That Which Remains

Indie RP blog for a post-game Zena from defunct mobile game Dragalia Lost. Written by Somari.

[celestialprayer]

Hey! Thanks for peeking in on my Dragalia Lost RP Blog! Chances are, you have no idea who my character is or what Dragalia Lost Is about, and my pages aren’t helping. That’s okay! I’m under no delusion that Dragalia Lost took off any harder than it tragically actually did, nor do I think my actual about page as it is - or even as it probably will be - actually suffices.

Instead of making you wait for a long About page you probably won’t have the time to read anyways (meant with no disrespect! We’re all busy people), have the significant bullet points of the character I’m writing.

Zena is the youngest (twin) member of the royal family of a country known as New Alberia. Her role is acting as the Auspex - the mana-gifted princess that acts to keep the world and its mana purified and protected. At least, for as long as she could hold such a peaceful position in peaceful times…

To disrespect a great game by simplifying the plot, Zena is a deeply traumatized character whose backstory consists of being possessed by a great evil and harming/killing her family and the people of her family’s kingdom that she truly loves and adores; losing her beloved brother to said possession and living in her world after, a world that now feared and resented her; traveling across alternate realities to find a world that can actually win, so she can save her own world, only to witness the tragic devastation of so many others; ultimately saving her world, only to witness its end very shortly after; and ultimately being left to save what’s left of a reality that isn’t her’s.

Unlike canon, where everything is restored with a neat little bow and some Convenient Amnesia after, Zena restores possibility to reality and grants the multiverse new life with the help of allies; here, she brings back the successful reality back, but as a new origin point, rather than restoring everything, leaving her without a world of her own. She holds everything; the loss, the trauma, the guilt, and the hope; with her from there on.

For crossover’s sake, she has also been dimensionally displaced after all’s said and done, as a result of her being left only in a world that already HAS its version of her. With no place in the world she helped save, she can only wait for a world that will take her.

My goal with writing Zena is to put a focus on her moving forward separate from her trauma, with only herself clinging to the pain she’s felt. She has to say goodbye to a lot to face tomorrow, and what I want most is for her to form new bonds she can never give away, that can grant her a new life after all she lost, even if she’s starting from nothing.

My central focus, given I’m writing a rather niche character, IS to be crossover friendly, and in fact crossover-reliant. Zena is a Lost presence from an ended world with nowhere to go but where fate has brought her. The crux of many of her interactions will be finding a place for herself wherever she’s found herself. Note that I can, in fact, stick with Dragalia characters and keep her in her world, but a lack of Dragalia blogs makes this hard to rely on.

Though traumatized and rather lonely, Zena is a loving, hopeful and gentle soul, and predominately a healer. While she wields offensive capabilities with light and dark magic she can use to protect what she loves, she would rather use her power to heal than destroy. She is very friendly and while somewhat embittered by everything she’s gone through, she’ll express nothing but kindness unless given a reason not to. Through and through, in spite of everything, she’s the same auspex she once was… just with a much heavier weight to bear, and memories of a world that was now her’s alone.

[celestialprayer]

ooc;; honestly after time off this blog and hindsight the right thing to do would probably be to throw zena back on the multi but also i still have a dragalia agenda to push. decisions decisions

[filiasusceptor]

"Master! You called?"

Mizuki walked into her teacher's office in a certain pocket dimension with a bright smile- One that only widened as the vampire grins in turn.

"That's right. I've got a job for you, girl."

Evangeline stood, half-sitting on her desk as she continued, "We've got news about a magical anomaly. It started about 36 hours ago- Some invisible force giving off a lot of magical energy and scaring away the wildlife- I want you to look into it."

"Oh, like... What, some kind of leyline? A font of magical energy?"

"I don't have much more than that to work on- Which is why I'm sending you. Karin's still in Palestine, that book is in Megalomesembria, and as you know, Tempesta's busy. You're the only one I can count on to come back in one piece if things go sideways."

"...Heh." Mizuki chuckled slightly under her breath- It might have seemed like faint praise to some, but she knew her master didn't trust easily- The fact that she was saying something like that openly really did speak volumes about the trust Evangeline placed in her. "Alright, I'll do it! Where am I headed?"

The vampire leaned over and tapped one sharpened fingernail against the enter key of her keyboard with a sharp clack as she spoke, "I've just sent you the exact co-ordinates- And, as you know, we'll cover any expenses. You're off to-"

Caravelí, Peru

A 20 hour flight, 12 hour drive, and a modest amount of regret about not just teleporting later, Mizuki finally reached her destination, cresting the peak of India Vieja and taking a deep breath. Their sources were definitely right; she could feel the mana permeating the area deep in her bones, and the unnatural quiet further pointed to the wildlife being disturbed by the unusual magical presence.

So, she got to work- First recording the amount of mana coming off of whatever this anomaly was, noting the complex magical signature it held and the differences between it and the magic of her own world. "It's definitely not from here," she mutters to herself, "And it seems like some kind of pocket dimension..." She quickly wrote up her findings and sent them over to her master, before stepping forward, holding her hand out towards what seemed to be the centre of the magical disturbance, and whispering to herself. "Well, here goes nothing..."

She focused magic energy into her hand and through it into the source, weaving magic together to open the dimension... And, after a moment, there was a bright flash of light as the unstable pocket dimension collapsed and a woman fell from it.

"Woah!", Mizuki shouted, reaching out almost on instinct to catch her before she hit the stony ground- And once she had the other woman cradled in her arms, Mizuki took a quick second to look her over. She didn't seem to be injured in any way, which was good! But her outfit definitely suggested she wasn't from around her... And, even at a glance, Mizuki could tell she was something special-- She had among the most amount of mana in her she'd ever seen.

Finally, as the other woman woke in her arms, Mizuki gave a soft, concerned smile. She had a lot of questions, but she knew well it wasn't time for that just yet.

"Hey, are you alright? Seems like you might have been out of it for... a while."

@celestialprayer

[celestialprayer]

Murderer! Stop!! Bring them back!!! Get away!!

Why did you kill me, Zethia?

" - are you alright? "

" - Ahhh! "

A sharp exclamation escapes that awakened auspex - notably a good bit after narrowly avoiding a harsh landing on the uncaring ground below. Uneasy exhales escape her for a moment as consciousness properly sets upon her.

" ... Mmm- nn... Hm? "

Awakened cerulean eyes gaze upon the lilac hues meeting her's. It fortunately didn't take more than a rude awakening from a far crueler sleep for her to realize there was company. Of a face that was quite close, at that... squarely upon her, clearly speaking to company that had her at the forefront of her attention, in this moment.

" I-I... hello, wh-who, where, I...? "

No, words did not wish to work with her this day - or at least this moment, attempts at dialogue fading off in her newly-awakened daze. A while... gracious, did it seem so. The pressing force of the sun above her gaze eased only by the silver haired woman before her, disoriented legs unable to push her free of what she felt were arms beneath her, an unfamiliar feeling of mismatched mana set in her body; she needed a few more moments than she was allowing herself, it seemed.

But at least she was awake... preferable only insomuch as it compared to the pleas that wracked her imaginary senses for some time before, perhaps, but preferable all the same.

[celestialprayer]

" It is, of course, important to acknowledge one's limits in- "

YOU stay out of this, Ms. Can't Live For Her Own Sake Anymore.

" I-I've more than fair reasoning to feel such a way, do I not?! "

[milkymosaic]

Characters who choose death but are forced to live, my beloveds.

Characters who have to come to terms with a second chance at life they never asked for, my darlings.

Characters who move forward on the trembling legs of a newborn fawn through the overwhelming, blinding crush of an existence they fully forsook but which was thrust back upon their unwilling beings, my obsessions.

[scrxmblecrossing]

"Wh–Oi! Slow your roll!"

The frantic nature of the girl's actions as she gets up throws Chao for a loop. Some shock was expected, surely, most people just waking up realizing they were out cold tend to not take it well. But this girl... she was acting like she had seen a ghost!

As she nearly doubles also, Chao instinctly reaches forward in the event she falls over. Fortunately, she had managed to catch herself before totally crashing, but it was clear despite her apparent lack of injuries that whatever caused her to collapse did way more damage than expected. Scanning the area with his eyes, he spots a small bench. Spending time here wasn't the best course of action in most situations, but she needed a moment to catch her breath and calm her nerves. That much was obvious.

Though... what she said was curious. She didn't seem to know where exactly she was—Fair enough on its own. But it didn't seem like she knew where she was in general, and THAT was much more concerning. Her tone didn't indicate she was joking, far from it. Could she really not know...? And, for that matter, what's with that way of talking?

Haaah... This is gonna be way more than I bargained for. I can tell.

That all had to wait though, for now, she needs to get her bearings. With a sigh of resignation, Chao leads her to the bench.

"Catch your breath, first of all. You're gonna overexert yourself like this."

As they reached the bench, Chao gave her a quick once over again. Now that her eyes were open, it was painfully obvious: She definitely wasn't from around here. A foreigner wasn't anything new or even unusual, but when he factors in how she's acting... This was getting stranger and stranger.

Fortunately, Chao was able to answer her question, but it seemed incredibly likely his answer would just cause a question of his own.

"... I'll try to be as concise as I can. Right now, you're in Japan, in the Shibuya District, to be more specific. You... I can tell from your eyes. You ain't Japanese. And you're actin' way too panicked to be a tourist—And, well..." He points towards her garb. "Nobody wears a get up like that here unless they're playin' dress up, and you look way too serious for that."

Indeed, her speech patterns and her sense of style were both out of date by several hundred years at this point. It was like the girl had fallen out of time. This was far too elaborate to be a bit, and memory loss was right out too—That doesn't cause you to revert back to the medieval times.

Honestly, he was stumped. He's dealt with a lot of weird shit in his life as a Hero, but they all at least had some logic or reason behind it. This? He genuinely has no idea what to make of it.

And in situations like that, the best idea is to face them head on. Kneeling down to meet her at eye level, he continues.

"... You ain't supposed to be here, I take it? Do you remember anything, anything at all from before you woke up?"

[celestialprayer]

" ... I-I... "

His words rang true, though - Zena's plea spoke to more energy than she had to give in this exact moment. She can make little effort to argue with the man as he guides her toward a nearby bench that she may rest her weary self for a moment.

" ... Ha... " She allows a breath to escape her as she rests herself upon its surface. Her mind awash with thought upon thought in this moment, punishing itself for doing so as it had swiftly kicked itself into gear, it is the littlest respite she can afford herself.

... She pauses on any effort to explain herself, to beg for answers, to disregard his explanation in favor of focusing on her concerns alone as she allows herself this moment to simply level out in the moment, allowing herself the time to simply hear the man out. "Japan"? "Shibuya district"? The words weren't... wholly unfamiliar (had she heard an ally refer to such locations once, perhaps?), but it was certainly nowhere she held any personal familiarity with otherwise.

" ... I remember much, stranger. Such memories have yet to fade so freely. I... " Words flow around her mind, the vernacular attempting to flow freely to answer the other's questions; though an understandable discombobulation entwined with an understanding that perhaps the sequence of events prior to awakening would be rather overwhelming to throw out so freely.

" ... I am lost. Doubtlessly so. " An undeniable truth, amidst everything else. The words he spoke did not carry the weight of the survivor of a salvaged world, nor did her surroundings speak to a clean sweep of it all either. She could not feel the omnipresent pull of the world's mana, either - she was out of place, to place the simplest fact forward. " I would speak more but... I know not the circumstances of our meeting, here... "

" ... Forgive me. How ridiculous such words must sound, yes? " To a passerby unfamiliar with her visage she must sound as though that impact left quite the lasting impact, didn't it? Moreso than the impact were the events she recalled before what she assumed was a slumber of some sort that left her an inhabitant of this "Shibuya". She did not wish to so freely throw the turmoil caused by remembering the danger she and allies had faced what felt like mere hours prior, and yet...

" ... I shall ask: does... 'Grastaea', as a name, hold familiarity to you? " A question which would be mocked as downright silly in the worlds she knew, being the broad name of a notable mass of the land which resided on it... which, in truth, she hoped such would be done with it here.

'Twould certainly be easier than the alternative she found herself fearing...

[hopesinhearts]

Hello chat I’m officially medicated.

ooc;; so yeah turns out ya girls a lifelong adhder. 28 years undiagnosed but that literally ended yesterday and i feel?? a bit more focused?? idk the dose i'm starting with is p small so i'm not exactly Fully Alive at long last, but i've calmed down a bit and i've been able to get more things done

id like? to try? writing? the metaphorical pen's finally calling my name again. i'm not fully sure if it's gonna be now/in the next few days or after my dose gets re-evaluated throughout the next couple months that it kicks in proper so I'll keep everyone updated but bear with me, i can wholeheartedly say there's hope yet

for now i'm just gonna fiddle around with a few of the things i still owe here and on Zena and go from there on where i'm at atm. i'll keep yall posted on where it goes

thanks for holding out for me, everyone. things are honestly Happening for once, so. honestly and truly, Soon.

I hope.

[dragaylia-unfound]

hello chat local trans lady asking for help again. i really, really wish i weren’t asking again but i am Literally down to my last dollar, actively bleeding money, and am actively Not Working for way too many days this month to even TRY to make up for it. I don’t feel even a little comfortable asking for how much I actually Need, just. if I can get Any help at all, even just a bit of spending money, it would be a big help to just. keep it together, right now. sorry, and thank you

(paypal, cash app, venmo, ko-fi)

[dragaylia-unfound]

this is well overdue but i cant thank you guys enough. for every donation and every reblog. being honest I got so much more out of that post than I thought I would; I cant thank you guys enough. we should be safe now - we’ll still be Behind, but we should at least be safe.

yall are the sweetest. genuinely and sincerely. I wish I could do more in return;;

[dragaylia-unfound]

I hate having to make this post more than I can put into words, but pride doesnt have much of a place with where things are at right now. Im at the end of my rope and have to admit that i need help

I need help making rent. so hi im a trans girlie who moved out of my transphobic family’s home about a year ago. i wasn’t able to find a good job for most of that time and at this point im in debt I can no longer dig deeper that even a better job from my position (which I’m in the process of moving to one, by the way [which has costed me MORE MONEY to set up for]!) won’t really pull me out of. im living with my partner and a good friend who are all barely able to make their own side of rent here meet as our hours get cut and prices rise. im deeply depressed, working a job that actively causes me physical pain (that is NOT giving me enough to pull me out of the red), on the verge of a full-blown breakdown, i have no savings left, moving back in with my aforementioned parents is NOT on the table anymore (and even if I did would fuck over everyone else), and to top it ALL off I recently had a massive chunk of money withdrawn from my account for a payment I didnt sign off on, which I could’ve barely made it with. I don’t have many options that aren’t just putting my head down and praying it somehow goes away, if anyone can offer ANYTHING to at LEAST get us through the month it would be a massive relief. we’re at risk of eviction at the date shown above, 8/29, any help we can get would be deeply, deeply appreciated. To be transparent - if I could reach about $500, it would absolutely be enough to cover the rent we’re late on, but I won’t be ungrateful for anything

$230/$500

cashapp: $pansybouquet

paypal: <@pansybouquet>

ko-fi

venmo: <@pansybouquet>

[dragaylia-unfound]

I hate having to make this post more than I can put into words, but pride doesnt have much of a place with where things are at right now. Im at the end of my rope and have to admit that i need help

I need help making rent. so hi im a trans girlie who moved out of my transphobic family’s home about a year ago. i wasn’t able to find a good job for most of that time and at this point im in debt I can no longer dig deeper that even a better job from my position (which I’m in the process of moving to one, by the way [which has costed me MORE MONEY to set up for]!) won’t really pull me out of. im living with my partner and a good friend who are all barely able to make their own side of rent here meet as our hours get cut and prices rise. im deeply depressed, working a job that actively causes me physical pain (that is NOT giving me enough to pull me out of the red), on the verge of a full-blown breakdown, i have no savings left, moving back in with my aforementioned parents is NOT on the table anymore (and even if I did would fuck over everyone else), and to top it ALL off I recently had a massive chunk of money withdrawn from my account for a payment I didnt sign off on, which I could’ve barely made it with. I don’t have many options that aren’t just putting my head down and praying it somehow goes away, if anyone can offer ANYTHING to at LEAST get us through the month it would be a massive relief. we’re at risk of eviction at the date shown above, 8/29, any help we can get would be deeply, deeply appreciated. To be transparent - if I could reach about $500, it would absolutely be enough to cover the rent we’re late on, but I won’t be ungrateful for anything

$130/$500

cashapp: $pansybouquet

paypal: <@pansybouquet>

ko-fi

venmo: <@pansybouquet>

[dragaylia-unfound]

I hate having to make this post more than I can put into words, but pride doesnt have much of a place with where things are at right now. Im at the end of my rope and have to admit that i need help

I need help making rent. so hi im a trans girlie who moved out of my transphobic family’s home about a year ago. i wasn’t able to find a good job for most of that time and at this point im in debt I can no longer dig deeper that even a better job from my position (which I’m in the process of moving to one, by the way [which has costed me MORE MONEY to set up for]!) won’t really pull me out of. im living with my partner and a good friend who are all barely able to make their own side of rent here meet as our hours get cut and prices rise. im deeply depressed, working a job that actively causes me physical pain (that is NOT giving me enough to pull me out of the red), on the verge of a full-blown breakdown, i have no savings left, moving back in with my aforementioned parents is NOT on the table anymore (and even if I did would fuck over everyone else), and to top it ALL off I recently had a massive chunk of money withdrawn from my account for a payment I didnt sign off on, which I could’ve barely made it with. I don’t have many options that aren’t just putting my head down and praying it somehow goes away, if anyone can offer ANYTHING to at LEAST get us through the month it would be a massive relief. we’re at risk of eviction at the date shown above, 8/29, any help we can get would be deeply, deeply appreciated. To be transparent - if I could reach about $500, it would absolutely be enough to cover the rent we’re late on, but I won’t be ungrateful for anything

$130/$500

cashapp: $pansybouquet

paypal: <@pansybouquet>

ko-fi

venmo: <@pansybouquet>

[dragaylia-unfound]

I hate having to make this post more than I can put into words, but pride doesnt have much of a place with where things are at right now. Im at the end of my rope and have to admit that i need help

I need help making rent. so hi im a trans girlie who moved out of my transphobic family’s home about a year ago. i wasn’t able to find a good job for most of that time and at this point im in debt I can no longer dig deeper that even a better job from my position (which I’m in the process of moving to one, by the way [which has costed me MORE MONEY to set up for]!) won’t really pull me out of. im living with my partner and a good friend who are all barely able to make their own side of rent here meet as our hours get cut and prices rise. im deeply depressed, working a job that actively causes me physical pain (that is NOT giving me enough to pull me out of the red), on the verge of a full-blown breakdown, i have no savings left, moving back in with my aforementioned parents is NOT on the table anymore (and even if I did would fuck over everyone else), and to top it ALL off I recently had a massive chunk of money withdrawn from my account for a payment I didnt sign off on, which I could’ve barely made it with. I don’t have many options that aren’t just putting my head down and praying it somehow goes away, if anyone can offer ANYTHING to at LEAST get us through the month it would be a massive relief. we’re at risk of eviction at the date shown above, 8/29, any help we can get would be deeply, deeply appreciated. To be transparent - if I could reach about $500, it would absolutely be enough to cover the rent we’re late on, but I won’t be ungrateful for anything

$130/$500

cashapp: $pansybouquet

paypal: <@pansybouquet>

ko-fi

venmo: <@pansybouquet>

[dragaylia-unfound]

I hate having to make this post more than I can put into words, but pride doesnt have much of a place with where things are at right now. Im at the end of my rope and have to admit that i need help

I need help making rent. so hi im a trans girlie who moved out of my transphobic family’s home about a year ago. i wasn’t able to find a good job for most of that time and at this point im in debt I can no longer dig deeper that even a better job from my position (which I’m in the process of moving to one, by the way [which has costed me MORE MONEY to set up for]!) won’t really pull me out of. im living with my partner and a good friend who are all barely able to make their own side of rent here meet as our hours get cut and prices rise. im deeply depressed, working a job that actively causes me physical pain (that is NOT giving me enough to pull me out of the red), on the verge of a full-blown breakdown, i have no savings left, moving back in with my aforementioned parents is NOT on the table anymore (and even if I did would fuck over everyone else), and to top it ALL off I recently had a massive chunk of money withdrawn from my account for a payment I didnt sign off on, which I could’ve barely made it with. I don’t have many options that aren’t just putting my head down and praying it somehow goes away, if anyone can offer ANYTHING to at LEAST get us through the month it would be a massive relief. we’re at risk of eviction at the date shown above, 8/29, any help we can get would be deeply, deeply appreciated. To be transparent - if I could reach about $500, it would absolutely be enough to cover the rent we’re late on, but I won’t be ungrateful for anything

$20/$500

cashapp: $pansybouquet

paypal: <@pansybouquet>

ko-fi

venmo: <@pansybouquet>

[hopesinhearts]

okay sorry ive calmed down. Ill stick around after all

[hopesinhearts]

ooc;; well, i tried.

[hopesinhearts]

ooc;; discord is somarisp if anyone wants to interact there, feel free to just Start with who you’d wanna write with (your end or mind) and skip the awkward first hellos like we do on here if you go for it

[worldscrossroads]

"We cannot tell you that, at least not at this moment. To sift through every timeline is a task that would require no small amount of concentration on our part; it is as easy to peer through the veil into reality as it is to travel here." So, exceptionally difficult, if not nigh-impossible. But the Echo was unsurprised at her panic; it was just like humans of any world to care more about those they left behind than their own current circumstances. It was a trait she had observed for eons.

"However, you may take solace in that your arrival here was not likely a result of that reality collapsing. The destruction of a timeline is not like the displacement of matter; surviving such a collapse would simply leave you adrift until you arrived at another." To demonstrate, the Echo created a projection, of sort - crude illustrations appeared in a hole in space that showcased a stick figure surrounded by crayon-like scenery, only for the scenery to collapse in on itself. The stick figure then floated through a black void before arriving at another set of scenery, likewise crudely-drawn.

It seemed for all her power, artistic skills were not the Echo's strong suit.

"There is a 97.8% chance that, instead, that reality simply couldn't sustain your existence, any longer. For you see, reality is comprised of information, and in any given universe's case, that information does not come into conflict with itself. For example, 1 + 1 = 2 would never change in a standard universe."

"However, should something that doesn't belong appears in that universe, such as you or I, forcibly finds its way in there, that reality gradually tries to correct itself. In many cases, it can do so without issue, and simply makes adjustments; it's why multiverse travelers can jump between realities without too many issues."

"But you and I are anomalies - the information comprising our existences marks us as non-existent. We should not be alive, yet here we remain. So when confronted with anomalies such as us, reality will overcompensate to correct us. And often times, that means ejecting us from them entirely. That is likely how you ended up here - the universe you were in simply could not find a way to justify your existence, and so forcibly removed you. And as you do not technically belong in any universe... you ended up here. Beyond reality."

"Of course, again, there is a second possibility. Roughly a 1.6% chance that the universe was so grossly unable to reconcile your existence that it simply collapsed in on itself. Unlikely, but not out of the question. It would require something extremely out-of-place to cause such a cataclysmic, event, though. Such as if you happened to be a living perpetual motion machine running for millennia, outputting infinite energy while barely using any in exchange - if any at all. In that case, it is likely all of creation would reject you."

[celestialprayer]

... They couldn't say.

They... couldn't say.

Zena watches and listens as quietly as she can manage as Echo offers their display, speaking of logistics that were well outside the woman's prior potential scope of understanding, doing her best to hear the other words amidst the spiraling thoughts that threatened her headspace in this moment.

" ... " Watching the... simplistically-drawn figure drift through its non-existent nonexistence, Zena pondered the implications of those words. This was all well beyond even her, one who briefly shared in wielding the power of creation itself, but she believed she followed well enough. " ... Zethia... " exits a gentle breath, as much of her panic - at least, that which was immediate - begins to visibly dissipate. She was an outlier, and she knew well that causality did not grant her any sort of permanent asylum in a variant of her world that was not her own. After all... where she had fought that final fight, another who held the name Zethia was there, and was native at that. That she had no place there... well, that went without saying, truthfully. Though there was no definitive answer in her explanation... it at least allowed her to hold that fragile shred of hope, even if only for a little longer.

... And though her gut twinged for a brief moment as one final possibility was spoken of, she weighs the other's words toward the side that it played no part in her current circumstance. Infinite energy... to such a literal extent as that seemed an impossibility, at least insofar as Zena was concerned. At the very least, she already had a frame of reference for splitting oneself from causality as she had, and she knew that the mana she wielded, though it had been grand in that conclusive battle, was at least quantifiable, in that it didn't render her soul asunder altogether. " Th-That... seems beyond my scope... th-though I appreciate you being thorough. "

The thought of being personally responsible for so utterly grand an annihilation... were such devastation weighing on her soul, she'd not even humor the thought of continuing forth.

An additional sigh after a brief pause in further dialogue, she decides to speak properly. " ... Pray forgive my outburst, then. If your words ring true... then hope at least remains that they all live on. That... is more than I should hold the privilege of asking for. "

She sits herself down in the reality they shared, and decides to redirect to the logical next question. " Please tell me then, if it is within your scope of knowledge for me to ask - what will become of me now? The death of my world has brought me to this realm - am I to remain here, Echo? Is this... " Penance? Retribution? No... no, such words were hardly fair to the presence before her. This was the others' realm - who was she to speak of it as though it were a punishment? Though a world with little she knew, reality as she knew it non-existent, free from the life and nature and joys of the world she knew... for them, it was life as it remained, now.

" ... my... fate? "