Twenty-Ninth Cross [Voice]

[ys_cant_die]

[The communicator clicks on. There's harsh breathing close to the device for a few seconds, followed by the ruffling of clothes moving against something hard. He's sliding around like a snake on the ground.]

Tir... you... it didn't work!

It... IT DIDN'T WORK!

[There's a clink behind him, and Cecil's heard running through a stairwell. He finds a

Comments

{1/2}

[turtletea]

W-What didn't -

{2/2}

[turtletea]

Cecil!

Re: {2/2}

[ys_cant_die]

Cecil... Cecil... is that...

That is my name?

{1/2}

[turtletea]

[princessofmoe]

...Cecil?

[ys_cant_die]

...that... that must be my name...

This is not right, this is... not right... not right...

[A pause, and then...]

Rika.

[princessofmoe]

...it's me.

Yes. That's the name you were given. From a friend, you told me.

[ys_cant_die]

Lilith... right.

I'm back.... I guess.

[pluschecker]

Did...are you hurt?

[ys_cant_die]

I... I'm here.

I'm alive.

[pluschecker]

What happened?

[ys_cant_die]

The pain... is not worth mentioning.

Only that it was all in vain.

[falling_chairs]

What did Tir do?! Tell me!

[ys_cant_die]

I... I can't remember you. Did it... it ate so much, it ate... my...

no. I do not remember her.

I do not remember you.

[falling_chairs]

I don't think we've met either! I just want to know what Tir did.

[ys_cant_die]

He... did not complete... what he promised.

[skybound_love]

What happened to you?

[ys_cant_die]

I... am alive.

[skybound_love]

You died? When? By whom?

[ys_cant_die]

I...

How much time... has passed since...?