DD 62: This Is a oneshot for the Fate/EXTRA universe. I absolutely LOVE this game and sincerely hope that the sequel will be released in English. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Date/EXTRA or any other games in the franchise. I am just a devoted fan.
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I had no memories, no name, no life to return to when this was all over. At the beginning, I thought my soul had been damaged when I entered this Holy Grail War. As the weeks went by, however, it became painfully clear that there was something seriously wrong with me. I was able to survive things normal humans would have died from. Since I had no body to return to, I had little to no limitations as to what I could do. I didn't have to worry about putting too much stress on my brain.
This hadn't been very concerning in the first place. My Servant advised me not to dwell too long on this subject as it would distract me from my preparations for my battles to come. He had been right of course, but humans were curious by nature. Anything we didn't know or understand fascinated us and made us want to discover how it worked or how it survived. With help from various Masters, I discovered that I was what was referred to as a cyber-ghost; nothing but a bunch of ones and zeroes. I can't tell you how much that shocked me. To have been nothing but a bunch of data up until this point, how did I even come into existence? The Moon Cell did record everything that occurred on Earth. One Master pointed out the possibility of a person existing once that had died in some sort of catastrophic event and perhaps the Moon Cell had created me from that information.
I was nothing but data. Did that mean if I was to be defeated that I wouldn't feel the pain from the deletion program? I did get headaches from interaction with certain objects in the virtual world. That had to mean something, right? Maybe I wasn't just data. Maybe I wasn't just a bunch of ones and zeroes. Maybe I wasn't just imaginary.
Fate is cruel, however, and now that I know who I really am, I'm faced with certain death at the hands of the Moon Cell. The real me still slept soundly on Earth, awaiting the day for someone to come along and cure her of her deadly disease while I slowly faded from existence. I didn't hold anything against her. She wouldn't remember any of the experiences I went through here and would probably never know of the friendship I had shared with those who I had met. She was just an innocent bystander used to create a setting for the Holy Grail War. She was never meant to become aware of what was really happening. Due to stubbornness or will, I had gained awareness and rised above all the doubt and won the Holy Grail that seemed so out of reach. Maybe I had inherited some characteristics from the real me. Maybe I wasn't…just…imaginary…
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DD 62: I feel as if I need to explain the ending. If you haven't played the game then imagine that you are floating in the sea awaiting some unfathomable fate to take you. The protagonist at the end is being deleted after her contemplation and thus the use of ellipses. Reviews are welcome and appreciated! Until next we meet.