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[Luminesa]

He smirked. "I don't wanna miss-out, when you pound Michael into scrap," he answered.

"I see..."

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"Not for the same reason I am, then. Oh, curse you all to the lowest corners of Hel, you've given me a conscience."

"Yeah. Now where is the little puke?" he muttered, looking around.

Meanwhile, on earth, Hamiri had caught-up to Loki. When she caught him, she herself was out of breath. "You don't...have to be ashamed of...having...a conscience, Loki," she told him, putting a hand on his shoulder.

[Charlia]

"I see..."

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"Not for the same reason I am, then. Oh, curse you all to the lowest corners of Hel, you've given me a conscience."

"Yeah. Now where is the little puke?" he muttered, looking around.

Meanwhile, on earth, Hamiri had caught-up to Loki. When she caught him, she herself was out of breath. "You don't...have to be ashamed of...having...a conscience, Loki," she told him, putting a hand on his shoulder.

"That's what I want to know..."

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"Don't I?! All the things I've done... I actually regret them now. And it hurts. Oh, Asgard, it hurts. How do you all deal with this sort of guilt?!"

[Luminesa]

"Yeah. Now where is the little puke?" he muttered, looking around.

Meanwhile, on earth, Hamiri had caught-up to Loki. When she caught him, she herself was out of breath. "You don't...have to be ashamed of...having...a conscience, Loki," she told him, putting a hand on his shoulder.

"That's what I want to know..."

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"Don't I?! All the things I've done... I actually regret them now. And it hurts. Oh, Asgard, it hurts. How do you all deal with this sort of guilt?!"

"...Well...it's a thing called forgiveness. People can forgive you for your crimes, but you've also got to forgive yourself. That's the only way you can grow up, asking for forgiveness and forgiving yourself...because nobody's perfect..." she explained.

[Charlia]

"That's what I want to know..."

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"Don't I?! All the things I've done... I actually regret them now. And it hurts. Oh, Asgard, it hurts. How do you all deal with this sort of guilt?!"

"...Well...it's a thing called forgiveness. People can forgive you for your crimes, but you've also got to forgive yourself. That's the only way you can grow up, asking for forgiveness and forgiving yourself...because nobody's perfect..." she explained.

He laughed bitterly.

"Compared to me? I'd say most of the people here are pretty darn close. The things I've done... How am I supposed to forgive myself for that? How is anyone else supposed to forgive me? You don't know my true self."

[Free Empire of the Low Isles]

Raguel was looking at the sky, and looks back at Uriel. In a few minutes...

He nodded, and saw the thoughtful expression on his face. "...Is something the matter?" he asked.

No... Nothing... Raguel says, looking at the sky again.

[The Dystopian Isles of Frisct]

Sphero was still slightly edgy around people. He had only every been around Frisct, his creator, so he didnt quite know how to talk to the new people around him.
Considering he was supposed to be an AI, this was highly illogical to his subroutine, and he twitched slightly. the twitching went away after a while, so he decided to go over to someone that Frisct had known before he had become that thing.

He floated over to Patriah and materialized his body next to him.

Are you Patriah?

[Luminesa]

He nodded, and saw the thoughtful expression on his face. "...Is something the matter?" he asked.

No... Nothing... Raguel says, looking at the sky again.

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[Luminesa]

He nodded, and saw the thoughtful expression on his face. "...Is something the matter?" he asked.

No... Nothing... Raguel says, looking at the sky again.

He walked toward him, smiling slightly. "You do not have to hide anything from me, now...we are brothers, are we not?" he asked, innocently. He looked up at the sky himself, awestruck.

To think God would let...me...put those stars in the sky... he thought.

[Luminesa]

Sphero was still slightly edgy around people. He had only every been around Frisct, his creator, so he didnt quite know how to talk to the new people around him.
Considering he was supposed to be an AI, this was highly illogical to his subroutine, and he twitched slightly. the twitching went away after a while, so he decided to go over to someone that Frisct had known before he had become that thing.

He floated over to Patriah and materialized his body next to him.

Are you Patriah?

He jumped, seeing him. "What the...how on earth did you get here?!"

[Luminesa]

"...Well...it's a thing called forgiveness. People can forgive you for your crimes, but you've also got to forgive yourself. That's the only way you can grow up, asking for forgiveness and forgiving yourself...because nobody's perfect..." she explained.

He laughed bitterly.

"Compared to me? I'd say most of the people here are pretty darn close. The things I've done... How am I supposed to forgive myself for that? How is anyone else supposed to forgive me? You don't know my true self."

"Well, that's what we have to find out, then. And you know how you discover yourself? In battle," she answered, "when you're fighting and everything is on the line, that's when you find-out who you are. Now come back here and we're going to prepare to take down Thanakron. We'll fight together, alright?" she told him.

[Charlia]

He laughed bitterly.

"Compared to me? I'd say most of the people here are pretty darn close. The things I've done... How am I supposed to forgive myself for that? How is anyone else supposed to forgive me? You don't know my true self."

"Well, that's what we have to find out, then. And you know how you discover yourself? In battle," she answered, "when you're fighting and everything is on the line, that's when you find-out who you are. Now come back here and we're going to prepare to take down Thanakron. We'll fight together, alright?" she told him.

He turned around, and he didn't look like the confident, suave liar god at all.

He was disheveled, his eyes wild, but that wasn't the worst part...

Across his face were scattered third-degree burns, and his mouth was dotted with scars, almost as if... someone had sewed his mouth shut. Various other scars 'decorated' his face, one of them nearly cutting across his eyes.

"Now you see me, then," he said in a hoarse, rasping voice. "Do you understand now?"

[Luminesa]

"Well, that's what we have to find out, then. And you know how you discover yourself? In battle," she answered, "when you're fighting and everything is on the line, that's when you find-out who you are. Now come back here and we're going to prepare to take down Thanakron. We'll fight together, alright?" she told him.

He turned around, and he didn't look like the confident, suave liar god at all.

He was disheveled, his eyes wild, but that wasn't the worst part...

Across his face were scattered third-degree burns, and his mouth was dotted with scars, almost as if... someone had sewed his mouth shut. Various other scars 'decorated' his face, one of them nearly cutting across his eyes.

"Now you see me, then," he said in a hoarse, rasping voice. "Do you understand now?"

She nearly jumped back, when she saw how awful he looked. "...Loki...what...where did all those come from?!" she exclaimed, horrified.

[Charlia]

He turned around, and he didn't look like the confident, suave liar god at all.

He was disheveled, his eyes wild, but that wasn't the worst part...

Across his face were scattered third-degree burns, and his mouth was dotted with scars, almost as if... someone had sewed his mouth shut. Various other scars 'decorated' his face, one of them nearly cutting across his eyes.

"Now you see me, then," he said in a hoarse, rasping voice. "Do you understand now?"

She nearly jumped back, when she saw how awful he looked. "...Loki...what...where did all those come from?!" she exclaimed, horrified.

"They come from many places... but most of them from the Aesir. Most of them from my own family. From my brothers, and even my father... This is my true form. What everyone else has always seen is simply... a lie."

[Castle Crashers]

Nyx gets herself a dark chocolate ice cream cone, not having such a taste for anything like vanilla or mint. She loved the dark, heavy tastes, much to match her persona. It wasn't that she wouldn't eat vanilla or anything...she simply didn't like them. She didn't mind it all that much, though. It only made the heavy and thick desserts taste better rather than bitter.

They continue walking towards the massive structure. Along the way they notice several ancient buildings. Lance still marveled at the architecture of the city. It was far more advanced than any other civilization from its time.

Nyx viewed the buildings in a state of awe, seeing them for the first time in the dazzling sunlight. She could see these great places, these pieces of art, honestly and truly now. She could see them in their full-blown beauty without guesstimating what it looked like in the dark. "These places look much prettier than when I first saw them...if that's even possible..." She said, thinking aloud, absently licking her ice cream.

[Skyline United]

They continue walking towards the massive structure. Along the way they notice several ancient buildings. Lance still marveled at the architecture of the city. It was far more advanced than any other civilization from its time.

Nyx viewed the buildings in a state of awe, seeing them for the first time in the dazzling sunlight. She could see these great places, these pieces of art, honestly and truly now. She could see them in their full-blown beauty without guesstimating what it looked like in the dark. "These places look much prettier than when I first saw them...if that's even possible..." She said, thinking aloud, absently licking her ice cream.

The structure of the colosseum slowly grew larger as they approached it. Lance glanced to empty areas as if someone was there. Since he was a keeper if souls, he saw the dead. From his perspective he saw the ghastly shades moving around. All of them were completely oblivious to the living and to the fact that they were dead. He quickly jumped to the side to avoid a peasant's soul.

[Luminesa]

She nearly jumped back, when she saw how awful he looked. "...Loki...what...where did all those come from?!" she exclaimed, horrified.

"They come from many places... but most of them from the Aesir. Most of them from my own family. From my brothers, and even my father... This is my true form. What everyone else has always seen is simply... a lie."

She nodded sadly. "...Mine are...invisible, I guess...but I have scars, too. I lost my family in a war, and then I went to another town...everyone called me a 'witch', a 'seductress', a 'sorceress'...all when I was a little kid...all because I was different. I dressed differently, I talked differently, I even fought differently...they all thought I was nuts...so I understand, in a way..." she explained.

[Charlia]

"They come from many places... but most of them from the Aesir. Most of them from my own family. From my brothers, and even my father... This is my true form. What everyone else has always seen is simply... a lie."

She nodded sadly. "...Mine are...invisible, I guess...but I have scars, too. I lost my family in a war, and then I went to another town...everyone called me a 'witch', a 'seductress', a 'sorceress'...all when I was a little kid...all because I was different. I dressed differently, I talked differently, I even fought differently...they all thought I was nuts...so I understand, in a way..." she explained.

He snapped his fingers, and the scars melted away as he returned to his 'normal' self.

He actually... felt something.

He didn't feel things. He just... didn't.

And he especially didn't feel sympathy.

But here he was... feeling sympathy.

"I... know how that feels... I'm... sorry."

...I can't believe I just said that.

[Luminesa]

She nodded sadly. "...Mine are...invisible, I guess...but I have scars, too. I lost my family in a war, and then I went to another town...everyone called me a 'witch', a 'seductress', a 'sorceress'...all when I was a little kid...all because I was different. I dressed differently, I talked differently, I even fought differently...they all thought I was nuts...so I understand, in a way..." she explained.

He snapped his fingers, and the scars melted away as he returned to his 'normal' self.

He actually... felt something.

He didn't feel things. He just... didn't.

And he especially didn't feel sympathy.

But here he was... feeling sympathy.

"I... know how that feels... I'm... sorry."

...I can't believe I just said that.

She grinned. "It's fine. I grew up, I became stronger, I found someone who loves me, and here I am. And you can find all that, too," she told him.

[Charlia]

He snapped his fingers, and the scars melted away as he returned to his 'normal' self.

He actually... felt something.

He didn't feel things. He just... didn't.

And he especially didn't feel sympathy.

But here he was... feeling sympathy.

"I... know how that feels... I'm... sorry."

...I can't believe I just said that.

She grinned. "It's fine. I grew up, I became stronger, I found someone who loves me, and here I am. And you can find all that, too," she told him.

He smiled bitterly.

"You could say I became stronger, too. But here I am, like this..."

And I had someone who loved me...

But she's gone.

Where did she go?

[Luminesa]

She grinned. "It's fine. I grew up, I became stronger, I found someone who loves me, and here I am. And you can find all that, too," she told him.

He smiled bitterly.

"You could say I became stronger, too. But here I am, like this..."

And I had someone who loved me...

But she's gone.

Where did she go?

"We both have our scars. It's part of growing-up. It's...what we do with them that makes us who we are," she answered.

[Charlia]

He smiled bitterly.

"You could say I became stronger, too. But here I am, like this..."

And I had someone who loved me...

But she's gone.

Where did she go?

"We both have our scars. It's part of growing-up. It's...what we do with them that makes us who we are," she answered.

"Haven't I already chosen what to do with them, though?... That's where most of them came from. I chose the wrong path, and I'm so far down it I don't remember the way I came, or how to get back to where I started."

[Luminesa]

"We both have our scars. It's part of growing-up. It's...what we do with them that makes us who we are," she answered.

"Haven't I already chosen what to do with them, though?... That's where most of them came from. I chose the wrong path, and I'm so far down it I don't remember the way I came, or how to get back to where I started."

She shrugged. "That doesn't mean it's impossible," she answered.

[Charlia]

"Haven't I already chosen what to do with them, though?... That's where most of them came from. I chose the wrong path, and I'm so far down it I don't remember the way I came, or how to get back to where I started."

She shrugged. "That doesn't mean it's impossible," she answered.

"It certainly feels impossible. But if you want to inform me on how to get back..." He leaned back against a tree, crossing his arms behind his head.

"By all means, inform away."

[Free Empire of the Low Isles]

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No... Nothing... Raguel says, looking at the sky again.

He walked toward him, smiling slightly. "You do not have to hide anything from me, now...we are brothers, are we not?" he asked, innocently. He looked up at the sky himself, awestruck.

To think God would let...me...put those stars in the sky... he thought.

We are... And because of that, nothing is wrong. Raguel whispers.

[Luminesa]

She shrugged. "That doesn't mean it's impossible," she answered.

"It certainly feels impossible. But if you want to inform me on how to get back..." He leaned back against a tree, crossing his arms behind his head.

"By all means, inform away."

She thought for a moment, putting a finger to her lip as she thought. "...I dunno if I can give you a straightforward answer...but I think a good way to start, maybe...is to start by using your powers for good...getting a feel for what it means to do the right thing. That's a good way to start working your way back," she suggested.