[Video]

[thelordsage]

[Sephiran appears on the screen, a serene smile on his face. Seems someone got used to the tower after so much time had "passed"...]

Greetings, everyone. If we have not met, my name is Sephiran. If you are new, welcome to the tower. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me and I will answer.

I come with an important announcement: today marks my 200th year in the tower. My 200th year of punishment from Ashera. [Yes, he's still convinced that his goddess sent him here.] These centuries have been trying, to say the least. I have endured countless experiments and traumas, and even a few deaths. Well, more than a few, really, but after a while, you lose count...

Nonetheless, I would like to say something. I have met many people over the course of my time here, all very intriguing people. To all of you people here... thank you. You have made my stay here almost enlightening. The people here are most certainly the best part of this place, and it makes me wonder if this is not just a punishment, but a lesson for me...

As for the new people here, I say this: talk to those around you. Learn their stories. They will most likely become your support as you stay in the tower.

Thank you for listening.

[Here the feed ends.]

Comments

Re: voice

[terreifying]

...We've really made a world here, haven't we?

[She mutters.]

All these people...

voice

[thelordsage]

Yes... you could say that. All these people contribute the the world that is the tower in their own way. Their personalities all make this tower, in a sense, so vivid.

Re: voice

[terreifying]

No matter what the reason they had for bringing us here, I'm glad the administrators chose us. I'm glad I met everyone.

And I would say the same goes for you?

Re: voice

[thelordsage]

Yes. I suppose that coming here was the best fate I could ask for, given the circumstances.

But what's this about the administrators choosing us? For what?

Re: voice

[terreifying]

What were your circumstances?

Mm, I've heard that they choose certain people for a reason. But I dunno that reason.

voice

[thelordsage]

I was to be punished by my goddess for failing to maintain the thousand-year peace we had agreed on. Especially so, since I was the one who worked to destroy that peace for the sake of bringing about the goddess's judgment...

Re: voice

[terreifying]

Was the Goddess's peace a false one? Where everyone had to sacrifice their free will?

[Rei knows too much about that sort of peace. She would have shattered it too.]

voice

[thelordsage]

No... it was a natural peace, like any other. In order to bring about the Goddess's judgment, I had to cause a continent-spanning war. Granted, it was a rather uneasy peace to begin with, but the fact remains that I worked to destroy it.

Re: voice

[terreifying]

So why did you invite the Goddess's wrath needlessly?

[She frowns, struggling to understand the logic behind it.]