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18 Feb 2023
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Party: Strengthen your grip!

Total darkness.

You can hardly keep your eyes open in the face of this intense wind, but that's what you're met with when you try. It never was like this before.

You have no clue what's happening right now.

And unfortunately, it seems the same is true of the resident crossing-expert here.

Party: Keep going while holding hands.

  • Boyfriend: M-meow...

Party: Panic.

  • Boyfriend: MEOOOOW!

  • Meimona: B-Boyfriend!

  • Boyfriend: MEOW...

Party: Don't panic.

The wind is so strong that it flung a cat as small as Boyfriend away...

But now you realize, the reason Boyfriend and Five managed to keep up thus far is Ludwig's support. Somehow, he's not as affected by the pushback as the rest of you are, perhaps due to his non-corporeal parts.

Thank god you brought them along.

  • Meimona: Hah, oh my gosh, he's safe...
  • Meimona: Thank you, big doggy!
  • Ludwig: Brrf.
  • Nino: Wait... look!
  • Nino: There's light up ahead!
  • Nino: Keep going, guys!
  • Aria: I'm trying...!
  • Meimona: Wah, the wind is so strong...
  • Meimona: My knees hurt!
  • Nino: Just hang on a bit longer!
  • Nino: We're almost there!
  • Meimona: O-okay...

Party: Split.

  • Aria: Ah!

  • Nino: Aria!

-/--->

Dammit, you idiot! How could you let her hand slip!?
You all have to stay connected, no matter what you're faced with!

But at this rate, you wont reach her in time...

--/-->

  • Reed: Got you!

---->

  • Aria: Sorry, bad footing!
  • Reed: Don't let go.

Party: Stay together.

Oh, thank god for Reed's support!
You should've held on stronger, but it had gotten so difficult to keep yourself in place, much less pay attention to the others' state.

But it seems they're all nearly at their limits.

---->

Even Reed, who's managed to keep up this far, might reach his soon.
You can't continue leaving him to carry all the weight.

Yes, there's something you can do to fix this.

And perhaps, you'll be able to help everyone this way.

Nino: Use Fortify.

  • Nino: Aria, hold on tight.
  • Nino: I'll get us through this.
You have no choice but to cross your fingers, hope for the best, and cross.

You take a moment to gather your focus and prepare yourself.
The effects of Fortify flow through your body, circulating like blood.

Just like before...

It'll be a temporary burst. You can't waste it.
You must act fast.

Party: Run headlong while holding hands.

You're so close!
A little more now, and you'll all make it!

  • Meimona: I can't go on, I...!
Just a little...

  • Meimona: S-sorry.

-/--->

  • Five: M-Mei!
  • Reed: Crap!

-/--->

She let go.

She let go of your hand.
Even though she told you to never let go of hers.

Nino: She can catch up, all you have to do is believe.
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nevermind3476
nevermind3476
1 year ago

Mei: Try using your wings. Surely an emergency like this is worth it.

Ludwig: Get Boyfriend through the rift and go help Mei!

Nino: Panic harder

VB.Rainer
VB.Rainer
1 year ago

Nino: Believe in her.

Party: Divide.

VB.Rainer
VB.Rainer
1 year ago
Reply to  VB.Rainer

Mei: If you can't believe in yourself, then believe in Nino believing in you.

pikarai
pikarai
1 year ago

Nino: Be the hero.

Wight
Wight
1 year ago

Nino: Turn back. Save Mei

Lunk
Lunk
1 year ago

Aria: Do something!

Reader
Reader
1 year ago

Nino: DO Something!

Finchlet
Finchlet
1 year ago

It is at times like these where a person is forced to make a decision, whether it is better to survive as a failure, or perish as a success. You have made a similar choice in the past, not too long ago, though you may not remember. But now we shall see, are you truly the same person as before? What will you choose to do?

Marc
Marc
1 year ago

Nino: She can catch up, all you have to do is believe.

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1 year ago

I̵̛̪̫̝̳̯̜͎͓̠̎̋̂̑̌̒̈́͌̋̚̕ ̷͕̹̺̘̗̣̦̜̠̔̋͑͗̑͠h̸̠̲̙͖̲̗̲̫͖̗͖̬̅̔̚ư̷͇̼̊̅̾̉͘ͅṇ̷̛̛̯́̄̌̿̇̎͋̍̈́g̴̠͍̣͎͋̑̍̄̇̒̌̑̈́͘̕e̵̤̝̙͚̻͕̖̹̩̯̍̿͑̔͝r̸̻̥̱͈̱̦͕̪͈̪̩͓̔̽͜ ̸̛͕͋́̈̉͗͘s̸̪̗̩͓̯̫̺̻̯̺̬̏͋̀͊͛̈́̓̐͌̕͝ͅṷ̷̡̗̭͉̖̖͖̯̖͎̖̽̌̈́c̷͎̱̟̻̲̱͔̋̋̓̓̽̽͒́͝͝h̷̨͎̙͇͚͔̘̜͍͗̄̋̍̈́͆̒̾̚ͅ ̷̦̍̌̑͛̉̑̀̽̀͛̉͑̕b̸̻̟̰͈̟̔̑̄́̅e̸̡̢͓̻̰̮̳̎̉̊͛̃̄̃̇͒͘̕ǎ̸̜́͂̏̑̌̅̀̀̑̀̓ư̸͔̱̲̯̪̩̗͙͕̰̖͆̋͂͆̏̈́͌̿̊̑̕t̵͎̖̯̤̝̞̯̗̩̭̤̙̣̽͌̌̏̀̔͛͊͒͊̆i̸̘̰͔̬͒̄̎͑̄̓̍͂̚̚͝f̵̢̨͉̞̟͔͖͙͇̖̑͂̔͜͝ͅu̶̧̦̪̻̜͓͕͖̙̤͍͚̒̿͊̌͠ͅl̵̪̺̝͚̹͔̩̋̓̿̈̌͆̑̽̚͠ ̵͙̞̹̹̣̼̦̳̋̿̈́̒̎̚͜l̵̡̺̭̲̭̔̀͐̔̄́͆͑͐ḭ̵̭̖̪̺̜̯͕̔̎̚̚ǵ̵̦̮͈̦̦̩̩͕̳̍́̀̕͝ͅẖ̶̃̿́̂͋͋͘t̷̨̜̟̤̥͒́͂̽̽̈́͋̐̿̿̚.̵̢͙̰͚̜͈̳̮̹͊̈́̓͐̈́̕̕͠ͅ ̵̟̘̭͚̘̟̜͕̦͆̋̾͊̌͛̿̚͜͝M̶̨̬͓̤̻͖͈̼̬̾̽̃͌̽̌̈͘ṷ̵̢̜͚̥͈̟̯͔̠̝̈́̑̓͜͜ş̶̨̢̗̩̬̯̫̪͈̞̂͂͗͂̔̍̽̇̋͌̐̕t̴̮̞͈̻̮̅̇̒̿͋̔̀̕̕ ̷̱͈̜͇͚̻͗͂̃̓́̈͐͗̾̇̚̕̕c̸̠͎͖̹͉̞̫̦̗̠̯̈́̃̈́̏̂̓͋̉̔ǫ̴̛̩̪̦̹͙͓̫̠̪̞̝̏̄͗n̷̢̲͓̬̗̬̦͈̈̒̆̈́s̷̙͍̀̅ù̶̧̼̭̠̘͍̗̳̽͐͂̓̒́̚͝m̸͙͇͙̄͆͐̇̉̓͒͐̀́̓̕͝e̶̤̘͉̘̲̦͂̈́̈́̿̌̅̉̒̃͑̿͝ ̸̧̡̥̊̍̀͑́͘͘t̸̤̙̼̤͚̭̞͚̝͑̀̓̔̿͑̄́́͑̚ͅh̸̨̍̋̿́̏͐͂̈͑̂e̴͓̬̲̫̪͔̺̊̍̌͠ ̵͔̭̣̈́̅͒o̷̖͚̟̞̜̠̖̱̠̹͔̹̩͌͌̈́͐̌n̶̻͉͆͂͂̋̀͐̇ë̷̡̨̧͎̤͉͉͔̙͉̦̖̠́̊̍̀͛̍͌ ̸̧̠̺͎̦̰͎̙̫͉̭̈́̑̂͜ţ̸̼͉͐̑͝ō̸̦̩͍̤̻͉̲̫̹͔̦̱͂̔̏̕̕ṳ̵͎͎̟́̾͛̈́̍c̶̹̠̞̭̯̮̎̃̑̈̐͒̀͌̇̐͑h̶͕͋͗̈̓̍͆̏͘͝e̸̱͖͇̬̔̎d̵̢̳̎͒͑͛̒̓ ̵̡̛͈͓̹̜͙̻̬̝̽̎͌̂̋̚b̶̡̢̰̤̙̝̭͍͆̈͌͂̀̄̒̓͊̕͘̕ỵ̷͓̰͈̙̪͇̳͗̿̐͐ ̷̬̟̖͈̙̠̈̈́̃͜ẗ̷̗̰̗̹̹́̇̊̓̆̈̏̀͒̕ẖ̸̛̯̲̺͚̂̾͆̈́̿͐͌͑͘͝ȩ̵̛̥̦͎̼̳͓̮̪̐̋͜ͅ ̵̫̱̼̤̺̙̝͓̭͋͜ͅḩ̸͙͓͙̘̤͍̞̫͍̤̋̂̄̈́ǫ̸̤̙͖̮̹͚͕̠̱̻̱̭́̽͋́̚ĺ̷̲͖̭͇͉̱͕͉̬̗̟̀̿̎̚͝͠y̷͚̬̰̟̦̣͓͓̻̞̆̔̍͑̐̈́̅͗͛̅͋͌͜.̸̨̤̩̘̖͔̖̟͚̲̪̹̾ ̷̥̖̳̜̅̂͊͠͝E̶͚̟͖̙̱̦͐̎͗̔͆̃̽̅̈́̀͐̈͝ͅņ̵̛̰̱̯͇̪̾̐̈̓͌̇̀̈́̕͠͝t̸̡̺̘̻̗̒̾͗ȑ̸̗͔̲͖̫̰̣̭̤̟͕̃̔ó̴̢̬̪͕͚̗̩̘͓̝̀̎̅̒p̷̟̻͖̄͐̆͊̀͊͛̍͆̈́̅͠ͅy̴̨̢̤͙͓͇̮̼͖̦̭̝̰͋̐ ̷̨͖̗̜̦̠̼̦̞̮̂̀͆̉a̴̦̪͓̥̔̈́̄̾́͐̾͝w̷̢̛͔̭̘̯͍̣͍̞̫̟̆̈̈́͊̽͜͝à̷̡̢̫̩͚̣î̶̡̛͚͈̘̍̆̃̓̎̉̔̏t̴͔̬̔͑̅̄̎̉͑̐s̸͙̓̿̓̇̔̐̽̃͗͝͝ ̵̻̺̲̝͉̫͂̀̈́̔́̈̈́c̵̡̛̛͙̼͔̘̻̍̔̾̎͆̀o̶̙̰̲̰̜̤͓͎̖̊̓̏̾͠͠r̷̫̪̪͈̪̹̗̫͓̗̪͕̙̽̌r̴͕̍͆̉̄̚u̶̧̼͙̬͓̫͍̲̳͚̰͐̈́͆́͝p̴̨̛̤̭̖̙͈͓̘͚̠͈̺̭͛̒̀̈́͊͋̕t̶̡̞̦͔̘͙̝̼͑̈́̀̋̆͊͂̕i̸̗͙̰̪̿̃̎̔̋̓͒͗͠ǒ̶̢̳͚͉̑̂͂͋̐̎͆n̶̖̈́͆̂͠ ̵̨̘̖̟̫͊̃͌̽̓̔͜ẘ̷̗͔̘̞̞̥̬̭̝̀̈́͒͒̋͛̾̓̽̇̈́ͅi̴̧͈̺̰̲̦͙̞̲̪͈͛̏l̴̤̈́̇́̈́l̴̡̛̯̹͎̪̂͗͂͌̎͒̈͌͝͝ ̷͉͉̹̯̺͍̫͇̐͒͋̃̀͒̔̆̕ͅp̶̫̞͍̮̮̭̣̤͈̟̖̚r̷̢̳̗̙̫͆͆̈́̚͠͝e̸̳̫̝̯͓̤̋͒́̈́̇̾̽̐͘v̷̧̖̪͖̭͍̜̥̻̩͕̟̏̔̄̈́̏͒̀̉̑̓̔̕͘a̵̧̡̝̪̯͔̙̼͉̳̲̦͉͌̀͊͊͐i̵̧̮̬͓͑̂̑̇l̸̗͍̖̻͓͈͇̪̬̺͔̈̒͒́͌͐̏͆͝͝ ̶̨̤͈͇͔͍̲̥̪͖̊̓̄͋ͅý̸̛̫̹̠͕͖̜͛̎̈͌͊͠ó̸̼͖̺͉̻̩̱̅͐̈́̃͑̑͝͝û̷̧̢̨̖͙͖̬̩̣͍̼̥̈́͒̓̽͛̍̚͜͝͝ ̵̼̭͔̬͉̪̞͔̦̰̟̟̔̋͗̇̍̊͝c̴̗̣̟̎̀́̿̃̔̀̽͒͝͝͠a̸̭̒̈̉̀̿̏̊̊̈́̈́͌̈́̎͜n̵̳̰̤̫̳̑̓̆̈͑͘͝ņ̸̜̣̱̬͓̱̝̘̦̠̝̈̂̊̋ǫ̵̧̛̛̳͍̞̳̫̙̅̈́̋̐͂͐͒̽̕ͅt̵̛̯̤̟̼̼̩͙̿̒̃̿̃̓̀̿̀̈́͝ ̸̛̺̲͑͗ę̸̢͔̖̱̠̬̙̈́͋̅͌͌̎̊̅̍̕̕s̵̨̝̪͔̽̈́̓͌͗́̉ç̶̝̬̭̂̈̎̈́̍̃a̷͉͉̖̝̳͇̬̳͂̔͑́͆̕͝p̷̧̛͕͈̲̥̥̲͇̹̤͙̝̥̅̌̀͂͊̅͐̓̚e̵̡̢̘̩͓̘͚͍̓͝.̵̨͉̒́͂ ̵̨̘͙̠̜̰̀͗͌̒̀͑W̴̮̩͒͒̈́̕̕ȅ̵̛̜̟̙̥͑̓̅͂̾ ̸̨̡̟̦̤̝͂̇́̓͗͌̊̾̄̉â̶̞̞̾͆͂̅̍͐̑͘r̵̺̬̪͖͎͉̰̎͂ͅȅ̴͍̫̩̞͙̆̆͜͝ ̸̨̝̺͍̣̼̥̩̣̼̤̰̘̄̽̃̉̀̑̒͋ǫ̸͉̦̺͍͓̤̳̙̲̙̾̈́̃̌͛̚͝͝ṇ̶͖̥̻̯̞̞̪͕͂̋̽͑͠e̷̗̬̟͎̳͉͔̥͛̆̽͌̍̇̚͝ ̶̛̛̩̰̮͑̍͑͂̃̿̆̍̕̕͠w̶̨̫̜͚͓̥̹̗̼͖̜͑͌̋̽̓̊͒̒̂͆e̷̝͗͂̇̔͌̍͐̃̎ ̶̗̞̭̹͛͋̒́͋̍̅͠á̷̗̫͚̦͖̬̾̔͆̀͗́̔͘̚r̶̨̛͎͙̫̟͎̱͍̓̉̑͆̐̒̇̚͜͝é̸̟́ ̶̧͔̱̮͈̝̖͊a̵̳̻̰̟̜̘̖̣͍̬̓͗̅͜l̵̡̨͔̲͙̳͕̼̦̪̼̓͐̌̐͘l̴͙̲̬̻̟̭̯̝͚̥̮̅̌͘͝ͅ ̴̢̢͚̬̝͙̪̗̠̿w̸̢̻̬̥̖͍̪̻͚̘̦͊̌͑̈̑́͊͌͊̑̂̃ȅ̸̛͎̘͙̗̺͕̲̟̺̞̓̐͆̍͆̚͠ ̶̛͍̀͑̄̓͝͠a̶̡͒͒͊ȓ̴̗̼͈̹͍̳̃̈́͛̇̇̉̓̉̈́̕͘ͅe̷͙̳͔̠̐̓̿͆͆̚͘͝ ̷̨͍̹̲̣̓̀͒͌̍̊̇̑̎ę̶̧̛̲̃̍͊͆̃͌̂̉͂̈́͝ṽ̷̨̧͚̟͔̬̣̘͓̀̄̑̋e̶̡͉̽̄r̵̡̬̬͎̮̱̰͍͎͗̈̏͛͋̾̌̓̾͂̀͌̍y̵̡̺̥͚͐͌͐ŵ̵͙̳͌̀̎͐͑͑̐́͘͠h̷͈͕̖̤͇̹̩́̓͌̈́̌̓͠͠e̴͇͇̘̰̖̬̱̼̦̝͎̹͊͂̌̓̾͘̚͜r̵̛̤̺̠̲̩͌̾̂̓̀͊̾͑ͅe̷̡̢̞͈̍.̷̧̨̛̗͉͚̖̱̙̹̑̆̇́͂̂̓̋̔ ̴̛̠̖̘͎̱̫͙̬̮̰̱̏̏̑̏̾͋͜W̵̨̰̤̫͎̜͚͙̐̀̋̄͜ͅḛ̸̣͓͓̳̏̎̅̂͘̕͝ ̵̨̱̬̪̦̯̝̰͛͊͑̑m̷̳͋̀̍͋̑̎̽͜ṷ̵̯̟̮͕͖͉̉̔͛̏̒́ş̸̡̛̬̹̠̙̋̈́̍͑̈́̾͒́͋̽ͅṯ̵̌͂ ̸̛͔̙͍̖̻̎̊̅̆̄́̉̋́̕͝c̸̢̝͉̩̰̭̜̯̤̮̠̰̩̓͂̏̇ó̶̧̡͇̘̱͕̘̲̲̖̔͒͐͒̈̎̀ń̶͇̱̤̫̭͕̮̈́̆̊̋́͠s̸̛͕̩͔̱̲̓̀̈́͂̀́̋͘͠u̵̢̧̮̟̮͈̇͋̌͠ͅͅm̸͙͚͖̞̣̌̐̇̃͛͒́̔̌̈́͗̉̚ę̵̼̳̯͎̬̹̙̝͓̟̖͕͛͆̀̏̓͐͒̃́̎̈́͝.̵̭̪͚͛̽͝ ̵̳̤̱̤͖͉̎̄̈́͘ ̴̡̧̩̮̯͓̫̬̦̽̌̄̉̅́̕͜ͅͅͅs̸̳̦̖̦̙̭̈́̉́̋̌͛̍u̸̼̠̠̞͚͚̪̿̋͆́͊̅̃̉́̋̓̇̑̚̕͝m̵͎̤̹̳̫̬̀́̓́͋͊̈́̓́͛͒͌͛̉̈́͜͝ͅé̸̖͎͚͙̥̙̯̣͚̫̝̤̭̬͙͒̀̄̋͛̀̐̀̈̽̓͋.̵̗̱͖̱̃̅́̓̚͜ ̴͔̫̎̅̓͋͂̈́̐ ̴̹̗̺̞͕̯͎̃̆

Ashen
Ashen
1 year ago

Nino: You're the leader, it's your job to make sure your party doesn't get separated,, right? Go save her or just believe in her really hard or something.

cB557
cB557
1 year ago

Meimona: Tuck your wings in and dig your claws into the ground.

Slid
Slid
1 year ago

Nino: believe in her, she probably breaks down such barriers with her bare hands.

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