shiningworld | 2nd Transmutation-Botany

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2nd Transmutation-Botany

[Early in the morning, back on the beach he arrived on, Fletcher had been tending to a small, loose plant he'd come across on the ground. It looked like it was dying, and losing its greenery color. He could've sworn there was a garden at the mansion, so how did the poor dying plant get there?

After a few hours he's drifted off to sleep on the beach without knowing it, and you might notice a strange drawing near the sleeping, and exhausted boy, with the plant in the center of it if you happen to come by.]

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[There was so much he wanted to ask Philip, but he felt that trying to pry so much all at once would not only be invasive but also because there were some things that people might want to keep to themselves.]

So this is the first time you've seen a witch? Did you ever hear stories about them?

[This is maybe the one person that most of it wouldn't bother. His life is information, and giving it out is his job. Certain things might feel prying, but Philip isn't much of a secretive person.]

I've heard about them, but as far as I've always known they were simply works of fiction. But I have entries on witches, and on Eureka. If the Bookshelves say that witches are real, then they are.

So I believe.

[That must be how she was able to pull people from their worlds and bring them here, it would be strange if a human were able to do that.]

But, won't it be hard to convince everyone on the island to believe in her? [nervously] I think...there are things that people don't want to believe, and they might reject it. It must take a lot of work.

I feel bad for her...

That's what she said to me... And when I talked to Tendou about it, he refused to acknowledge the possibility, even though there is very clear evidence. He said he wanted to see her first, but unless he believes in her being a witch, I don't think he can.

[Philip frowns a bit and nods.]

I want to do what I can, for everyone's sake. I've just never had to convince anyone of anything before, so I'm not sure how to do it. At home, everyone just took what I said at face value and accepted it.

That's why I planned to research it thoroughly. With enough evidence, even Tendou won't be able to deny my findings. Then if enough people believe and she gets power, we can go home.

Even if Shotaro doesn't know I'm gone, I miss him a lot. So I want to go home.

That's a great idea! With a lot of evidence, he'd have to believe you.

[Thoughtfully] I hope I get to see her sometime, it would make a nice story to tell my brother one day.

[He shakes the negative thoughts away before they surface.] Um, Philip...if you need any help with trying to get any proof or research, I don't mind helping sometimes. W-we can be friends too, if you want.

[Philip nods, seeming pleased that he at least has someone who will listen to him like a sane person. God everyone here ins nuts half the time.]

If you believe in her, and that she's a witch, I'm sure you'll run into her. I never expected to find her, but there she was.

I'd like to be friends. That sounds nice. Do you know anything about book restoration? I'm about to make a bit of a project out of it. I found some old books in a library that are in bad shape, but they might have some good information.

I'd like to tell Shotaro about all of this too. He probably won't believe me, but at least watching him react should be entertaining.

[That might happen when you're stranded on an island too long.]

Oh, I could help with trying to fix them, books shouldn't good to waste.

[He laughs.] Because he'd be really surprised?

It's possible your alchemy might come in handy... Books are paper and that's made from plants, so you would be able to use it, yes?

[Philip laughs a bit and nods.]

I don't lie. I have no reason to. So he's used to taking everything I say as fact, because it generally is. But something like this seems far too strange to be real, even by our standards, so he'd think I was trying to fool him somehow, but I don't tell lies. So he would get confused.

Especially since, if Lady Eureka is to be believed, there's some sort of time-space displacement at work that makes it seem like we aren't even gone.

[Nod] I should be able to use some basic alchemy to restore the damage, are they in very bad shape?

I guess that would be difficult to accept all of a sudden. But a time-space distortion...could that mean that it might be possible that no time has passed in our worlds since our arrival here?

Many in the library seemed beyond repair. Those that I thought I could restore, I brought home with me. Though if it works on them, we may want to see what we can do about the ones in the library still.

From the way she put it, it didn't sound like time was "stopped" in the worlds we came from. She said we "still exist" in our world, and that it's "split into a different reality" where we're all still there...

I don't understand it fully, but so long as Shotaro doesn't think that I've died again, I can rest easy.

[smiles] Oh, okay! I'll do my best.

...I don't really understand her abilities, but hopefully its not something troubling then.

Thank you. It will be a very big help. Those book may have valuable information.

It's not something I fully understand either, but it means I don't have to rush. I miss Shotaro and the others, and I want to get home to them, but as long as they aren't worried, I can take my time and make sure my research is done properly.

[No to mention finding time for all of that eating and sleeping he was previously neglecting.]

Of course!

[He nervously averts his gaze down at his lap] Um...I don't want to be intrusive, but...can I ask you something, Philip?

[Philip straightens up a bit. He's not really used to this kind of behavior, but he nods.]

Of course. What is it?

Um, well, you said that there was a time when you existed, but you weren't alive. Is it common for that to be possible in your world?

No.. no. Being able to die and come back even once -- Much less three times like I did. -- isn't something normal for most people. Though the last time, I really didn't originally think I was going to come back.

But I wasn't exactly "normal" before that last year when I was dead and preparing to come back. When it comes down to it, I'm not entirely sure I was human before that. Just sentient data..

How can that be?! People aren't able to come back from death. There's even a law against it where I'm from.

[How could that be possible? Did laws run differently throughout the universe? It was such a mystery to him.]

Laws against it?

[Philip flips through his book a bit, stooping briefly on the one page that DOES have writing on it. Handwritten Kanji, a letter to his partner.]

The first time was when I was very young. The cause of everything... My father was an archeologist. While working in Fuuto, he found a strange well. The well was access to all of the memories of my world.

For some reason, all of us -- him, my mother, my sisters, and I -- were down there working with him. I suppose it's just how my family was. I fell into the well, and died.

But the memories in the well re-created me. I was no more than sentient data masquerading as human. The time after that is very fuzzy, until I ended up being rescued by Shotaro.

We fought together, against my Father and my sisters, and monsters created by their selling of Gaiamemories. Eventually we came into use of the Xtreme memory, which gave us significantly more power, and a more sturdy connection.

But after repeated use, it wore down my body. It killed me once, but the data stored in the memory was able to recreate me again. But the next time we used Double, I would die, and Xtreme wouldn't be able to recover the data lost. But we had a job to do. So, we went, and we fought, and we won.

And then I left Shotaro.

[Philip's voice shakes a little. Even though its over, it's still hard to think back on. He wipes his eyes on his sleeve and smiles.]

My father and mother and sisters... They all died over the course of how it ended. But the younger of my older sisters... Wakana... She'd come into the power of the well. She'd been harassing me in the Bookshelves, taunting me, and she was supposed to use that power to re-create the world.

But her will kept us all from slipping out of existence. My old family came to me, and Wakana used that power, her Gaia Impact, to recreate me again. It took a year, being stored inside Xtreme again, but when my body was ready, I was given back to Shotaro.

[He wipes his eyes on his sleeve again, smiling.]

That was a few days before I ended up here.

[Oh, he hadn't meant to upset the other and stir up old memories. It was clear the boy had been through a lot before he had even arrived here. Despite being evil, it seemed Philip's old family had saved him. Fletcher was never one to judge others, and he knew - or rather, wanted to believe there must have been a reason for their actions and why things turned out that way. Regardless, he didn't want to see his new friend upset.]

Oh--I'm sorry! I didn't mean to bring up bad memories. I--I'm sorry.

[They didn't really have a reason beyond being totally insane. They just sort of came out of it at the end, and Philip is grateful for that, but he still doesn't think it excuses what they did, given that innocent people died or were hurt.

Philip wipes his eyes again and shakes his head.]

No.. It's okay. T-They're not bad memories. Really, it's okay. I've just never thought about all of it at once like that. I just got a little overwhelmed.

Even still, you've been through a lot, I shouldn't ask personal things so suddenly. It does sound like those times affected you strongly, it would only be natural to feel overwhelmed like that. Making you remember all of that at once must be hard, and I'm sorry for bringing it up without warning. You're a very strong person, Philip.

I don't mind being asked... You didn't know. No one would expect something like that. Everything did affect me strongly, but I'm happy. I'm not alone. I have my new family to support me. It's overwhelming to think about it all at once, but it's good. I don't want to forget it.

I'm strong because I'm not alone.

[In his mind, the world could use more people like Philip.]

Maybe its a good thing that some of those things happened, or you might not have been able to find Shotaro and your new family.

[Philip thinks about it and nods a bit.]

There are still things I wish hadn't happened... But I suppose things wouldn't be what they are if anything had been different. I'm happy to have Shotaro and the others.

Its good that you can feel that way. U-um, thank you for sharing so much with me, I'm...not very good at talking with other people, but I'm happy that I can learn so much about you.

[He didn't exactly have a big circle of friends, he'd actually only befriended the Elric brothers because the younger was similar to him, and that might have been one of the only times he'd been able to talk to someone so easily. So, he was glad that it seemed he was able to get along with Philip as well.]

2nd Transmutation-Botany

So sorry for lateness~

<3<3<3 Don't worry about it.

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Aw, I just want to hug poor Philip now~

Oh god I am sorry that was so long. I did not realize how long it was when I wrote it.

No apologies needed, that's totally fine with me <333!

<3 You are a sweetheart

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<33333333333 all the hearts for you!

<3<3<3<3<3<3<3 OH YOUUUUUU

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