================================================================="Ah... I love a good healing bath…"
*Knock knock knock!*
"I'm recuperating! Who is it?"
"Kazeharu."
"Why are you here? I'm taking a bath!"
"No reason, just…checking-on y-ou"
"Checking on me!? Are you okay? Dottore, I SWEAR if you did this, I'll be so annoyed!"
"I'm fine." He answered from outside the door, sounding irritated.
"Uh huh…"
"Anyways, I'm going to go. When you've recovered can we go slice apart another segment?"
"Sure! It's so very fun to do it…In a way you DID listen to my advice to go to therapy!"
"It's not therapy! I don't need therapy!"
"Okay! Okay! It's not therapy!" she said. "It totally is." she muttered under her breath. Gia heard Haru's footsteps retreat.
"Dottore definitely did something to him."
A few hours later, Gia's arm was completely back and her wounds were healed.
*Pop!*
================================================================="What. The. HELL did you do to Kazeharu?"
"Ugh, it's you! I may have done something so that he is kinder and wouldn't fight me for a few hours during the fight…it unfortunately had a delay…" Dottore said.
''That explains it. So how did your audience go?"
"No experiments for a month unless ordered by her…and that includes torture! And she took away Corvis and sent Mayonaka to you for a MONTH."
"That sucks…Well you deserved it. Where can I find one of your segments?"
"Why?"
"Um…"
"I only have 1 left!"
"Consider it part of your punishment."
"Ugh…Fine. The segment is in the restricted library of Snezhnaya. Only access is from the Tsaritsa."
"Thanks, Dottore."
=================================================================*Pop!*
"Haru. I found the segment!"
"Where?" Haru asked.
"Restricted library in my least favorite region, SORRY your majesty. "
"Snezhnaya…"
"You guessed it. I have to get permission…We can use waypoints…Thank the Archons (Except 1) I can use them like Lumine. Anyways, how do we do it? Push him into the Chasm but make sure when he hits the bottom, he's still clinging to life then feed him alive to Mayonaka?"
"I like it…Make sure the dragon does it slowly."
"Alright. I'll be back." *Pop!*
================================================================="I'd like an audience with her!"
"O-okay." The one on the right said. This was a different agent than before.
*Knock, knock, knock!*
"Come in."
*Click* the door closed.
"Ah…welcome back!"
"Forgive thine intrusion. Thy would like access to the library."
"Why are you speaking like that….Don't answer-For what reason do you need access?''
"Torture. Dottore segment. Need I say more?"
"Hah. Here-" the Tsaritsa said, giving Gia a paper after writing on it. "Show this to my agents and they'll let you in."
"Thank you. Am I excused?"
"Yes. Farewell."
================================================================="Got it!"
"Great. What do we do?"
"Grab my arm and then I'll teleport. I can't just use my teleportation unfortunately so it's just waypoints."
"Alright." Haru said, grabbing her arm.
"Here…It's a short walk." Gia said. Haru let go of her arm and followed her.
6 minutes later they were there. It was freezing, the cold air biting at their exposed skin.
"I'm such an idiot…I'll get warm clothes." Gia groaned. She snapped and suddenly they had warm coats and fluffy clothes with velvet blue gloves.
"Better?"
"Yeah."
"Hello! We have permission to go here from her Majesty!" Gia showed one of the agents the slip.
The agent looked it over and opened the door.
"Alright…let's find him!"
They searched through the library and after half an hour of searching, they found him.
"Hello segment!" Gia said. She then grabbed him so fast that he couldn't react. Kazeharu grabbed him too and they teleported out, the segment's book still in his hand.
"Oh no! It's the segment torturers!" he yelled.
"It seems our reputation proceeds us." Haru said.
"Alright…where do we throw him?"
"From the top." Haru responded, rolling his eyes.
"You know what I mean! Anyways up there, you fly up, above the Chasm, and throw him."
"Ok…" Haru answered. He grabbed the segment, flew up top, and let him go. The segment screamed all the way down. It was 10 minutes later that they heard a sickening thud. But he had whispered something before the thud…
"I hope he survived…It's much more fun to see him being eaten alive."
"You're right Haru."
Haru flew down while Gia transformed into a peregrine falcon and dived. They reached the bottom and Gia transformed back.
"Great! He's alive! We have to take him up…" Gia said. They grabbed him and teleported up top.
"MAYONAKA! ARE YOU HUNGRY?"
The response was a loud roar and the flap of wings.
"Hello Mayonaka! I got a meal for you!"
Mayonaka laid down and opened his mouth.
"Any last words?" Haru asked.
"It's your fault Sorn is dead, Wolf."
"W-what? Ho-How do y-you know about hi-m?" Gia asked.
"Who's Sorn?"
"I-I have t-to g-go…" Gia stuttered. *Pop!*
Kazeharu looked confused as he pushed the segment into the dragon's mouth. Mayonaka devoured him, slashing him apart with his beak.
"Nahida!" Haru thought.
"Yes Haru?"
"Do you know where Gia went?"
"I can look…Why?"
"This Dottore segment mentioned someone named Sorn…then she teleported away…"
"Hm…I'll be on the lookout…Hopefully she is in Sumero…"
"Thank you Buer."
2 days had passed, and Wanderer was doing commissions with Lumine.
"And then she teleported away?" Lumine asked.
"Yeah…"
"You said the segment said it's her fault someone named Sorn is dead right?"
"Yes."
"Well…Any luck finding her?"
"N-"
"I found her!"
"Where?"
"The lake in Ardravi Valley."
"Alright."
"Did Nahida find her?"
"Yes…She's somewhere in the lake in Ardravi Valley."
"Let's go look for her after we clear this hilichurl camp."
They quickly made work of the camp and then Lumine teleported them to the nearest waypoint.
"Alright, let's check the lake starting from that end." Lumine said, pointing to the left.
It was nighttime by the time they found her. She was holding her knees and looked like she was suppressing sobs.
"Are you alright?" Lumine asked gently.
"And who is this 'Sorn'?" Kazeharu questioned.
"R-remember that man? The one I killed in the other world?"
"Yeah."
"And remember h-how I said when I tried to escape, he would threaten t-to kill innocent children?"
"I…remember…"
"Well, the first time I tried to escape…H-he did j-just t-tha-t. I…don't want to talk about it…but I-I can s-show y-you…" she said, voice breaking.
"Okay." Lumine said.
Gia grabbed their hands and thought of the memory. They felt a whoosh and then they were looking at the memory.
Gia was held in place by a heavy metal contraption. The man walked to her and said, "I told you what would happen…did I not?"
"N-no! P-please don't!"
"Bring the boy."
2 men threw a little boy around the age of 7 into the room. He had green eyes, brown hair, and blue clothes. He looked terrified.
"Sorn!"
"Miss Gia!" Sorn yelled. The guards let him run to her and give her a hug. She couldn't return it since the metal was surrounding her hands and legs. Gia looked up at the man, who grabbed Sorn. One of the guards gave him a smooth black sword.
Gia cried out, "Please don't!"
The man lightly chuckled. He ran the sword through the 7-year-old and smirked.
"SORN!"
"M-miss…I-it h-urrr-t-ss…" Sorn said, shaking.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry…this is my fault!" Gia sobbed. Sorn was covered in blood and tears. Gia was crying hard and was covered in Sorn's blood. A few minutes passed, and Gia watched as Sorn breathed his last shaky breath.
"Remember…This is your fault." the man said. He left the room. Gia closed her eyes as she could not bring herself to look at the body that was left in front of her.
The memory ended.
"I'm sorry…" Lumine said.
"Ah…It's fine. Thanks…I-I just need a day and I'll be fine!"
"We'll leave you be…" Haru said, walking away.
"I know what I need!" Gia said to herself. She traveled to another reality. It was a reality on a world called 'Earth' and it had prehistoric creatures much like Tedsyi.
"Hello!" Gia said, petting a Spinosaurus. It looked happy to see her.
"Here's your favorite!" Gia said, tossing him a fish. It hissed in delight.
"Let's check on the Brachy's alright?" The Spinosaurus followed her.
"Hello girl! Here's some delicious plants; the best of the best!" Gia said. She teleported to the top of the dinosaur and fed it the plants. It stomped in joy at the taste. Gia teleported down to the Therizinosaurs and gave them some plants as well. She went all around, playing with the babies and feeding and petting the others. Gia was happy and calm. She was laughing as a baby Graciliceratops licked her. As it got late, she fell asleep on top of a Quaesitosaurus.
================================================================= In the morning, Gia woke up and said bye to the dinosaurs, promising she'd be back soon. She then left and went back to the other reality.
"Hello Venti!" she called when she saw him in the Winery, of course.
"Oh, hello Gia!"
"Wanna see the reality?"
"Sure."
Gia grabbed his hand and teleported him to the reality.
"Here it is! We can observe someone talking to her…they do that a lot."
"Alright."
Kazeharu walked up the hill to the monument.
''Don't worry Lumine…You'll be alive again soon…And Archons Paimon and Aether are a mess whenever someone brings you up…I hate having to pay to talk to your ghost…and it isn't even a real conversation! But…the group would like to say, 'Can't wait to see you!' Anyways… Bye, Lumine…" he walked off.
"See, they're trying to bring her back but…I'm not sure that's wise. It's a small group anyways…Still though, most are peaceful!"
"It does seem calmer here…"
"Now, I promised I'd visit this one reality soon…want to come with?"
''Sure!"
"Alright!" Gia grabbed his hand again and they were teleported back to the 'Earth' reality.
"I told you I'd be back!" Gia said, hugging the Spinosaurus.
"Don't worry, these guys are the sweetest!" Gia said upon noticing Venti's expression.
"Can I…touch one?"
"Of course! Here, this one is my favorite! His name is Bandit. Bandit the Oviraptor! He's still a juvenile."
Venti reached out and ran his fingers through the dinosaur's soft, violet feathers. Another baby, this one a dracorex, licked his hand and he chuckled.
"They like you!"
"Hehe!"
"Well, let's get back.''
"Alright! Goodbye little ones!"
They teleported back.
"Oh…It appears I miscalculated and teleported to Inazuma…OH CRAP INAZUMA! Alright let's g-" Gia started but was interrupted by a loud clap of thunder and zap of lightning.
"YOU! GOD OF REALITIES! YOU DARE COME TO INAZUMA!?" The Electro Archon yelled.
"Ehe…This is a problem…"
Lightning flashed close to Gia.
"LISTEN, IT WAS THE LEAST I COULD DO FOR HARU…HOW ABOUT THE TRAVELER CLEARS THIS UP HM?"
"The Traveler?"
"I'm a good friend of hers…Venti here can go get her!''
"Hmn."
"Venti, I'll teleport you to Lumine and you can bring her here."
"Okay!" he responded. Gia teleported him to her.