For a long time, Elysia had tormented herself.
Filled with regret, she always wondered... what would have happened, had she done things differently?
Sometimes, its easy to torment yourself and be filled with regret.
Moments where you're constantly asking yourself, 'If only I had done this instead...', only to beat your chest and close your eyes as you lament your actions or lack thereof. Eventually realising that being stuck in the past lamenting your mistakes and wondering what could have been is nothing but a waste of your precious time!
If she had stopped her self deprecating behaviour and just had a little more confidence in herself. Then she would have realised that all along those people who she thought cared about her, were nothing but fake backstabbers.
If only, she had not chosen to just stand by and had not just watched as countless innocent lives were thrown away...
If only she had not followed him that day...
It would have all been different then, would it not?
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"uurkk" Elysia coughed out a mouthful of blood as she felt a cold and sharp metal object, impale her chest.
It was a thin double edged sword that had impaled her heart.
Shocked, she managed to turn around her shivering body to meet the eyes of her assailant.
"Y-You..."
A sea filled with a mixture of confusion and anger suddenly inundated Elysia's mind. She knew this person, this person was none other than Johan, the only person she had ever trusted in this godforsaken world. Her best friend Johan...
And yet, as she fell... she found she did not blame him.
After all, she was infected and would soon turn into a monster.
Tears fell from her eyes as she coldly hit the ground. What she saw next was Johan's crying face as he held a gun to his temple and cried.
"Goodbye... Elysia..."
The last thing Elysia heard before losing consciousness was the sound of a gunshot.
Then it all went to black.
Why did she bother? If it was all going to end like this, why would she put any effort into survival? Her life had already been ruined. A stupid apocalypse was not going to change that.
If only she could go back... she would not have stayed still and watched as people she knew died. She would have done something, she wouldn't have allowed for her dearest ones to die like that!
« So, would you like to try again? »
'...Huh?'
Elysia was confused as to how she could hear a strange voice even in her death. Even more so, if we're going to be deep analysing everything then she also wondered how she could still have consciousness and think.
Clearly, this should not be possible. To begin with her entire vision was dark and she could feel nothing. But somehow she could hear... no, feel this voice?
'What's... going on? Am I not dead?'
«Hehe.. of course not, "death" is nothing but a construct of the mind. You humans are hilarious, just because your physical body expires, you immediately believe such a thing like death exists. Seriously!»
The strange voice cackled, making fun of Elysia's 'foolish' thoughts.
'What are you even saying...'
«What I'm saying is that you can try again! Would you like to?»
'I--...'
«I'll take that as a yes then! The project this time was nothing but a failure anyway, all of humankind turned into nasty-so-not-cute creatures. I will have to reset the world and make sure those mistakes don't happen again either way~»
'Wait WHAT?!'
Despite her best efforts, Elysia couldn't get the eccentric voice to listen to her anymore. It just rambled away saying whatever it wanted.
«... and that would do us no good, would it? HAHAHA... now Elysia, you will help me rectify the errors! Farewell my child, make sure you fix this mess, and have some funnn~»
And with those last words she once again lost consciousness... before she could even say no!