[ooc: Thanks, that's good to know! Sorry about the brain deadness, but no problem on my end. It's all good. :)]
[Her next words are extremely reluctantly given, but she knows the full story is important. There's no point in telling Vash about Kefka if she can't give him as much relevant information as possible.]
Kefka's cruel deeds in the name of the Empire were many, but I'll tell you about those that I know. He built a device called the Slave Crown...which is exactly what it sounds like. He controlled my mind with it for a time, making me his weapon. Its power was such that upon removal, I had no memories at first. Even now, there's a lot I don't remember.
[And that's the first time she's voluntarily mentioned it to anyone, complete with awkward pause and staring at the cider as though it were the most fascinating thing in the world. Anyway, moving along....]
At one point, Kefka destroyed an entire kingdom by poisoning their water supply, after General Leo refused to use this tactic. He collaborated with the Emperor in a ruse, making supposed overtures of peace to the Espers, only to lure them out of hiding and kill them, absorbing their powers. When General Leo protested, Kefka tricked him through use of his illusions and killed him.
Unfortunately for Emperor Gesthal, Kefka's greed for power exceeded whatever loyalty to the Empire he might have had. Kefka eventually turned against even the Emperor and killed him, during that time also moving the statues out of alignment, destroying the balance and provoking a world-wide catastrophe. Thanks to this, the world's topography drastically changed and many lives were ended. He absorbed the statues' power, becoming akin to a god himself. I don't know much about after that point, because I'm from a point in time when that just happened.
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[Her next words are extremely reluctantly given, but she knows the full story is important. There's no point in telling Vash about Kefka if she can't give him as much relevant information as possible.]
Kefka's cruel deeds in the name of the Empire were many, but I'll tell you about those that I know. He built a device called the Slave Crown...which is exactly what it sounds like. He controlled my mind with it for a time, making me his weapon. Its power was such that upon removal, I had no memories at first. Even now, there's a lot I don't remember.
[And that's the first time she's voluntarily mentioned it to anyone, complete with awkward pause and staring at the cider as though it were the most fascinating thing in the world. Anyway, moving along....]
At one point, Kefka destroyed an entire kingdom by poisoning their water supply, after General Leo refused to use this tactic. He collaborated with the Emperor in a ruse, making supposed overtures of peace to the Espers, only to lure them out of hiding and kill them, absorbing their powers. When General Leo protested, Kefka tricked him through use of his illusions and killed him.
Unfortunately for Emperor Gesthal, Kefka's greed for power exceeded whatever loyalty to the Empire he might have had. Kefka eventually turned against even the Emperor and killed him, during that time also moving the statues out of alignment, destroying the balance and provoking a world-wide catastrophe. Thanks to this, the world's topography drastically changed and many lives were ended. He absorbed the statues' power, becoming akin to a god himself. I don't know much about after that point, because I'm from a point in time when that just happened.