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Anafiel Delaunay de Montreve ([personal profile] youandyoualone) wrote in [community profile] synopsychic2018-02-03 03:02 pm

Regarding Sanctions (Shortly after the Glatisant fight of the Rise Era)

Although I know that clean-up from the battle with the Glatisant and the message gleaned from its remains is likely of the utmost importance as of now--as well as the matter of the unintelligible Familiars and Spirit Companions--I do have some news that I hope will aid in improving the lot of the Adversaries of the earliest era.

Before her vocabulary became limited to a single word, the vixen who attached herself to me instructed me on how I might use Oracular knowledge to glean further knowledge on Sanctions. What I have learned is this:

These Sanctions use the power of existing bonds between people, either the ones doing the Sanctioning or those bonded with the person Sanctioned. As these bonds are real in the Realm of Dreams, they can prevent action just as well as rope or shackles might--although 'tis only acts with intention they can prevent, not accidental acts, for it is the dream of action that they prevent.

They can be entered into willingly and with consent, but unless that consent was explicitly and deliberately part of that Sanction, rescinding consent would not break the Sanction.

After learning this, I wished to know more of how one would break the Sanctions and Fidelite, who was then still in possession of her full vocabulary, advised me to build a Dreamcatcher and have it gather energy in the Questing Country of the earliest era for roughly a week. Fortunately, I was already there after the bridge broke.

Shortly before the battle started, my Dreamcatcher was deemed sufficiently filled by my still-coherent Familiar, and now that the fighting has concluded, I have had time to look within to see what might break the Sanctions. That information was granted to me in a series of three visions:

The first, of bitter and acrimonious arguments between Champions and Oracles, leading to the severing of a bond group, also severing all Sanctions they created.

The second, of a cabal of Adversaries furtively meeting, banding together, forming a fresh bond--overwriting the Sanction with the energy of their alliance.

And the third and most intriguing, of a heavy, metal-hafted mace, light wavering around its head like one reads in reports of desert mirages.
garrenshotfirst: (Pick a card any card)

[personal profile] garrenshotfirst 2018-02-19 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
"Not quite playing cards. Representations of the cards used for sealing Undead," Tachibana corrected, pulling out his Rouzer. Opening the fan, he pulled one out, holding it up to demonstrate before replacing it and closing the fan once more.

"The armor is also self repairing. When it's dissipated back into energy, as long as enough time is given for it to recharge, the next time it's activated, it'll be undamaged."
garrenshotfirst: (Better watch out punk)

[personal profile] garrenshotfirst 2018-02-19 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
"Talk?" Tachibana repeated. "The sound when it's activated, you mean? No, that's the only sound there. The Rouzer reads the card functions, however, and announces recognized combinations as part of the audio feedback system," he explained.
triggerhappytraitor: (Belt close up)

[personal profile] triggerhappytraitor 2018-02-19 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
That got a small puff of amusement from behind the mask. "Stealth wasn't at all taken into consideration for the Rider System," he confirmed. "The Ace activating would alert any Undead that something to fight was there anyway."
garrenshotfirst: (Card tricks)

[personal profile] garrenshotfirst 2018-02-19 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
"Each has a unique function, except for the high-level ones that are the same across suits. They're best seen in action, rather than academically," Tachibana pointed out with a small nod.
triggerhappytraitor: (Stoic)

[personal profile] triggerhappytraitor 2018-02-19 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
A short fight and demonstration later, Tachibana flips the buckle back over, releasing the transformation, field washing over him to leave him back in the Questing Country version of his armor. His serious, focused expression lingers until his buckle is safely back in his hammerspace and he turns, giving Delaunay a very faint smile.

"Enough of a demonstration?"
triggerhappytraitor: (Scruffy)

[personal profile] triggerhappytraitor 2018-02-20 12:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"Wait until you see Kenzaki's attacks," Tachibana chuckled. "His are lightening based." And it didn't get much flashier than that...

He nodded. "They are. When merged with the Ace, the energy of the lesser Undead become usable in ways that they aren't when you're just human."
triggerhappytraitor: (Serious)

[personal profile] triggerhappytraitor 2018-02-21 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Tachibana paused, blinking, as if only just realizing how he had phrased it. He had meant to say "untransformed," why had he...?

"It's not quite the same," he attempted to correct. "It's more just a temporary altered state. There can be a risk of becoming Undead for someone with too high of a compatibility, but my sync level has never been even close to that level."

"You've met Dakki, then?" he asked, almost by way of changing the subject.
triggerhappytraitor: (Fondly soft)

[personal profile] triggerhappytraitor 2018-02-22 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
"Our overlays were family, the first jaunt I had one in," There's definite fond note in Tachibana's voice as he explained. "Almast considered her his little sister, and was very quick to give anyone trouble if they looked down on her for being an automaton. And she in turn gave him trouble for not taking proper care of himself," he added with a faint chuckle.

"Always interesting, how that sort of thing lingers."
Edited 2018-02-22 00:31 (UTC)
triggerhappytraitor: (Laughing)

[personal profile] triggerhappytraitor 2018-03-03 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Tachibana blinked once before covering a small laugh. "Hadn't heard it called that before," he smiled, shaking his head in amusement. "But that's when I arrived as well."

He paused a moment. "Hopefully not everyone who arrived just for that time didn't wind up in a dungeon." Because the thought of Mutsuki being lost in one for that long...

...no. No, Mutsuki likely had returned back home, written it off as an odd dream and never spoken of it.
triggerhappytraitor: (Not going to answer that question)

[personal profile] triggerhappytraitor 2018-03-15 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
"The downside to a place that seems to run on force of will," Tachibana nodded, expression growing slightly distant. "It's far too easy to become trapped in your own mind in a very literal way. Thankfully, with my own... the part of me that was trapped wanted to be found. So I wasn't lost for very long."