Inside Hyane’s Mind, Husk and Hyane are locked in their places
Hyane: I don’t like your methods, Husk?
Husk: Well, our memories were coming back, so you were too, I’m the accumulation of the life we’ve lived after the accident
Hyane: I understand that well enough, but you’ve sullied our reputation. People see us as a cannibalistic monster, one who kills and maims people, one who claims the lives of innocents.
Husk: But we’re not just that, we’re a helpful member of The Century Corps, we’re a friend to people like Indica and Gladian, we’ve helped save the world
Hyane: But still…we’re…
Husk: You don’t understand, our friends before still remember us as Hyane as well, they cherish both Husk and Hyane the same, even if they don’t act like it sometimes…
Hyane: Then what do we do…
Husk: It’s obvious, you can’t live without me…
Hyane: I see…then we’ll become one
Husk: We’ll no longer be a Husk?
Hyane: Yes, Hyane will be back, but all the memories you made, all the promises you made, all the tragedies you’ve made will be a part of me too, I will bear the responsibility for all I have done
Husk: I’m glad we could finally agree on something, but we’ve got work to do if we want to make up for everything we’ve done
Hyane: I’m so glad you feel the same.
Husk: Let’s wake up, we’ve got a witch to stop and a world to save.
Hyane moves off of the bench he was put on
Hyane: I feel complete again…
Hyane sees smoke coming from District 2…
Hyane: Oh no…Am I too late?
Hyane runs over to District 2 at a fast pace
Meanwhile, The Century Corps building is a cobbled mess of bricks, and Indica’s group is going back and forth
Cosma: I have no idea if we can really defeat Optica in a head on attack?
Viridian: Well we have to try something, if we try nothing, Optica wins.
Iseri: Well we’ve cleary done a number on her plans, The White World appears to be fading away
Indica: Xen’s sacrifice destroyed the anchor, so it seems like it’s power is broken
Cosma: Yeah, but what now?
Juni: Uh, fight Optica head on?
Atlantic: Not gonna work for reasons already listed.
Hudson: Maybe we could find a way to permanently seal The White World?
Zaylee: Would be good, but we might not have the time
Falconer: Why don’t you look up
Zaylee: That’s not a plan!
Falconer: No seriously, look up!
Pieces of The Tower of Fate begin raining into the city below
Atlantic: Out of all the crazy things I’ve seen today…this tops the list…
Iseri: The White World…is raining bricks?
Indica: Alright guys, maybe this is a secret tool that can help us later?
Atlantic: I have no idea why this is happening?
Suddenly, an astral basket with a glider on it descends down and lands on the ground near the smoking guild
Cosma: Hey wait a minute I know those projections
Gladian’s group comes out of the basket
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Zkn: Hey guys, erm why is the guild on fire?
Indica: Optica was using a room here as her anchor to this world, so we had to break it
Gladian: That makes sense?
Indica: Yeah..but Xen had to sacrifice himself to really do damage to it
Atlantic: So that makes two no longer with us?
Hudson: Did something happen on your end?
Olivia: Yes
The rest of The Party looks somewhat surprised to see Olivia there
Olivia (Introducing herself to the rest of The Party) : Hi, My name is Olivia, I’m with them
Indica: Ok, proceed…
Ehl: We went into the White World to fight this fellow named Ophallacean
Viridian: Oh hey we fought him too
Vendil: We fought him when he tried to take Olivia away because she was linked to Optica, then we chased him into the White World, killed him, went to jump Optica cause we were already there, we jumped her, Optica kicked our asses, Beline sacrificed herself to destroy the tower so we could escape.
Falconer: That’s a lot…
Juni: So head on assault is out of the question?
Iseri: Well, I don’t have a plan
Cosma: Me neither
Gladian: Same here
Zkn: I have a plan….
Vendil: Are you talking about Time Travel?
Cosma: Time travel!!
Zkn: If Vendil and Ehl worked together, they could open a time portal and we could use Time Travel to our advantage
Cosma: Hmm, we could send Optica to a different time period, one where she’d have no influence and she’d be trapped there
Olivia: How about the very end of the universe, we could trap her there for all eternity and she’d never be able to go back because the forward passage of time would dictate that the universe would end before she could do anything?
Viridian: Huh, that’s a pretty solid plan
Gladian: But we’d need someone to play the role of decoy? Like bait of somekind
Olivia: I’ll do it
Atoll: But the risk for you is really high
Olivia: I don’t care, her spell over me will be broken at last, I can’t give up when I can’t be free until we finally win
Iseri: I have just one question for the time portal plan?
Zkn: Shoot
Iseri: Where is it gonna go?
Zkn: Huh I never thought about that?
Falconer: How about Calvert Tower, big building, lots of space
Cosma: That could work
Iseri: Alright let’s set out
Suddenly a group of Light Monsters appear to finish off Gladian’s Team from the Tower of Fate
Gladian: Alright guys get-
Just as suddenly, Hyane jumps in front the monsters and cuts them down with his void daggers
Falconer: Oh hey Husk is back?
Gladian: He left?
Husk?: Hey, but Husk is not my name, It’s Hyane
Cosma: Woah you got your memories back?
Husk/Hyane: Yeah
Juni: Woah our friend is really back
Zaylee: I can’t believe it…
Falconer: Man…you’re really back….
Husk/Hyane: You better believe it
Indica: Alright, nice reunion, now let’s go to Calvert Tower
Juni: Oh yeah Hyane, the plan is to trap Optica at the end of the universe
Husk/Hyane: Got it
Iseri: Alright, let’s go
The Party sets out to Calvert Tower
When you are 1/8th of the way there
Gladian: I remember the last time we set off to Calvert Tower
Viridian: Our group was smaller
Atoll: And Zenial was with us
Indica: Good times…
Iseri: Now, we’ll go there together
Atoll: Honestly, it feels good when we’re all in a group
Resume
When you are 2/8th of the way there
Juni: So you really have your memories back?
Husk/Hyane: Yeah, it feels good, I feel complete again
Zaylee: Are you still gonna violently kill and eat people?
Husk/Hyane: Are you volunteering?
Zaylee: Nope, proceed as you are…
Resume
When you are 3/8th of the way there
Vendil: Hey Ehl, I never imagined we’d ever team up together
Ehl: Why’s that?
Vendil: Well let’s just say it’s ancient history, you’ve actually become a good friend to me with all that has happened…
Ehl: Thanks Vendil..I know people had their doubts about me due to the circumstances I was created during, and I’m glad to have become your friend..
Resume
When you are 4/8th of the way there
Atlantic: Sometimes..I really do feel like maybe we shouldn’t be exposed to the line of fire so regularly, but then I remember, that I don’t really have anywhere else to go
Atoll: Well where else would you want to go?
Atlantic: Well nowhere, if I’m being honest
Atoll: You wanna stay here?
Atlantic: Even though death is always a possibility in the line of duty, there’s nowhere else I’d rather be…
Iseri: Nowhere else you’d rather be huh…
Resume
When you are 5/8th of the way there
Cosma: Hey Viridian, the world doesn’t end, I think I want us to get married?
Viridian: What??
Cosma: Well yeah..in times after tragedies, it’s important to remember that we also have the capacity for grief along with the capacity for love…
Viridian: Well…I guess that makes sense…but..this is so sudden…
Cosma: No time like the present am I right?
Falconer: Huh, I never thought of it like that…
Resume
When you are 6/8th of the way there
Husk/Hyane: I may have caused a lot of suffering to befall people, but I also helped people, am I good person or a bad person?
Falconer: I don’t believe in morality when everything is subjective
Husk/Hyane: Huh
Juni: Dude we literally watched you eat the face off of a guy in plain view
Husk/Hyane: Oh yeah…well ok I see your point
Resume
When you are 7/8th of the way there
Hudson: What happens if the plan fails?
Zkn: Well we’ll all die so it won’t matter
Hudson: Yeah fair enough
Vendil: We go to face the end nearly every time we do this, we’ve looked into the abyss so many times
Ehl: We can’t blink now
Hudson: Fair enough
Husk/Hyane: No more joy or sadness, if we fail..
Resume
When you get to Calvert Tower
Zkn: We’re here, alright everyone take position.
Cosma: Zkn, Vendil, Ehl, Olivia and myself will go to Floor 21, while the rest of you go to floor 20, we’ll lay our trap and spring it so the final battle can begin
Gladian: You got it
Husk/Hyane: A final battle…
Everyone begins racing up the stairs, taking position so the plan can begin