[spoiler]Cobalt, we’re continuing from here.[/spoiler]
“Uh, what?” Fukua asks, looking up from checking on her wounds.
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[spoiler]Good speechless, don’t worry.[/spoiler] “I saw Fie, back there. She told me I couldn’t die yet, we still had to explore the world. I’m keeping that promise.” [i]Cobalt goes and retrieves his Flatline and Aklex, then goes back to Fukua to see if she needs help.[/i]
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Fukua looked at you with a sad expression, not entirely sure what to say. When you came to check on her, she let out a deep breath. “I’ll be good. I’ve never been separatee from my shade for that long, and I’ll admit I’m still a little shaken, but I’ll be fine.”
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When you finally reach the top, you find yourself in a flat circular area. Vines crawl up over the exit you just came out of, creating a surprisingly scenic view. You see Aubrey just across the way, sitting on a blanket, sipping a cup of tea. "Had fun, I hope?" She asked, with a sinister grin on her face, pouring you each a cup of tea.
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작성자: The First Aifos 5/22/2021 5:06:03 AMSeveral vines were instantly covering your entire body, faster than you could react. Fukua reachd out towards you, and was about to call your name, when she found several vines covering her arm as well. You both felt small thorns grow out of the vines' surface, ready to pierce you clean through all over your body. Aubrey took another sip of her tea. "Quite the contrary, [i]you're[/i] going to stand down. If you want a fight, that's going to have to wait until I'm done with my tea. In fact, why don't you join me?" She motions for you two to sit on the carpet across from her, and the vines coil back down your body, releasing you from the grasp.
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She puts her tea down, and looks up at you. “Tell me, have you noticed it yet? Nobody down here is happy. Not a single person. It’s rather pathetic, isn’t it? Everyone came here trying to [i]find[/i] something that they were missing in their lives above. Companionship, the approval of their family, a new start, an adventure... That’s all they are, the PFDs. Aifos thinks he needs to save something—to [i]fix[/i] something. He’s still obsessing over the mistakes of his past, and he thinks he can find his redemption down here.” She lets out a quiet laugh to herself, and picks up her tea. “I doubt you even know what he did, but here he is, trying to play hero for a threat that doesn’t even exist.” She paused, and took a sip of her tea. “Everyone came down here to find their dream, but what [i]is[/i] there to find down here—what is there really?” She lets out a sigh. “Not much, as it turns out. If Aifos is down here to play the hero, then he needs a villain, don’t you think? So why kill Fie? Why kill the PFDs? It’s simple. I’m here to play the bad guy. To crush that obnoxious little glimmer of hope in his eye. Besides..” A crooked grin crept across her face. “This is what you’re here for, isn’t it?”
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“You’re going to make me spell it out for you, aren’t you? The reason you’re here is because you wanted an adventure, isn’t it? You wanted tobe a hero. In the end, you need me, because without me there’s nothing for you here. Nothing to fight against. No reason to not just run away.”
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“She was trouble, that’s why. At first I was going to just pick one off at random, but she was too clever. She found my hideout here in the gardens, had all my tunnels mapped out, figured out how I had slipped into the city, and even knew my real name—something I bet you haven’t even found out yet. And all of it was done before the end of the first night down here. I daresay if she had her Murakumo, my plan might have fallen dead in its tracks from the get go. It was the same reason I attacked Joshua, I suppose. He knew a bit more than I would have liked as well.”