Trial Room

You already know what this room looks like.

Ivan: ...Silence. It feels like the entire world just went dark.

...And when the world comes back...

...He realizes what just happened.

"L...LOTUS!!"

Stranger: The entire group races to the scene, seeing the bloody, bleeding body of Lotus on the ground. He's coughing blood...

Lotus: ...It definitely hit a vital organ...but he's still breathing. Barely.

Lotus: "Agghkk...hhkk..."

Ivan: He immediately sits down next to him, holding Lotus in his arms, tears welling in his eyes.

"L...Lotus...w-why...!?"

Lotus: ...His eye slowly opens. He smiles.

"You're...alive...Y-you deserve it more than...me..."

Ivan: "N-No! I don't! I was supposed to die for you! I w-was--"

Lotus: ...The body goes limp. The cold, dull face was now frozen, looking...happy. Peaceful.

Ivan: "L-Lotus....LOTUS!!"

Tarnish: "Is-- Is he--!?"

True Destroyer: "Hm...well, I'm not seeing any signs of life!" The Destroyer says. "I...didn't really expect this to happen...but it's so exciting that I'll go with it!"

Stranger: He was paralyzed. His entire being felt like it was floating out of his own skin...What, just...happened?

Ivan: Ivan can't focus on anything else. He hugs the dead body of the flower-covered man, feeling as his blood goes cold and the petals on him begin to slowly wilt. He craves the warmth, craves the touch, the voice...those last words slowly fading into the past.

Stranger: The sigh of it all, the sound of the tears...it's all too much for him.

MX-Z0: "G-Gah-- Stranger?"

Stranger: He can't react quickly enough.

He's on the floor, as the whole world goes black.

~ Fin ~

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