A/N: Let me quickly explain this. These will be short little one-chapter backstories of characters that I think can/should have a backstory. For example, this one is about how Nano changed, and why Lalna was actually going to Sjin's Farm. There will be a few of these - really anybody I can think of that can have a backstory like this. So, enjoy~
"So what are we going to do today, Lalna?" I heard her energetic voice from behind me, turning to face my apprentice. She was just as perky as always...still having the signs of the taint. It hadn't got hold of her, not yet. I still needed to fix that...but I don't know how. "Are you going to teach me some more new cool stuff?" She asked, smiling. Her smile...it made her so cute and beautiful. I couldn't help but love her, but I never said that to her; I don't know how she would react. I smiled in return, nodding.
"Yeah, something like that. But first we're going to have to go mining." Her attitude didn't even falter. She didn't mind mining, as long as she was equipped. That was something I loved about Nano. Always optimistic, always smiling; even when she talks about Sjin, she says about getting him back but I know it's just a joke. She's too pure, too innocent, and a little unknowledgeable, to do something like that. That's why she's my apprentice, after all. I teach her the ropes while we both have a good laugh. Soon her adored ruby pickaxe was in her hand, and we started our journey. I watched my apprentice with awe – I still didn't understand how she could be so optimistic all the time, even when everything was going badly. Maybe because she wasn't from the area she was taught how to be so energetic and happy. I don't know. But I love it. I let my own pickaxe rest on my shoulder as we neared a cave. To get to it we had to traverse some taint. I was always hesitant about trekking through taint, but Nano insisted it was fine. I watched as she walked straight into it. Then she stopped. Shit. "Nano?" I called out cautiously. She didn't reply. Taking a few steps, so I was at the edge of the taint, I reached out towards her. "Nano, are you ok?"
"S-Stay back!" She shouted, my hand retracting instantly. "This...i-isn't right..." She whispered, clenching her hands around her head. My eyes grew wide behind my goggles, watching my apprentice scream in agony. And I did nothing. She told me to stay back...so I did. Why didn't I instinctively try to help her? "Lalna...I'm..." Her body became still. Moments passed by while neither of us did anything. Was she ok? I couldn't tell, she was facing away from me. Had the taint...? No...
"Nano, talk to me. Are you ok?" I repeated my question. "Look, we should get going-"
"Lalna. Hehe, oh Lalna. Or...maybe I should call you...Livid." I flinched. Livid?! How did she know about Livid?!
"W-What are you talking about? I'm Lalna, that's it." I replied quickly. There's no way she could know about Livid...no way... She couldn't!
"Oh, have I hit a nerve?" She whispered. She then winced, clutching her head again. "L-Lalna, run! Quick!" Her face turned to me, her eyes full of pain. "I-I have a bad feeling...Xephos..." Nano collapsed on the ground, the taint swirling around her. I stepped back a few steps, stumbling a little. I watched as the taint flared, coming towards me. As quickly as my legs would move, I ran. I ran as fast as I could back to our base. If I could get there, I could make a flying ring. It's a bit old, but it'll work. "Yes, RUN! You need to run, Lalna! No, your true name is LIVID, ISN'T IT?! Why don't you return to your true self, Livid!" The words stung me. I disowned the name Livid ever since...ever since the Tekkit War. I couldn't bear to use that name. Not now, not anymore. I tried to ignore the shouts as much as I could, repeatedly hearing 'Livid' being screamed and shouted at me. Half because I didn't want to face the truth and half because...it was HER voice. The taint was using HER voice. Oh poor Nano...why? Why you? This is my fault. But I can't dwell on that. Nano wouldn't want me to. Her beautiful smile...she'd want me to carry on. Save her. That is what I'll do. Save her.
"Honeydew! Xephos!" My shouts were fruitless, as neither the dwarf nor the spaceman answered. I walked around the desolated compound of the Jaffa Factory. It was slightly more repaired than when we first found it, but it still needed a lot of work. I noticed a note left on a crafting bench. I picked it up, reading it.
GONE DIGGING. BE BACK LATER. Honeydew.
"Damn it..." That was helpful. Clenching my hand into a fist, I scrunched up the note. "Now what am I supposed to do?" I went back through my mind. With her last conscious self, Nano said about Xephos. Is he in danger of the taint? Where could Xephos be? With him helping out everywhere, it would be a bit hard to narrow it down. 'He's not at the Jaffa Factory...he's not at Baked Bean Fort...he wasn't around our base...where else could he be?' I thought. Suddenly it came to me. "Sjin..." I whispered, dropping the note as I ran out of the compound. If Xephos was in trouble, like Nano warned, Sjin...he could be in danger. If Xephos was tainted...Sjin would be in GREAT danger. "I'm coming for you Sjin. I won't let you be tainted too." I whispered to myself. I HAD to save him. I couldn't really work out why he was so important, but he just felt it to me. Maybe the past can truly be forgotten...
[Lalna...I will return. Ḷ̰̭̣͙i̫̯̬̖̜v̪ìḍ̟̲ is c̲͔̟͖̟o̙͕̠̙m͔͉̭̣̥̥͝͞i̢̡̗͖n̩g͢͏̬͙̟̟̹̭̺~~]