[ another day inside of Grace, another saferoom opened. Another sinner running around and doing their best to escape from sins, only for one or two mistakes to bring them back to the beginning. ]
[ Zen, being now one of the same sinners hopelessly trying to escape sins— had tried to do a good few runs before. It was a bit easier getting their mind to actually accept the fact they were stuck in this situation once they’ve processed the… Incident. ]
[ They knew they had to repent, of course they would! How could they just leave everything at that? Sure, they’ve had their moments of doubt, but they’ve promised themselves they wouldn’t fall too far… they’ve promised themselves they’d rise back up. ]
[ Next time, they’ll protect their garden better than ever… if they were even worthy going back there after everything, that is. ]
[ Either way, they’ve gotten into one of the elevators, doing yet another attempt at… whatever this was. They weren’t too bad at running off, though they grew more and more upset the less speed they got. It felt like they became extremely limited— especially with their wall-hopping. They hated it, though they knew they shouldn’t fall into hatred this early in. This was fine. They’ll find another way to be faster. It was okay. This is okay. Everything is okay. ]
[ Everything. Is. Okay. ]
[ … ]
[ Back in the beginning, Zen struggles to keep their composure. Yet another death at the hands of Carnation… Their breathing had grown staggered as they started panicking. This was wrong— everything was wrong, why were they still here??? And as importantly… ]
" why… can’t I be as fast as I used to be…? "
" w-what— is preventing me from doing this? "