Usual Dosage

Purpose

A/N: LOOK AT WHAT I DID! I UPDATED WITHIN A MONTH OF MY LAST UPDATE! I've found that it doesn't actually take me that long to come up with a plot for each chapter, and writing them all out actually is kinda more fun then I remember. Maybe I'm just telling myself that because I'm going to have a SHIT LOAD OF TIME BETWEEN CLASSES THIS YEAR. I spend two whole days at one campus for three classes. I'll be there from 10 in the morning until nine thirty at night. For three classes. I was a little shell shocked when I registered this year. Good thing I'll have internet access and comfortable places to sit and do 'homework' and such. I've already taken three of my five classes, one is a concept class, and the other is my stupid English requirement. English may be my native language, but it is definitely not my strong point.

Enough rambling. I bring you a chapter! Enjoy!

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Okay I'm done for real this time.

Luke was groggy and irritable when he woke up from his long 'hibernation' as Guy had so bluntly put it. Luke had been out cold, collecting fonons to try and reconstruct some of the damages he had inflicted.

Guy was quite confused with his ward's strange behavior, but he could only assume it was beyond his skills as a caretaker. Lorelei obviously had made a few mistakes when he created this master plan of his. With the amount of seventh fonons in Luke's body running low, it was only a matter of time before he started to show signs of his body dematerializing, even Guy knew that Imposter's fonons were not held together very strongly. Luke could sustain his mentality longer if he borrowed some fonons from his own body, but there was always the chance that those fonons could not be replaced, and that was what worried Guy the most.

"We have to go to the temples. Of Earth and Wind first, and then the others. I have to offer my thanks and my prayers, and then we have to go to the other temples to collect the other elements. Ice, Fire, Water, and Electricity. Light and Darkness too, although they have no fonons, their help could help us immeasurably." Luke wasn't making eye contact as often as Asch would have liked, and he knew that Luke was hiding something. He had basically grown up with the boy around, and could easily tell when something was off. Imposter's were also notorious for being as easy to read as an open book.

"There aren't any temples anymore." Guy sighed. All afternoon long since Luke had been strong enough to walk on his own, he would enter periods of silence, followed by impossible requests. He had wanted to visit all the cities, and meet Yulia of the Order, and even enter a few of the used Imposter dealerships. Luke had proper identification, so he was able to come and go to cities as he pleased, as long as he was in the company of his caretaker. It was the warrant the Fon Fabre family had probably issued on the lot of them that was Guy's problem there.

"We have to go to the mountains then and the windy valley as well. And from there I guess I can figure out where the others are located." Luke nodded in agreement with himself, and went back to moving around small pebbles with the help of his newly acquired wind fonons.

"Are you feeling alright?" Asch asked after a few moments of silence, and he knew he had struck something inside of Luke when the Imposter stopped walking, the jingling of his tags coming to a halt.

"I don't….. Feel like myself anymore." Luke lowered his head as he spoke, afraid of meeting his companions' eyes once more.

"Are you perhaps losing yourself to Lorelei?" Guy offered, a little afraid at the probability of what he said being actually true.

"No. We would both disappear. I feel like… I have all this power, something no normal Imposter would ever be able to achieve, and what am I doing with it? I'm using it to get more." Luke sighed, and using wind fonons, lifted a few small stones off the ground.

"There isn't anything I can do though. I'm an Imposter. We aren't human beings." Luke's fists tightened, and the stones were crushed into a powder under the force of the fonons.

Asch opened his mouth to speak, but all that came out were a few strangled attempts at forming words, before his shut his mouth and joined his twin in staring at the ground.

Guy knew his control on the situation was going to quickly nosedive into the cold unforgiving ocean if he didn't quickly come up with a plan. It was his job as a caretaker to make sure Luke was properly taken care of, and that meant as well that his happiness must be attended to as well.

"Well why don't you change that Luke?" Guy smiled at his own genius. Give Luke a task so monumental it will devour all his side-tracked thoughts and give Guy more time to think of how that task could be achieved.

"How do you propose I do that?" Luke smirked, finally meeting his caretakers eye's for the first time since his awakening earlier that afternoon.

Guy grimaced as his plan blew up in his face. Luke was clearly thinking one step ahead of him now, and Guy had to get back in the game before there were back to the beginning of their misery.

Guy started quickly formulating pans in his head, when Asch saved him from his embarrassment with a brilliant and plausible plan.

"Use the power you have acquired to help not only other Imposters, but to help other human beings as well. There are many unfortunate people would could use your help, and many Imposter's who could use the comfort of someone such as yourself." Asch had proposed the greatest idea Guy had ever heard, and he couldn't help but be a bit jealous it hadn't come from his brain instead of a child who was supposed to be years younger then him.

"That's…." Luke smiled, a genuine smile that sent a wave of relief over his companion.

"A great idea!"

A great idea.

Luke's vision flashed gold, and he found himself facing Lorelei once again, in the same recess of him mind.

"You think so too!? I can help people! I can make everyone happy! I can…"

You don't have to say. I know, but don't forget, you are not atoning for anything. You are innocent. The fact that you wish to make up for my own misdeeds proves not only to me, but the other Sentiences, that you are an admirable young man Luke.

Luke's smile widened at the comment, and he actually laughed when he saw a miniature version of what he could only assume to be Gnome pop up over Lorelei's shoulder. The small brown hamster looking creature carefully crawled down Lorelei's arm and into his palm, which Lorelei then extended out towards Luke.

Gnome has accepted you from the start, and almost refused to let me seal you from him. He wishes to see you once more, although I doubt you remember him. He kept your suppressed consciousness company, but I don't believe you were conscious at all. Without any understanding of what existing even meant, you were aimlessly floated in the void Van suppressed you into.

Luke's smile faded, like it did every time Lorelei would tell him of the things that happened before he was able to form memories. He didn't like the thought of being created only to have his mind die, from being overshadowed by a more powerful sentience that shared his fonon signature.

But also, Luke was glad it had happened to him. If Van had tried to do anything to Asch, he would track the man down this very instant and kill him.

No, Luke couldn't do that now. He was too weak, and he would put Asch and Guy in danger, and that would never please them. They would be unhappy with him, and then maybe abandon him! Luke wouldn't have it, he had been forced to leave his mother, and he didn't want to leave his only remaining family.

Luke was lost in his thoughts when Gnome quickly distracted him from his rapidly dark turning thoughts. The little earth Sentience took his small shovel and smacked Luke's nose. It was nothing more then a tap, and Gnome was so small and Luke was now so big, but nonetheless, it was enough to awaken the Imposter from his misery.

"I have to thank the real Auldrant Gnome and Sylph then, don't I? I have to thank them for granting me their power without me even knowing who they were, and I have to offer my prayers to both the human's and Imposter's of Auldrant as well. It's my mission now!" Luke cheerfully announced. Gnome, who had shuffled his way to Luke's shoulder, danced cheerfully, wildly swinging his shovel around (although not as wildly to accidentally hit Luke!)

They would greatly respect you for that. Offering your prayers will only increase the sentience's willingness to aid you in times of great danger, when you are unable to use their strength yourself.

Both the Gnome and the Sylph you see here and not the real Sentiences, as I am not essentially the real Lorelei. They are a fraction of themselves, their power and strength, which was granted to me when I gained a physical form. Van and I traveled to each of the Sentience's alters, and I offered my prayers as Van commanded, only I didn't pray for peace, I prayed for help, and the Sentience aided their brethren without a second doubt.

You will not be so lucky. All the Sentience left you when I awakened your consciousness, and Van struck me down to die. I was ordered not to heal my wounds, but by calling you forth, I could heal you, but I could not do much more. My energy was directed to preserving your fragile mind, and thus the Sentience all left, all but Gnome, who aided me by covering the only evidence of who you once were.

Luke had closed his eyes when Lorelei had drifted to the past once more. Luke then surprised Lorelei by smiling, his eye's opened, revealing their sparkling green irises.

"I'm here to change the world. It may be what I was created for, but I know now, it's what I want to do. I'll speak with each Sentience, I'll pray for the peace with Malkuth, I'll pray for rain and fertile soil, to help grow food, and when my prayers are answered, I'll go out and I'll do what I promised. I'll summon the rain, and I'll bring forth the fertile earth. This is my pact to you, Lorelei. I will deem you atoned, once I have been able to change the world!" Luke smiled, and extended his hand towards the Sentience of which his likeness was formed.

Also, to make your journey easier, you are the only fonist left in Auldrant, I've removed the ability to use fonons, and the memory of fonists from most of the citizen's minds. You will truly be a miracle, and your work will not go unnoticed.

Lorelei couldn't help but smile at Luke's positive mindset, and agreed to the pact, accepting Luke's hand.

And the world around Luke vanished, and he found himself back with his brother and caretaker, just as he had left things.

Luke let out a laugh, finally glad to have a mission, and a purpose of his own. He was joyous and hopeful, and the feeling soon spread to his companions, who joined him in his laughter, and chased the Imposter through the woods, to their first real destination.

Tear watched the exchange between her target party. Luke, Asch and Guy were all close, and The Lorelei vessel was easily picking up the control of fonons. She had been able to feel when all her fon slots were closed, and no doubt it was the work of either the Imposter or the Sentience he held within.

It didn't concern her though. Yulia and Jade might be able to answer why it happened, but at the moment, she was armed and ready to take care of any fiends that might attack her on her information gathering mission.

The only thing that did concern Tear was the disabling of her hymns. They were songs said to have been written by Lorelei himself, which enabled humans to have access to the true power of the seventh fonim. Without her hymns, Tear would have a much harder time delivering her report to Yulia in The Order, but there were other options, she just hoped they hadn't been affected by the sudden removal of human fonon use.

Tear quickly followed after the party of three, careful to not make a sound, and to not leave any trails. In her head, she thought of all the questions she would have to send in letters to both Jade and Ion. No doubt Jade would still be able to gain entry to Yulia's chambers, but Tear was unaware of the state of the connection between Ion and Yulia.

She would have to alert Anise as well, the caretaker would have to be present when the two were attempting to connect, in case the disruption of fonons had some impact on their ability to link minds. There was no telling what would happen to Ion's mind, as his brain processing capacity was much lower then Yulia's, although he was a near perfect model.

Tear examined the red haired Imposter far in front of her, and had to remind herself, no Imposter will ever replace a human.

No matter how human they look.

A/N: I made a stupid horizontal line with the intention of typing below it, and now it's stuck there and I don't know what to do with it. So I guess it's going to stay there. BUT ANYWAY GO VOTE IN THE POLL AND LEAVE ME A TON OF THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO TOMORROW WHEN I GET HOME FROM WORK! Also, I kinda like this boxed in author's note look, but I'm never doing this again. Next time if this happens I'm just reloading the document and starting over.