[Private, Hackable] Canto 10: Rain Rain Go Away
Originally, I thought this rain was a simple effect; simply colored water, nothing more than that. The amphibians generated by it are no real challenge, just a bit more dangerous than most of the monsters running around. Nothing my armaments can't handle. But...
...I found someone else. Her. She was shambling around, just moving and apparently hungry, and while she attacked me I couldn't... bring myself to finish her off. Even though she's rotting, even though she'd probably be called a 'zombie,' she's still got those eyes that I remember. The engagement ring still fits on her finger, too; even if I had to hold her down in order to make sure. It's her, it's got to be her. And yet Beatie's only existing, nothing more than that. Her mind's gone, and with it, I don't know what to think of her anymore.
I still want to hate her. I still want to kill her for what she did to me. All of those years that she took from me, all of the pain she put me through, how she treated me like her personal plaything... killing her once wasn't enough, not when she was already dead to begin with. But this poor thing isn't really her, or at least, it doesn't have her mind, the part I hate most. This thing couldn't do what she did; it can't even leave a scratch on my Elixir Skin, let alone everything the real Beatie did. So I don't know what to do with her. Except that I can't stand the sight of her, and I also can't stand the thought of her dying in this state.
So what should I do? The only real option I can see is to keep her with me, in this purgatory... she always wanted to watch me battle for all eternity. In a way, maybe this will be a way to fulfill her last request?