Snippet #2694130

“You could say that...” She stated softly at the mention of a growing pest problem her voice low and still a little embarrassed and shy about how many eyes were on her now, pulling her hood back up entirely to try and hide a bit, partially out of the shyness, but mostly hatred of the from and its heavy emotional pull it had as she was right now.

“Another band invaded my home... their commander had this on them.” She said, quietly, intent to try and hide most of her words right now, taking the soda and chocolate bar from his hands, but leaving behind in his hands the letter from the commander with Mira's seal still intact, those around maybe able to catch a minor glimpse of it

While the basis of the letter was clear, that Mira Juneborn, the most famous and powerful of the Hand of the Goddess ranks, was seeking out the Goddess herself as much as she could, her duties as the the leader of the Hand of the Goddess kept her too busy to actually enter the Holy Lands on a pilgrimage, and so she had hand picked a quick but powerful team to try and make first contact, while she prepared a total armed force to make the full journey at a later date if needed.

It was entirely clear in the end that Mira's only intention was to start a worlds war through a crusade the likes none of the current Crusader Orders could manage on their own, A Grand Crusade that would first unite the Orders entirely, by force if needed, and then unite the worlds to put all males in their place under their superior female counterparts, and even then only allow the greatest of females to partake in the Holy Order and Glory of the Goddess in person.

As Sam read it all though, it was also clear that there was a power and magic over the letter the pulled to him just a little, the very ink of the letter hiding its contents from prying eyes so only those properly reading could make full sense of any word on the parchment. The Wax seal that was meant to keep the letter closed was just as powerful, and should have made it impossible for anyone but the intended reader to even unfold it.

Even as Sam read it though, there was clearly a large section at the end that was blanked out, writing clearly there, but the ethereal words all pulled towards Alexia, clearly meant for her since she was great goddess after all intended to read them, which answered the question of how the letter could be opened, Alexia was letting Sam read and view the letter.

“You see why I can't allow this to go further anymore. I should have stopped it in the first place... when I challenged and defeated Sin, but its a little late for that.” She said, her words still very quiet, only pieces of them could be heard even by those next to him, Sam's great sense of hearing letting him catch it all though as she continued to just cover herself and slowly start looking around again, seeing more and more crusader's starting to appear, one or two clearly having sensed her, and now searching for the power, but unable to now, no doubt hidden among the various stalls that she couldn't see past.

“Looks like you saved me a lot of trouble just now...” She sighed a bit, breathing hard, reaching into her pouch and pulling out a clear bottle of water, but the water itself was very much different. As Alexia drank it, a powerful calming feeling flowed over her, the water and her giving off the slightest bluish glow before fading away as her power leveled out entirely, showing that she was strictly just an Ancient for those with the spells needed to scry for them. “If you want to help me... know that I'm going to Zenos at some point. And I will force change even if it kills me.” She stated. “The Crusades have gone on long enough in my name...” She whispered.