Hm... yes and no? I suppose it really depends on where you look. If you remain stagnant and don't try anything at all I assume nothing will change for you. But for other wishes and wants, maybe things shift to accommodate.
I don't know about that, but... it can't hurt to think a little more about things you want to do. Things you'd like to try, at least. There must be something, right?
It was part of why you wanted to leave. [ right, yeah, relatable. completely relatable? ] ...I wanted to go abroad someday to learn about the world and see what's out there. I wanted to study ecology and learn more about nature. Even though I had to settle for something smaller, it was still worth it.
So I think maybe applying that same want, here, isn't a bad idea. Everyone has different perspectives to offer anyway.
[ a ball she'd been puttering around with suddenly veers off-course and into the entrance of the mirror maze, oh no... pazu i want a mem if you're not overloaded. either way she will start to head that way to retrieve. ]
[ a soft smile. but oop, the ball goes flying. she will go with her to retrieve it! but oop, when we're inside, there is a memory on the mirrors!
Accompanied by near-strangers, you make your way through the temple. Past the halls of weathered stone, you pass through a gray-walled jungle shrouded in vines and grass and bits of debris that litter the floor, following a path on the ground where footsteps have worn away the foliage. This, you know, is the path that other priestesses have walked on their pilgrimages.
At last, the final door is in sight. Beyond it is the altar where the Dragon God should lie dormant in its vessel. Here, you will perform the ritual. You will take the vessel, release the dragon from it, and offer your very life to it.
Once the sacrifice is complete, the village will be saved. However...
( ... also, the little floating particles in the air? You can 100% see them. They are everywhere. ) ]
anyway. there's a lot! there's a lot to unpack here, and zuriel kind of remembers this ritual that eupha mentioned before, how it was something she'd prepared her whole life for knowing the possibility.
and it's heartbreaking to hear her beg not to lose her purpose. it's... hard, she thinks, to know how your life is supposed to go only to have something change its course entirely. but at the same time...
"if i cannot save them in death, then i swear i'll protect them with my life."
noble through and through. and the lance isn't exactly unfamiliar either. ]
... even if it isn't the purpose you thought it would be. Do you feel as though you've been able to fulfill it? [ "how are you feeling being a protector when your whole life was steered elsewhere." ]
In a word, cruel. He told me that, had I not cooperated with his people, he would have burned my village to the ground. He said it with not a shade of guilt.
I've been wondering about that, too. I know you guys aren't the only ones from different timelines. [ she's never asked, actually, so: ] How big are the differences between what you remember and what they remember?
I believe that it is all the same, up until the point of my death. While I remember suffering defeat at the hands of that man, the brothers told me that they saw us slay him, seemingly.
Fidelio then met his end the next day, and Basilio some weeks later. Their memories seem to be in alignment.
Then... I wonder if there is a way to converge the two timelines if the break is during that encounter. You wouldn't remember anything after that because you died, and they would continue. But if we sent you back before your death maybe they would combine on their own.
Because certain things only happened for him because Fidelio died, right? He told me the same. But there has to be a way to converge all of the timelines into one path where you all live, especially if you're all here. God should find a way.
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[ worried. hesitating is kind of her thing. but being stagnant is probably not good? ]
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I want to learn about the cultural and spiritual practices of other lands, and... perhaps even to try and learn a new skill.
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So I think maybe applying that same want, here, isn't a bad idea. Everyone has different perspectives to offer anyway.
[ a ball she'd been puttering around with suddenly veers off-course and into the entrance of the mirror maze, oh no... pazu i want a mem if you're not overloaded. either way she will start to head that way to retrieve. ]
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[ a soft smile. but oop, the ball goes flying. she will go with her to retrieve it! but oop, when we're inside, there is a memory on the mirrors!
At last, the final door is in sight. Beyond it is the altar where the Dragon God should lie dormant in its vessel. Here, you will perform the ritual. You will take the vessel, release the dragon from it, and offer your very life to it.
Once the sacrifice is complete, the village will be saved. However...
( ... also, the little floating particles in the air? You can 100% see them. They are everywhere. ) ]
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anyway. there's a lot! there's a lot to unpack here, and zuriel kind of remembers this ritual that eupha mentioned before, how it was something she'd prepared her whole life for knowing the possibility.
and it's heartbreaking to hear her beg not to lose her purpose. it's... hard, she thinks, to know how your life is supposed to go only to have something change its course entirely. but at the same time...
"if i cannot save them in death, then i swear i'll protect them with my life."
noble through and through. and the lance isn't exactly unfamiliar either. ]
... even if it isn't the purpose you thought it would be. Do you feel as though you've been able to fulfill it? [ "how are you feeling being a protector when your whole life was steered elsewhere." ]
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But... there was another great threat beyond the sea, and... I was quite unprepared.
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He intends to become king.
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[ there were multiple people in that memory, so. ]
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We made an attempt on his life the next day.
[ eupha: you want to murder him??
eupha, after talking to the guy for 30 seconds: i'll kill him myself ]
... But it was unsuccessful.
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When you get back. You'll be able to try again?
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I won't hesitate, next time. And Basilio and Fidelio warned me of what is to come... Perhaps I could prevent further tragedy.
Although... would I be returning to meet a different set of brothers than the ones I know here?
[ are they on different timelines??? ]
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I've been wondering about that, too. I know you guys aren't the only ones from different timelines. [ she's never asked, actually, so: ] How big are the differences between what you remember and what they remember?
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Fidelio then met his end the next day, and Basilio some weeks later. Their memories seem to be in alignment.
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... If I survive, then I would continue to the day that Fidelio would have perished. If he then survives...
I fear it would be Basilio whose experiences would not be reconciled with ours.
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Then I shall pray that it will be so.
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