glorious | 𝄞 Memory 28: Trivial Positive

Prison talk with Luke, and making him promise not to tell

Earned: Day 175 morning from Columbine and Madame White's game
Taken: n/a
Shareable: 4/5 uses. (self)
Form: jack-in-the-box...with snake.

The Memory Itself

6:05 to the end

Luke: Master!
Soldier: I've provided him a summary of what's happened.
Van: There's no one here now but us, so I want you to stay calm and listen to what I say.
Luke: ...Huh?
Van: Luke, will you join me as a member of the Oracle Knights?
Luke: What are you talking about?
Van: You probably assumed this trip to Akzeriuth was a simple matter. But in fulfilling that role, you will become Kimlasca's pet dog, trapped on a leash in Baticul for the rest of your life.
Luke: Why? You're the one who told me I'd be free if I became a hero.
Van: But going to Akzeriuth won't do. You heard Yulia Jue's Score, did you not?
Luke: Yeah. It said I'd bring prosperity to Kimlasca and stuff.
Van: The Score continues. "The youth will turn power to calamity and be as a weapon of Kimlasca." Those in the upper ranks of the Order believe you will bring war to the Rugnica Plains.
Luke: Me, bring war...? That's ridiculous!
Van: Yulia's Score has never been wrong. Not once. I want to save you before you're used for war!
Luke: But what should I do...? If I don't go to Akzeriuth, those people will be in trouble.
Van: This is what the Score says. You will take the people of Akzeriuth and move them away. As a result, war will break out. So what you must do is remove the miasma without moving the citizens of Akzeriuth.
Luke: The miasma is that poison stuff, right? How can I do that...?
Van: Cause a hyperresonance and neutralize the miasma. After that, you can run away with me to Daath. With that, war will be averted and you'll obtain your freedom.
Luke: ...I wonder if I can. I don't know if I can cause a hyperresonance on my own.
Van: I'll help you, like I did onboard the ship when I calmed your hyperresonance.
Luke: ...Okay, I'll try.
Van: You mustn't tell anyone of this plan until right before we put it into action. Especially anyone from Kimlasca. If they were to learn, you'd lose your chance to escape to Daath.
Luke: Master, how come you're so nice to me?
Van: ...Ah, that's right. That was lost with the rest of your memory.
Luke: ...Did I say something before?
Van: When you were young, you told me you wanted to go to Daath with me. You underwent cruel experiments for the purpose of hyperresonance research and you wanted to run away from this country. That's why on that day seven years ago... I kidnapped you.
Luke: YOU kidnapped me?! Not Malkuth?!
Van: This time, I won't fail. I need you.
Luke: ...That's the first time anyone's ever told me they needed me. You're the only one who's ever praised me and scolded me and taken me seriously. Master...I'll join you!
Van: Good. Then let's be going. To seize your future.
Luke: Yeah!

Luke: Heh heh...
Van: What is it, Luke?
Luke: I was just thinking about going to Akzeriuth. I'm all excited! This is the first time I've gone anywhere with you, Master Van.
Van: I see... It's not the first time, though.
Luke: Huh? But I--
Van: Don't worry about it. There's no need to concern yourself with things you can't remember. It's time to start acting for the future.
Luke: Right!
Van: And be very careful not to let anyone guess at our plans.
Luke: I will!

What Van learns:

♪ So Akzeriuth was mentioned in the Score...
♪ ...But he doesn't know the specifics of what it says because he very obviously lied about it.
♪ It is doubtful that a hyperresonance can be used in such a manner.
♪ ...It is also doubtful that Luke was the subject of such experiments and begging Van to be taken to Daath since he did not even exist pre-kidnapping.
♪ . . . But Asch did.
♪ LIES LIES LIES LIES LIES LIES LIES
♪ ...also, was in a jail cell and then released for seemingly no reason?

What this means:

This means Van is an outrageous liar and will be further aggravated by how inconvenient it is to be a lying amnesiac. He life is so hard you guys, he can't even filter out the tiny pieces of truth from his endless spew of lies and no-one understands. >:'[>

But yes. This'll likely be yet another memory that he puts on the backburner and will not actually address until it becomes 'relevant' to him. He might ask Guy for clarification on what happened at Akzeriuth and attempt to be vague about it, but that might be the most that happens.

write-up catch-up, yaaaay