Chapter 113 • Shrouded in Doubt

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Idia	Where am I? It's cold, and dark...and lonely. I know this feeling...

Tartarus - Underworld Gate

???	Ahh...Didn't we already have an emotional parting? This reunion feels kind of premature, don't you think? I don't know how you fell down here, but you must have gotten yourself into a real mess.

Idia

Wha? EEP!

Idia	A phantom?!

Ortho Phantom

Hiya. How've you been? Nice to see you, Idy. Welcome to the dark, gloomy Underworld!

Idia	B... BWHAAA?! O... Okay, seriously, WHAT is going on?!

Idia	First a handsome virtual boy and a Styx machine both call me "Idia"... And now an overgrown Phantom is calling me Idy?!

Idia	Last I checked, my little brother was an upstanding student at Royal Sword Academy... Not some weirdo like you guys!

Idia	Even for a nightmare, this makes NO sense! And if I am dreaming, please let me wake up!

Ortho Phantom

Wait, what? Me, attend Royal Sword Academy? Ah hahahaha! That's one wildly imaginative dream you've been having. In fact, that's seriously messed up and makes zero sense.

Ortho Phantom

Especially when the real me isn't going to some fun school at all, but all the way down here in the gloomy Underworld.

Idia	No way... I don't believe you. Ortho has a ton of extrovert friends and...

Ortho Phantom

Friends? Well, I DO have those. But they're all introverted phantoms that only ever grouse and complain.

SFX	*Phantoms groan in the background*

Idia	That's impossible. Ortho would never end up in a place like this! There's no way! Ortho... My little brother, he's...

*Idia has a flashback to Ortho's death*

Ortho Phantom

...Idy. It's not your fault I'm here. It's time you stopped blaming yourself for that.

Ortho Phantom

Didn't we make a promise? That we'd keep pressing on to make our dream a reality? Are you really content just cowering here?

Idia	Our dream...? Agh... My head...

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We can leave for real this time and go far away.

Idia	...Just leave it to your big bro.

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Idia	*huff, huff* That place... It's where I...

*Flashback to Idia's Overblot*

Idia	That was... Ah... Agh! That's right, I... This is where I... Yes, right here! Augh...!

*Flashback to various Book 6 scenes*

Idia

AAAAAAGH!

SFX	*Glass cracks*

Idia	*huff, huff, huff*

Idia	Why did I forget? How could I forget something so important? I remember it. All of it...

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