marmalade: I watched as the lady before me stood up, continuing to face me, and a sudden realization came into my mind as she stood. She thinks I'm my mom no matter how much I tell her I'm not, so if I act like her, then I'll hopefully be able to get out of here without harm! Perfect! Everything is going to be..wait a minute...why are her hands above her head?

marmalade: The lady held her hands together above her head like she was holding something. They looked smooth, began to open from the bottom, and a large, purple orb descended from it. From where I stood, it was what looked like my mom as a baby with some sort of cord connected to her? I don't know what that is. I noticed the beach around us fade away and turn into this eye-torturing scene. Something isn't right.. Bright colors surrounding her in a somewhat abstract pattern. Maybe this is something-

marmalade: I felt a painful pop on my face, and when I went to touch near it, I discovered that my right eye was had exploded. Only, there was no blood, but a throbbing scar in it's place. My entire body felt like static, the pain increasing rapidly, and I didn't know how to make it stop. I tried to reach out towards the lady, but I failed to touch her and fell onto my knees. The pain had gotten to the point of becoming unbearable no matter how hard I tried to fight back. "STOP IT!!" I grabbed my head with both my hands. "ALLY, HELP ME!!" The last thing I was able to do was look up towards the infinite cycle, but then it all turned dark..

marmalade: I got up and brushed the sand off of myself. Staying here isn't going to help me get back to Ally. I turned and looked towards the far distance in front of me, and it looked untouched for miles. "Maybe I'll find something if I just walk?" The sand felt warm against the bottoms of my feet as I began my journey. It was a sense of warmness that I had yet to discover before. As I walked, I looked at the scenery around me. There wasn't much to be honest. Some bushes, one or two trees, and eventually a small stream that connected itself to the ocean. For a while, I had kept my attention on things to both of my sides, and not once looking towards me. The one time I did, however, I found something interesting...

marmalade: It was a lady who had red-orange ombre hair, and clothing that was made of what appeared to be different shades of blue. There was a purple eyeball on her back that connected in the middle of where the two straps crossed over each other. It was really strange, but the thing that caught my interest the most were her stretch marks. They were purple, and for some reason, glowing a very lighter shade of the same color. A feeling of dread arose in me while I tried to examine her from where I stood. At the same time, she must have noticed that someone was standing behind her.

???: ...Why, you've grown up so much since the last time I saw you Rita! I, myself, find it hard to believe that you managed to last it this long, but I guess we can't always have our dreams come true. Come over here and let me take a look at you!

marmalade: ...What...What's going on?

marmalade: I stopped blinking, and all I could see was the sky. The sun was shining brightly. Every cloud in the sky was moving at a slow and steady pace. It felt peaceful. The sky was a tint of bluish-green that was very different from the outer dome in Hyperion. It felt...peaceful. Almost a kind of peace that I have yet to become familiar with in my life. Maybe one day I'll be in it's reach, but I highly doubt it.

marmalade: I sat up slightly, and my mood immediately changed. My surroundings were not what they're supposed to be, and by the looks of it, they were endless for miles. Alessandra needs me, but how will I reach her in time? God, maybe mom was right, I am a complete fuck up...no, Marmalade, don't think like that, you're better than that, you are, and never will be, anything that she tells you. "Just breathe, Marmalade. You'll get through it, and find a way back to Ally. All you need to do is find a way out!"

Mod here! After being on a hiatus for a month, the Rita Steel story is officially coming back! The serious issue was handled, and everything is back to the way it was before! The plan is to hopefully post the 31st of October, but if not, then the story will continue sometime in November! We are nearing the completion, and the final act of the story is about to be told! So, get on the edge if your seats, for you do NOT want to miss what's in store! See you soon!

marmalade??: The process of creating this weapon of mass destruction wasn't that difficult. To me, it was fairly easy. While I was adding the last few finishing touches, a vision fell upon me like the wind to an earthian tree. It looked as though it was drawing by a child. The further I got into the vision, the more clear it became of just who created it. §§§. She was sitting at a kitchen table with...Rita. Hm. I moved my eyes in every direction I could. Nothing really struck me as odd...until I feasted my eyes on the background. A giant, purple snake was ready to attack §§§, and I couldn't find a way to stop it.

§§§: I don't think Mommy loves me. She gets all angry and tells me everything is my fault. Sometimes, when she's had enough of me, she hits me and locks me in my room. Mommy said grandma did the same thing to her and it's okay! I don't think she likes dad either! She calls him the 'hymen breaker' and that he took everything from us. We live on a big ship and have so much stuff! Why would dad take any of it? Anyway, mommy said she- what is that?

marmalade??: I saw §§§ pointing her tiny finger towards the weapon, and I responded with "...it's ready!"

marmalade??: My goodness! The three of them sure are going at it! It's a shame the two lovebirds haven't fought each other yet! Always choosing to take the emotional route! Tisk, Tisk, Tisk! We need a conclusion, not a romance novel!....THAT'S IT! I'm gonna turn it up a notch! The more blood Masami feels the need to spread, the less time we have to wait to be set free!...Man, I can taste the freedom already!...

marmalade??: Looking up, I could see their expressions grow angrier with each passing moment. The feeling of their blood boiling welcomed me with open arms. Waiting for the right moment to strike was my plan. I blinked away from the sight before me and turned towards the figure behind me. "Hey kid, are you alright? You haven't spoken a word since we got here. What's going on in that brain of yours?"

§§§: ...The two of them seem calm to me. Maybe have Masami say something to make them upset! Hm, like they're ugly!...or have a big forehead? I can't really think of anything! Blood is very messy, but if that's our last resort, than so be it! I can call dad's buddies! The leaf, the table saw, the fire ball, the butterfly that my dad is in love with, but I think you should hurry so that they can get here in time so that we can have a cool fight!! Dad said that I can go with him after we're done, so please hurry up!! <3

masami: "ɢᴏ ᴏɴ! ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴍᴇ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴘʟᴀɴ ɪꜱ, ᴀʟᴇꜱꜱᴀɴᴅʀᴀ!" ɪ ᴄʟᴏꜱᴇᴅ ᴍʏ ᴇʏᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ ꜱᴡᴀʏɪɴɢ ᴍʏ ʜɪᴘꜱ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ꜱɪᴅᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜱɪᴅᴇ. "ɪ'ᴍ ꜱᴜʀᴇ ꜱʟᴇᴇᴘɪɴɢ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʟᴀᴅʏ ꜰʀɪᴅᴀ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʟᴀɴ, ʜᴍ? ʟᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ ʜᴇʀ ᴇxᴘʟᴏʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʙᴏᴅʏ ɪɴ ʜᴏᴘᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ꜱʜᴇ'ᴅ ᴛᴇʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴘʟᴀᴜꜱɪʙʟᴇ ᴇɴᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛᴏ ᴜꜱᴇ ᴀɢᴀɪɴꜱᴛ ʜᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ʜᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ꜰᴀʟʟ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ɢʀᴀᴄᴇ? ꜱᴍᴀʀᴛ ɢɪʀʟ. ᴍᴀᴋɪɴɢ ʜᴇʀ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ꜱʜᴇ'ꜱ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪɴ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴛʏ ꜱʜᴇ'ꜱ ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴀ ꜱɪɴɢʟᴇ ꜱᴘᴇᴄᴋ ᴏꜰ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴅᴜꜱᴛ ꜰʟᴏᴡɪɴɢ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ꜱᴘᴀᴄᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛɪᴍᴇ. ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴀ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴘʟᴀɴɴᴇʀ, ᴀʟᴇꜱꜱᴀɴᴅʀᴀ, ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ɪ, ᴍᴀꜱᴀᴍɪ ᴍɪʜᴀʀᴜ, ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴀᴛ! ɪᴛ'ꜱ ꜱᴜᴄʜ ᴀ ꜱʜᴀᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ, ᴀᴛ ᴏɴᴇ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴅᴜʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴡʜᴏʟᴇ ᴀᴘᴘᴏɪɴᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴄʜᴀᴏꜱ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴍᴀʏ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ꜱᴇᴇ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ...ʙᴜᴛ, ʜᴇʏ! ᴡʜᴏ ꜱᴀɪᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ'ꜱ ᴀ ʙᴀᴅ ᴛʜɪɴɢ?" ᴀ ꜱᴍɪʟᴇ ᴡɪᴅᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴍᴏᴏɴꜱ ꜱᴜʀʀᴏᴜɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴍᴀʀꜱ ꜰᴇʟʟ ᴜᴘᴏɴ ᴍʏ ꜰᴀᴄᴇ. ᴍʏ ᴘʟᴀɴ ɪꜱ ᴡᴏʀᴋɪɴɢ. ɢᴏᴏᴅ. ᴀʟʟ ɪ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ɴᴏᴡ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴇʟᴘ ᴏꜰ ᴀʟᴇꜱꜱᴀɴᴅʀᴀ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇɴ ᴡᴇ ꜱʜᴀʟʟ ᴀʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴀʟʟᴏᴡᴇᴅ ᴇᴠᴇʀʟᴀꜱᴛɪɴɢ ᴘᴇᴀᴄᴇ.

alessandra: So many things ran through my mind while staring at the figure. I watched as the hand that possessed the eye turned away from us and slowly gain scars from a life of long ago. A girl born from regret and a lady who felt too much...worked together...to create this! A being who's job was to find justice for those who can't. I want to do the same, but without all of the 'celestial powers' of course!

alessandra: I'm proud of you kid. If this is it, then I hope you go out with a bang!

???: ɪ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴀʀᴇ ᴡᴏɴᴅᴇʀɪɴɢ ᴡʜᴏ ɪ ᴀᴍ. ᴘᴇʀꜰᴇᴄᴛ. ɪᴛ'ꜱ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ʜᴀᴠɪɴɢ ʟᴇꜱꜱ ᴋɴᴏᴡʟᴇᴅɢᴇ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴇxᴄᴇꜱꜱ. ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ʙʀᴀɪɴ ʟɪᴋᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱ ᴍɪꜱꜱ ꜰʀɪᴅᴀ, ᴍʏ ꜱᴜɢɢᴇꜱᴛɪᴏɴ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ʀᴇᴍᴏᴠᴇ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴋɴᴏᴡʟᴇᴅɢᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ɪᴛ. ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪɴ ɪᴛꜱ ᴡᴀᴋᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ʜᴇʟᴘ ʏᴏᴜ ɴᴏᴡ! ᴏʜ! ɪ ᴀʟᴍᴏꜱᴛ ꜰᴏʀɢᴏᴛ! ɪ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴛᴏʟᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴀᴅɪᴇꜱ ᴍʏ ɴᴀᴍᴇ! ᴡᴇʟʟ, ɪꜰ ɪ ᴍᴀʏ!... ᴍʏ ɴᴀᴍᴇ ɪꜱ ᴍᴀꜱᴀᴍɪ, ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴀᴍ ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙʀɪɴɢ ʜᴏᴘᴇ! ʜᴀᴘᴘɪɴᴇꜱꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴏꜱᴇ ɴᴏ ʟᴏɴɢᴇʀ ᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴄᴇɪᴠᴇ ɪᴛ, ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ʏᴏᴜ, ʟᴀᴅʏ ꜰʀɪᴅᴀ, ʀɪᴛᴀ, ᴡʜᴏᴇᴠᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ, ᴛᴏᴏᴋ ɪᴛ ᴀᴡᴀʏ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇᴍ. ɴᴏʙᴏᴅʏ ᴅᴇꜱᴇʀᴠᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ʟɪᴠᴇꜱ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴄᴜᴛ ꜱʜᴏʀᴛ, ᴀɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɴᴏ ʀɪɢʜᴛ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴛᴇᴀʟ ɪᴛ ᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ. ʟᴀᴅʏ ꜰʀɪᴅᴀ, ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ʟɪᴠᴇ ᴜᴘ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄʀɪᴍᴇꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ꜰᴀᴄᴇ ᴍᴇ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴜʀᴅᴇʀᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ!

alessandra: The time it took from us getting started to finishing up felt like hours, but in reality it was only minutes. Twisting and turning to make ourselves reach some sort of ecstasy that not even the ancient drug could each. It was amazing, but something I could never think about again. I had a wife, and this one little instance didn't need to get between us or our relationship. After wiping most of the sweat off of my body, I started putting my clothes back on. Moving forward with the plan was my next goal, and that's how I honestly thought it would play out...but, that wasn't the case. A big crash came through the door, destroying it in seconds, and a dark figure walked into the room.

alessandra: What the hell? Please don't tell me I have to fight another cyborg demon! I just want to kill Frida and GO HOME! The dark bluish figure placed a wide smile on their face and lifted a fist into the air. They held it up high for a few seconds until it opened, and the two of us noticed something that wasn't supposed to be where the palm was. Well, just when I though everything was already shitty enough, this new contender took the cake for sure.

???: ᴡᴇʟʟ, ɪꜰ ɪᴛ ɪꜱɴ'ᴛ ʟᴀᴅʏ ꜰʀɪᴅᴀ! ɪ ꜱᴇᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ꜰɪɴᴀʟʟʏ ᴄᴀᴜɢʜᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴀᴛᴛᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ʏᴇᴀʀꜱ! ᴛᴏᴏᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴏɴɢ ᴇɴᴏᴜɢʜ! ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪ ᴅɪᴅɴ'ᴛ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ, ᴏʀ ᴡᴇ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜱɪᴛᴜᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀʟʟ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ! ᴡᴇ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅɴ'ᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ, ʀɪɢʜᴛ? ɴᴏᴡ, ɪꜰ ɪ ᴍᴀʏ ᴀꜱᴋ, ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴇʟʟ ᴀʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴅᴏɪɴɢ? ᴡʜʏ ᴀʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ꜱɪᴛᴛɪɴɢ ɴᴀᴋᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴏᴡ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴍʀꜱ. ꜱᴛʀᴏɴɢ ɪꜱ ɢᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴅʀᴇꜱꜱᴇᴅ? ɪ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ᴇɴᴇᴍɪᴇꜱ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴍᴇᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴛᴀʏ ᴇɴᴇᴍɪᴇꜱ! ɴᴏᴛ ᴇɴᴇᴍɪᴇꜱ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʙᴇɴᴇꜰɪᴛꜱ! ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴏɴ ᴀʟᴇꜱꜱᴀɴᴅʀᴀ, ɪ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴛʜɪꜱ!

marmalade?: Lady Frida, your time has come. The possessions of long ago are now forever known as fading memories. Using others to justify the feelings of pain and pleasure present in the remnants of your brain is the last resort. All that's left of you is a wind turbine ready to explode. Nothing will redeem you from the terror caused by your insecurities. In a way, you became the person you hated. Your mother, and for that I will no longer consider you in the position to be mine. Although you brought me into this world, that is the only thing you ever did for me. After that, you set me to standards too high to reach, and hell, I essentially became your doll to play with until it fell apart...well not anymore! I will NO LONGER stand next to you and watch people suffer from the sheer existence as yours. My name is Marmalade Steel, and you're about to meet your fucking match.

juno?: ꜱᴛʀᴇɴɢᴛʜ ᴄᴏᴍᴇꜱ ɪɴ ᴀʟʟ ꜱᴏʀᴛꜱ ᴏꜰ ꜱɪᴢᴇꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴏ ᴅᴏᴇꜱ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ. ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ᴅᴀʏ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴʟʏ ᴜᴘɢʀᴀᴅᴇꜱ ɢʀᴏᴡ ꜱᴛʀᴏɴɢᴇʀ ɪɴꜱɪᴅᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ. ᴇᴠᴇɴ ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ꜰᴇʟᴛ ɪᴛ, ᴏʀ ɪꜰ ꜰʀɪᴅᴀ ᴛᴏʟᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ʏᴏᴜʀ ɴᴏᴛ ᴡᴏʀᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇɴᴇʀɢʏ ꜰᴏʀ ɪᴛ. ᴛʜɪꜱ ꜰᴏʀᴄᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴇxᴘᴀɴꜱɪᴏɴ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ɢɪᴠᴇꜱ ᴜᴘ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰɪɢʜᴛ..ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ ꜱʜᴏᴜʟᴅ ʏᴏᴜ. ɪɴ ᴍʏ ʟɪᴠɪɴɢ ʟɪꜰᴇ ɪ ꜰᴇʟᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴡᴀʏ ᴏɴ ᴍᴜʟᴛɪᴘʟᴇ ᴏᴄᴄᴀꜱɪᴏɴꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ꜰᴇᴡ ᴛᴏʟᴅ ᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ꜱʜᴏᴜʟᴅ ꜰᴏʀꜰᴇɪᴛ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴇxɪꜱᴛᴇɴᴄᴇ, ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴅɪᴅ. ɪɴ ᴄᴀꜱᴇ ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀꜱᴛ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴡᴇ ɢᴇᴛ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴇᴇ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴏ ɢᴏ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ʙᴀɴɢ, ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪꜱ ᴏɴᴇ ꜰɪɴᴀʟ Qᴜᴇꜱᴛɪᴏɴ ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴀꜱᴋ ʏᴏᴜ...?

juno?: ɴᴏᴡ ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴍᴇ, ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀʟʟ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀꜱᴘɪʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱ ᴋᴇᴘᴛ ɪɴ ᴍɪɴᴅ, ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪꜱ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ?

marmalade: I want to see my mother pay for what she's done.

marmalade: Sitting on the floor made me feel as though I had been there for days, yet it was only minutes. My eyes shifted up and down the walls of the hallway filled almost to the brim with paintings. Rolling hills, buildings, babies too small to realize the full extent of their capabilities. Each one told a different story. The same goes for people. We all have one. I do, and the ice cold figure standing beside me has one too... I assumed the color blue had something to do with it since they were covered head to toe with it in different shades and hues. It felt as though I had know them all my life, yet I didn't possess the knowledge of their first name.

juno?: ᴍᴀʀᴍᴀʟᴀᴅᴇ, ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴏᴏᴋ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ᴘᴀɪɴᴛɪɴɢꜱ, ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴇᴇ? ɪ ꜱᴇᴇ ᴘᴏᴛᴇɴᴛɪᴀʟ. ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇᴍ, ᴀɴᴅ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ʏᴏᴜ. ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪꜱ ꜱᴏ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ᴅɪꜱᴄᴏᴠᴇʀ. ᴛᴏ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴅᴇɢʀᴇᴇ, ɪ ᴄᴀɴɴᴏᴛ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀꜱᴛᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴꜰᴏʀᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʙᴏᴏᴋ, ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ꜱᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ɴᴇᴡ ꜱᴛᴏʀʏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀᴅᴅ. ᴀʟᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʙᴇɢɪɴɴɪɴɢꜱ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ��ʀᴇᴀᴛᴇꜱᴛ, ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ꜱʜᴏᴡɴ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɴᴏ ᴏʙꜱᴛᴀᴄʟᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴠɪᴅᴇꜱ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀ ꜱᴇɴꜱᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴅ. ɪ ᴀᴍ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏꜱ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ, ᴘʀᴏᴜᴅ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜ. ʀɪɢʜᴛ ɴᴏᴡ, ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ ᴀʟᴇꜱꜱᴀɴᴅʀᴀ ʜᴀꜱ ᴄʀᴏꜱꜱᴇᴅ ᴘᴀᴛʜꜱ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀᴍᴇʟᴏᴛ ʜᴀɪʀᴇᴅ ɢᴏᴅᴅᴇꜱꜱ ᴏꜰ ʜᴇʟʟ, ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴜᴘᴍᴏꜱᴛ ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴇʟᴘ ʜᴇʀ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇᴀꜱᴛ ᴅᴏᴡɴ. ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ʜᴇʟᴘ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪꜱʜ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ɪɴ ᴍɪɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏɴꜱᴇQᴜᴇɴᴄᴇꜱ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴꜱ. ʙʏ ᴡᴏʀᴋɪɴɢ ᴀꜱ ᴀ ᴛᴇᴀᴍ, ɪ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴡᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴀʟʟ ɢᴇᴛ ᴊᴜꜱᴛɪᴄᴇ ᴏɴᴄᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀʟʟ.

alessandra: Frida fell for it! I'm so glad everything is going as planned! I wonder if...huh. Frida is kind of pretty. I've never seen someone who looked quite like her before, so I guess it threw me off guard. It's..unique, to say the least... Whatever. It doesn't matter! I'm just gonna get her distracted long enough so that I can kill her with whatever object is closest to me...I took off my clothes, my bare appearance sharing similarities with Frida, and sat on the bed beside her.

alessandra: Sitting there next to her...wasn't so bad. In a way, it felt good. It was like two people were reuniting with each other, but in this instance, neither of them knew much about the other. Out of instinct I held her hand, and she looked into my eyes. The color of hers were a type of portage purple, the kind of color you would see most of the time associated with a much younger audience, but here, she brought the color the recognition it deserved, and I couldn't disagree with that. Suddenly, as if my body had taken the wheel all on it's own, I leaned in towards her and...

alessandra: ...took the opportunity I saw and had longed for ever since we first met.

alessandra: The ambience in the room grew louder the more I stood in front of Frida. It was the kind you would hear in those romantic streams that would play every now and then. It...sounded nice, but I couldn't let it distract me. The game Frida was playing grew more and more apparent each second, and I had to play along. Weaponry was high on my list too. Anything that could take Frida out successfully would work, but for now, acting like nothing was wrong is the important goal. If by working with her means I'll get to see my wife again, then so be it..

alessandra: Oh Frida, you're too kind! If this is want you wanted, all you had to do was ask! A pretty thing like you deserves the world, and I'm totally willing to give it to you!~ Now, how about the two of us get to work, hm? We have the entire space time continuum to enjoy ourselves, so why not start now? <3

lady frida: 𝙾𝚑 𝚖𝚢 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜! 𝙱𝚊𝚋𝚢 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐! 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞! 𝙼𝚢 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚊𝚙𝚘��𝚎𝚎! 𝙼𝚢 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝙰𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚛𝚊, 𝚠𝚎'𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛! 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝! 𝚆𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚘𝚗, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎...𝚜𝚒𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎! 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚎! 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚎𝚝, 𝚜𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚝'𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚎! <𝟹

alessandra: Waiting for Frida to strike was the only thing I could focus on. The weapon of her choice would be brought out, and I would defeat her where she stood...but it didn't work that way. Instead, she closed her eyes, and a bright light, similar to the frida orb with the code all over it, blinded my line of vision. I couldn't see a damn thing.

alessandra: It didn't take long for my vision to clear back to normal. Thank god, however, when I looked down and in front of me, I saw something totally unexpected. In all honesty I imagined it to end up being a clean cut fight. Weapons and all. What I got, however, was..in one way or another...more interesting, but it didn't excuse the fact that Frida was still extremely dangerous and that I should proceed with high caution. Although I was ready to continue to the next step of my plan, I want to see how far, if possible, this detour will go.

lady frida: 𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚕, 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚛! 𝙰𝚛𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚌𝚔 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝? 𝙰𝚕𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚒𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚖𝚘𝚕𝚍, 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗!~ 𝙸 𝚍𝚘 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞! 𝙼𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚞𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚜, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚍𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚐𝚎! 𝙸'𝚖 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚝𝚘𝚘, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚖𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜! 𝙷𝚊𝚑𝚊! 𝙰𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚛𝚊, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚛, 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚝, 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚖𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙻𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚝! 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚍𝚘!~ <𝟹

alessandra: Frida agreed to fight, which, in most cases, isn't a good thing, but with Frida, I needed to push her more. It was imperative that I had something to protect myself if and when we got to that moment. When we first sat down, I set my blaster on the table beside me to show her that I mean no harm, but if push came to shove, it would be within close range. Studying her, I could tell her patience was wearing thin. With each sentence I spoke to her, it protruded more and more on her face. I mentioned one final thing to her. "Frida, you can tell me anything. All I want to do is help you." She stood up from her seat, gathered up all the strength she could, and flipped the table over. The paper and crayons flew everywhere. My gun hit the ground and slid out of my range.

lady frida: 𝙾𝚑 𝚖𝚢, 𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚢 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚝𝚑! 𝙷𝚊𝚑𝚊! 𝙰𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚛𝚊, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞! 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕! 𝙼𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛! 𝙵𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚢! 𝙹𝚞𝚗𝚘! 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕?! 𝙽𝚘𝚠, 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚘𝚝, 𝚘𝚛, 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝! <𝟹

alessandra: My mind was attempting to dissect everything Frida had told me. There had to be something she informed me that I could use against her...anything...then it hit me. "So, Frida, when you said that you had a really bad stomach ache while waiting for your mom to come back, you thought that by taking a nap it would go away, and when you woke up, you saw Franny? Rita...you died, and Franny brought you back to life, because your mother wanted nothing to do with you. She brought you back because she could use a human body, your body, for her terrible plans. Franny doesn't care about you, she's using you, and I need you to realize that."

lady frida: 𝙼𝚢 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝙰𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚛𝚊, 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝? 𝙱𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚔𝚎, 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎, 𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚘 𝙸 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚠 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞? 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚢 𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚖𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚠𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝙸𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚖𝚎, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍'𝚟𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍! 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚙𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚔, 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑! <𝟹