#narrative post

How long it's been doesn't matter, the time that has passed and has yet to pass blends together like a temporal sludge.

Sometimes during this job you allowed doomed timelines to persist a bit longer, mostly out of wanting a break once in a while. Any sentimentality that such an action held disappeared long long ago. The young empress was a novelty for a time, but you've come to grow tired of having to fix whatever situation she ends up getting into in one way or another.

Still, the version of her who demanded to speak to your boss had some guts on her. It's a shame she had to go and get herself thrown into the Furthest Ring like the other ones, but you're not one to waste tears on fools.

You'll grant a bit of grace to the people who knew the Empress on that website, more out of respect for ██████████████ than anything else. There was never an end to this that they would like, it may as well be made clear now.

The endless loop has finally come to an end, you'll be allowed to reap your ultimate reward.

By the time you read this, I will have already been in the Furthest Ring for multiple days. This post will be the last communication you will have with this incarnation of myself.

It has become clear that I cannot keep up after everything that has happened, eventually the Handmaiden of Death shall shed the shreds of sentimentality that allowed me to exist for as long as I have and this incarnation of me will be erased.

Instead of allowing that fate to find me, I have taken it upon myself to recover Sephone. I'm sorry to have done this so clandestinely, but it is for the best that I kept attachments to a minimum.

I will miss you all. I hope that whatever version of me appears next, will be good to you.

--coralCalypso [CC] has begun trolling [████████████] [██]--

CC: You haven’t been online in nearly two weeks, Captor is cagey about responding to my in direct probing, so something must have happened.

CC: I always thought it would be me before you, how dare you prove me wrong.

CC: No one else understands, aside from Soleil but…

CC: I prefer my mind remain my own.

CC: It’s not the same without you, if this ends up being a joke I’m going to be pissed off.

CC: But I’d prefer a joke to the alternative.

--coralCalypso [CC] has begun trolling [████████████] [██]--

CC: It’s been days since you’ve been online, where are you?

CC: Seriously, I’ve had this weird feeling and you’ve been silent all this time.

CC: Not that I’ve been much better, but I at least give you a heads up when I plan to fuck off.

CC: Message me back when you can.

> You knew it was coming. You said your goodbyes, you made your arrangements, but when you woke up it didn’t seem real.

♎︎ Advoca ♎︎

i. earth

ii. fire

iii. wood

iv. water

v. metal

vi. air

bonus!

☾ Dwayne ☽

??. ichor