- 88 [Action]

[fortunefail]

[With all these newcomers about, Yuan simply isn't comfortable staying at home. Against all better judgment, he ventures out into the village to have a look. Catch him anywhere, any time!

Later, he'll return to house #8 to find it ravaged, after Kratos had a little 'argument' with Lord Kvar. Wonderfully foreboding. What other surprises may lie in wait here?]

Comments

[nihilconcerto]

[She nods, just once.]

Your time in this world has long since passed. Accept your end and you shall find peace everlasting.

[fortunefail]

[It has long since passed. Yuan is perfectly aware of that, but he has no means to stop it. He's doomed to keep living, or so he convinced himself.

And then this woman appeared, and all his convictions seem irrelevant.]


... What must I do?

[nihilconcerto]

Surrender yourself to me.

[Just slightly, she holds out her hand. It's virtually the only movement she's made during the entire conversation.]

[fortunefail]

[Something about the word "surrender" has Yuan snap back to reality again, if only a bit. Both Lloyd and Martel have already accused him of 'giving up'. Of lying down and accepting his fate without fighting back.

He's being controlled. This woman... She's controlling him.]

I... I can't. I won't! [He takes a step back again.]

[nihilconcerto]

[She makes no move to stop him. She only says in that same emotionless voice:] Do not deny yourself the peace and freedom from your sins I offer.

All lives must come to a close. Even time itself will someday end. You cannot resist the way of the universe.