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[florescences]

mr. 30 something teen looking samurai boy

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[florescences]

[ she points to her elf ears. ]

I wasn't born with those. They were a side effect.

[kumeyuri]

... Oh...

[to be honest, this kind of experimentation is very outside of his wheelhouse so he's just ???]

[florescences]

[ that's fine. he can be even more ????

the mirrors shift to reflect something else now (20:23 to 26:23).

ignore.... how her model has her elf ears here..... tears up when the narrative tells you something different than what you see ]

[kumeyuri]

[...

a lot of that was confusing, but.]

... Did you want power?

[florescences]

[ the question is funny to her, but she doesn't laugh.

she shakes her head. ]

No. [ it's said in a slightly softer tone. ] I didn't want him to be alone. Kevin was the first one who volunteered and successfully took to that surgery. Because he was first... his side effect was worse than most.

[ ... ]

But we did need power. I can't say we didn't.

[kumeyuri]

It did seem like you did it for him.

[even with missing context, he could tell that much from the memory.]

Misery loves company.

[florescences]

It wasn't only for him, and we wouldn't be last ones to do it.

[ still, she smiles. ]

But he was a major part of it. Can you imagine your body temperature getting so cold that no one can no longer touch you? That's how it was for him.

[kumeyuri]

... Sounds like you guys made a lot of personal sacrifices.

[florescences]

You know as well as I do how necessary it is in war, to live and survive. In my era, humanity was on the brink.

[kumeyuri]

In your era... You said on the network that you became some kind of simulation?

[florescences]

Hmm... Became isn't quite right? Because our era was nearing its end, we wanted to preserve some of its memories. I'm a simulation created by Elysia's memories.

[ whoa what a convenient time for the mirror to show a relevant conversation. ]

[kumeyuri]

[








he is so confused.]

[florescences]

[ that's ok. me, too, uruha, the first time i watched this. ]

It's like if you fed a computer your entire memory and couldn't hold anything back and it spat it back out back into your brain.

And then with what it ate... it created something from the ingredients you gave it into a beautiful replica with no difference.

[kumeyuri]

Like... a clone...?

[florescences]

Kind of....? But... clones don't have all the memories of the person they're cloned from, do they? Or the same personality.

I'm still Elysia.

[kumeyuri]

...

Sorry, I think I get the general idea, but this is way outside of anything I've dealt with.

[florescences]

Hehe, it's okay, Uruha. Mei didn't completely understand everything either.

What's important is that we're meant to be guides to visitors who meet us.

[kumeyuri]

And... what exactly do you guide them to? Or around?

[florescences]

The Elysian Realm holds the memories of the Thirteen Flame-Chasers. It's to learn their story.

[ elysia wanted her friends' story to be known, at least to someone. that's how people are kept alive—in their memories. ]

[kumeyuri]

[...]

The Thirteen Flame-Chasers... Two of them being you and that Kevin guy?

[florescences]

Mm-hmm. He's the first. I'm the second. I chose the rankings.

[kumeyuri]

Are the rankings your level of authority, or...?

[florescences]

I spent a lot of time thinking of the order, for how it would look like from the outside in. Every organization needs some structure, but in terms of authority or power within the group, it didn't matter as much.

[kumeyuri]

[i hate you, by the way.]

Then... what exactly are they for?

[florescences]

[ stop i love you.... i could have written something worse in the book but decided to be nice :pleading_face: ]

For the leadership to see... for the outside world looking at humanity's last defense. But in the rare case we would need someone to make a decision, those ranks would hold.

At least, none of them objected when I announced the rankings.