("I overheard your sister arguing with... "Your sister doesn't want you to suffer chasing...") (Character Sheet has been updated)
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"Hyacinth, I overheard your sister arguing with your mother," Nys began.
"Ai? Why would she argue with mother, isn't she the favorite?" Hyacinth wondered to herself.
"That doesn't matter. Long story short, your Mom is angry at her striking out on her own and she's trying to show up your sister by forcing you to overtake her."
"That doesn't sound right, Mom loves Ai. Ai's her prized child, why would she be angry with her. She brings in so much money?" Hyacinth didn't seem able to comprehend what Nys was telling her.
"I'm guessing you really don't know all the deep stuff that goes on in your family. From what I gather, your sister doesn't want you to suffer chasing the life she herself didn't wish for. Both of you are pawns for your mother's game. But Ai really does love you." Nys said remembering how angry the woman was over the call, "She wants you to make a path of your own instead of being pushed onto one."
"Did she really say that? She doesn't hate me." Hyacinth was hesitant to believe her and Nys could tell that the girl really wanted to, but some doubts lingered. Her mother probably drilled it into her that Ai hated her and that she had to be better, but all along she was berating and comparing her to Ai. It was abusive and cruel.
"No, she doesn't. Your envy of her is understandable but you don't have to feel that way. Your mother made you that way. You can choose to love your sister. No one can stop you from doing that."
"I can?"
"You can." Nys said smiling brightly, "Ai might be great at many things, but I bet she isn't as good as you are at gardening."
For the first time in Hyacinth's life, she took an objective look at her feelings for her sister. Her true feelings that weren't influenced by her mother. The truth was that she didn't know Ai that well, so how could she hate her. She always drew her opinion of Ai from her mother. The perfect daughter that she was supposed to live up to. She was supposed to be a mirror image of Ai and that made her bitter. She was never allowed to be anything but perfect.
It was silly how long it took her to have such a simple epiphany. She didn't hate Ai and maybe she was a little jealous, but she didn't think Ai didn't deserve the success she had. She only felt those terrible feelings because her mother wanted her to feel inferior. Her mother had driven her into a corner with fear and through berating her. Hyacinth wanted to be free of her mother's manipulations. She was her own person with her own path to follow and even Ai believed that.
The moment she realized she wasn't beneath her sister or even equal to, but completely different caused Hyacinth's key shape spot on her left wrist to become an actual keyhole. In her right hand, a bright white light shined brilliantly. She opened her hand and a silver key appeared floating above her palm.
"It's your key," Nys said wondering why hers was given to her rather than just appearing.
"Somehow I know it belongs to me. Like I've been missing it for a long time and now I finally have it." Hyacinth looked up at Nys. She smiled before taking the key and unlocking her wrist.
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"It looks as though the girl has conquered her sadness. How wonderful," The woman spoke as she sat up from laying down,
"you are quite something to return to this world from exile."
Liri ignored the woman. He had to escape the Void soon. His strength was waning quicker than he expected.
"She killed Beg didn't she?"
Liri turned his attention to the woman, "What of it?"
"How far are you willing to go?" she asked curiously.
"I will guide them to their destiny, no matter the cost," Liri said struggling inside of the Void's body. The woman raised an eyebrow at his reply but didn't question him more.
"May your efforts be blessed," she said tapping the surface of the water with her index finger,
"May the queens of this world take their rightful places."
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Nys couldn't believe how different Hyacinth looked in her Noble Armor. Like her, the girl had a small crown on her head but it sat perfectly straight on her head. Her suit was a soft pastel yellow with silver accents. Unlike her armor, Hyacinth had on shorts. She had a silver breastplate, but her chainmail was completely visible. She had on boots rather than high heels. Nys felt jealous of Hyacinth's suit. It looked practical and comfortable. Not that her suit wasn't comfortable it just didn't
look comfortable.
Hyacinth looked at her armor and with a girlish giggle she spoke, "This is weird."
"I know but this is real, so we have to go fight that Void and save Liri," Nys said unlocking her lock and changing into her armor. She called her weapon and looked to Hyacinth wondering how she was going to explain how to go about calling a weapon. Liri taught her that too.
Hyacinth seemed to be intently watching her and without hesitation, she held out her hand and a wand appeared in her hand. The wand was silver with a large floating orb at the top. Inside the orb, it looked like the image of a hurricane from outer space. It was strange but so was everything else. Nys didn't bother overthinking it, "How did you call it?"
"I'm not sure. There were words in my mind and I just repeated them, and it appeared." Hyacinth said testing the weight of the wand.
"Okay, maybe it's a prodigy thing. Can you attack with that?" Nys asked wondering how smart Hyacinth was to figure out everything she had to be told.
"I think," she said holding out the wand toward a tree. "Split."
The tree she was aiming for suddenly split into two and both fell separate ways. Nys was surprised, "What was that?"
"I think it was wind," Hyacinth said looking at the orb on top of the wand. "Pretty sure it was wind. Oh, so I'm wind attuned or have an affinity for the wind?"
"Probably, Liri said I was the Queen of Light maybe you're the Queen of Wind?" Nys said wondering when she'd get cool powers.
"We should go," Hyacinth said looking toward the fountain. Nys nodded and both took off. Hyacinth fell in step with Nys easily like she was always a magical girl and just forgot.
They made it to the fountain where the Void still had Liri and the woman was still waiting. Nys rolled her shoulders and looked at Hyacinth, "This isn't a game. We have to be careful or we'll die."
Hyacinth nodded, remembering the night before and how dangerous it was, "What do we do?"
"Find the core and destroy it."
Nys needs to find the core, where is it?
[] Void_??? has it.
[] It's somewhere in Void_Envy
[] Write-in
Hyacinth needs to support Nys, what should she do?
[] Try to free Liri
[] Attack Void_???
[] Defend Nys
[] Write-in
Current Circumstances
*Liri has taken Kren based damage from inside of the Void (-700 HP)
*Hyacinth now has her Queen form
*Hyacinth has leveled up, her stats have risen
*Hyacinth's Intelligence stat has a boost due to acquirement of Silver Storm (weapon +100 Int)
*Hyacinth has joined the party
Voting Ends Friday
| Nys | Liri | Hyacinth |
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| LV: 6 | LV: (NA) | LV: 6 |
| HP: 1389/ 1500 | HP:2400/ 5000
-Injured | HP: 1300 |
| KP: 1100 | KP: 0 | KP: 1700 |
| Atk: 124 (69) | Atk: 275 | Atk: 22 |
| Def: 89 | Def: 1000 | Def: 100 |
| Int: 53 | Int: 500 | Int: 200 (100) |
Enemy Stats
| Void_Envy | Void_??? |
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| HP: 2500 | HP: ??? |
| KP: 2000 | KP: ??? |
| Atk: 200 | Atk: ??? |
| Def: 150 | Def: 6000 |
| Int: 700 (500) | Int: ??? |
