Jump 184: Aquaria

Jump 184: Aquaria
>Two of Swords (Peace): Contradictory characteristics brought together as a means of resolving a conflict.
>Age: 20
>Location: The Veil
>Identity: Vedha (0)
>Reason: Autonomy
>Drawbacks: Echo Chamber (+100), Alone (+200)
>Diva's Voice (1200)
If I am to sing alone, my voice must be strong, my voice must be clear.
>Rippling Echoes (1000)
If the world is empty, it would be nice to at least see what was in the world that came before.
>Wrathful Protector (600)
There is no one with me right now who to be wrathful on the behalf of, but it is well known that when someone or something precious to me is threatened, I get protective. This works nicely with such a principle.
>Unveiled (Free, Autonomy)
Ah. So considering I am already Vedha, this should give me the ability to be as good above the waves as I am below. Assuming I want to explore the world above.
>Shaper's Melody (500, Autonomy)
It is difficult to work without a fire, but I shall find a way. This will help me immensely. Completely different
>Melodic Expectation (300, Autonomy)
Being able to listen to the rhythm of the world is immensely helpful, especially in a world such as this.
>Maestro (0, Autonomy)
I can only imagine the effects of this perk when I go to Lord of the Rings. Perhaps I can, at least for a time, add my voice to the song of the world. It is not a world that should see all magic pass. But I am thinking far too distant in the future...

Now this setting... it's interesting. A world that is seemingly empty, and my companions nowhere to be found. I never came across them in my time, either. So I spent my time exploring, seeing what I could see of the - spending my time alone as I journeyed through the seas, figuring out new ways to create things, working with what I know and adapting my new tools to work with them. I looked pretty much everywhere that I possibly could have, by hand and clairvoyance, and it turned out that they just weren't here. At all.

And then I came across a lost woman, who knew her name and nothing else. Naija. While our paths crossed... for whatever reason, she felt she needed to find her past herself. While I made a point to have our paths cross at times, she had to find her own path. I can respect that, of course, but... perhaps this way she didn't quite feel the crushing loneliness that I had for years. I watched her survive the empty seas, deal with self-proclaimed gods, and reclaim her memories over time.

I watched her fight the Creator, and watched him prove he was not worth saving - perhaps he was a spoiled child, perhaps not, but certainly not one worth worshipping. No one forced his hand. He faced the consequences of his actions... and, in the end, I think he WANTED to die.

Staying in the shadows, I followed Naija and was there when she found Mia. And... when the worst happened, when Mia showed her true colors, I stepped in. After all, Mia may be a god, but she's far from the first I've met, and I've come to tolerate injustice very little from someone with such power. When Naija told Mia to release her and she did not, I left the shadows and stepped in.

You wouldn't be interested in the details of what transpired over the next several minutes, but suffice to say that Naija returned to her family with a severely blunted craving for adventure, without Mia to manipulate her into feeling it. Mia... well, I wouldn't worry about her.

After all, why would Mia want to leave the appointed task of killing all of this world's gods incomplete? It was only appropriate to help Naija finish the job, even if it had to be matricide.

Mia was wrong, so I helped Naija. But I do think she was right about one thing. This world needs to be reset.