Trail of the Past
A day for every orbit.
One full trip along Lavistar's orbit marks the passage of a day.
Like when the voice used to keep count of my days...
Now I count them myself. One, two, three...
Twenty-nine, and...
Thirty.
...Thirty, huh.
Back when I was first given a name, I learned what a month was at the count of thirty.
Though back then, I counted to learn. Now, I... count to endure.
*Wriggle* *Wriggle*
...
For a whole month, Void energy has crowded around to consume my limbs. Even now, they remain, watching for an opening.
Simply following this orbit would make it all too easy to lose my resolve and be eaten alive.
*Sigh*...
And so, I was depending on my memories to get me through.
I shut my eyes and recall a memory, one for every orbit.
I orbit with the past to hold on to.
Back when my master sought to descend fully upon this world...
The whole world was covered in darkness.
...No, it was my task to do that.
●●●● me, I'm sick of this. What are we, creatures of the goddamn night?
Tyria had always gone her own way, completely beyond anyone's control.
No, seriously. Why the hell do we have to do this?
...No doubt she had acted like that since she first existed.
Do we get so much as a ●●●●ing crumb? We get nothing.
So why are we putting ourselves through all this?
Because it's our turn.
We're just letting things follow their proper course.
What else is there to ask for?
You're really no fun, you know that?
...Huh?
Hey, check that out.
Up there. People are building a fire up on these ruins.
What do you think they're doing, sitting together like that in the middle of the night?
They'll be dead soon.
That's exactly my point.
...Sure, the fire will go out soon. But don't you think those little sparks are beautiful, burning like that?
I don't care.
So you really don't care about anything but our master.
Do you not?
Are you... not even eager for our master to descend upon this world?
Well, it's not that.
...But once our master comes, things go back to the way they were, right?
We'll be floating around in the Void, without light or anything, for no reason at all.
...We will.
But remember, without our master's guidance, we would have kept wandering until we disappeared.
I know. That's why I'm doing this much without making a fuss.
Then this much should be...
...
Huh?
Come on, you seriously can't think of anything you want to do?
I'm already doing what I want.
Fulfilling the mission our master gave us—
Oh, boy. All right, never mind. Why do I even bother talking to you?
*Crash!*
...Gah! Looks like the Star Savior or whatever was reckless enough to come all the way here.
Let's go, Gille!
*Fwoosh*
With that, Tyria spread her wings and headed for the battlefield ahead of me.
I closed my eyes.
My master's voice echoes through my head, as it did at the beginning of my existence.
Come now. Quickly. Cull them.
Come now. Quickly. Cull them.
Come now. Quickly. Cull them. Quickly. Cull them. Cull them. Cull them. Cull them. Cull them. Cull them. Cull them.
...
As you wish, Master.
*Crash!*
The stone floor fractured where I struck. People ran away in every direction.
...
Is that it?
Nothing remains where I have passed.
...Rather, nothing can be allowed to remain.
Because that is the work of an Executor.
Yikes, that's one vicious look on your face.
You're scaring me a little, you know.
I'll take that as a compliment.
Who said I was complimenting you?
...Huh? Hang on. There, by your feet...
Isn't that the fire we saw earlier?
?
I looked down at Tyria's words.
I could see the last embers of the fire dying beneath my feet.
Remember? The fire those humans lit up on the ruins earlier. Looks like this is what's left of it.
I wonder what they were doing around that fire.
...
I brought my foot down on the tiny ember, stamping out what remained.
...You're a real piece of work, huh. You put it out for good.
So?
It's... Ugh, forget it.
It's nothing.
...?
...
The memory ends there.
The blue planet remains below me as I continue my orbit.
The fire we saw earlier, she said...
...I don't even recall what it was.
Even after saying I couldn't remember, I lingered in that memory for quite a while.
*Wriggle* *Wriggle*
...The Void energy is at it again...
It's within arm's reach.
Yet all I did was close my eyes.
I'm done for the day. I'm... exhausted.
Devour me if you want...