and order.."
"Again, something I will forever strive to be..."
Sapphire held her gaze up proudly as she declared with deep reverence and respect. "That name...that person, holds no more meaning for me..."
"I am a true agent of order...a true avatar of justice, I am his true counsel...I am Peace, I am Order..."
"I am Sapphire..."
She lowers her head once more, remaining on one knee before the throne. Showing her respect as she once more closed her eyes to restore calm serene order to her thoughts. She could not, she would not fail order, she would not, could not fail /him/.
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DGM Cygnus
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Post by DGM Cygnus on Sept 29, 2017 18:53:22 GMT -5
The whispers coalesced into a melodic voice once more, "Please, share with us the song and dream..."
As the presence listened and experienced, "You have indulged our questions, but have asked none in turn..."
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Sapphire
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Post by Sapphire on Oct 1, 2017 11:50:30 GMT -5
Sapphire closed her eyes as they turned silver and with her heart and her spirit, her mind she lifted her voice up to the throne before her. It was a song of structure martialed order. A song of utter rigid dedication, a clear commitment, a fundamental declaration of unwavering devotion, an aria to the heart of a true believer. The music was performed in respectful defiance...Not an insult, nor a taunt, just an open, honest and reverent display of her purpose to a sacred opponent.
Yet within this surreal lovely composition, an unspoken love unrelated to order fueling the devotion to this order. A deeply personal love of devotion to one, from the depths of her heart. This hidden tenderness hinted at an unspoken worry, a shadow of concern, yet no where near enough to override her devotion to her one.
"It was not my place Milady" Her gaze lifted up to look into the light as she proudly spoke in deference. "Not until beckoned to do so."
"Tell me if you would..." She said. "Why did you betray the natural order? What can you possibly hope to gain? Do you not see the death and destruction...the pain inflicted on so many in such resistance?"
Her tone darkens some yet never waivers in her respect. "How could you do such a thing to him?"
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DGM Cygnus
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Post by DGM Cygnus on Oct 4, 2017 12:57:09 GMT -5
"To understand why, you would have to understand the song that was being composed and of the key players in it. I can share what I believed the most likely projection of the song as it was playing out. I shared it with many in the past, all of the key players, including him... None believed in it or me, save one... Are you certain you wish to attempt to know?"
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Sapphire
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Post by Sapphire on Oct 4, 2017 15:57:08 GMT -5
Sapphire kept her look proud as her tone continued to show respect and deference to the one she knelt before. "I do not fear the truth Milady, I am an Agent of Order." She says. "I would hear your song..."
"And judge for myself...I do not fear to listen."
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DGM Cygnus
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Post by DGM Cygnus on Oct 25, 2017 12:16:16 GMT -5
Sapphire listened to the song that started the same as she already knew with similar feelings and images of peace and beauty, but as the song continued subtle changes happened as little notes and voices went missing. The feelings and imagery changed, showing the passionate extremes of existence fading away leaving everything placid. The song continued with more noticeable elements missing, the imagery was fading to dull greys with feelings missing, dissolved into apathy. The song gradually shifted to a singular tone that would occasionally pulse similar to a heart beat, the imagery of static routine of countless billions of years leaving only the the desire to live, and hope... The heartbeat of the song eventually faded to a gentle, constant feminine hum as a vast field of unique lights started to snuff out one by one, until it was utter darkness.
The voice spoke to Sapphire as the song ended, "All of existence ending as even hope faded away..."
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Sapphire
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Post by Sapphire on Oct 25, 2017 12:50:36 GMT -5
Sapphire remained kneeling before the soft blue light as it sang its unearthly beautiful composition for her. Despite her own beliefs, her own commitment, it was clear why she had been chosen. Not only for her skills as a warrior, but her intelligence, for her perception. Within her strong heart the soldier of order had a natural gift, what some less learned folks would have in the past labeled a 'natural ear for music'. A deep understanding and empathy with music in any form. Her brow furrows as already moved within her heart by the performance, she seemed to grasp the growing underlying horror and sadness of the piece. She shuddered some even as her mind batted her heart over the meaning and belief the light put into the song...into her voice...the overall performance....
"No..." She frowned more now, refusing still to look up. "How can this be?"
She shook her head. "That is not the order we seek...He has sung this to me...we seek ordered existence..an end to all things violent...no more suffering...no more pain."
Her words are a reinforcing mantra to her now as she struggles to appease her heart now. "We do not seek the end of all things....of all hearts...of all music..."
"We seek to protect...to provide and ensure order...we are not monsters...we do not crush and sweep away the innocent as chaos has done..."
She waivers some in her tone. "He can not wish this...his heart is that of a solider...a protector ...he like I is committed to the cause..."
She turns her green eyes up to meet the light.
"How can this be..." Her words surprise herself as much as anything as in her heart as a protector of what she believes in she can not risk this song she had just heard might be right...
..even if it is only a small chance. She must now know..
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DGM Cygnus
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Post by DGM Cygnus on Oct 25, 2017 13:28:04 GMT -5
The constant whispers coalesced once again, "No...never intended...I did not want to believe this composition even myself, I could not, but it persisted within me regardless. It was the courage of another that forced me to face my fear and understand that our dream could slowly, gradually lead to the end of all. Her courage and compassion gave me the strength to do something to prevent it from coming to pass..."
The voice separated into ethereal whispers before once again forming a singular voice, "We have paid a heavy price for our conflicts, wounds that may never heal, but the price may yet be worth it..."
The innumerable ethereal whispers start again.
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Sapphire
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Post by Sapphire on Oct 25, 2017 13:40:27 GMT -5
She looked back down with a snap of her head as she listened, her thoughts in deep battle with her heart as she fought to steady herself. To return to order....organized thought, feelings...merged at one, in peace so she could think more clearly. However the spectre of this warning, this glimpse into what may be...loomed over her heart.
"He can not want this..." She shakes her head, the origin of her true devotion and commitment now quite clear. "He seeks only to end pain.."
She looked up to the ethereal beauty of the light. "He must not be able to see this...to see the possible risk the coda sings of.."
"Or he would not dare risk such a thing..." She lowers her gaze, as the depth of what she herself might have done begins to chip away at her resolve.
"We fight for order....we fight to shield and protect...to coordinate and ensure stability..." She closes her eyes tightly.
"He must not see the true risk..."
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DGM Cygnus
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Post by DGM Cygnus on Oct 25, 2017 13:59:48 GMT -5
"He does not. His song is beautiful and pure, it always has been. I do not fault him for embracing this purity, but our future is us coming together and embracing all that we are..."
there was a pause
"He still sings the original song my mother composed, but even she has changed that composition...in time...though he still clings to the original..."
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Sapphire
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Post by Sapphire on Oct 26, 2017 14:33:15 GMT -5
Sapphire frowned more as she wrestled with her heart, her mind and her oath. Commitment and devotion at war from within.
"Even if there is a small chance of the future that you sing about....it is far too great a risk..." She closed her eyes.
"She....she is using us...." She sings in a tone indicating she does not mean the Lady....but another. Another they have been close too. "She is using us...
She turned her eyes back up to the sapphire light. "She is using him...she is using the facade of Order to ...to..."
"Bring about oblivion..." She shakes her head some..."The order...of the silence..."
"He...must be told..."
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DGM Cygnus
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Post by DGM Cygnus on Oct 26, 2017 14:54:05 GMT -5
The melody of whispers formed into a voice again, "You can if you wish, but the possible future we just shared...that we once foresaw will never come to pass... -the voice now heartbreakingly sad- "...we have see to that, and always will...You can continue as you have, as can he if you both wish..."
The melodic voice resumed its normal maddening shifts between serine to hyper tones, "We do hope you take the time to consider a different way, perhaps he will as well..."
"Our future is us coming together and embracing all that we are..."
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