[Voice]

[herobydefault]

A question. [Cloud says it like it's punctuated with "for you strange people."]


If you don't have a Lifestream keeping your Planet alive, what's holding it together?

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voice

[shrikestrikes.livejournal.com]

[It's been a long month. Sisuca went missing, Xion's friend was attacked, and really, does their secrecy even matter? It's not like anyone can do anything with that information. All this frustration nearly causes Jale to respond, "A magic book," before his common sense finally takes over.]

"Lifestream"?

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

Where people go when they die. [Okay so there's a lot more to it than that, but that's the cliffnotes version and that's what you're getting, bro.]

[Voice]

[amazingasa1ways.livejournal.com]

Considering your question implies that this "Lifestream" is not present in other worlds, I doubt most people here will understand what it means. [Including her.]

[Voice]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

You don't know what holds your Planet together?

[inabook]

What do you mean by 'holding it together'?

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

...keeping it from falling apart. [Obviously.]

[Voice]

[markofthewise]

Love. And good will. Also happy thoughts. And according to some scientists, sunshine and cheer.

[Voice]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

...are you bullshitting me? [He's pretty sure you are.]

[Voice]

[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

Is there any reason you're asking about this subject?

[Voice]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

Not really. [Kinda. Oh man is it that obvious?]

You know, Aerith said she still can't talk to the Planet here. At all.

[thestormishere]

Magic?

[ Like, duh, dude. ]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[Oh gurlfren oh gurl don't you give him that sass.]

That's not helpful at all.

[voice]

[justicereigns]

Gravity?

What the heck is a "Lifestream?"

[voice]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

I don't mean gravity. [Holy. All these people who don't even know where souls come from.]

It's the Stream that lives inside the Planet and makes sure the world doesn't turn into a lifeless shell and break apart and drift off like space rocks.

[voice]

[wise_maiden]

I suppose in my case, that would be mana.

[voice]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[Holy crap we're getting somewhere!]

What's mana? I mean, what's it made of, what's it do, stuff like that.

[Voice]

[wingenvy]

I didn't know you were interested in that kind of stuff.

[Voice]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

I kind of had to be for a while, and now it's just bugging me.

You know, I don't think this Planet has a Lifestream in it.

[Voice]

[not-a-blueskid.livejournal.com]

Well... I guess those big Plants are keepin it working.

[Voice]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

...plants? Like trees and flowers?

[flicker-flash.livejournal.com]

Sticky tape.

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

...how much?

[skyborne-mage.livejournal.com]

The World Tree and the Mana it produces.

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

So you have mana too. And you use it to cast magic and stuff?

[psychebubble]

Its own mass.

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

That's not what I'm talking about.

[one-green-eye.livejournal.com]

[a little absently]...there's something that might be called by that name in my world. But I doubt they're the same thing.

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

What is it?

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

...Gravity. Rotation. The fact that it's pretty solid. Physics. And yeah, all that, according to scientific theory, leads to life and keeping life when all the right elements are mixed together in just the right percentage.

If you're looking for a more mystical explanation, if you find the right people, they'll tell you it's the will of God...or at least one of them, depending on which religion they follow.

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

I'm not talking about gravity and I'm not talking about anything mystical. If souls and where they go is myth for you, then you don't know what I'm talking about.

[Voice]

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

Counter Question!

What's the Lifestream?

[Voice]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

You can't counter my question.

[pathtoseele.livejournal.com]

The answer I probably should give is "God."

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

God? Just one?

[voice]

[herotypical]

[ me, half of the time. no. what she really wants to say is something about the place she went to when she died. but it's not like she wants to talk about that.

so, avoidance: ] Sounds like you've already heard the gravity chorus.

[voice]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

Yeah, heard that. It's not gravity.

[gardenerofgaia.livejournal.com]

[Guess who is stalking this post like a curious cat, making soft hmms and thoughtful faces as she takes in answers? Just guess.]

[Though some of the conversations give her pause. And then, after a few similar ones:]

Oh, goodness, gravity can't do everything, it's not even--

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

Apparently the Lifestream is mythical. Just thought you should know.

[gravity-splode.livejournal.com]

Light and Darkness, probably.

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

...I'm guessing we're not talking about actual visual light and dark.

[stilldontgotit.livejournal.com]

All the worlds I've seen are held together by their hearts.

not a threadjack!

[markofthewise]

[Over here, unheard and unseen, is a facepalm.]

[Voice]

[forsurvival.livejournal.com]

["Lifestream"? There's only one thing keeping planets alive, as far as Lambda knows.]

... Arles.

[Voice]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

What's that?

[lunarianlegacy.livejournal.com]

I guess the Crystals.

Uh... what's a Lifestream?

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

It's energy that keeps a Planet from dying and gives life to everything on it. It's also where you go when you die.

[Voice]

[meteorical]

Probably the balance between light and darkness among other things. If one of them overpowers the other, then the world starts to fall apart.

[Voice]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

You mean like the forces of good and evil.

[Voice]

[ledbythewind]

I'm not sure if you'd call it "holding it together," but my planet could not survive without the arles that originate from its core.

[Voice]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[Hey, familiar word.]

Like what that kid said up there?