My first oneshot. This is really basically a scenario fic I wrote up fairly quickly. It was inspired by the ending of a certain game (Congrats to the ones who are able to figure it out) and it made me feel really sympathetic and sad for the people in the game (Yeah, not real but still, it was really sad to me).
Disclaimer: I do not own Tales of Symphonia. Also, this one shot was inspired by the ending credits of a video game.
Iselia: The Village of the Fallen
Iselia...The Village of Oracles.
A peaceful village, full of promise and serenity as the people lived their simple, daily lives. Students went to school at the schoolhouse, Children happily played outside and helped in daily household chores, and the adults, while some worked to provide for their families, others entertained the youth of the village with games and music. It was a simple procedure that went day by day, not even the faintest sign of belligerence was visible among the harmonious village as they lived their daily lives.
Yes, it seemed that Iselia was truly a peaceful, harmonious little village,
but that all changed...when a stranger came…
A strange green-haired man claiming to be a scientist, asked the people to aid him in his experiments. He was a scientist who wished to help both man and elfkind, and to do so, he had researched and conducted many experiments for the betterment of the species. Many of the kind and generous villagers accepted the task, and they left with the green-haired man to his lab, hopes of a bright future for their home in mind.
However, only weeks after the man came, strange events began to occur… The patients who had left returned violent and vicious toward their fellow villagers. Bodies of young children began appearing all over the village, isolated and hidden or in massive mounds in public areas. Sickness spread like a burning fire and many fell ill to the new unknown disease, raising the death toll in children, yet no adults. Everyone, including the research subjects were surprised at the strange new behavior, but the biggest surprise came in store…
When the patients changed…into hideous abominations with green skin…
knowing no difference between good and evil…
They became monsters…
and one by one…the others followed…
By the month's end, only a few of the villagers had not fallen to the symptoms, and those who were lucky enough to survive slipped into the shadows. As they watched in hiding, they could only wonder with great sorrow one simple question. How did their peaceful quiet village, turn into this? A place that they once called home, was now filled with violence and hostility. All the children and young ones had been killed, while everyone else had become belligerent savages. Their daily lives had no meaning, as they no longer ate or slept, only working day and night on their chores. Travelers who once found refuge and peace in Iselia fell prey to the savages and the green creatures, their blood littering the grounds and buildings of the fallen village.
As the remaining few watched day by day, eating what little they can, they knew it was only a matter of time before…
being killed…
Or turning into one of them…
However, the naïve villagers…
Never thought for a moment…
That their benevolence and good nature…
Would become their downfall…