glorious | 𝄞 Memory 29: Trivial Neutral

Exposition Party at the Fabre Manor

Earned: Day 177 from Guy's Heart game
Shareable: No
Taken: n/a
Form: Perfectly sculpted miniature sugar roses in Sapphire blue

The Memory Itself

From 00:21 to 3:07

Luke: You wanted to see me, Father?
Duke Fabre: Mmm. Have a seat, Luke.
Luke: Hey! Master Van! Do I get to train with you today?!
Van: We'll have time for that later. First, we have to talk about something.
Duke Fabre: Dorian General Grants is returning to Daath tomorrow.
Luke: Huh?! Why?!
Van: You know that I am a member of the Oracle Knights, part of the Order of Lorelei.
Luke: You're their commandant, right?
Van: Right. As the leader of the Knights, it's my duty to provide protection for Fon Master Ion.
Luke: What's a "Fon Master Ion"?
Susanne: He's the leader of the Order of Lorelei. It's thanks to Ion that the truce between the Malkuth Empire and our Kingdom of Kimlasca-Lanvaldear is in place.
Van: If Ion's predecessor, Evenos, is the hero who ended the Hod War, then the current Fon Master is a symbol of the peace that reigns today.
Duke Fabre: Unfortunately, Ion has gone missing.
Van: Therefore, I must attend to my duty as an Oracle Knight and join the search for Fon Master Ion.
Luke: Hold on, you can't do that! If you go home, who's gonna train me?!
Van: Heh heh. Settle down. I'll have one of my men come here until I return to Kimlasca.
Luke: But I want YOU to teach me!
Duke Fabre: Don't be selfish, Luke. Dorian General Grants will return soon enough. It's high time you learned some patience.
Susanne: Please, dear! You know what this child's been through. He's still traumatized from the kidnapping. He even lost his childhood memories... The poor thing. Don't you feel for him?
Duke Fabre: Susanne. You spoil him.
Van: Still, a life locked inside a mansion like this is hardly easy.
Luke: Seriously. Why does my uncle have to keep me trapped in here? Just because he's the king, he thinks he can just order people around. Makes me mad.
Susanne: Luke, my brother is merely concerned for your safety. Just three more years, and you'll be free. Hold on a little longer, okay?
Van: Cheer up, Luke. We'll train hard enough today to make up for the entire time I'm gone. Duke, Milady; by your leave. We must begin our training.
Duke Fabre: Thank you. Dorian General.
Van: I'll head on to the courtyard. Come join me as soon as you're ready.
Susanne: Luke, dear, please do be careful out there.
Luke: I know, I know. Jeez...

What Van learns:

♪ This is a completely natural conversation about things that are clearly common knowledge: because Luke knows nothing.
♪ The leader of the Oracle Knights has the duty to protect the Fon Master.
♪ The Fon Master that has gone missing for some unforeseen reason that may or may not be related to memories of an earlier conspiracy.
♪ The Hod war may or may not have been ended by Evenos. Of course, it's doubtful that he ended it without consulting the Score before hand...
♪ Fon Master Ion is the symbol of this peaceful era, thanks to a truce.
♪ ...Luke was, quite simply, a brat.

What this means

Mostly this is just world building information that Van will be taking with a grain of salt. It gives some insight into how those outside the Order view it, which is almost guaranteed to be inaccurate. If only they had any idea...

There's some more perspective on the flow and control of information in the world of Auldrant -- and also reason to suspect that the same could be happening in Aather as well, though on a smaller scale. With less people around, it's harder for mistruths to go unnoticed.

...Also, he'd have less patience for those complaining about how hard life is when they haven't been tortured and killed repeatedly. Absolutely no sympathy for you.