Artemis stopped dead in her tracks caught feeling like a kuaka in the headlights. The Nyx protoframe woman, as Artemis had learned earlier to be Eleanor, had sensed her astral projection.
"It's okay. I won't tell the others," Eleanor reassured her.
Artemis found herself - well, her spirit or whatever void damned magic sent her back in time to 1999 after she fell asleep at her worktable. She made the best of the situation and walked around the Mall, taking in the unfamiliar architecture of a civilization long gone and finding the inhabitants. A man named Arthur, and his crew.
A Trinity, a Mag, a Volt, some weird never before seen Warframe type and finally, just as she thought she had seen them all, she had poked her head into a furniture store where a woman just a bit older than her was resting.
She was a beautiful woman with sharp features, dark hair with strands of white, eyes glowing inhuman purple and was tall, her whole frame stretched languidly on the sofa. Artemis recognised her frame type, a non prime Nyx.
Back to the situation at hand, Artemis knew she couldn't be heard physically, so the Nyx was using telepathy to talk to her. She wasn't even sure she could answer back, instead she sat down on one of the armchairs nearby.
"I thought there was going to be the two of you. Where's the other one?
Artemis almost wanted to laugh. Not only could this Nyx woman - Eleanor, as one of the others had called her, had somehow known there were two of them.
Despite the last year or so getting used to sharing the time in the Origin system, Artemis had never felt right in their "current" timeline. Too many centuries had passed, her old home on Earth was gone, the Empire in which she grew up was gone (not that it was a bad thing), it was changed. She felt like she did now, astral, untethered and adrift.
Artemis spent a few more minutes listening to Eleanor ramble in her mind, just enjoying her company. Something about the woman made her feel comfortable, at ease. Soon she began to feel the pull of the Void, and started to feel tired.
The last thing she saw was Eleanor's bright purple eyes, and a last thought of "I wonder if I'll see her again" before she woke up to Ordis trying to wake her up before her neck ached something terrible. He was worried for her poor sleeping habits, she brushed him off with a silly grin and a laugh promising she'll stop working so late that she falls asleep at the table again.
But Artemis couldn't forget Eleanor.
It would be months later before they finally met after her brother stabbed her in the hands and practically threatened violence.
I tried my hand at translating the Sk8 ED yesterday! Transcripts under the cut.
Japanese/ English:
蹴とばした石が転がる道 / A kicked rock tumbles down the road
意地っ張りな君 似てる同士 / It reminds me of you, both hardheaded
素直になれずに I will remember / Without being straightforward, I will remember
Record スニーカーと真似をした / I coped records and sneakers
古いもの新しいもの分け隔てもなく / Without distinction between old and new
I like what I always like
Oh oh oh oh
想像しない wall ride / I don’t imagine, wall ride
笑わせてくれたね all right / You made me laugh, all right
All night 朝を待ってた / All night, waited for the morning
もう一人の自分みたいに思ってるよ / Now I think I seemed alone, you know
一生 / Together
共にいこう 君と行こう / Let’s go together, I’ll go with you
涙の海の向こう 進めるよ 動けるよ / Towards the sea of tears, (I’ll) keep it going, keep it moving
力になれるよ / Make (you) my strength
共にいこう 君と行こう / Let’s go together, I’ll go with you
想いがあるなら / If you have feelings too
Let's keep feelings
Let's keeping your heart
僕らのままで / The way we are
Happiness with you
空っぽのシガーケースの中 / Inside an empty cigar case
背伸びをしてた 僕が今 / Now I’ve stretched myself too thin
素直になれた I will remember / I’ve become straightforward, I will remember
固く結んだシューレース / Hard-knotted shoelaces
僕が好きな色にしよう / Let’s make them my favorite color
無限大なんだ / Because this is infinity
I like what I always like
Oh oh oh oh
大胆不敵 wall ride / Daring, fearless wall ride
笑わせてやるさ all right / Hey, make me laugh, all right
All night 超えてきたのさ / All night, you’ve surpassed it, right?
もう一人の自分みたいに思ってるよ / Now I think I seemed alone, you know
一生 / Together
共にいこう 君と行こう / Let’s go together, I’ll go with you
くだらない話を 君としよう いつまでも / Talking about nothing with you forever
隣で笑いたい / I want to smile next to you
共にいこう 君と行こう / Let’s go together, I’ll go with you
想いがあるなら / If you have feelings too
Let's keep feelings
Let's keeping your heart
気付けば傍に / If you realize I’m by your side
明日世界が終わるなら / If the world ended tomorrow
特別とか別にいらないから / I wouldn’t really do anything different
いつもと同じペース / Always the same pace as usual
変わらない僕らで居よう / Let’s not change that we’re together
そう『今』が美しいよ / This “now” seems beautiful, you know
共にいこう 君と行こう / Let’s go together, I’ll go with you
楽しいだけじゃない ここにいる 傍にいる / It’s not just fun. To be here, to be by your side
力になってる / Becomes my strength
共にいこう 君と行こう / Let’s go together, I’ll go with you
想いがあるなら / If you have feelings too
Let's keep feelings
Let's keeping your heart
一人じゃないよ / I’m not alone
どんなときも傍に居る / No matter what time, I’ll be by your side
くだらない話を 何度でもすればいい / Talking about nothing, I’m happy no matter what
思い出し笑うよ / I smile when I remember
共にいこう 君と行こう / Let’s go together, I’ll go with you
想いがあるなら / If you have feelings too
Let's keep feelings
Let's keeping your heart
いつでも胸に君が居る / You’ll always be in my heart