Silva took a stick and put the tip in a river, entertaining herself with the flowing water. She quickly heard footsteps behind her, it was Emely. Silva figured she must have remembered everything since she seemed eager to see Silva.
"Emely, Neige told you everything?"
"I'll be honest, I didn't listen much. I wanted to see you."
"See me? Did you get your memories back?"
"Not really... Silva, right? I'm sorry I forgot your name, but I never forgot about you?"
Silva looked unconvinced. Emely knew she would need to prove it to Silva and took a heart keychain in her hand.
"That, you gave it to me, right? My girlfriend... I mean the other girl said she's the one that gave it to me, but I know it's not true..."
Emely took a book out of her pocket and handed it to Silva, who stood there confused.
"I know you can't see it, but it's drawings of you. All I could remember was a girl with red hair... If I knew you had pretty red eyes too, I would have drawn them."
"Emely, it's okay, I understand. I don't know what Neige told you, I just need some time. I'm not really in the mood to explain... So much is happening."
"What is it? The world is ending? I'm going to die in a week? It doesn't matter to me, I just want to be with the one that makes me truly happy."
Silva looked away to hide the blush on her face.
"Don't you have your lover? She's waiting for you."
"Apparently she's not real, Neige told me this world was made to make me happy. I don't know which God made this world, but He clearly didn't know me. And even if she was real, it's just that I was lost. I didn't have my precious bat yet."
"I... I'm sorry for leaving like that. I was just a bit mad."
"I understand, we were together before, right? If the role were reversed, I would have felt horrible too."
Emely held Silva's hand and looked at her in the eyes before getting her face closer to the blind girl's. Silva blushed when she felt how close Emely was but didn't dare to say a word.
"Silva, can you forgive me for forgetting you for a moment?"
"Of course, I'm not much better either... It's all the fault of our former leader, she's the one that-"
Emely put her finger on Silva's mouth to stop her from talking.
"Don't talk about bad things, we can see later. You shouldn't think about other girls or I might get jealous." Emely leaned her body toward Silva, making the latter even more embarrassed "Silva, do you want to be my lover again?"
Silva smiled, trying her best to keep the tears from flowing. She slowly nodded her head, and the moment she did, Emely kissed her passionately. The two girls held each other tightly while cuddling like they never forgot each other's love. Emely stepped back, an aroused smile on her face.
"I definitely didn't forget how good it felt. I'm sure there's much more you'd want, but you'll need to hold on for now."
"That's mean... Wait, do you remember everything?"
"I think most things, yeah, and I remember everything about you. It's been a while actually, but I wanted you to remember how much I loved you. If I said I remembered everything, we would have left and you'd always have a doubt in your mind."
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"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to cause a scene..."
"Stop worrying Silva, I love you my cute bat."
"I love you too my little inventor."
"What!?"
The two lovers turned toward the voice, only to see Emely's old lover standing there along with Neige.
"What do you mean you love her? Did you confuse this bitch with me?"
"Mind your language. And you're right, for a moment, I confused you with her. I thought you were the one I loved Yuko, but my real knight in shining armor is Silva!"
"Why? What does she have that I don't?"
"Love doesn't need a reason to exist, but even if it did, there are so many reasons. She's kind, heroic, cute, patient, cool, just crazy enough, fun, loving, and perfect all around."
"Fine, I don't need you!"
The girl pushed Neige to the side and ran away from them. Emely looked back at Silva with an innocent smile before kissing the tip of her nose.
"You'll always be mine Silva, and I'll always be yours."
"Of course, even being trapped in other worlds didn't stop us from finding each other."
Silva was about to lean in for a kiss but stopped when she heard Neige's annoyed voice.
"That's great and all, but you didn't forget about me, right?"
"Of course not! I just missed Emely so much, but you're right, there's more important for now. Let's go back to the ship, we'll explain on the way."
Emely nodded and followed her two friends out of this world that no longer suited her, ready to face the real world.
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Silva and Neige explained everything to Emely. The engineer had trouble accepting everything at first but was forced to when she saw the state of the ship and understood the reality of the world she was in.
"You two did so much, I'm sorry it's just now that I woke up. You said you saved Sepide, right? Where is she?"
"She's trying to regain her memories, we don't have much time to spare so we can only hope she'll manage on her own..."
"I see, and what about Remiel? I thought you didn't save her but she's here."
"She is?" Neige asked, a bit confused "How do you know?"
"I can track Remiel with my watch, she's in here. We should go search for her."
"Alright, we follow you."
The three friends searched for the robot, and thanks to Emely's help, managed to easily find where she was supposed to be. They ended up in the kitchen but found no signs of Remiel anywhere, they considered the idea of a malfunction in Emely's watch but the engineer was too stubborn to admit it. She continued searching for a few minutes until she stopped to stare at a toaster. A bit worried for her sanity, Neige came to her to help her.
"Hey, we'll find Remiel, she must be in another world or-"
"She's here, that's Remiel" Emely said while pointing at the toaster "Her brain is in the toaster!"
"A-Are you sure?"
"A hundred percent. Her body is somewhere else but her mind is here, in this toaster!"
~Polyetta put your friend in this machine?~ Ada asked with stupor ~How did she even trap someone in a toaster?~
"Remiel is a robot... She probably trapped her main component in the toaster."
"Yeah, I know..." Emely said with confusion "I didn't forget Remiel you know?"
"I wasn't talking to you... Anyway, do you know where her body is?"
"Yes, she's in another world, I can even tell its ID. The leader must have thought that Remiel's free will was troublesome when creating her perfect world."
"You still call her leader..." Silva said, still resenting her former leader "So, what's next? Should we go now?"
"Yes, I think so. But still, I can't believe Remiel is in this toaster..."
Neige knocked on the toaster in an attempt to get a reaction. The toaster suddenly activated, ejecting two pieces of bread out of it.
"A sentient toaster... Let's hurry, I'm starting to get exhausted."
"Yeah, let's go!"
Neige and Silva both prepared each other to leave, letting Emely take care of Remiel. They were determined to get Remiel's body and save their friends.
Sepide continued to look at everything in the box with curiosity. She pulled out a screw, it didn't seem like much at first, but this was part of a car they used to race against Kairo. It was always a rainy night there, she couldn't remember much about Kairo besides him being annoying and an enemy. It was around here that she took the empty box and showed it to her friends, Silva was the one behind the idea of filling it and Neige put the screw, lack of anything more interesting. Sepide took something else, it was a note. She couldn't read it, it was from a mysterious land where the Goddess split the world into two parts. They helped a couple to form, or rather, Silva did. Along with Neige, Sepide tried to learn more about the Goddess Peolyetta and whether it was related to their leader. It was ironic now that the leader believed herself to be a divine being and erased the universe. This box brought back so many memories she thought were lost to time, but one thing in particular was attracting her. It was a violet crystal, she took it from this world where time stopped working properly. That was the thing that allowed them to track Neige after the anomaly kidnapped him. Sepide remembered the cross necklace she got after saving Neige in the tournament, she always carried it on her belt. So much happened, and even if a lot of it was suffering, she still loved all the bonds and memories she made because of it.