🍓: even more xenoblade 2 spoilers You ever think about how some of milton's last words to mikhail were that when things are tough you need to smile And mikhail in the main game is masking all of his emotions with a smile, advice he kept hundreds of years later

🍓: Xenoblade 2 spoilers- You ever think about Mikhail's first encounter with Mythra int he base game and how he's purposely prodding like he's expecting Mythra to be the monster he remembers as the one responsible for torna's destruction But seeing her fight for someone else, his only remarks-

"Phew, scorcher today. Days like these make me want to sit back on a beach with a couple drinks and a pretty lady to top it off. Huh, I wonder if there's any good beaches here. Hard to find some on a titan."

"Yep! Now that ol Amalthus has kicked the bucket, kinda makes me the only one In existence! You think the ladies will dig it?" He's trying to downplay the implications, again. He's good at doing that.

𝑶𝒌… 𝑳𝒆𝒕’𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔.@heartless-driver.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“Huh… so it’s possible for the opposite of Minoth to happen?” She held her hands to her chest for a moment, of course she knew it’s possible, when she woke up in the ruins of that ship, she had a core crystal… “So would that make you a blade eater?”

"Who needs to do anything special for sunday when you look as good as I do? Every day with me in it is a seductive one!"

"..Well, I wasn't. Technically still not one. But....you remember what Amalthus was working on? A way to give a blade's power to a person? ....It worked. You're looking at the only surviving experiment." Normally he would keep this quiet but- it's Lorna! It's better she learns now.

𝑶𝒌… 𝑳𝒆𝒕’𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔.@heartless-driver.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“Mikhail, you aren’t a blade though? Why would you need a driver?” Forgive her, she’s been dead 500 years

"Ha, a driver.....I've never really tried that before. Honestly, sounds kinda fun. Maybe I should give that a shot. But what lucky lady would be chomping at the bit for me?"

"Oh you haven't met? Hey Rex! I got someone who wants to meet you!"

"You heard the lady, wouldn't want to upset her. Guess this little shoot out is called off."

"Heyyyy Lorna- I was kidding! Everyone knows I'm a jokester, haha!" .....Oh boy, how is he gonna tell her about all the bad stuff HE did? .....Good idea Mikhail, let's just not do that!

"So is no one going to shoot eachother? Man, just when it was getting good too..."

"Aw man now this is what I'm talking about, it was getting a little too boring around here! About time there was a little excitement."

🍓: muse is still low, but man rewatching xenoblade 2 cutscenes and SPOILERS OBVIOUSLY- The fact Mikhail specifically is shown to react to rex declaring he wants to go to elysium for answers back in tantal is SUCH GOOD FORESHADOWING for his insistence on helping rex get the chance to get that answer

"Ha, with you involved we won't even need Mythra!" He let out a short laugh.

𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓸𝓻𝔂@thepurificators.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"I'm willing to lend some assistance as well if need be. Though hopefully nothing happens.."

A family? That felt rather bitter sweet to say. In truth, they never would have been one without all they had gone through. But that also made them all too blind with revenge to see what was in front of them. "Nah, it should be fine. Aegis's driver can just kick his ass again. I'll help."

𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓸𝓻𝔂@thepurificators.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"...It felt like they were a family at least in some way." She said calmly before quickly being surprised by the next statement. "Malos is..should we be worried if he tries anything?"

"Jeez, this is why I didn't wanna tell you..." He sighed deeply, before getting up and simply wrapping Lora in a hug. He can be serious when the situation calls for it, it seems. "I'm sorry."

𝑶𝒌… 𝑳𝒆𝒕’𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔.@heartless-driver.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“Why would he ever think to…” She felt a pit in her stomach, she’s the reason… not just her death, but her fear of being forgotten by Jin… if she hadn’t said that to him… “I can’t believe this…”

"Come on. I know i'm all grown up, but I'm not the type to joke about something like this." Well he was, but not with people he actually cared about. "He was working with Malos, and wanted to kill the archetech."

𝑶𝒌… 𝑳𝒆𝒕’𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔.@heartless-driver.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This hit her all at once… she looked confused, a little hurt even “Surely you’re joking right? We fought to defeat Malos, there’s no way even if I died that Jin ever would work with him…” She knew about Mythra sealing herself, after all she saw them both leave…

"Yep...... A lot happened but long story short. Amalthus won and Mythra sealed herself away. Eventually malos found jin, convinced him to try and destroy humanity, and with you gone our boy agreed despite knowing it's not what you would have wanted." Did he have to be so brash? He did, it's Mikhail

𝑶𝒌… 𝑳𝒆𝒕’𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔.@heartless-driver.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“I understand that, I’m guessing I wasn’t just grazed by that shot then…” To her she just kinda passed out when she was with Jin, in reality she died and had her heart removed.

"Alright where do I start?" He'd ask himself, when did he get so tall to tower over her even when sitting down? "So guess we should start from the beginning. You uh.....died."

𝑶𝒌… 𝑳𝒆𝒕’𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔.@heartless-driver.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“Sorry about that… guess I’m getting a little ahead of myself…” She could tell he was being serious and would sit down, after all, if he’s serious, then whatever this is about must be serious. Honestly, she’s taking having been dead pretty well, probably because she hasn’t fully processed it yet.

"Hey take it easy, there's no rush! Me and you, we're both alive right now." .....No, this was wrong. Even he couldn't go through with this, even if he doesn't want to bother. ".....Alright, fine. Lora there's a lot that's happened and I don't know where to start. Lets just....sit down."

𝑶𝒌… 𝑳𝒆𝒕’𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔.@heartless-driver.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“Sorry, just trying to find anyone I can who I recognize… considering you know…” She did at least know the Praetorium was partly to blame for her death, after all she remembers them attacking.

"That little rag tag group was something special, it almost felt like...." It almost felt like back when he had a family. People he loved. But no, he shook his head before finishing. "Malos is back too, though he doesn't seem......what's the word. A total dickbag anymore?"

𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓸𝓻𝔂@thepurificators.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"...Perhaps but I guess time will tell. ...I may not forgive his actions but I don't think I could ever bring myself to hate Jin. ...With all we've been through, it wouldn't feel right to me.."

"I....wasn't around for that part. Supposedly, it was thanks to him Amalthus finally kicked it. At least, that's what the kid told me anyway. But I was also pretty sure you died so. Maybe he's still kicking." The kid? Who was he talking about?

𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓸𝓻𝔂@thepurificators.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Needless to say, she felt a multitude of emotions over well everything. Relief, sadness, a bit of anger. "At least that horrible man can't cause anymore suffering." She sighed a bit before continuing to speak. "Be honest with me Mikhail, what happened to Jin..is..is he.."

"I haven't told her. Honestly, I'm not sure I should have even told you." He noted, he half wanted to pat her shoulder in reassurance but in a rare un-mikhail like move he would refrain. "We failed, Mythra found herself a new driver who stopped us. But hey, good news. Amalthus kicked the bucket!"

𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓸𝓻𝔂@thepurificators.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Saying that Haze was shocked by the revelation would be an understatement. "W-what? Why in the name of Alrest would Jin want to-" Then it hit her, everything that he cared about, everything he did was lost to him all including. "Lora..."

"Hoo boy, and I get to be the lucky son of a B to tell you?" Well, can't escape this now. ".....Jin wanted to destroy humanity, and kill our daddy dearest." Might as well rip that bandaid off.

𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓸𝓻𝔂@thepurificators.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"To be honest Mikhail, not really.."

"....Freed is certainly a word. For what it counts, i wasn't easy on him. Have you been caught up on what exactly he tried to do?"

𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓸𝓻𝔂@thepurificators.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"I remember everything that happened in Torna but as for my previous life as...Fan. It's only bits and pieces. I remember what Amalthus did to me..how I felt hollow and how I was..freed by Jin.."

"Me? Force a smile? I would never. These charming smiles are all genuine." Not convincing in the slightest. He did have a bit of a genuine smile. one that was warm and vulnerable, hidden below it. "What do you remember? That might be a good place to start. Me? I remember it all."

𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓸𝓻𝔂@thepurificators.bsky.social · 2mo ago

And she can see right through that forced smile. "I'm overjoyed to see you again but..you don't need to force a smile for my sake. ...I know how hard must be after everything that happened..I'm still coming to terms on not only being alive again but remembering what happened.."

Oh, now that he wasn't expecting. Thought, looking back, he probably should have. Even after 500 years he's never met someone quite like her. He just wishes he remembered more of it, and some parts less. "Hey easy-" He tried to protest to no avail. "Alright alright, I think I saw haze that way."

𝑶𝒌… 𝑳𝒆𝒕’𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔.@heartless-driver.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“I’d appreciate that, let’s go find them then.” Yep, she’s gonna drag Mikhail to find Haze and Jin, so she grabbed his hand. Her hand was quite cold, like a corpse. “Where did you see Haze last?”

Uh oh! Not like he can just run and hide now. He's a coward sure, but not to that level. He braced himself with a sharp intake of air, and a charming smile that totally wasn't practiced. "Heyyyy, Haze! Long time no see!"

𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓸𝓻𝔂@thepurificators.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"Is that..Mikhail? He's all grown up but wait..how is he even still.." Uh oh, looks like a certain someone has been spotted.

Don't mind him, he's just purposely trying to avoid Haze spotting him Super sneaky, Mikhail....

Cue a whistle. "Wow, quite a name for yourself there. I think Levi is a bit better, bit more personal." Yeah the act wasn't being given up any time soon

Levi Askmar The Leviathan God.@leviathangod.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"I am more known for my titles. Leviathan. Storm caller. God of the sea. But i refer to myself as Levi." [They are blissfully unaware of this act. It just confuses them tbh]