now here is the the BIG CONFUSING THING ABOUT THESE
In terms of timeline this "backstory" is what happens to Celeste BEFORE she meet Narase (She meets him in chapter 11 of Narase Chronicles fyi)
Which in term happens BEFORE These series of posts which I'm actually trying to debate if I should throw out completely or not...admist all this mess sweatdrop
So to reiterate the timeline in order goes:
Celeste's backstory -> meets Narase (chapter11 his story) -> those posts^
By the way Celeste's backstory is a WIP (just like the Narase Chronicles are a WIP) but I still think that even with this little bit you can understand Celeste better
By the way....If you've played Suikoden 5 you might understand Celeste's backstory a bit better surprised
Though it ain't necessary...it's just you get a little more "ohh I know what you're talking about" and stuff XD;
Anyway, enjoy~
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PROLOGUE
Current Location: outside Mt Rakutei, Matilda Kingdom
Events: in the distance..
There is a slight breeze as numerous rabbits scurry about the plains. Running here and there, looking for food...playing amoung themselves. A happy little scene if one steps back to take a look. A large shadow flies overhead..the rabbits look up and scatter about in fear, on instinct, for it was one of their many predator's the griffon.
It starts to descend and gracefully comes closer and closer to the ground. It finally lands with a soft thud onto the grass and after a brief stretching of it's wings it tucks them back to it's side.
The Griffon then kneels down onto the grass and sits there as a small girl slides off it's back.
She is a very short and small girl with long silverish white hair and a long white dress that goes down to her knees. Her face is paler than most; at a glance she would probably be mistaken as a small ghost.
Her feet land on the grass as gently as the griffon's did and yet...more cautiously.
She brushes back some hair from her face and scratches the Griffon's beak, making it coo. She looks up toward the great Mountain standing before her and let's out a sigh.
No matter how I look at....it's just a mountain...
She stretches her hands out towards it and grasps at something in the air
I've never been given anything...never asked for anything...never wanted anything...but now...
I must find myself....and take it all back
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Current Location: outside Mt Rakutei, Matilda Kingdom
Events: in the distance..
There is a slight breeze as numerous rabbits scurry about the plains. Running here and there, looking for food...playing amoung themselves. A happy little scene if one steps back to take a look. A large shadow flies overhead..the rabbits look up and scatter about in fear, on instinct, for it was one of their many predator's the griffon.
It starts to descend and gracefully comes closer and closer to the ground. It finally lands with a soft thud onto the grass and after a brief stretching of it's wings it tucks them back to it's side.
The Griffon then kneels down onto the grass and sits there as a small girl slides off it's back.
She is a very short and small girl with long silverish white hair and a long white dress that goes down to her knees. Her face is paler than most; at a glance she would probably be mistaken as a small ghost.
Her feet land on the grass as gently as the griffon's did and yet...more cautiously.
She brushes back some hair from her face and scratches the Griffon's beak, making it coo. She looks up toward the great Mountain standing before her and let's out a sigh.
No matter how I look at....it's just a mountain...
She stretches her hands out towards it and grasps at something in the air
I've never been given anything...never asked for anything...never wanted anything...but now...
I must find myself....and take it all back
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Quote:
5 years ago....
somewhere in Falena...
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"Mommy...why do the other kids laugh at my hair?"
A little girl asks while an older lady dries off her hair with a towel.
"There is nothing wrong with your hair Celes..."
"but they say things like it is such a pale white..." The lady interrupts "There is nothing wrong with pale white hair, the queen's family has the same colored hair as you.
"but....they also say other things...I'm too young....I'm a stray....what do they mean?" The lady pauses in silence, then says back to the little girl soothingly "They are just jealous that you hair is like the queens...do not let it bother you.
Now there, I've finished drying your hair, you can go now"
"Mom...can you tie my hair up again too pleasae"
She lets out a sigh and quickly yet carefully ties up the little girls long hair into two looping ponytails. "ok...there you go, now don't go playing anywhere dangerous"
With that the little girl jumps onto her feet, smiles at her mother, then dashes outside to play. The lady hangs the towel on a rack then walks into the main living quarters of the house. She looks out the window and watches Celes-who had put a big hat on her head- approach the other kids to play. The other kids reluctantly let her join in. Her smile and joy shone like an angels.
The lady turns away from the window and looks up towards a small metallic looking emblem on the wall and whispers to no one in particular "...please watch over her....my little angel"
She then heads to the other side of the house to open up shop.
The house itself was situated on the corner of a street so that three sides of it bordered the town street. One side of the house was set up as a rune shop while the other side was a back entrance that Celes liked to use.
The lady went to the door on the runeshop side and found her friend Moira standing on the other side of the door.
"Moira! Why do you wait in front of my door like so? Do you need something urgent"
The brown-haired lady standing outside the shop smiled back at her friend "Is that a way to speak to a friend who just want to come by for some chit chat? and no, I do not need anything urgent from you. The boss let me off today for some reason or another, so I thought I'd come here and get an extra day of small talk with you this week! You are such an amusing person to be around you know" mrgreen
"Aye, do not flatter me my friend. I know you...you plan to sneak something onto me while my guard is down. Don't even try!"
Moira laughs "You know me too well Jessica, you know me too well"
Jessica laughs also then replies "ah, since you are here Moira. Let me quickly make some tea and pull out some snacks, please call me out if a customer comes in asking for me" with that she runs back into the 'house.'
"Sure thing Jessica" Moira hollers back as she takes a seat at a small table situated in the corner -placed there by Jessica no doubt for when Moira and the other ladies of the town come to gather on Thursday evenings usually.
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Jessica came back with the tea and sat down across from Moira. "So...are you going to go straight to this request of yours or not? I unfortunatly do not have much of a subject to talk about right now"
"ah...you dissapoint me Jessica...well I guess I'll get to the subject I've brought over...I heard that something happened in the East palace"
"you mean..."
"I don't know the details at all though...but something's ruffled their feathers at least that's what the rumors going around say..."
just then a man in a robe approaches the building and stands at the still closed door, peering in cautiously. He notices the two ladies notice him looking in and he stands back a little away from the door, shifting his gaze somewhere else.
"ah...sorry Moira..." Jessica interrupts, "looks like my first customer of the day...and so early today too" Jessica apologizes as she starts to rise from her seat.
"ah don't worry...you go do your job, actually I was going to see Mint after visiting you, but I heard this tidbit floating while I was at work and I wanted to tell you. You seem interested in hearing stuff about the Eastern palace."
"Ah...I guess that's the impression I give off"
"well I better be going, see you around Jessica, you better be more lively next time" Moira says as she gets up, waves and opens the door to leave at the same time leaving it open for the man to walk in.
He pokes his head into the building and cautiously walks into the store while Jessica quickly finds her work clothes and takes her spot behind the counter.
He turns and lightly taps on the front door so that it is open only a crack then walks right up to the counter where Jessica stood.
"What can I do for you?"
"Jessica" he starts to reply "there's something dangerous going on.....where is she...?"
She looks up towards the man's face for the first time and her face becomes mixed with worry and anger
"......you! it's you!"
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"Where is she!" The man continues to say very sternly to her
"I had hoped to never see your face again and yet here you are. And with the tone of your voice you've probably brought trouble again haven't you?!?!" Jessica snapped back at the man.
"....I'm sorry Jess...I did not want to appear before you again either...especially in this manner...but the people at the palace-" The man pauses midsentence as he notices Celes looking in from the backdoor. He clears his throat and starts again.
"They...they've found out Jess...there was some sort of riot over at the east palace and...they've found out...All sides have sent out search partys...it is not safe anymore...for her.
Jess looks down at her hands in silence, in deep thought, then glanced over at Celes still standing at the door. Her face flashed an expression of concern. She looked back at the man with cold eyes and replied sternly "I guess the rumor is true then....give me a moment to prepare-"
He interrupts her in a hurry "let it be quick then...I do not know how much longer they will notice me missing from my post..."
Jessica turns around and rummages through some drawers on the back shelf. She finds what she's looking for and walks over to Celes still standing at the backdoor.
"Come here Celes...Your birthday isn't until next week...but let me give you an early present" Before she could say anything. Jessica scooped the small girl up in her arms and quickly embedded a pale blue rune onto her forehead...
The warm light of the rune entered Celeste's forehead...at first it was comforting...but the warmth started to spread...it spread more and more like wildfire...it was too much for Celeste to handly -whom had never experienced such a thing before...and she fell unconscious when Jessica was done.
"Was that such a good idea? You could've killed her" The man replied back in surprise
"You forget who she is" Jessica replied back at him coldly.
Still holding Celeste gently in her arms -she goes back to the back shelf again and grabs a small leather pouch. She walks to another shelf out of the man's view then swiftly walks back to the man. She hands Celeste over to the man and gives him the now-filled pouch.
"Now everything is ready...you are free to go...
If I find that you are lying or that you fail your duty...pray that I do not get to you first"
The man nods to Jessica and replies "I pray to see you soon my lady...but not under the same circumstances you speak of"
And with that he turns and leaves. Holding the unconscious Celeste within his robes so gently...he looked like a loving father caressing his sleeping daughter.
The back of his robe flapped behind him dancing in the breeze...for a moment his regal armor becomes visible but not long enough for anyone to notice.
Jessica watches him off from the inside of her shop. When he's finally out of view she turns around back to her empty shop and mutters "Let our mercy as deep as the Feitas, and our authority as powerful as the sun, be revealed to the entire world~
huh?"
