-please pray to our two heroes, Maya and Rohel, to be delivered safely to the depths of Hell and rest freely to their wishes...-
another grave has been set in the graveyard of the Fallen... big sis Maya and sir Rohel... it was nice seeing them in their final minutes... Maya holding her son... Rohel taking care of her... it looked like a real family... although it's a shame that his father didn't come...
a child... not even at the age to understand, was kept in Aunt Theia's arms. he wasn't noisy nor active... the graveyard was as silent as an owl, only further worsening the atmosphere...
mom and dad are praying their usual chant while Aunt Mei and Aunt Theia were in their backs. so this is the feeling of seeing someone pass... we didn't even know when exactly and surprisingly, both of them died at seemingly the same time...
on my left is Analisse who was holding her tears... she seemed connected with Maya when we came back home 5 years ago. they must've had some bond. but for me?
I didn't felt much over their deaths... Analisse fully understood it but still hated me because... seeing someone die seems... normal... it's like I'm fully equipped to endure the feeling... god's blessing? or maybe the past when I wasn't adopted... but this isn't the right time to think about that...
Analisse looked at me with depressing eyes. "Osiria... mind following me for a minute?"
nodded and tailed her to a bench near here- she seemed... depressed... but that's understandable...
"Osiria... this might seem silly but... why do people die?" she asked staring at the sky
"silly indeed..." I took a sip of soda, "I don't know though... why are we- well except you, the fallen, are immortal?"
Fallen... why are the races created in the first place? what created us? I heard from Phaedra before that the Goddesses created us but more and more do I feel distant at that opinion... or perhaps... I'm losing my fate to Phaedra's...
"The Fallen... haha... it seems that the Fallen have all the time of their lives... the other races seem so low compared to you all..." she looks pathetic...
"But you're a droid, created by none other than the smartest person of Laplace. you too have all the time you have, why ask me when you have your mother?"
she chuckled, glad to ease her up a bit at least... "yeah... why ask for you when she's clearly smarter than you" she put up an annoying smile...
"rude... but I really don't have any comeback from that..." I pat her back gently, but it did surprise her a little
"c'mon, why don't we join up with them? you can ask that question to your mother once we finish everything up here"
she smiled and gave me a "yeah... sure" and headed back without me, it's nice seeing someone's back after giving them a push huh? it feels... refreshing...
"but... feeling nothing to their deaths makes me a bit anxious... it's like I'm nothing but a husk of a Fallen..."
the moment I said those words, the butterfly stitch on my scarf glowed dimly just barely enough to not disturb the others, revealing a voice on my head
"but it's that senselessness that will let you survive your fate" the butterfly... Omi... roosting on my shoulder seems comfortable huh?
"well... I don't know... both you and Aunt Mei have been talking bout my fate... is there anything wrong with the future?" I ask but what I'd expect from him is-
"no, nothing's wrong, but do keep in mind that the future will be punishing the nearer you are at the end of next year's war month" it was as if he already knew. I stared back at him but-
"Lady Osiria... what a pleas-" Omi immediately sensed him and aimed a sword at him, it's Sataniel...
"now-now little butterfly, it's offensive to aim such thing when someone's greeting another" he didn't move but neither did Omi.
"isn't it quite some time ever since I've given you that Link? now you can talk to your contractor! isn't that nice~" he talks as if he gave it to us but like Omi has stated time and time again-
"this wasn't given by you, Master gave it to me and you're simply just a delivery boy, now would you please avoid my child, you're giving me anxiety"
Sataniel laughed, with his parting words, he disappeared into nothingness as if nothing happened...
"Osiria... never contact that man, ever... that guy is cunning and mischievous, who knows what he can do to you to break you"
yeah... now's not the time to worry about him... I still have Analisse to take care of... and also I have a fair bit of studies to catch up...
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we arrived back to the ship but it seems to be different...
the captain arrived to escort us inside- "welcome ms Liliya, sir Naoya. I suppose that we are ready to depart?"
he bowed and dad confirmed the items we had, the captain escorted both me and mom to our rooms. everything looks the same inside though...
"care for something before we depart?" mom smiled and ordered a few drinks and food for the air travel. of course, I also ordered my piece. after that, the captain took off after a bow.
"Osiria, why don't you relax outside? we're still grounded so you won't need some protective layering." mom looked empty... I feel bad for not being able to comfort her but...
"yeah... sure, I'll go call Alice" I tread the metal flooring and went ahead leaving my mother behind...
"it's... best for mom to bee alone with dad huh?" it's not something I can fix... I still feel somewhat distant from mom and dad but... "it's alright..."
I did say that I'd go look for Analisse but I just headed to the crow's nest by myself. it's a shame that I can't do anything.
"as long as I'm here... as long as I live however I want like they promised... then I should be happy for them"
I say that... but... I hate this distance... I hate it that I can't do anything... I feel my heart is about to burst and my eyes watering.
"no..." I-... I should be happy
"right... not today..." I wipe off my tears and stayed in the crow's nest. it's all barren here no matter when I come. this is practically the best place to have some time for myself...
"hey Osiria," except for the only person who knows where I go whenever I have nothing to do. Analisse came with a melancholic face "can I come in?"
"haha... you already did you fool..." I looked into the distance. "please... accompany me"
Alice sat down like me in fetal form since we don't have chairs here.
"what do you think? actually seeing the ground in the crow's nest is pretty warming right?" I uttered those words as if it had no meaning. Osiria looked far in the horizon and-
"it feels the same, what the heck are you talking about?"
she looked at me as if I was the stupid one... "I can't believe you don't feel relaxed from the scenery-"
after a while of arguing, mom and dad called us since the preparations were complete and we were about to depart back to the human city.
meanwhile, Analisse looked as if she was about to be hang... "A-... Alice? are you alright?" I called out to her but she didn't respond... this wasn't her normal emotions... or more like she's learning to deviate a little? like how mom and dad were when they told me at least.
"Hey... Osiria" she called out to me with an anxious voice "do... do you think you'll die someday?" her question was abrupt but before I could even speak, we arrived back to my room.
"Why don't we talk about that here?" I give her a gentle smile as some sort of invitation. she's been pretty down lately, even when I was arguing with her, she felt a bit distant.
"no... later alright?" she responded to me with mournful eyes and left. I can't handle these kinds of atmospheres, I wish all of this would disappear once the next morning strikes
"Haaahhh..." I sigh out of discomfort, mom isn't here right now and Analisse won't join me here... I wonder what happened to her.
there's still much to do, I wonder what my mom is taking so long...
I opened the door but as soon as I do, the Ship started to fly.
"Lady Osiria!" ahh! someone caught me before I fell- green hair... a human perhaps?
"Lady Osiria, you should return to your room right now, initiating flight is the roughest so it's best to sit still than wait around standing" she's wearing a uniform similar to the others... she's a crew of this ship?
"Sorry. I'll be returning then." the person escorted me back to my room in which my mother was already there with dad
"ahh, Osiria. you shouldn't stand around right now." mom beckoned me to sit right beside her in the bed. even though I was swaying a bit thanks to the rocky lift-off, dad was there to accompany me. how come he can handle the shaking?
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"it really is nice when there are no more problems in the horizons, right?" dad looked out of the window, we were in the midst of the clouds still gaining altitude, the ground grows blurrier as time goes on and to the point that we can practically see all of the ground.
"it really is... it's a shame that it would be broken by a simple group..." mom cracked a smile... what was that?
I asked mom about it. curiously, I also asked her about Analisse.
"hun, it's nothing for you to worry about, as long as you stay with your Uncle then everything's alright. why don't we teach you how to fight once we're in a stable altitude?"
her voice was inviting, more so than ever before. Dad didn't need to comply, he already knew everything.
"Sure!" I nodded and my mom gave a warming smile. "well then, we'll start with the most basics then, I'll give you a rapier for starters"
me using a rapier... I've thought about it for a long time but Analisse told it it was a bit tiring to use fr a beginner... but I shouldn't really deny mom for all that she has done for me from the past... even though she was practically always away. both of them even, this is the best time for me to bond with them.
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"Analisse, are you alright?" Analisse was in her room, lifeless "Analisse! report!" Mei's voice was audible in the corner of the table where Analisse has left it. although she was lying in the bed staring at the ceiling with no motives at all.
"Analisse... I know you I forced you to do it but just listen to me for one second alright?"
Analisse looked at the comm that she left in the table "haaahhh... this will all be useless if Osiria dies you know?"
her voice was static, as if it was breaking apart, torn from the inside.
"I'm going to fix you once you return back here... for now, just do as your told." the comm stopped receiving signals, only a faint sound of the engines was audible.
"yes... mother..." she raised her hand as if she was going to grab a small string.
"I'll never let fate take over us..."
-not one bit-