Report
Name's Private Walker. Fourth platoon. This was my second tour. We were fighting Aether.
I'm warned it's bad, not a puffer left, we're losing ground fast. And I get there to try and help, only I'm already there. I'm standing on the other side of the battlefield before I even arrive.
They have mind gates, we warned you about that.
Right, so I lobo myself, as strange as that sounds, and try to get the Deja Vu problem under control. Buddy of mine gets shot by this bow, starts talking funny and ceases to exist. I'm the last flayer standing. And that's when they cast this spell, and it hit hard. It looked just like whatever it is they keep in those mind gates, only wilder, unrestricted.
And we're taking cover, because the sky is gone and only Aether remains, and this little time girl is hiding beneath the rock I'm crouched behind. Which I thought was weird, because this is a war on Aether, right? We're overthrowing their 3 generations of tyranny, right? But there she is, and she grabs my hand and pulls me under, and that's when the Deja Vus came raining down out of the hole in reality. I'm screaming into my radio for backup, but HQ just phases out and leaves us for dust.
I'm being pecked from all sides, I've lost an eye, I'm saying my goodbyes but the only one there is a little girl so I'm just uttering nonsense? I dunno, I don't think I've ever been that scared. Then the enemy all start dying. The water gets sucked out of their lungs and they just lie on the ground choking. Some of them fight it but the mindless just collapse
And the little girl. She says to me. She... she looks up to me and asks me if the world is ending. And I didn't fucking know man. And she was gone.
And then another hole in reality opened, but this time it was ours. And all the water that drained went, including the little girl's, went in. I came pouring out. Not Deja Vus, me.
I joined this war to STOP aether. To put an END to this mess. And I find out not only are WE using their tactics, but we're actually fighting time, and they're ALSO using Aether's tactics?!
And here's the thing man. All of them said they were me. All of them remembered being under the rock. All of them remembered the little girl.
Calm down soldier
What am I? What am I even? WHAT THE HELL AM I? WHAT WALKED OUT OF THAT MINDGATE?! AND WHAT ARE YOU!?
Get the bow! GET THE BOW!
WHAT ARE YOU? I WATCHED YOU PHASE OUT! WHAT THE HELL PHASED BACK!? AND WHAT IS THAT! THAT'S THE ENEMY'S! WHY DO WE HAVE THAT?!
Shoot! FIRE GODDAMN IT!
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Soldier?! Soldier! Report!
Name's Private Walker. Fourth Platoon. Just prepping for my second tour of duty.
