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trans_92010-06-07 05:29 pm
morphitudinous) wrote in trans_92010-06-07 05:29 pm
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Empty Hallowed Halls [Open]
How could Billy have missed this heart-wrenchingly familiar structure on all his prior trips to the City?
On a test flight of the RADBUG's improved engine, he'd happened to turn his head just the right way and spot the unmistakable scroll-like tops of a building that had been his second home for so long. The second it was spotted in the distance, he changed course and brought the car into a descent. Moments later he parked just outside the ground-level entrance.
So the only confirmed remnants of my world are myself, my Zord, the RADBUG, and the Command Center. Perhaps Tenaya as well, but her world seems to be radically altered. I highly doubt that Zordon and Alpha are inside waiting for me, but I need to investigate.
It pained him to admit it, but he was afraid of what he would (or wouldn't) find. But a Ranger never backed away from a potentially tricky situation. Even if they had to call for backup, which Billy decided would be wise when entering an abandoned building. In seconds, a quick note was typed out on his omnicom and posted.
As Billy studied the exterior he hadn't seen in what he guessed must have been almost a year, he turned his Power Coin in his palm. It seemed to feel more charged than usual. Likely to be a low-key reaction to its location, he thought.
On a test flight of the RADBUG's improved engine, he'd happened to turn his head just the right way and spot the unmistakable scroll-like tops of a building that had been his second home for so long. The second it was spotted in the distance, he changed course and brought the car into a descent. Moments later he parked just outside the ground-level entrance.
So the only confirmed remnants of my world are myself, my Zord, the RADBUG, and the Command Center. Perhaps Tenaya as well, but her world seems to be radically altered. I highly doubt that Zordon and Alpha are inside waiting for me, but I need to investigate.
It pained him to admit it, but he was afraid of what he would (or wouldn't) find. But a Ranger never backed away from a potentially tricky situation. Even if they had to call for backup, which Billy decided would be wise when entering an abandoned building. In seconds, a quick note was typed out on his omnicom and posted.
As Billy studied the exterior he hadn't seen in what he guessed must have been almost a year, he turned his Power Coin in his palm. It seemed to feel more charged than usual. Likely to be a low-key reaction to its location, he thought.
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Billy briefly wonders what a song for such a place would be like. He'd never understand as well as Renne can, but the Power must have its own sound. There might be traces of Zordon, Alpha, and the Rangers there too.
Ever-curious, he waits for Renne to do what he will.
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Letting go of the Human for a moment, Renne turns to face as directly toward this building as he can. His arms raise in a posture of worship and he's quiet enough that one could hear a ghost drift through this place.
When his arms come back down, Renne whispers reverently to the place itself in his native tongue and a paw finds one of Billy's hands.
Now all Renne can do is hope and listen.
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When Renne's paw slips into the human's hand, Billy softly squeezes it and reaches outward with his mind. If something's there, he wants to hear it.
After a moment or two, another quiet song starts to play in his mind. It takes him through his memories, remembering exacftly how he'd felt when he'd first become a Ranger and met their mentor.
All of that is still here.
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It's Billy's place and in turn, Billy's right to know the Song of his place.
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It renews his hope that everything he knew and loved is out there somewhere in the universe. When the song finishes, he turns and embraces Renne once more. Don't look now, but he may have tears of relief in his eyes.
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It's from here that his whisper echoes; his voice still not daring to commit an unknown blasphemy.
Thee hear Song? One hope. One be-lieve thee, not a-lone here.
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Billy's soul feels considerably lighter. He'd felt the imprints they'd left behind and been surrounded by them. Bad memories gave the song some low notes, but for the most part he felt triumph and quiet endurance. Life went on. He went on. Even if they couldn't walk beside him, their contributions to his life remained part of him.
That can't be taken away. With that thought in mind, he holds on until the tears start to dry.
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Outwardly, the imp holds on to the human until Billy alone wishes to part; a paw coming up to try and rhythmically, gently pet his hair. Tears, as he had known them, are painful things, leaving one exhausted but this time? This time, the oddity is introduced to the other kind of tears -- the kind that really can heal.
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The soft pats on his hair calm him quickly enough, and when he's ready he draws back and wipes his eyes with a hand. "Come on, I'll take you to the main chamber."
That said, he stands and starts to move toward the entrance when Renne is ready.
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A final moment like this ends slowly for the oddity. As the Human pulls back, a paw comes up to gently try to brush away any remaining tears.
By now though, he's blushing something fierce and follows closely but reverently at Billy's feet.
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When his tears are wiped away, Billy blushes and quickly turns to the task of navigating the Command Center. He leads Renne carefully around the circle of the base to the entrance to the main chamber.
It's quiet here. To Billy, it's the same place lit with a dim blue glow, but Renne will experience it differently. There are traces of Bee and his friends here, along with the lingering remains of a wise leader and his robotic assistance.
Physical obstacles here include a globe mounted on a stand near the entrance, a round platform partially surrounded by consoles, and Zordon's empty tube mounted on the far wall.
"Well, this is it."
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His ears come up. His voice gives a quiet, investigative chirp to figure out at least basic acoustics within the building. Seconds later, his skin flashes a blaze of diamond-crystal fragments of colour -- he dares not Transcend, to understand this place but the will to understand it grows by the second.
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What is it?
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Oh yes, that is reverence.
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That's all there is to it, Renne. Bee adores you. Say jump, and he'll ask 'how high?'
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Mutual adoration, it seems. Offering the Human a nuzzle, the oddity lets some of the reverence/joy/calm/serenity/awe pour out.
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Explore as much as you want to.
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Chirping quietly at the nudge, the oddity bumbles as carefully as he can onto the round floor. Once there, the Renne first carefully navigates the perimeter. The consoles help that quite a bit and he's sniffing at the front of each one as he passes.
Yet with all of his navigational care, there are fleeting moments when his Solidity comes into some decent question.
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Let me know what you find, all right?
He wonders what impressions the imp is getting from this place.
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Pardon him. He can barely formulate anything in English right now. Upon circling the platform, the oddity comes down off of it and explores (carefully) beyond this and toward the silent, empty tube.
However, when a paw does so little as touch that, he draws back as if he expects a lightning bolt to smite him. And he can't explain why either.
It just is.
And in that moment, his skin drains of colour, lending full glass-like transparency to his appearance.
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That tube was Zordon's link to this dimension. When he was here with us, his head appeared inside it.
There's a moment of silence from Billy as he remembers his mentor, wondering whether the wizard is still out in the universe somewhere.
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That tone in his shakily whispered questions says several things. Reverence, a sand-grain of a wish to meet this curious entity, and the beginnings of a certainty. While there in front of the tube-thing, the oddity adjusts his posture to kneel rather than crouch.
The home and heart of what helped make Billy who he is deserves nothing less.
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The sight of Renne's prayer strikes Billy hard. His Renne really feels a connection here. He's looking for Zordon. Surprised, he shakily walks over to one of the consoles closest to the tube and leans on it.
"I think he would have been happy to meet you."
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It's a certainty in his head. It's a certainty and a vow and a pledge all at once. He's had very few goals in his existence but at this moment, another one manifests itself.
Quietly, he repeats the gesture he'd done "outside". Offering a prayer, and creating a small gift -- tribute if you will, to this place, the people who inhabit it.
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Billy smiles slightly, but he doesn't look at the offering this time. It's for Zordon, he senses. Instead. he sits against the console and waits for Renne to wander back. Surely he'll have questions.
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