Matthew Emirzian's
"Wishing for Hope"
Synopsis
"perfection is not for the
pure of soul!"
"Those who seek perfection often are fools. Those who obtain
it will tear the world asunder."
Fei recalls his travels in 6 years -
The independant nation of Nisan fell out of favor when they
continued to preach and hold close to their religion. Dazil, the
center of all Gear excavation became a sortof ghost town, the
streets and town slowly buried under the unforgiving desert.
The old, rotten hull of the city of Nortune, capital of Kislev,
was slowly consumed with age, the earth swallowing it back up.
There were tales to scare children into behaving made about the
city; cave dwellers who lived in the sunken ruins, hideous
monsters that crawled out of an ancient reactor. On the other
hand, though, Bledavik became a democratic nation, and desert
towns were springing up across the lands.
Aquvy, the western hemisphere, is uninhabitable, due to the
enormous amounts of natural disasters now occuring due to the
shifting of land masses. Infact, little is actually known about
Aquvy; some claimed that it was home to demons and devils that
wandered the shaking lands. Other more scientific personalities
concluded that primitive tribes were beginning to expand into
entirely new civilizations.
Then there was the mother of Nisan, Margurette. She and her
husband, Bartholomei Fatima, had settled down in Nisan and had a
child. She greatly enriched the culture of the present day by
creating detailed storybooks about the legends of the warriors of
God. Yet, the books also claimed that God was among them and in
their hearts, leading some controversial books to be banned by
some fanatics of legendary ardor.
--
Books were made from the newly developed printing press, the most
popular being "Works of Man", a summary of the
technological developments and discoveries of the past 50 years.
It proclaimed a strong freedom and self-government of humanity,
and declared the world in a state of dawn in a new golden age of
revival.
Of course, any permanent scars on the earth that Mankind had left
were few. The separation that man had set between
"nature" and "civilization" was not too great
then, and given that mankind were completely erased in a single
instant, all of their work would, within a century, be almost
completely worn away.
--
Billy has a son, Bart+Margie have a daughter, Rico is dead, maria
is old, sigrd is old, maison is dead, billy is old, jesiah is
dead, chu-chu is with her chu-pals in forest
--
"Even now possessing a conscience, I seek to rid myself of
such inadequacies - this empty shell that Krelian had used to
give my birth is no longer necessary. To become a truly
omnipotent being, I must first remove my ability to comprehend.
Brother.. join me! Become the pure, the one essential element
that will grant you eternal being. Nothing awaits your return..
your love is dead, I have made sure of that."
For a moment, all that encapsuled Fei's heart was his connection
with Elly - and their souls joined together in union, their
perfect bond setting in motion the seed of life that would
eventually cease the demon to be. The soft, gleaming waves of
Their essence slowly pulsed outward..
--
Fei's eyes glazed over, running madly into the desert. Adrenaline
pumped through his veins, his mouth ran dry, the power of the
wave existence he could tap into was draining slowly with his
use. Half of Bledavik lay in total ruin, like a perfect nightmare
: expecting to look one moment after to find it completely
restored. The new God's wrath would not be so easily sedated.
The new mobilized Bledavik army forced fierce winds to his back.
The dark, red silhouettes faded into his vision from the horizon,
shimmering deeply in the basking sun. Above them, a blackened
star rushed from behind, the mere sound of it bursting the sand
around Fei's heels as he deftly ran towards his only hope for
salvation.
Xenogears lay before him like a childs toy. Now modified, it was
possible to extract infinite energy from infinite potential
around it. The possibility of a mere atom of a grain of sand
moving in incalculable positions was enough to obliterate the
entire planet. Fei made a mad dash for the cockpit, the clothes
already torn off of his body, spots of blue light appearing in
his vision.
As if shaken to life, the piece of machinery violently burst into
the air. It had a beautiful grace for a few moments, the air
glowing with pure energy, sand lumping together and hardening
beneath it's feet. But then the metal plates across it's white
body began to split open. Black semi-substance oozed out of the
broken plates, all reaching out for random directions. Something
had gone very wrong.
Inside the cockpit, Fei's consciousness lulled dimly in his face.
Hands gently caressed all along his body - they were melting him.
He was a dissolving stream of the thoughts, mind, and experiences
of what Krelians soul used to be. The entity was using Krelians
soul as a gateway to communicate with Fei, directly. It was
learning, reviving all of Fei's painful memories, each one a long
sword, deeply thrust through his chest.
"No... noo...." Fei's garbled speech etched lowly in
the cockpit. He clamped his hands to his ears, but nothing
stopped the exploration of the cavities and pits of his mind by
this ravenous new God. His mother died before his eyes anew, the
weight of her warm, blood soaked corpse thudding on his
shoulders. "You did it..!" he heard a shrill cry
somewhere.
Experiments were performed on him in an instant what seemed like
years and years. His hands were melting as they were attached to
his head, slopping into a messy, clear liquid pile on the floor
rest. "Oh my... oh my God.. what is happening to me?"
Fei's thoughts were becoming unclear with what was around him. He
was blind in sight, but a whole realm of other senses had opened
for his mind. Krelian was standing infront of him, but he was no
longer Krelian. That shell had long since only become the
mouthpiece for a much larger organ.
"Fei.. Fei! Listen to me Fei.." Krelian was shouting,
distorted, tortured.
"Dammit.. you.. you bastard.. you forced my Elly to give
birth to a demon..! A demon!"
As he viewed Krelian, he realized that he had lost his body. It
had slipped away on him, gone somewhere. Who knows what was
happening there.
Hyuga kneeled down, letting his soft wings coascle around Fei's
body. Ramsus looked uninterested in the matter.
"You may pretend to be an angel, Hyuga.. but there is blood
beneath your nails. Your time is coming soon. Let your sins carry
your dark soul to hell!" Ramsus spoke in a twitching,
nervous manner. "I... I will soon be perfect. It has been
promised unto me by my God!"
As if the sword slice that had ripped his leg open had never
occured, he walked towards Citan with the fury of a demon.
"I was never able to find love. And now.. with you out of
the way.. it will be mine.." shaking visibly, he raised his
sword beside Hyugas crouched form, ready to plunge it through his
ribs and heart in one stroke. Hyuga paid him no attention, all of
his concentration spent on leaning heavily over Fei, giving him
cover.
day5
Bart and Margie discuss with Citan using the Yggdrasil. Allowed
permission, they will leave soon. They will also take the
daughter, "Lin", and Billy's son, Jesse. (named after
his dad). Decides to remain in Nisan for the time being..
discusses Ellys dreams with Sigrd.
day8
Lin and Jesse arrive at Bledavik - take Elly and get the
Yggdrasil running. It rises up and goes off.
Jesse gets a sortof crush in Elly. He doesn't realize how old she
is. They all talk for a while.
day8
Fei visits Nisan. Talks with Bart & Citan about the state of
the world, etc.
day9
On autopilot, the Yggdrasil discovers a slave trade belonging to
Bledavik. They descend and attack, deserting the place. This is
on the NE area - close to Lahan.
day11
Report comes in of slave trade attack. Fei leaves Xenogears and
takes Citan with him to go find the Yggdrasil and it's crew. **
Ramsus has a divine revalation and is ordered to kill Fei at any
cost. He will become the "perfect being" if he does. He
is ordered where to go.
day17
The Yggdrasil experiences an engine failure, nobody knows how to
fix it. They emergency land near a forest.. which is Tauras old
house & chu-chu ville.
day17
After making their way through the blackmoon forest, Fei
disocvers what's left of the rotting Lahan village. Ramsus is
there waiting for him. *action scene where Citan dies*
month 2 day 1
Fei awakens and meets everyone there.. the Yggdrasil won't be
operable for a while. Speaks to Fei about the wave and Krelian.
Fei is introduced to Jesse and Lin. He must also tell Midori the
fate of her parents. They decide to stay for a while until
repairs are complete.. Jesse and Lin want to study under Taura,
Fei and Elly need time together, etc.
Episode VI End
Episode VII
month 6 day 1 (4 months passed)
Elly knows she is pregnant. She talks about the dream she had..
with the conception, to Fei. In the meanwhile, both of their
dreams have been increasing.
The prophet has grown very quickly. Taura tells them to head to
Bledavik. He will be leaving soon to modify Feis Xenogears. He
also takes a small blood sample of the prophet at birth.. he is
silent about the results he found.
Plagues in Bledavik.
The prophet cures the plagues, people start flocking to him as a
savior of a new God.
People who join the religious sect begin having dreams of
Krelian, etc.
Prophet kills Elly.
Ramsus chases Fei out of Bledavik.. he is then murdered by the
prophet. Fei thinks Ramsus murdered her.
An enormous temple of God appears floating over Bledavik. For
those that do not join, they become sick and die. Those who
follow become warriors enforcing the rule of the prophet.
Fei reaches Nisan and gets Xenogears.. talks to Hyuga, who
explains things to Fei about Krelian and the wave. The wave
really has no consciousness.. it only uses peoples minds as the
mouthpiece in which to talk though. After Krelian entered the
wave, his corrupted form created a new thinking consciousness
which sought to overpower the other side of the wave. It only
used Krelians dead shell of his mind as a way to reach to the
people of the earth.
Taura explains : The prophet was born with Krelian and Ellys DNA
for preparations that would let the wave become omniconscious by
it's death - once it died, Krelians mind died with it, freeing it
from the shell. Note that it does not do this on malicious
terms.. it simply seeks to fulfill the human instincts which
created it : survival.
Flies it and enters Bledavik again.
Fei is empowered by the wave and fights the prophet there,
destroying half of Bledavik in the process. The prophet gathers
all of the souls and bodies of the dead plagued and chases after
Fei.. he escapes and enters Xenogears. So Fei has been doing
everything that it wants until now.
The wave pleads with Fei to become a part of it and join it.. to
become one, it calls Fei a brother. It calls the entire spectrum
of matter and energy a mistake, a glitch, and seeks to engulf it
and use it as energy to rip apart the other former wave
existence. The plagued bodies grew into the prophet and gave it
immense powers : by using the prophet to wipe out the physical
world and itself at the same time, the wave existence would then
be strong enough to force out the other wave.
Fei however finds the spirit of all of the past Feis and all of
the past Ellys and fires them all into it's heart with the
modifier engine of Xenogears, causing a seed of hope to be
planted. Because each one of the paired up Fei and Ellys are as
perfect as the Wave Existences, they will replace both of the
previous ones, as a living, true God. Because of this, Xenogears
falls out of operation.. the earth is left in a dazed state, but
like all imperfect things, strives to continue living.