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[sisterswitch]

[hey, it’s a jack video! and she is grinning with excitement, because she has something cool to show you.]

So. Time is a construct, right? But it’s a pretty important one to a lot of us. We mark the passage of time in cycles, with celebrations, and I’m guessing most of us have missed at least one birthday, favorite holiday, or anniversary since we’ve been on this long, strange trip. For me, it’s been four birthdays since I was home. Not that I did a whole lot for my birthday, but it was still nice to take myself out for ice cream and check the box for surviving another year.

[the video feed flips around to show the observation room/lucifer’s bar, tastefully decorated with sparkly silver streamers and balloons. as jack slowly pans the camera across the room, you’ll see tables have been brought in and are loaded up with a variety of foods, an assortment of drinks, and of course a nice big cake.]

Anyway, whatever it is you’ve missed, we’re celebrating it - right now. So get thee to the observation room! If nothing else, you can celebrate an unbirthday with the rest of us.

[have a party mingle! or you can talk to jack on network, if you really want. feel free to assume your involvement with party setup, making food, etc. and have a good time!]

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[chocobosnap]

[ Hey, if Prompto's not going to stop eating, no need for John to stop. Subject matter aside, that's just how things are at home. He doesn't exactly have a problem with eating when he can. Eos is how it is. No need to miss out on good food. ]

Oh yeah, guess that would be a good question. The Six are the Astrals that created and watch over Eos, at least, that's how it's supposed to be. The Hexatheon is described in a book called the Cosmogony. [ It's religion, just a different one. ]

As Six implies, there are six of them. The Archaean, Titan. Kind of represents the ground of Eos. Well known for catching the meteorite at the Disc of Cauthess. The Fulgurian, Ramuh. He controls storms and is associated with the rule of law. Then there's the Hydraean, Leviathan. She's...well. Goddess of the seas. They say she fell asleep long ago and when we woke her up... [ He chuckles. ] Yeah she wasn't happy. She doesn't seem to care much for humans.

[ Halfway there, he continues. ] The Glacian, Shiva. She's the goddess of ice. She's kind of the most compassionate...really likes Noct, actually. She's the one they say fell in love, so they suspect that's why she's so kind. [ He believes in the Six, having seen them, but he wasn't exactly completely up on the whole scripture. ]

Then there's the Infernian, Ifrit, who gave people fire, so they say and that caused all kinds of conflict. Lastly, there's the Draconian, Bahamut. Unlike the rest of them who are all tied to Eos in some way, he's kind of like the one out of sight you know? He's..he was the patron Astral of Lucis. Oh.

[ He licks his fingers, he wasn't wearing his jacket, but it wasn't far. He wipes them on his pants like the uncultured guy he is and grabs his jacket. He shows him the patch on the shoulder. ] This is the mark of the Kingsglaive, but yeah! A representation of Bahamut.

[laughing_magician]

[John brightens up a little bit, listening to the explanation and taking it in with keen interest. Minutes ago he was fascinated with the similarities and differences in their home worlds, and he gets to feel the same way once more in one conversation.

So much of this sounds familiar. Not just in some of the names that he knows but attaches to different stories, although Ramuh's name is a mystery to him entirely. But what really makes John amused, in the most bitter sort of way, is that no matter where one goes in any world, there seems to be a creator, or worse, a whole damned group of them, sitting on their arses while what they made falls.

And he's sick of it.] So they're like gods. Or actually gods? Of course. Everyone knows how damn useful those are. [Those might easily be replaced with a horrible slur, and it would sound the same somehow. John Constantine doesn't have the best relationship with authority figures of the mortal sort, and it's far worse when it comes to those with divine level powers.

He does nod in approval of the patch's design, though.] So we've had a few of those names in our history, but squire, let me tell you, it's a totally different situation. Shiva's a bloke and a bloody destructive one. We had The Titans, a family, not just one of 'em. Leviathan lines up close enough. Ifrits come in a few flavors, some smoke and fire aligned, all hellish, so I can see that. And Bahamut has been debated. That's for sure. [There's a snort.] None of those debated form match up to that fancy looking thing.

[chocobosnap]

They're gods, yeah. [ And Prompto snorts at his comment about how useful they are and he agrees because Bahamut is the biggest jerk there ever could be. ] Can't be too blasphemous since I've seen them and all that but yeah, kinda useless. Or rather, I think they're playing with us.

[ They took his friend. That was not cool. ]

That's really interesting! Kinda makes me wish I paid more attention to the Cosmogany, but you know, it's not the kind of thing that I was really into. Kinda did holidays, that's about it.