This data disk is delivered to Cerejeira, with instructions for who it is for, but a request not to listen. The recording, nonetheless, goes like like this:
HELLO SHADOW, ROUGE. I SUPPOSE BY NOW YOU HAVE REALIZED THAT I HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.
...THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE BEEN TAKEN OFF-LINE APART FROM YOU BOTH. AND THIS TIME, THERE IS NO REPAIRING ME. I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO FALL IN BATTLE ALONGSIDE YOU BOTH, OR PERHAPS, GO ON FIGHTING ALONGSIDE YOU FOREVERMORE. BUT EVEN I KNOW THAT IS BUT A FLEETING DREAM.
I HAVE MISSED YOU TERRIBLY. I HAVE ON MANY OCCASIONS WONDERED WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE DONE, WHAT DECISIONS YOU BOTH WOULD HAVE MADE. IN THE END, I MADE DECISIONS THAT ONLY I COULD HAVE. IT IS THE WAY OF THINGS I SUPPOSE.
IN THE PAST, I HAVE SPOKEN THAT I FEEL SOMETHING AKIN TO TRUST TO YOU BOTH. I KNOW NOW...THAT WAS A LIE. I TRUST YOU BOTH IMPLICITLY. I TRUST YOU BOTH WITH MY CODE. WITH MY LIFE. WITH MY VERY BEING.
I-I...
...
I LOVE YOU BOTH.
CARRY ON FOR ME. PLEASE. THE WORLD NEEDS YOU BOTH.
Shadow and Rouge
Date: 2025-08-17 01:15 pm (UTC)HELLO SHADOW, ROUGE. I SUPPOSE BY NOW YOU HAVE REALIZED THAT I HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.
...THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE BEEN TAKEN OFF-LINE APART FROM YOU BOTH. AND THIS TIME, THERE IS NO REPAIRING ME. I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO FALL IN BATTLE ALONGSIDE YOU BOTH, OR PERHAPS, GO ON FIGHTING ALONGSIDE YOU FOREVERMORE. BUT EVEN I KNOW THAT IS BUT A FLEETING DREAM.
I HAVE MISSED YOU TERRIBLY. I HAVE ON MANY OCCASIONS WONDERED WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE DONE, WHAT DECISIONS YOU BOTH WOULD HAVE MADE. IN THE END, I MADE DECISIONS THAT ONLY I COULD HAVE. IT IS THE WAY OF THINGS I SUPPOSE.
IN THE PAST, I HAVE SPOKEN THAT I FEEL SOMETHING AKIN TO TRUST TO YOU BOTH. I KNOW NOW...THAT WAS A LIE. I TRUST YOU BOTH IMPLICITLY. I TRUST YOU BOTH WITH MY CODE. WITH MY LIFE. WITH MY VERY BEING.
I-I...
...
I LOVE YOU BOTH.
CARRY ON FOR ME. PLEASE. THE WORLD NEEDS YOU BOTH.
IT DOESN'T NEED ANOTHER BADNIK.