AU. Yuna x Seymour. Spoilers. Rated T. Um what else... I don't own FFX.
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When he learned this, he was shocked, horrified, and determined to act. Being a Yevonite, on top of being a Guado, he was compelled to send him, to make it right, to send the dead to the Farplane where he knows they belong.
That's when things got strained.
Mika couldn't have the world knowing this, or they might react in turn.
He threatened Seymour, said he would take away his Priesthood, said he would put him right back in exile where he was before.
But he didn't care about that. He pressed forward, continued to threaten Mika with a sending.
Then… Mika… had his father… killed…
He forced him to record the sphere, and used it as leverage against Seymour, threatening to show the world.
Seymour straightened up.
Mika promised that with good behavior from then on out, he would be appointed Maester.
And so it was.
I, I threatened him too, then. I lifted my rod, but I wasn't able to send him. I don't know if it was personal hesitation or that he was too strong.
He said that his leadership brought Spira out of so many troubles, inspired so many Summoners, saved so many lives…
It really wasn't about him.
He said it wasn't even his idea. He was willing to be sent, if it was for the better. It was his advisors, his clergy, who advised him, begged him, to make these decisions.
And he wasn't really… the one who, y'know… killed him.
"Seymour would be dead, without me, to save him from the Guado. The Guado would be without Yevon. I could tell you countless other stories about lives and races I have saved. Jyscal saved many lives by dying, just as each High Summoner does."
That gave me pause…
I bowed, and asked if we would be able to set up another meeting, if I desired it. He said for Seymour, he would. I left. I descended the staircase, staring straight ahead.
"Would that Meditation Room, be open to me?" I asked Seymour, diligently waiting at the bottom of the stairs. He nodded.
"To the promising Summoner and wife of Maester Seymour, of course." He took my hand and lead me towards it. Part of me wanted to jerk away, but part of me was still reeling from his troubled childhood, and I didn't.
It was very dimly lit. There were candles, with very small flames, everywhere. I couldn't actually see much else besides the maroon spheres of light from the candles, and a few monks' concentrated faces. Although, I wonder if any face would look concentrated in such candlelight?
I sat, and stared. I closed my eyes sometimes, for what felt like hours, but probably a few minutes. And I let my eyes wander as well. I wasn't sure what to do, what to think. It was so much. I knew I needed to let it sink in.
There are things in life that need to 'sink in.' But what does that exactly mean? I mean, in Spira, you don't usually have the time. You must run from Sin, or pray for those Sin has killed, or train to become a Summoner, or for Yevon's sakes, fight with your sister. Here, I have the freedom to think it out, or let it sink in, however you do that without having it just eventually happen throughout the days.
Killing Jyscal saved lives? That is essentially the… well the issue. It is an issue. First off, it assumes that Mika saves lives. 100%. Like, there's no question that he might not save lives or that he might, in fact, take lives, look at Jyscal. I suppose… if he hadn't made a deal with the Guado, then true, they wouldn't have Yevon. Wouldn't they eventually be brought the teachings? Haven't we tried before? We have, as I was educated… They never cared for it, like the Al Bhed, until we had some leverage, which was Seymour and Anima. Well, couldn't anyone have made that deal? I don't know…
Well, suppose that it is fact that Mika saves lives. It's just what he does, it's a fact. Suppose. Was killing Lord Jyscal necessary? I don't know, he says it was. I mean, Seymour was determined to send Mika or expose him so badly that someone sent him. So then, yes, assuming Mika saves lives, then yes, Seymour was threatening to take that away. Was it necessary to kill his father?
The only thing he had left?
That's precisely why, he said. Because Jyscal was all Seymour had left, of family, of love…
That he loved him more than Yevon, more than the teachings, that he would do anything…
Mika said, that tie had to be severed. It might start with Mika, but it wouldn't stop there. Anything that stands between you and Yevon will surely bring destruction. Every Yevonite learns that. Seymour would've done anything to protect his father, discredit Yevon, kill Summoners, etc… it had to be stopped… he said… he was too powerful, to have that kind of handicap…
It makes sense. That's all I can say. It is what it is. I don't like it. I don't like any of it. It doesn't make 100% sense, I don't mean that. But it's also done, and there's nothing I can do to change it anyway.