un: f̵̳̬̕a̵̯͊̉͌͘n̷̨̮̭͖̉̏̚d̸͓͈͔̠̆̓̈͝a̴̻̖̜͗̐͆̾n̵̥̺̩̽͌i̸̫̦͘ȩ̸͈͠l̶̦̳͊͆̓͝

[trollophoroi]

[ Nearly the very second the last note of music fades from Uta forever, tucked away in Δ Hidden Forbidden Dead Wood, Corbenik defeated, as though he had known this was going to happen, was expecting it— ]

Ahahahaha! Ha ha! Ha! You killed her! You actually thought you could save her? Amazing! Amazing!

But no, you did it, you put her in a grave, ju̠͡sṯ̐ as I͈͐ ̱̐foṛ̕es̺͞a̤͡w̲͑ ̯͞y̪̕ȏ̮u̗̿ ̥̍w̤̉oul͓̃d͆ͅ!

Tell me, was it worth it? Was your steadfast belief that there is a place to escape to for you more important than her life? When you knew? You knew! You all knew! She could only exist here! How you all delude yourselves into thinking everyone can be saved while putting them to the sword in the same breath.

Macha and Tarvos were too kind to you.

I would say to take this as a lesson but I already know that you will not. You have chosen the path of destruction, as humans oft do. Now live with the consequences, those of this inevitable f̍ͅä̢́t̹̿e, to kill, and kill again.

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un: tabibito

[tinged]

And if... this was the help she wanted?

[trollophoroi]

Corbenik sought to understand death and rebirth, my dear student, not death alone.

Yet, that was all she could achieve, at the hands of those who claimed to love her. Such is humanity, driven to destroy even what they wish to protect.

[tinged]

No, Master. Not Corbenik. I know what Corbenik wanted.

Was this the help that Uta wanted?

[trollophoroi]

That, I cannot tell you. You must seek this answer from those who slew her, for they are those who knew her best, but I will say that few are like myself.

It is natural to strive to live, even for the unnatural.

[tinged]

To strive to live as yourself. And to die as yourself, natural or… otherwise. But if you cannot?

cw: suicide talk

[trollophoroi]

Ceasing to be is a simple exercise for those willing take it.

Or do you mean to die as yourself, the entity you see yourself as? Yes, if she desired to die as her human identity, then I would perhaps understand the need to die by the hands of humans.

[tinged]

I heard... she smiled at the end. Not Corbenik's smile, but Uta's. I don't know if she was happy as Corbenik and I wouldn't presume to say she wasn't, but could you tell me if she was? I just want to know a little more.

[trollophoroi]

We would have to track down the remains of her data and sift through it to ever know, or perhaps? No. They would not accept it, this I already know, a copy of her from the back-up of her mind.

[tinged]

No, not without her permission. I would not trade her free will for a sliver of information. If she wants to come back through data, familiar but changed, then I am sure in the far future, she can will herself together again. But that will be her choice, not ours.

[trollophoroi]

I fear that is not how it works.

She will not return on her own. That is, assuming, of course, that she was not already existing upon that back-up. Assuming that you all are not already existing upon them, actually. I wonder...

[tinged]

I believe in this world. I need to show you a special place soon, when it's ready.

Ah! Yes, I did wonder about that. I haven't found any evidence to rule it out yet, but Mithrun existing briefly in two... Hm. I'm sorry, I was about to say two spaces, but...

[ memories... slipping... what was the second space? is there another space besides fragment? hm. ]

Well, it is possible, isn't it?

[trollophoroi]

Two?

[ But there is only one space to exist in. At least, he cannot imagine another, but no matter. ]

Oh. A special place? I have to wait? Truly? Very well. I shall look forward to it.