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Styx Institute - Conference Room
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Rook and Epel followed us all the way here?! |
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AND they brought [MC] with 'em. |
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[MC] too?! Please, tell me you're joking! |
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Wish I was, dude. Their attack's gonna go down as the wildest thing to ever happen at Styx. |
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What possessed them to do such a thing? Were they actually trying to rescue me? |
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Ortho, go on and give him the stuff Rook brought. |
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Roger. Here you are, Vil Schoenheit. A full set of your preferred skincare products! |
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...I beg your pardon? |
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RIGHT?! That's the normal reaction! When Rook came flying up to the island on that broom... He held out those bottles and was like, "You must give these to Vil!" And I swear every Styx staffer there just froze in place. |
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He said he was here to rescue his boon companion from mortal peril. |
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Aha...AHAHAHAHAHA! I could hug and kiss all of them right now. Then I'd slap them in the face. I thought I was used to Rook's antics, but this truly takes the cake. And then there's Epel and [MC]! I explicitly told them not to get involved. They just never listen. I must give them a stern talking-to once we get back. They need to understand how foolish this was. But since they were kind enough to bring it all, I'll gladly take it. Hm? This serum... |
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Something wrong? |
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Oh, no, not really. This isn't what I normally use. It's a high-end product imbued with a special cantrip. After seeing how violently the Charon troops dragged me off... Rook must've feared I was in dire straits. |
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They knew they didn't stand a chance, yet they came after you anyway. Rook and the others must be really caring friends. |
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Uh, what they did was way beyond "caring." More like creepy, TBH. |
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Heh. Rook can certainly be eccentric, but once you get used to it, you see he's quite affable and honest. Honest to fault sometimes, and utterly devoid of tact… But regardless, he's ensured I'll be in top form for my photo shoot next week. I imagine not every subject is allowed to receive care packages from the outside. Thank you, Boss. |
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Eh, no biggie. I just threw a howling beast a bone. Had to calm him somehow. |
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You really do have a special talent for getting on people's nerves. Well, if we're all done, then I'll return to my room. |
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Yeah, cool. Later. |
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Idia Shroud speaking. |
Technician |
Acting Director, I have a status report on the River Lethe for Case LOD-627. It's 88% charged and should be ready tonight at 2000 hours... ...to use on Subjects A through E, all of Sage's Island, and other related parties. The Mnemosyne info-scrubbing team is handling the information that was disseminated online. |
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Okay, good to know. Schedule the flood for 0000 hours. |
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Copy that. We'll dispatch Hexa Team to Sage's Island to deal with matters there. |
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Got it. Oh yeah... Malleus Draconia, Briar Valley's heir apparent, is a student at Night Raven College. Lethe works differently on fae. Make sure you adjust accordingly. You wouldn't wanna erase info that someone with his long life span would be expected to know. |
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Roger. |
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They're all going to forget about Styx once we use Lethe, aren't they? |
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Yup. Not even Styx tech can turn back time. So we use Lethe to rewrite a few discreet memories that won't cause any inconsistencies. Subjects A through E will think they got a special request from a university hospital in the Kingdom of Heroes… ...and that they agreed to help them with a study on blot. People say that mages don't come back from the Island of Woe. And of course they don't. In their minds, they were never there to begin with. |
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...... Will they forget that we played video games together? |
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Absolutely. They won't remember me being the acting director here, either. I'll just be the same ol' gloomy, nerdy shut-in to them. Then again, that's what they'd think even if they did remember this. Whee hee! |
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...Ortho? |
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What? |
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You seem a bit off. Are you feeling okay? Maybe your technomantic circuits are out of whack, or something's up with your reactor. Want me to run maintenance, just in case? |
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No, that's okay! Nothing's wrong with my body. Your work is as flawless as ever. Maybe I'm just still processing the memories from all these unusual experiences. |
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Are you sure? Well, I guess if you say so... |
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I'm going to go check on Rook's group at the training facility. I'll let them know we gave Vil the cosmetics. |
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Oh, sure. Knock yourself out. |
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Hmm... |
Styx Institute - Hallway
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What can I do to make sure zero doesn't stay zero...? |
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Huh?! Who's there?! |
This way. |
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It sounds like it's coming from Tartarus... Are you a Phantom?! |
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...Yes. I want to change the future so badly. |
Come down here. |
Down... Down... |
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Hello? |
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...Are you there? |
But I was never lonely. After all, I have so many friends down here. |
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Friends...? |
Idy will be free! |
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Idy? Wait, is it you?! |
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