The Obsidian Tale
Episode 64
[Opening 5 music]
[Opening 5 music]
~ Zozna – post-eastern trial ~
It hurt Felix, knowing that he kept
his promise that nobody else would die, but he knew he had to do this in order
to free the professor’s control.
“Professor Igor returned and was
controlled much later than Clyde. Does that mean it’s too late for him too?”
Lydia gave him a hug from behind,
and she kept that way. “Felix, I know it might seem impossible, but we have to
keep trying. Everybody is different, and if Clyde’s heart is strong enough, he
will come back to you. You are the only one who can bring him back.”
“UGH, fine,” Rina rolled her eyes.
“Suspenders, if you think talking to him will do him any good, then go for it.
I’m not going to stop you, as opinions differ among each other. And what’s with
you having second thoughts about it? You were so determined before!”
Felix shook the feeling out of his
head. “You know what? You’re right. I’m going to stick with my beliefs. Even if
it didn’t work with the professor, that doesn’t mean everybody is the same.”
Forrest raised his fists. “Yeah!! We
can do it, Felix!”
The other four adults were standing
further away, chuckling.
“Those children have grown quite a
bit, do you think so?” Warren asked them.
Hazel agreed. “Yes, they have lived
to see it all. Just like the olden days…”
Leo interrupted their conversation.
“Alright chumps, it’s time to get into the second and final portal.”
Viola headed towards the remaining
portal left. “We don’t want to waste any time and have people get their limbs
pulled off, right?”
Forrest sighed. “She won’t stop with
her scary comments…” [End music]
A Solution to Save Clyde
Plans After the Adventure
~ Zozna – western trial – Trial of Isolation ~
Felix appeared on the battlezone
below Lament before his father’s life was taken away. He watched a bunch of
soldiers getting killed off by mutated humans and beasts alike. Blood by blood,
more appeared as he continued to stand there. There were pools of them, not
just little scraps from a human being. It was as if their bodies were being
bitten and shredded to pieces. [Music 55.2]
“Wh-What is this?!” His heart was
beating faster. “Why am I sent out of Zozna?” He turned around, looking for his
friends. “Lydia? Rina? Anybody?!”
He was no longer scared of blood
after leaving the limbo state with Professor Igor, but he didn’t anticipate this much blood. He watched as the
octopus monster held onto a bunch of soldiers, squishing them to bits.
Felix closed his eyes. “Why is this
happening?!”
A mutated soldier ran up to him and
Felix was forced to slash him away. Blood splurt all over and some struck his
face.
Face
the antique of what you may fear most; destroy the light that calls from
within; and the door shall open…
Felix wiped the blood
off of his face. “Show yourself! I’m not scared of this. It’s all fake, isn’t
it?!”
He stood still, waiting for a beast
to jump onto him. He would risk this – so he can confirm this is all an
illusion. However, he was thrown to the ground the moment a mutated puma
pounced on him. Felix kicked it over to the side and then he stabbed the beast.
“How are they hurting me?!”
As he headed for the same battleship
as his father’s, he noticed that his dad had a yellow glowing figure around his
chest.
Destroy
the light that calls from within…
Felix chanted that in his head after
hearing it the first time at the battlefield. “This world is definitely fake,
but I can still get hurt.”
“What are you going to do, my son?
Are you going to stop me or what?”
Felix noticed a whole bunch of
soldiers on the ground before him. “What did you do to them?!”
“They were bad, so I killed them.”
Felix turned away. “This world is
warped to my dislike. Magnus, this is foul play!”
Destroy
the light that calls from within…
Felix noticed the yellow light again
in front of his father. “You’re not alive. You can’t play with my feelings. My
one and true father is gone, and there is no way for him to come back… You’re
just a fake. I have to do this if I want to move on… I have to!” [End music]
~~~
Within another space, Viola was in
the City of Celestia. However, nobody noticed her at all. He watched as Floir
and another Viola were speaking to each other, from seven years ago?! [Music 23.1]
“Viola,
chase after that girl!”
“But
Floir…!”
Floir
slapped the young teenager on the cheek. “You listen to me RIGHT NOW! If you do
not get that girl, it will be off with your head, Magnus’ orders!”
Viola’s eyes widened when watching
this. Suddenly, the scene changed into something that didn’t completely happen
the same way.
“You
did not catch the girl? I hereby expel you from the Gammel army. Nobody will
support you now. You will be all alone,” a silhouette said while sitting on the
throne.
Viola clearly knew it
was Magnus, watching as lieutenants Floir, Lionel, and Warren were walking away
in disappointment.
The
young Viola said to them in her higher-pitched voice. “Wait! What am I supposed
to do now if nobody else in this world cares for me?”
The scenes blackened
and now the present Viola was warped into a semi-reality world like Felix’s
version. There, Floir watched her with a smile.
“There are you…” Floir said kindly.
Face
the antique of what you may fear most; destroy the light that calls from
within; and the door shall open…
Viola looked around.
“Huh? Who said that?!”
“What are you talking about?” Floir
asked. A glowing light erupted from her body.
Viola gasped. “No…”
“What are you afraid of? If you can
never defeat me, then you will never be able to brush away the things that
trouble you most, and you will fail in the end.”
“But, lieutenant! I cannot do this
to you!”
“Do what you must, my pupil! Or you
will be alone forever.”
Viola was about to cry. “I… If I
want to proceed… then I’ll have to! There is no way you are the Floir I know!!” [End music]
~~~
Forrest was back atop the tower of
the Mago’Ria Fey. He watched as Jess and Bailey were talking to each other. [Music 30.1]
“OHH! Jess! So you are alive!”
“Huh??” She looked very confused.
“Of course I am.”
“Wait, does this mean I’m dead?!”
“No…”
Bailey had a dark aura appear around
herself but Jess didn’t notice yet. Forrest quickly realized that this was not
a real dimension if Bailey had not reverted to her usual form yet.
“Jess, look out!” He pushed her
aside and Bailey grazed Forrest’s stomach. The two of them were knocked onto
the ground.
Bailey gasped. “What do you think
you’re doing? Get out of my way! I must kill her!”
Face
the antique of what you may fear most; destroy the light that calls from
within; and the door shall open…
Forrest stopped. “What was that?”
Jess interrupted his confusion.
“Forrest, why did you do that? You shouldn’t sacrifice yourself for me!”
“I don’t want you to die, not
again.”
Bailey tried to slash Forrest with
her sword. “You’re in my way!”
Forrest rolled away and then he took
out his cubed bazooka. While doing so, he noticed that Bailey’s body began
forming a strange, yellow light.
Forrest frowned. “I don’t want to
hurt you either…”
“Then move out of my way! You either
kill me, or the girl dies!”
Forrest pushed Jess away. “I can’t
fight you, Bailey. You need to stop!”
“Never!!”
Bailey raised her sword at him and
Forrest closed his eyes. “Think, Forrest. Think! What would you do if you were
Felix?” [End music]
~~~
Hazel appeared by Shiu Jo. She was
surprised to see Luna and Orlando fully alive and standing right in front of
her, overpassing the villagers. [Music 63.1]
“L-Luna?! Orlando?!”
Luna turned around with a soft
smile. “Yes?” She had a white gown on with a rose-petal veil.
“You recognize me? You two still
look the same.”
“I apologize, but I do not recognize
you.”
“As don’t I,” Orlando said. He had a
soldier’s garment placed around his body.
“I don’t understand. Where are we?
What year is it?”
“R-1637. Where have you been?”
Hazel turned away. “I see… so this
is just a figment of my past.”
“Leave this village at once,
foreigner.”
“H-Hold on. My name is Hazel
Hayashi. Do you not know who that is?!”
“That girl died several years ago.
She was pathetic, annoying, and she tried so hard to be strong, but she was all
talk,” Luna spouted.
Hazel took a step back. “What…?”
“She was the reason why Waltzer
continued to worsen the world!”
Hazel gasped. “I didn’t revive him,
however! It was only a mistake to make him angry. My false knowledge led to a
worse cause, but I’m capable of staying and being
strong.”
Orlando shrugged. “You’re just an
old lady, but you’re just as crazy as the Hazel we knew. If you do claim you
are her, then fight us!”
Face
the antique of what you may fear most; destroy the light that calls from
within; and the door shall open…
Hazel paused. “Ah…” Two rays of
light appeared in front of both Luna and Orlando. “Two enemies at once, I see.”
She took out her bow. “If I want to prove my strengths, then I will do it! I
will fight you both at the same time!”
Luna took out her staff while
Orlando took out his heavy blade.
“GET READY!!!” She shouted as she
released a few arrows at once. [End music]
~~~
Leo’s father fell before him at the
throne room. Like Viola, the true Leo was not seen. He watched as Magnus
stabbed Leo’s father using an old, previous body that he had before. [Music 8.2]
“How
dare you create such trickery?! You are no friend of mine!” His father shouted.
“Hah,
friends? There is no such thing. When that little boy walks out of his bedroom,
I will tell him that an assassin came by, and I was too late to stop him.” He
threw his sword towards the other side of the room.
“Father,
mother is extremely ill. She cannot mo- Father!!!” It was a younger version of
Leo. “Father, not you too!” He looked up at Magnus. “What happened to him?!”
His
father tried to speak. “M-M-Mag… Magh…” He fainted and Leo began to cry.
Magnus
said to the young Leo, “I was too late to save him… There are assassins on the
loose!”
Leo tried to punch
Magnus, but his fists just went through his body. “HOW DARE YOU LIE TO ME ABOUT
MY FATHER?!”
The vision turned to the present
when Leo returned with the main group. Like Viola’s vision, Ace was able to see
through the true Leo.
“So you decided to come back?” He
had a yellow light appear from his chest.
Leo turned around. “You can see me
this time?”
“Why can’t I? Are you going to spout
nonsense to our country again?”
“I’m not here for that anymore. You
have to understand. I’m here to regain the respect of my family.”
Face
the antique of what you may fear most; destroy the light that calls from
within; and the door shall open…
Leo readied his fists. “And… I-I
can’t fight you like this! I have more important matters at stake here.”
“Then why don’t you prove
yourself?!” He took out his rapier. “Come on!” [End music]
~~~
Rina fell on her back. She sat in
front of a bright city. She began complaining, but now was not the time for
that. Before her was the city of Lament in flames, and she could see her
parents crying. [Music 8.3]
There was a replica of Rina with
bloody knives and a fallen Faris.
Faris
was in tears, trying to speak to her sister. “We loved you, Rina. Why… why
would you do this to us?”
The true Rina stomped her foot. “I
didn’t do that!”
Rina
laughed hysterically. “This is what you all deserve for treating me like a
child all these years. I will take over the city as the new queen!”
Rina watched as her
sister was dying a second time now, and she had to close her eyes. “This is
horrible. Why would Magnus set me up in an altered vision?!”
The
fake Rina was the only person in this vision who could spot the true Rina.
“Hello
there, ‘other me’. Are you here to tell them you didn’t do this? Because that
would be impossible as I have clearly killed our very own sister. And guess
what?” She turned around, threw two knives at both her parents. They both fell
to the ground in an instant.
Rina took out her own
knives. “The hell was that for?! What is up with you?”
“Does
it frighten you to see more of your loved ones die like that? From your own
hands?”
“No… no it doesn’t,”
Rina stumbled a little.
“Are
you sure?”
“Don’t even bother
questioning you, you fake!”
Face
the antique of what you may fear most; destroy the light that calls from
within; and the door shall open…
Rina stopped the moment she heard
the voice that every other friend heard already. The fake Rina was glowing.
“Are
you looking at my shiny pendant? Yeah, it’s Faris’.”
“That is not Faris’ necklace, you bastard! I’m
going to destroy you!” She readied all of her elemental magic together. [End music]
~~~
Warren was in Loomin this time and
the town was already obliterated by the Gammel army. [Music 62.1]
“This is the place where the Gammel
army wanted to take over just so they could take the land as their own. Nobody
knows of the situation, and only I went against it.”
He noticed there were two other
women: Felisse, and Warren’s first wife. At a certain angle, he could only see
Felisse.
“Anna!”
Felisse moved to the side and Anna
dropped to her knees, blood-wounded deep.
“So you called out her name first? I
knew you loved her more.”
“I thought you were outside of
Zozna?!”
“What is that?”
“I-I see… Never mind. So this place
is a replica...”
Face
the antique of what you may fear most; destroy the light that calls from
within; and the door shall open…
“Huh? What are you talking about?”
Felisse rolled her eyes as she fixed
her glasses. “Ugh, honestly, I don’t know why you’re talking to yourself, but
you have been a disgrace to us all. Going against the Gammel army’s plans are
our number one law that you cannot break. Now, I shall break you.”
“I cannot fight you, Miss Felisse!”
“Are you being a coward again?”
Warren struggled to move, but he
thought about how Forrest wanted him to stay strong for the rest of his life.
“No, I am no coward. A wise man taught me that.”
“Oh? Then fight me.” Her yellow
light appeared before her.
Warren hesitated, but he knew what
he had to do. “Very well…” [End music]
~~~
Lastly, Lydia was in her bedroom. It
was perfectly fine, and she knew she was in the City of Celestia before the
attack. She picked up the blue stuffed animal that she loved most. [Music 52.1]
“Here you are, hehe. How did I even
get here?”
Face
the antique of what you may fear most; destroy the light that calls from
within; and the door shall open…
Lydia dropped the teddy bear as she
turned to every corner of the room. Quietly, she decided to open her bedroom
door to the living room.
With a loud gasp, Lydia almost fell
on her back. “No… way…”
Lydia’s biological mother was
laughing. “Oh Lydia, you klutz. That’s just like you,” she said. She and her
husband were sitting with each other on the couch. The both of them had a
bright aura around them.
“Dinner’s almost ready,” her father
said.
“I’ve missed you two so much!” Lydia
began to cry. She ran to hug them.
“Oh? We’ve only seen each other
since last night when you were going to bed. Did you have a nightmare?”
“Did I?” Lydia asked herself.
“Let’s eat up!” the father said.
“Where’s Magnus?!”
“Who’s that?” Lydia’s mother asked.
“The bad guy!”
“Oh don’t worry about that. If you
stay here, you’ll never have to worry
about any bad guys ever again.”
“Never ever?”
Her parents nodded, and Lydia stood
still for a moment to think about it.
“I’ll be safe… forever…?” [End music]
~ Zozna – post-western trial ~
Felix was the first to appear at the
end of the western trial now. He turned around to check if anybody came out
yet, but there was nobody.
“They’re going to be just fine,”
Felix smiled. “I’m sorry, father… but that was just a false glimpse of my
imagination. It’s easy to realize that once you understand the more important
task at hand here.”
There was a sound of slow clapping
up ahead.
“Clyde!” [Music 13.1]
Clyde was sitting atop a boulder
with his legs crossed.
“There you are, Felix. I’ve been
waiting for you. I’m infatuated by the fact that you survived two trials. You
really have changed, haven’t you?” His voice was not of impression, but more of
disgust.
“Come with us!”
“Why should I do that? I’m working
for Magnus now, and not even you can change that. He did tell me to send you a
message, however.” Felix listened carefully to him. “He will not run away this
time if he were to lose. He has high confidence that he will win, so this is
the final straw. The end is near, Felix.”
Felix became impatient. “It doesn’t
matter what he says. I’m not gonna let him escape either way.”
“Oh, so persistent. I like that
about you, Felix. You just never stop sometimes. It even gets annoying
sometimes.” He took out his rapier. “Do you think you have what it takes to
defeat Magnus?”
Felix was ready to take out his
crescent blade, but he paused for a moment. “I just want to talk, Clyde. You
are being controlled by Magnus. You do know that, right?”
“Is that so? But I have all this
power now. If anything, I’m only working for him and he’s offering the
benefits.”
“The benefits only last until he’s
gone. And as long as he’s alive, you’re just going to sink deeper into
darkness.”
“What do you know? You have all
these friends who trust you, and the only person to trust me is Magnus!”
“Do you really think that?! If you
join us, all of my friends will welcome you with open arms. They’re the most
supportive friends I’ve ever had, and I am thankful for that. I still believe
you are one of us too.” [Music 64.1]
“Tch,” Clyde made a guilty
expression. “Be quiet. I am not trustable at all. Now stop the chatter and
fight me!” Clyde dashed quickly towards Felix and Felix had to deflect it with
his crescent blade.
Even if Felix’s blade was much
larger, Clyde’s rapier was able to push him back onto the ground.
“You’re screwing up, Felix! Did you
ever change at all, or were you bluffing?”
Felix made his way back up. “This has
nothing to do with strengths, Clyde! Just listen to me!”
Clyde gave another strike, and Felix
only deflected again. In no time, Felix was getting exhausted. He decided to
jump a few steps back and then he struck the air as swiftly as he could with
his crescent blade. The wind ricochet towards Clyde, pushing him back against a
boulder.
“Ergh…! Well done there – friend.”
Felix was surprised. He noticed a
strange pause coming from Clyde right before he said ‘friend’.
“We are best friends, Clyde. Nothing
is going to change that, not even after all this time you were gone.” He tried
to give Clyde a soft kick to his shin but Clyde only guarded against him.
“Don’t you want to see your parents again? They are home, waiting for you!”
“Ergh!” Clyde pushed him back.
Felix was becoming persistent again.
He tried to punch Clyde on the stomach. “Remember our friendship wall? It’s
still there, and it will always be there. The village has been renovated, but I
saved that abandoned house for you. I want you to come home and see it again!”
“I don’t want to see it, damn it!!”
Clyde said, closing his eyes.
“You’ve taught me so much in the
village all these years, and now it’s time I give my share. LET’S GO HOME!!!!”
Felix gave a successful punch towards Clyde’s chin, but Clyde did the exact
same thing.
The only difference was that Felix
knocked him down with the back end of his crescent blade. Clyde fell to the
floor.
“I… uck. You pinned me, heh,” Clyde
said calmly. “Do it.”
“Huh?”
“Kill me.” His voice finally softened.
“Free me…from this madness… There is no way I can go back home anyway, not
after all I’ve done to Rhadessia.” His voice was the exact same, sweet voice
that Felix remembered. The last time he heard such a voice was back in Ouli
Brye which was the very beginning.
“I can’t do that!”
“Yes, you can.” Clyde used the rest
of his dark energy to overpower Felix. His mind was able to fight against
itself as he forcefully had Felix’s crescent blade close to his heart. It was
slowly reaching his body, closer and closer.
“Stop it. You can’t make me do
this!! STOP!”
“Farewell, Felix… Beat that Magnus
bastard for me-“
A knife somehow flew past the
crescent blade, knocking it far away from the two of them.
“What are you, an idiot?” Rina said,
standing tall and proud.
Clyde gasped. “I-It’s you!”
Leo yawned. “I remember when I saw
you. I didn’t think you were a bad guy, but man, that Magnus bastard had you
going.”
Hazel and Viola were also with them.
“And to think we had a moment of
doubt when Felix wanted to talk his way into Clyde’s mind, heh.” Hazel began to
chuckle.
“I didn’t think you had that much in you, villager,” Viola
joked.
Warren raised his fists. “He is the strongest one of us, after all!”
Forrest gave two thumbs-up. “The true hero! Hehe!”
Felix was extremely happy to see all
of them together. “You’re all here!” [End music]
Clyde - The Same as Usual...
Clyde sat up and the dark aura was
completely gone, but his head began to hurt.
“I feel… a bit weakened.”
Felix stood up. “It’s alright, we
got this! You’re coming home with us, Clyde!”
Clyde’s eyes opened widely. “You
still… accept me? Even after how much I’ve done and said to you? You’re the
clear winner here, Felix. You should have killed me when you had the chance.”
Felix shook his head in
disagreement. “No way! There’s no such thing as winning and losing. I didn’t
win at all. I chose the light path and kept that hope of saving you.”
Clyde smiled, giving out a shriek of
sadness as he cried. He repeatedly told the group what kind of person he had
become, and wished he had a stronger heart. “But, but…! Felix, you taught me
one very important thing. Even how much darkness has past, as long as I move
forward into the light, that’s all that matters. Whatever I do onward from here
on out, that’s the true me.”
Felix agreed. “Yes! That’s exactly
what I wanted to say!”
Clyde laughed, and then he paused
once he took a look at the group. “Felix… Didn’t you have a total of eight
people in your group?”
The rest of the group stopped
smiling. Rina and Felix abruptly turned to the portal.
“Lydia…” the two of them said
together.
[Ending 5 music]
~~~
The group of seven was able to free Clyde form his misery and control from Magnus. With all of them passing the trial of illusions, they notice that Lydia is still missing. Perhaps she is trapped forever in her world of illusions. However, the group had already made their decision. The main focus is to stop Magnus, especially now that he's really close! Tune in on the final episode of The Obsidian Tale!
~~~
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