Then he felt ashamed of himself, and thought, yes, of course I can. I want to help."įor a moment, he wondered if he could really trust her. He'd never been able to talk her into anything before!Įventually, shaken but resolved, she said, "let me visit your Council. But an amazing thing happened - for once, he seemed to be able to convince her. Difficult questions, like, "how can you be sure the Core will explode?", or "how do you know Lapino won't come after you instead?" which was, he had to admit, a thorny one to which even he thought his answer sounded a little lame. How, when Lapino came back, Reynardo had sent him to fetch the Iblis Stone, which would feed his bitter little rabbit heart and turn him on the Emperor, forcing Emperor Isengrim III to use the Core to defend himself, blowing both of them up without Reynardo, Zenobia or the Rebels having to lift a finger! It was genius - he, was a genius!īut instead of being awed by his master plan, Zenobia kept asking questions. How he'd sent Lapino to fetch Skyripper's Core, and how he'd already passed it on to the Emperor without either of them knowing how unstable it was. With building hope, Reynardo explained his genius, heroic, brilliant plan. So, after learning that her beloved father really was the monster her enemies described him as, she only asked, "what's your plan?" He'd thought it was a cat thing for a while, some part of always landing on their feet, but now he knew it was purely Zenobia. He'd always admired (loved) her focus and poise, how she could learn some new aspect of a fighting style or sorcerous theory and smoothly pivot her whole self to run with it. Zenobia took a short breath, stood up a little straighter, and Reynardo could see her coming to a Decision. Her gaze was sombre, accepting, and there was something else in there, something he couldn't place. "He didn't want me to hear the witness, did he." Reynardo felt relief surge within him there was still hope! He was so tired of dying, of nothing going right. It was easy, and it only took a handful of seconds, but when he was done he was breathing hard. Reynardo took three quick strides to his right, drew his sword and, with a roar that a small part of him noted had a faint edge of hysteria, cut and smashed and hacked a pair of crates to splinters. Half the time when he could catch them, they turned out to be some horrible death he'd suffered. How many times had he stood here, looking at dead scientists and black feathers? Oh, why couldn't he remember when he needed to? The memories were there, but they were like smoke on the edge of his thoughts. This wasn't in the plan! He'd solved it! Things weren't supposed to keep going wrong! Reynardo thought the living dead were creepy, but they were also useful, a True Witness far beyond any reason to lie.Īnyway, the point was that it was all going according to Reynardo's heroic, brilliant, genius plan to Fix Everything.Įxcept, where was that burning smell coming from? Skyripper's Core was in the Emperor's hands, Lapino was probably picking up the Iblis Stone by now, and Zenobia was following him to the proof of her fathers treachery. Or, if you prefer, it's just one more part of his memory being fuzzy.Īs he rode the platform past a familiar outcropping of crystals (they all felt familiar now) down to the Nexus Observatory, Reynardo felt that it was all going rather well. I considered counting Story #5 'Don't Think Twice' as well, considering how all the meaning in Reynardo's request that Zenobia run away with him, but he doesn't actually say 'I love you'. I suppose in that sense, the below is a letter of thanks, 2,806 words long.Īs a further note, Reynardo outright confesses his love to Zenobia in so many words during three paths Story #6 'Run Zenobia Run', Story #24 'Z is for Zeitgeist', and the Hero Path. I suppose I'm posting it here out of some silly hope the developers might see it because, if I made a project like this it would make my day to see that a fan liked the world I'd built enough to write in it. So, for my own sake, I decided to fix it, and if anybody else enjoys it, well, that'll be a joy too. Author's Note: This came from me playing and playing this game so much I'm actually hunting 100% completion (something I usually don't care about), my adoration for its atmosphere and characters, and a niggling dissatisfaction with an aspect of the ending that, if you've played the game, you probably already know about.
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