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𝄞 Memory 05: Significant Neutral
Legretta's attempted assassination and her following recruitment
Earned: Day 113 in Cheshire Cat's Oregon Trail game.
Taken: Day 113, late morning.
Shareable: Yes; 3/5 uses left. (Self. Lloyd.)
Form: Sapphire blue raver candy necklance, each bead is a candy mouse.
The Memory Itself
Youtube: 0:54 -- 2:28
There is an initial surprise in this memory. One that is then followed by a sense of intrigue, and a small victory.
What Van Learns
What this means:
BUT YES. This is...Kind of a "what the hell?" memory for Selenia now. He has some context in regards to the Score to understand that he doesn't like it, and this gives him reason to see why the Score was a problem. However, it does seem to contradict with what he learned from the Absorption Gate memory. He knew he had a hatred of Yulia's Score but yet he was willing to follow this Score, even knowing it led to certain defeat.
And also a bit of "what an interesting recruitment method..." And what an interesting mercy as well. Most likely Van Grants did have an entirely benevolent reason for this. Selenia's first earned memory was killing the Ion replicas and yet sparing the survivor by giving him a name and purpose. Here, he spared this woman from execution and gave her a position close to him. It's a trend that won't go unnoticed.
There's an odd sort of morality at work here and Selenia will have some difficulty parsing it out...as well as figuring out how he feels about it.
Earned: Day 113 in Cheshire Cat's Oregon Trail game.
Taken: Day 113, late morning.
Shareable: Yes; 3/5 uses left. (Self. Lloyd.)
Form: Sapphire blue raver candy necklance, each bead is a candy mouse.
The Memory Itself
Youtube: 0:54 -- 2:28
Legretta: Van Grants! For my brother!
Legretta: Ugh!
Van: ...Are you an Oracle Knight?
Legretta: You bastard! Marcel trusted you! And you still sent him to the Battle of Chesedonia! You read the Score! You knew he'd be wiped out!
Van: ...The penalty for an ordinary soldier uncovering the Closed Score is death.
Legretta: So what? Kimlasca was clearly losing at the North Chesedonia battlefield. There was no strategic advantage, no reason for Daath to intervene!
Van: But it was read in the Score. The Score cannot be overturned.
Legretta: You pulled him into your plans for the Order, and you killed him! How can you say that?!
Van: It was your brother who offered to assist me. I never once forced him.
Legretta: ...Grr!
Van: ...Do you hate me?
Legretta: Yes!
Van: Then let me make you my aide.
Legretta: Don't mock me!
Van: You can stand at my side, wait for an opening, and kill me at any time.
Legretta: ...What are you trying to do?
Van: Heh... Trying to see whether my life can defeat the Score.
Legretta: You'll regret this. I'll kill you... I swear it.
Van: Heh heh... Hah hah hah hah hah!
There is an initial surprise in this memory. One that is then followed by a sense of intrigue, and a small victory.
What Van Learns
♪ A female Oracle Knight tried to kill him out of revenge for her brother. Her brother died because of a reading in the 'Closed Score', one that foretold a lose in battle but had to be followed regardless. Something he willingly went along with.
♪ Lower ranking Oracle Knights who learn of the Closed Score are to be put to death.
♪ He claimed that her brother, Marcel, made an offer to assist him. It's unclear if he ever warned him.
♪ This is how Van Grants makes his allies.
What this means:
BUT YES. This is...Kind of a "what the hell?" memory for Selenia now. He has some context in regards to the Score to understand that he doesn't like it, and this gives him reason to see why the Score was a problem. However, it does seem to contradict with what he learned from the Absorption Gate memory. He knew he had a hatred of Yulia's Score but yet he was willing to follow this Score, even knowing it led to certain defeat.
And also a bit of "what an interesting recruitment method..." And what an interesting mercy as well. Most likely Van Grants did have an entirely benevolent reason for this. Selenia's first earned memory was killing the Ion replicas and yet sparing the survivor by giving him a name and purpose. Here, he spared this woman from execution and gave her a position close to him. It's a trend that won't go unnoticed.
There's an odd sort of morality at work here and Selenia will have some difficulty parsing it out...as well as figuring out how he feels about it.