11/24, evening

[trollophoroi]

Hellooooo Fragment~

I am so sorry to announce that the news of my demise has been greatly exaggerated!

Not that I can blame anyone, of course! I was not, in fact, 100% certain that Lily would reach out and pluck me away at the very edge of death, and yet! As it would turn out, I was and continue to be correct!

Well, only about certain things. Just. Not everything.

Regardless, I have some news that I must bring to you straight from Lily's own core.

[ This message has been specifically brought to you via the forum because that way no one can even begin to guess how upset Fandaniel is, mmhm, perfect. ]

Comments

[trollophoroi]

Taking a number, Shoka? I am still at the hot springs, for better or worse.

[ She's free to come at him just like everyone else. ]

un: Ganymede

[ganymed]

What do you mean 'we must deal with Harald too'?

What's his part to play in all this?

[dapples]

[ understandable, fandan, he is extremely bullyable.... as shown below: ]

Please let's maybe talk about something else!!

[insinning]

that probably would have been for the best. the nurse wouldn't let anyone do anything at least.

let us know if you need a stretcher

[trollophoroi]

Let me have this, Morgan. If I cannot separate the two, I will not be able to stand against him with the rest of you.

[ How much of "Lily" is left in Cubia, he does not know. Possibly none, now that he's given his core to Fandaniel, perhaps leaving only the creature made only to torment and destroy at Harald's command. Ultimately, they could argue what it will and will not be all day, and still end up being surprised. ]

Have you left behind your ability to comprehend language? I have no argument. He agreed he was guilty. Nothing I would have said to him would have shaken this belief, nor would I, now that I have his memories.

This does not stop me from loving him still but my own emotions matter only to me, not to any of you, so leave them where they are.

[ With him, only him... ]

But yes. I suspect the same thing, and soon, too. Now that Fidchell has been defeated, they are all that remain. We must destroy them and with them, this world.

[trollophoroi]

Oh? I can fill you in on whatever you desire to know, Yuui. All you have to do is ask.

I am glad, too.

[ Sad and glad and... ]

I have decided to fight for my life. I thought you might be glad to hear it.

[trollophoroi]

And the cute little noises you make, oh!

Something else? I suppose. If we must.

[ Too easy but he'll relent now. ]

[trollophoroi]

They do say hindsight is 20/20, don't they?

But I do hope it won't be that bad, so long as Mithrun decidedly remains somewhere else.

[trollophoroi]

Harald is the reason we are trapped.

It was never within Lily's power to free us from this place. If it means killing him as well or forcing him to release us, I do not know, but there will be no real victory until we've confronted him.

un: Nanase

[justonezero]

i'm glad you're ok

[insinning]

[looks at Mithrun vs all the phases looks at the camera]

im

sure we're all still recovering from the battle with skeith so

but that means Harald Hoerwick is alive and him being dead in the other world was misinformation?

[trashtier]

Yeah... I remembered some of the resentment about that even after I lost my memories. But I'm more than willing to work on myself when I get them back.

Also... What does having Cubia's core mean for you in the long term? It's not like...keeping you alive, is it?

[gluttoning]

I was wondering if it really was gone for good.

Is he the one who saved you?

[trollophoroi]

I don't believe that's the case. He healed me before giving me his core. It was from his core that I saw what was to come.

[ He'll leave their lingering resentment be. In time, perhaps it will fade, and they really will become better people, but in the end, harassing someone over a stupid hobby is, well... stupid.

It's time for him to move on, too. It's unlikely he will pick another game up after all of this. ]

[trollophoroi]

He saw no reason to continue maintaining it...

He did. He healed me and began crumbling away from it and when he gave me his core, the rest of his human self fell apart and he was gone.

[Not here]

[gluttoning]

[A gentle hand presses against his shoulders outside the forums, a slow rub back and forth.

He's not intervening in this argument. There's thing's here that need to be known. But it won't do anyone any good if Mithrun blew up here, Mithrun himself least of all.]

[trollophoroi]

[ yeah Skeith was way scarier than Fidchell yikes ]

Not so. If he has fooled the real world outside of Fragment into believing he is dead, then I would think he is, in fact, dead.

Physically.

But digitally? Not so. We are already aware that one can exist in this world without a living body outside of it.

[trollophoroi]

Thank you... Nanashi, correct? Your forum name is similar.

[gluttoning]

He's gone?

[A significant pause. Even after everything, after what he went through, what his loved ones went through, the thought of it still...


...hurts...

...]

I wonder if he knew. He warned us it wouldn't be easy to bring us back if we used the data drain too much.


Did you get to say goodbye?

[gluttoning]

Cubia said from the start that Harald was more a part of Fragment than the real world. Maybe he found a way to make himself permanent here first.

[justonezero]

right. i decided to switch to nanase instead after hien...

[After all, Nanashi can mean "nameless."]

[trollophoroi]

[ There's a long pause. Of all the things to be asked here, this was one he dreaded. Of course, Barrett would be the one.

Barrett, who's too kind for his own good.

Eventually, a reply does come. ]

I did. I held him as he went. He wasn't alone. He told me he finally knew what it was to feel happy, in the end.

1/2

[gluttoning]

[To feel happy. Happy.

Maybe, even, to feel loved, outside of saccharine strawberry coating.

The pause is longer still as he tries to collect himself.]

[trollophoroi]

A good choice.

Everyone should have a name to call their own.

[ Hien was "NoNome" for so long. He's sure he would appreciate the decision in some weird little way. ]

Is your Deto still doing fine?

2/2

[gluttoning]

Could you come meet me somewhere later?