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[aionpcs]

WHO: Gray, Meteion, Childe, Silco, Makoto, Kaeya, Luo Binghe, and Eustace.
WHAT: The Regent review some memories.
WHERE: The Regent's throne room.
WHEN: The early days of Visoseri (June).
WARNINGS: N/A

It's in the early days of Visoseri that the Kenoma who witnessed the Innocence Entity will begin to be summoned by the Regent to share with them their memories of the events that transpired within Venera. They've been called upon, they'll be told by the servant sent to retrieve them, because Xishen's report included word that they witnessed the being infecting the city first hand. The Regent will meet with them in their throne room, and there is no room for delay. They are to come immediately, the moment the servant finds them.

Upon passing through the grand doorway to the Regent's hall, they will find the Regent sitting at their throne. Beyond that singular presence, the room is alarmingly empty. While the Kenoma that were first to arrive may remember the dinner tables that were set up in the center, now there is nothing but the throne, which is not even particularly large or attention grabbing. It could be that this sense of emptiness is the point, given what the Kenoma represents. The Regent themself is nearly unreadable, wearing a silvery, faceted mask and flowing robes of black, their body of a height that seems just a bit taller than yours. The only way to know they've even seen you is the way they raise their chin, ever so slightly.

"Come," they will say, beckoning you forward with a wave of their hand. "There is no need to explain. Your memories will do the talking."

Provided you acquiesce, you will feel the Regent begin to probe your thought with a touch of their frigid, clawed hand. If not, you best have a good explanation as to why you are refusing.

[These threads will be done in summary unless a more direct conversation ends up being needed. Please tag in with how cooperative your character is being. Each interview will be done separately from the others. If they have any questions before or after submitting themselves, they may also ask those now.]

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[aionpcs]

"The truth is that you're bound to nothing," the Regent says. "Those who come to the Kenoma are offered the opportunity to transcend the selfish whims of their Legacies. There is a reason the Legacies are not worshipped here, why they go unremarked upon... it is not an Aion's origin that is of import to me, but what they could become."

"You are not a servant of the Innocent, Gray. You are a servant of the Kenoma, as we all are."

[gravings]

Having come face-to-face with the pure essence of her own Legacy, Gray is finding it hard to argue that it wasn't flawed. It may have had good intentions, but if it had its way, Venera would have become hell on earth forever. Anything too pure runs the risk of becoming fatal: pure negativity, pure altruism, even pure beauty. Even if it was only for half a year, she was once immersed in the monstrosity inherent in enslaving oneself to a single abstract concept.

It's a bit of a relief that she can understand the Regent's logic. A coil of anxiety slowly loosens within her.

"Did you have a Legacy once?" she asks, curiosity driving her forward. Even if the Regent holds no regard for the Legacies, she thinks a person's Legacy must still say something about their basic nature.

[aionpcs]

There's a beat of silence before the Regent answer, though it's not clear if it's due to hesitation over the answer or if they simply find her question audacious.

"No," the Regent says, and there's a sternness to the way they say it. It's clear not something they want there to be any confusion over. "I was never one of them. I have always been as I am now."

[gravings]

Gray feels as though there's some significance in that response she can't discern... but also like she's being scolded a little. She blinks as another branch of inquiry blooms in her mind. For all her mousiness, she has a hard time knowing when to stop poking around.

"Um... Then have you always been around? How long has that been?" How to ask for someone's age without asking for their age...

[aionpcs]

"As long as the cosmos has existed, I have been here," they say, with a trace of wistfulness. "There is no measurement of time I could offer you that would have meaning."

[gravings]

That sounds tiring. Especially if the Regent was always as they are now, isolated and intangible. "In all that time," she says, "did you ever find existence enjoyable?"

[aionpcs]

"Yes," they say, and oddly enough there's no hesitation to it this time, nor a pause to contemplate their words. "Loss is not nearly as cutting when it is all you have ever known. To have known happiness and to have lost it is what truly drives a person mad."

[gravings]

Her hood bobs slowly in agreement. It's not like her fifteen years can compare to the Regent's untold amount of time, but she's found that even the most extraordinary lives are often filled with common elements.

"What was it like when you knew that happiness? Was the world that different?"