[Text | Public]


To anyone who met 'Jellal' in the past week, I'm sorry but that person was not me. I don't think, I gave away anything that wasn't public knowledge anyways, but-

I-

I'm sorry.

[Video | Locked to Natsu Dragneel, Lucy Heartphilia, Laxus Dreyar, Gray Fullbuster and Gajeel Redfox]

[Now comes the harder part, because apologizing to the masses isn't difficult, especially given the probable lack of success in his 'mission'. No, what is hard is to face the people he knows, the ones that seem to trust him to some degree, for reasons he doesn't understand, but...

When he finally brings himself to activate the video feed to record his next message, Jellal looks pale, the stress and the shock from awakening from this nightmare clearly visible in his face. Still, he needs to pull himself together now and make sure to warn the others of his world. His voice breaks at first when he speaks up, but then he manages to follow through steadily.]

I- I need to talk to you all, especially those that just arrived. In person. There are things that you need to know about this place.


[Text | Locked to Zeref]

If you are really Zeref... There are some things I would like to talk with you about, not here but rather where those that control this place cannot listen in so easily.

[The feed switches on and shows Gajeel crumbling up the letter that he received on arrival and tossing it away. He's none too happy after being taken away from his home and being dumped in this place, wherever the hell it is.]

I don't know who the hell these people are that brought me here, but do they really expect me to believe that shit about my world being destroyed? [They didn't even try to explain any details about how it was destroyed, not that he'd believe them even if they did.]

Anyone want to tell me what the hell is really going on here? And are there any other Fairy Tail mages around? I can’t be the only one here.

✑ text

I do not know what happened to my own world, but I would ask that nobody visits Floor Twenty-Five, for now. I'll be headed there after I make this entry.

[ He has heard that it will always appear that way; peaceful spring weather, with a pretty meadow. Maybe then, if he stays there... his magic won't affect it. Hey, it was worth a try. ]

I don't wish to introduce myself. It is better if nobody here knows who I am, or what I am. Though if anyone encounters a book in either of the libraries titled 'The Book of Zeref,' tell me. I will dispose of it. I may be the only one here who knows how.

✒ action, floor twenty-five

[ And sure enough, there he is, later. He's kneeling in a small clearing, staring down at a certain white flour. The flower was oddly resilient. It wasn't wilting, wasn't turning black and crumbling to dust just from being near the Black Wizard. But isn't that how it always is? ]

Our world... destroyed.

[ He whispered to nobody in particular, feeling tears threaten to roll down his cheeks. He picked the small flower, ripping the stem between his fingers. It immediately wilted, the petals shriveling up and falling off, with the stem becoming coarse and rubbery. Zeref simply dropped it where it was. ]

Was it me? Was it Acnologia? [ Again, asking nobody in particular. ] I guess it doesn't matter. Maybe it was better off, after all.

{{ OOC: Zeref's magic makes it dangerous (and possibly deadly) just to be near him, so naturally, a permissions post was mandatory. }}

[The feed activates to Jellal shifting around with a frown, he may or may not still be looking for some kind of SE-plug or otherwise magical connection. ...Oh hmm. Seems like he's managed to activate it regardless of that.]

So this is how this works... quite strange. To think that so sophisticated machines could be run without any obvious magical source...

[Things do indeed work quite differently here...

He shakes his head.]

I apologize. [He doesn't mean to waste anybody's time after all.] My name is Jellal Fernandes; I arrived in this tower about ten days ago.

At first I believed this was the punishment the Magic Council saw fit for me... that is however not the case, it seems.

[Not from what information he had gleaned so far at least...]

While I lack almost all memory of my past, I know that I was a horrible villain ...that my actions caused many people misery and anguish.

If any of them is among you, I would like to apologize... and atone in any way you see fit. And if I can be of help to anyone else regardless of that... then I would like to offer my services.

[Because Erza had told him to live... so live and atone are really the only things he can do. The only thing that someone tainted like himself could be possibly allowed to. Right?]

Thank you for listening.