Endgame: Part 2

[letsplayamod]

The week goes on. A small miracle, how quiet it is. With no motives or attacks to speak of, you can breathe a sigh of relief even when a tension gripes the air. So few of you now, what exactly would you do were Typhon to return and decide the game was over? Was Athena always going to be out of reach? And what exactly did she want you to find in the center of this mountain temple, anyway?

Questions abound, and no answers.

...Until this morning. The sky itself is clear with very few clouds, but something still falls into your home. Not "physically," though, it's more of a feeling. The sensation of some great power entering this space. Everyone will notice it, and the way it passes by, sinking beneath the floors - all the way to the bottom level.

And there it ends up, waiting for someone brave enough to investigate.

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[letsplayamod]

[Exactly as with everyone else, when Cerejeira touches the wall, the warm gold glow flashes in her eyes and the question crafted just for her presents itself:]

Do you still hold yourself at fault, Goddess of Guilt?

[murchada]

[Oh. Well, that's actually not so bad. That's an easy one.]

Yes.

[Saying anything else would just be untrue. She doesn't even mind saying it out loud. She does blame herself, for so many things. What happened at Chaldea... Sure, maybe that was the real Cerejeira Elron. It isn't her burden to carry, her guilt to feel... Theoretically. It isn't quite that easy.

Rani-XII had said she was the Alter Ego of Atonement. That part leaves a much more bitter taste in her mouth. She'll carry the guilt, as proof of who she is. Of... how much she cares. Still, she can't atone. No matter what, nothing could ever be good enough to erase sins that only exist in her own heart.

But it is her heart. She was made from those feelings. How could she ever cut that part out of herself?]

I probably always will. But... that's okay. I'll keep using it, to be better.

I'll keep living and regretting and loving.

[That's what she wants to do. So, that should be okay.]

[letsplayamod]

[As with everyone else, Cerejeira is listened to with quiet patience.

For some, the answers come easier than others.]

Regret in life is inescapable. To continue forward and using it to improve shows great strength, Goddess of Guilt Cerejeira Elron.

[The broken flakes of gold under her hand begin to flow together, forming into a golden branch of cherry blossoms in bloom.

One more deactivation.]