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I'll be resting in a little while, but I wanted to get out a reply before that. There's a few other posts in OOC areas of the site that I'd also like out of the way before my rest, just so I can focus entirely on my project and the role-plays I'm in from now on out. I'll be working on Exdeath's soon, but not until I've dealt with that stuff and gotten some sleep.

Once again, we're basically in agreement and the ideas you're bringing to all of this with these posts are good, so I'll only comment where I feel like there's something else to contribute.

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Kefka going along with his plan truly depends on what Mateus' goal is; Which I don't truly want completely spoiled, so I'll just make some assumptions. If it truly is destruction, then Kefka would approve, but not want to be considered a lesser threat in the world's destruction. He'd probably end up fighting Mateus just over not being top dog in the whole plan; Overthrowing another god is just one mistake Kefka isn't going to want Mateus to make; So I doubt they'll end up working together once his true goals are revealed. But, you might curve ball the shit out of me and give me something so batshit crazy that Kefka will jump on it like a giddy little child. So feel free to correct me throughout the roleplay.
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Yeah, I'm not gonna spoil his intentions for you guys, since I think it'll be pretty interesting and a bit of a mind screw depending on how many other Final Fantasy fans have contemplated the franchises lore that way I've done. The stuff you've said is why I said he'd be on board with 'part' of the plan, since inevitably the fact that neither of them wants to bow down to the other will likely result in them fighting in the end -- that is, unless the revelations The Emperor gives him when explaining his goal doesn't - as you put it - make Kefka want to jump on the bandwagon.

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It'd actually be neat if job-class characters could progress and learn skills based on other characters; Galuf could learn the Dragoon job from being around Kain and Freya, for example. Ritz could improve her magic with Terra's help, depending on how scared this incarnation is of her abilities, and eventually this would cause both of them to become highly versatile; Possibly even dawning outfits similar to those of the ones they learned new abilities from. It could be fun, and useful, to poke around with.
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It's definitely a possibility, yeah. As for Terra's personality, I've been planning to determine how hesitant she is about her abilities mostly based on when I set her in terms of timeline. Essentially, however afraid of them she was around the time of the World of Ruin I set her canon at will be the main determining factor, but keep in mind that - in spirit of her canon - she's going to have some level of amnesia initially. One thing about her personality I'll be rolling with is the idea that she hates/fears conflict and fighting in general, but she might not be as reluctant to accept her powers depending on how far into FFVI's plot it's set, which is one reason why I asked you about Kefka. Given your response to that, it'll definitely be at some point during the World of Ruin. I'm actually thinking maybe they reached Kefka for the final battle, and then 'boom' -- that's when they got pulled into this world by this distorted version of the cycle, starting with Kefka.

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The thing about Kefka's Magicite is that once Kefka learned how to obtain all the magical ability of an esper, he drained every single one to the last drop to the point the magicite itself doesn't exist anymore; He used all of their power just to empower himself, and become a god. If he were to start with a summon, I'd make original summons out of the Warring Triad he recreates; But I want to keep summons mostly canon, so as far as I'm going is chimera-summons he steals from others. I have no doubts Kefka can stand up to the average summon by himself; Especially in his God of Magic form, and reclaiming those summons for himself will make him much more dangerous; As I plan to make chimera-summons destructive beasts, even the support summons he copies being vicious compared to the originals. I could see this being well-played against Yuna; Her summons being twisted into mashed-up, tortured beasts that'd make Anima look tame. Even a chimera-Mog would end up being a bit terrifying, if less threatening than, say, managing to obtain Mateus' summons. if Kefka managed to swipe Zodiark? [sub]busted.[/sub]
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This explanation makes plenty of sense, yeah. On the subject of the distorted Mog, that'd really break Terra's heart.

Now, on the subject of the Zodiark comment... that's unsettling, lol. Since we're sharing horror stories with each other, I suppose I should tell you something else that hasn't been brought to the table yet, just to give you nightmares later -- The Emperor has consistently obtained the powers of any 'god' he manages to kill, canonically speaking. So, tell me, what does Kefka currently classify as...? *smirk*

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I figured you'd bring up Galuf being somewhat like Cyan; Cyan was actually a character I considered, for a time, but settled on the others instead. Rather than a calm-minded warrior with strange speech patterns, Galuf is more like... Everyone's overly jolly grandpa who is beffy as hell. 
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Lol, awesome.

Edit: Freya's looking good.