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Reflexively, you curl tighter. Just another minute. Just another minute of sleep is all you need, but the sun waits for no one. Wait. The sun? After many days and nights with only moonlight to guide you, your eyes snap open and your pupils contract at the light.

It's been a while, hasn't it?

Bask in this euphoria for however long it lasts, until your memory snaps back against your mind like a rubber band. Weren't you dead? No matter how you met your end, you certainly remember dying in vivid detail. The pain that corresponds to the last moment's of your life chooses then to make itself known, trying to wriggle free from your skin almost literally. That mark on your skin wasn't there before either.

Take a moment to breathe and get your bearings, and really take everything into focus. The warm rays of sun that dance upon your skin are colorful and fragmented like a kaleidoscope, the effect of being filtered through stained glass. Of all the places to wake up, it seems you're inside a church that's no stranger to you, St. Mary's Basilica. While the odds are good you've woken up with company somewhere near by, the glint of gold from the altar will likely catch your attention regardless—embedded deep in the altar stands a golden staff, two sculpted wings draped down its sides.

While some things are the same, and some things are different, there are still more questions than answers. But the inscription engraved into the roof of the ceiling of the Church, now visible in proper lighting seems rather apt: Welcome to Krakow (again).

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[umbralant]

[ Jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. ]

You would become a full manifestation. [ Please don't? ]

...even if I were to allow you to take a soul from another individual, my superior would not.

[tokihanate]

Right, as I suspected.

Yes well. I'm not sure how we're suppose to acquire souls from thin air.

Hmm. [ Pause. ] Pin's been eating plants a lot. Supposedly because they have some souls. Is that doing anything for him?

[twoasone]

... It's true, but all I know is that live plants are more filling than regular food for some reason.

[umbralant]

[ More jiiiiiiiiii. ]

Why would that... no, of course not!

[tokihanate]

How about a hint? I'll sell you the rest of my soul for it. [ This is a poor joke but!! ]

[umbralant]

[ .... ]

[ She switches to Japanese, which likely does not provide her with as much privacy as she thinks it does. ]

If I knew how to fix your vessel, I would tell you. The fact that you have maintained your sense of self is nothing short of a miracle. That woman...all signs point to the notion that she picked this world to invade for a reason. This means her plans involve the manifestations, in some way. But without a clearer picture of what her ultimate goal is.... I will repeat myself this one time, only. If there is a way, I-we will find it. If not, we will simply have to make one.

Have you discovered anything new regarding Lady Coward's motives? [ Now is a good time to shove your investigation findings at her. ]

[tokihanate]

[ He wants to pet your head but you'll definitely tsun, ojou-chan.

So, he'll reply to her in German. ]

Thanks. It seems a bit hopeless. Truthfully, I feel kind of at a loss. It's been a long few weeks. But even if we don't make it out of here... I'm glad to have met you, ojou-san. You have my gratitude, always.

Well, they had said before she was doing something about an invasion in her own homeworld. That part we told you before. And that she had said something about having an original body and her original soul lies in someone eles's body right now that she's planning to get rid of. She also someone plans on taking some of the others with her. Her favorites, I'm sure. And that she's planning on leaving very soon, likely as soon as everything around us collapses because our luck. Which means whatever she's doing here is complete, or very nearly.

1/2

[umbralant]

[ This is a ridiculous thing to do when I don't have the icons to go along with it. But hey, carpe diem.

Blink, blink, it's time for her to stare again but this time there's a rosy flush to go with it. She probably hasn't even realized that he switched to German, but she replies in kind because what else do you do when you've just been emotionally sucker punched. ]

You—stop talking like that! Don't say such embarrassing things so easily, like your fate is decided. Don't say such embarrassing things period!

[umbralant]

[ Coughs quietly and tries to regain her composure. ]

And one with such a loud mouth as hers hasn't spoken at all of her actual goals? [ ... ] What is the reason she gave you for making you kill each other in the first place?

[tokihanate]

[ Oh ojou-chan, he's quite like this. Even if he lives now, he knows... it's not like he has that long to live. He's old, his body is failing. It's inevitable. He's even told Magi to leave him behind if needed. ]

She said it was vital to her plans and she wants to see who was "truly special", and see our "potential".

[umbralant]

[ If she was the type to curse, the reply here would just be bullshit. ]

And you know as much about her plan as you did when you arrived? [ Surely she's slipped up somewhere? Or they may just be missing several pieces so this all looks ridiculous as it stands. ]

[tokihanate]

Other than second hand information that i already told you, I've got nothing. [ gestures to the others. ] I've only talked to the cow once, ever. When we first "arrived" here. [ And offended her greatly, thank you.]

[umbralant]

...I suppose you were among the first ones here. [ That's about as much a pass as she's willing to give anyone. ]

[twoasone]

... I don't know much of her main plan, but apperently her side project involves heads and brains?

After my death I didn't believe her as much, but someone managed to convince them to give him the body.

[Not saying who or for what reason.]

They kept the head and one of my arms. Make of that what you will.

[umbralant]

Pure nonsense. [ She huffs, then looks at Shin. ]

What was the last thing you remember before you died?

[p_q]

I had little interest in her plans in the first place. But she seemed insistent that they required us to be the ones to kill each other, rather than herself. Of course, those she or her assistant disposed of at the executions were seemingly another matter entirely.

[He seems to have no feelings either way on that despite being one of the 'disposed', so to speak.]

Whether that has something to do with our status as manifestations or survivors or not, no one can say.

[tokihanate]

Oh and right. There's remmywemmy, her 7th assistant apparently. Who may be a demon she's acquired. That guy over there said that he's from the same homeworld as she is but if he's a demon I have my doubts.

Also there's speculation he's using our powers, the ones of us who have them of course. Supposedly he can teleport -- that would be one of mine if it's the case. But we can't spy on him, so I can't confirm.

[umbralant]

I know nothing of demons, if he really is one. [ But she shakes her head. ]

Your powers were not lost to you, at least not completely. It is impossible for me to confirm without being in direct contact with someone who is not in zero state, but I imagine the power granted to you by the manifestations simply "buried" your original powers.

...you need look no father than Noelle. It was the mixing of her natural power, power granted to her by a manifestation, and her broken vessel which results in her demise.

[tokihanate]

[ Well, this is new. ]

Oh? Is there a way to shed the manifestations then, so we can access our old powers freely?

[umbralant]

Not that I know of. And there is still the matter of your body having died. [ Y'all are basically very corporeal spirits rn. ]

[tokihanate]

Right, that pesky matter. I guess putting that aside, it's still impossible to use them. I'm not as skilled as the Goddess but if I could maybe teleport us elsewhere [ if he tried with everything in him, which was, after all, nothing right now so another moot point. ]

God, I don't know. Let's think about something else for now. So, obviously things are different from here and Night. I suspect it's remmywemmy, but again, can't confirm. Like the clock tower has new gears apparently in the Night, so it runs. What's the purpose of that?

[twoasone]

... You know, I doubt this has much to do with the Lady, but I think this might belong to you?

[He holds up the blazer he had brought with him.]

[umbralant]

[ Her eyebrows raise as she looks at the article of clothing. ]

That is not mine, it lacks the proper insignia. It is however, one of our uniforms. Give it to me.

[twoasone]

[He smiles as he looks over the blazer. What sort of insignia is on here? Any other curious details or things he can take out from the pockets?] Interesting. I wonder what it was doing in the boutique?

[He has no use for this, so he hands it over once he's done looking through it.] Give Sakurai my regards.

[umbralant]

[ The insignia consists of a mirror image of the staff in the church, with a shield behind it in gold threading. ]

...she was supposed to be stationed here, but was reassigned. She likely sent some of her stuff ahead. [ She takes the blazer, pausing when she runs a hand on it's sleeve. ]

Ah— [ It seems there's a note sewn into the inner lining of the sleeve. ]