Atoll (Narration): When we finally made it to the other side, we were met with flowing Obsidian falls and platforms that dotted the area and the cliffs around it. Truly an area Pandora had been working on for a long time.
Atoll: So, Pandora must be getting her memory liquid from inside the mantle
Sissinoe: That seems to be the only logical explanation.
Atoll: So, how do we go from here
Sissinoe: Looks like there’s a lever system to getting onto these platforms, we just got to co-opt it to our liking and we should be good-
Suddenly, Pandora steps out of the memory bubble, seeing Atoll and Sissinoe on the other side, messing with their controls
Atoll (Narration): They looked at us with a glare that could sever souls from their bodies and they looked like they wanted to kill and maim us. It felt like Pandora could hear the Earth’s voice in our head and wanted us dead because of it
Sissinoe: Pandora…
Atoll: Pandora, you should probably give up, you’re messing with forces you have no idea how to control…
Pandora: Why would I give up, I need to feel alive again, and I can’t hear her, I can’t hear the Earth…but you can…
Atoll: Pandora, stand down
Sissinoe: We know you’ve probably led a life of suffering, but you need to calm down, you need to think about if what you’re doing is right…
Pandora: Who gives a rat’s ass about right or wrong, I just want to feel again
Pandora changed their Box of Evils back to Greed Form and got ready to strike Atoll, but they faked out Atoll and ended up striking Sissinoe with the weapon, and she fell to the ground…
Atoll (Narration): When Sissinoe fell to the ground, knocked unconscious by the impact of Pandora’s weapon, I had felt a sense of rage unlike any I had ever felt before. I had just learned how tragic her life was, how we could build a brighter future for her together, but now, Pandora had knocked her cold, and she was possibly dead. I didn’t check, I only had one desire at that point
Atoll: …
Pandora: Heh, speechless
Atoll took out his flame dagger and it grew due to the passion and rage in his body.
Atoll: You…I don’t give a DAMN ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT
Atoll moved against Pandora, and knocked them off the cliff with him, as they both fell onto a platform, descending down the Obsidian Falls
Pandora: You brat, I should kill you so you can join her
Atoll: How about…I kill you instead ... .she…struggled all her life and she…was finally going to work towards the life she wanted but you selfish bastard…
Pandora: But why stop me? I don’t want to live another thousand years of loneliness
Atoll: You were going to do something unprecedented and reckless, it could have killed all of us if the Earth woke up, we don’t know what would have happened, you ushering in a new world age for your own selfish reasons is something that must be stopped.
Atoll (Narration): Nothing anyone could say, could change my mind
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Fight against Pandora
When Pandora is at 90%
Pandora: You should admit you’re outmatched, you’re fighting against someone who has fought for thousands of years
Atoll: I DON’T CARE
Pandora changed their Box of Evil to Lust Form, a giant whip that could crack concrete
Pandora: I’m going to strike you for your sins
Resume against Pandora
When Pandora is at 80%, the platform begins to collapse from Pandora’s strikes, to save himself, Atoll knocked Pandora onto another platform while he himself jumped onto the platform to stab Pandora, but he missed.
Pandora: Impressive
Atoll: Shut up
Resume against Pandora
When Pandora is at 70%, her Box of Evil changed again into a new form, Gluttony Form, a massive staff with a tractor beam that pulls objects towards it
Pandora: I’m going to swallow your fear
Atoll: I’m going to make you feel it for the first time
Pandora tried pulling Atoll towards them but he moved out of the way and slid under and fired several darts into Pandora’s side that bounced off of them. Pandora responded by pulling some of the liquid obsidian towards them.
Resume against Pandora
When Pandora is at 60%, they pull another platform and try to smash it into this one but Atoll tackles Pandora, disrupting their attack. Pandora once again tried to attack but Atoll fired a mist dart that obstructed their view.
Atoll: You won’t defeat me with cheap tricks like those
Pandora: You won’t either, it’s my will vs yours
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When Pandora is at 50%, they once again transform the Box of Evils into another form, this time Pride Form, a large broadsword that emitted powerful lightning bolts. Pandora tries swinging the sword at Atoll but he parries the blow with his flame dagger before firing a powerful steel ball dart at Pandora who deflects it
Pandora: You have little to stand against me in the way of might
Atoll: Shut up, I’ve defied the odds before
Resume against Pandora
When Pandora is at 40%, they try to cleave the platform in half with the sword but Atoll once again parries their strike
Pandora: Oh why do you love this platform so much?
Atoll: I’m not letting my story end falling into a pit of lava
Pandora: I won’t either
Atoll: Like I said, I don’t give a damn about what you want
Resume against Pandora
When Pandora is at 30%, they turn the Box of Evils into yet another form, The Wrath Form, a massive scythe with water effects around it, every swing is like a wave coming out of it.
Pandora: I think you should accept you’re going to die here today
Atoll: Likewise
Pandora tries to attack Atoll again with their weapon but Atoll fires a powerful stinging dart into Pandora’s leg, making them miss the swing
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When Pandora is at 20%, they try to once again crack the platform they are fighting Atoll on, but Atoll punches Pandora in the stomach, disrupting the attack, and sending Pandora reeling
Atoll: I’ll do anything to win this battle
Pandora: Nothing you do, will be enough
The platform continues its journey to the bottom of the Obsidian Falls.
Resume against Pandora
When Pandora is at 10%, she tries to change the Box of Evils into another form, but Atoll jams his dagger into the Box of Evils to disrupt it, it works but the dagger ends up falling into the abyss
Pandora: Was that really worth losing your weapon?
Atoll: I’m not…taking any more of your cheap shots and weapon transformations, I’m ending this, you won’t get any room to escape.
Resume against Pandora
When Pandora is defeated, she tries to rise again, striking with the weapon but Atoll kicks the Box of Evils off the platform, sending it careening into the abyss. Pandora then leaps on Atoll, grabbing him and throwing his dart gun into the bottom
Atoll: I’m SICK OF YOU
Pandora: I’m much stronger than you, you can n-
Atoll then throws Pandora off of him, sending them off of the platform to burn in the lava.
Atoll: Well…I had a good run…
Suddenly, the platform begins moving up and around the waterfall, almost like circling back to the front.
Atoll (Narration): I thought I had used the last of my life fighting against an enemy that needed to be stopped and that I would die a hero but instead, that friend I could count on saved me, by messing with the computer controls inside, she made it so the platform would come back to the entrance of the base. I
The platform comes to a halt outside the base, with Atoll being greeted by Illinois, Aoenen and Neve with Neve holding an unconscious Sissinoe in her arms
Atoll: How did you guys save me?
Neve: I messed with computer settings, got you to come around here
Illinois: I also went and retrieved Sissinoe for you
Aoenen: We’re glad to see you back with us
Atoll: Thanks guys
Atoll (Narration): As I looked at the unconscious Sissinoe, I knew I had failed to protect her. We left the sphere somberly. Illinois decided to stay behind in the False Bottom as we went back up to the surface. Up there, I had laid Sissinoe out in the water, letting her float freely in the waves, with a note expressing how I felt about her, and that I was sad she was gone. That was the last adventure I had ever gone on with Neve. The last time I really thought of myself as a hero. Every regret I have is bubbling, I can’t protect my friends, I can’t do anything well. I’m a failure to the legacy of Century Corps. The trip to Mariana was the day I lost my sense of worth…