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Kashi felt a strange tug and an odd... emptiness. He honestly felt like he had been rewritten. Slowly casting his eyes downward, he examined his graying hands. He couldn't explain this change. But he liked it. He shook his head. 'Wait, what?'

Not too far away was just what he'd come here looking for. "Molan." A smile formed in his mind, but failed to make it to his lips, as he made his way closer to Molan and the young girl beside him.

Kashi stood behind Molan, slowly snaked his arms around Molan's waist and rested his chin on the other's head.

"Hope I didn't keep you waiting too long." His voice sounded strange to his own ears. Like he had just returned to someone waiting for him in his own bed, it vibrated through him and left an odd sensation behind it. He seemed to be basking in it for a moment, becoming a bit lost, before catching himself and forcing himself back up.

He silently waited for Molan's response, while watching the girl, almost as if she wasn't even there in his mind.

[[Enter]]

The Voice was in here.

Erebus had no doubt about it as they both reached the Tower. This was it. This was where whatever had stolen his brother's visage resided. Without even a word, he headed forward, to the door that told him to sacrifice what he could hear.

"Go first." He told Tomoko. "I'll be right behind you." It was better for him to watch her back. There was never guessing what mysteries the Voice had here.

Soon enough, Olivia's sobs were slowly reduced to small hiccups and gigantic watery trails of tears that were still trickling. But, she felt a little better having gotten it all out, even though at the same time she didn't. Because, it was still a terrible situation.

Maybe it was best not to think about, least to cause the tears to never end.

She didn't move though, finding the comfort in her arms. Maybe, in some ways, to make the end not come so quickly. Because the end was climbing the stairs even though there was such a great calling to.

Olivia mumbled an inaudible sound, feeling herself sway backwards a little, wondering if Molan had moved or if someone or something was trying to get them to go. She tilted her head a little, peeking upward, spotting the arms around Molan and a few familiar traits of that man Kashi.

Raja

Masshiro

Moriko nodded to her friend and then looked to the stairs. She hoped with all of her heart that this was no goodbye,k that perhaps the voice had been lying, but she knew in her heart that it was all true. Determined to go out with a bang, Moriko began to make her way up the stairs to figure out what this was all about.

[Exit]

[[Entering]]

There was no doubt about it - Tomoko's knees couldn't handle the stress now that she'd forced all of her bravery out of her body during the Ash/Thackery altercation. Nope. She wasn't sure she could do this anymore. Okay, that was a lie - climbing the tower would be the part she could handle. It was the... well, it was the part where at the top there would be something she didn't know the nature of.

It was that unknown that was terrifying her.

"First..?" she gave Erebus a terrified look, before she looked back to the stairs, took a deep breath, then nodded. "Stay close, okay?" her shoulders shook visibly as she let go of his hand and began her climb.

[[Exitting to next floor]]

It took a while, but the girl seemed to accept it with time. The occasional pat being offered as he merely held her until it seemed to end. She'd been through a lot, they all had. Death made things... easier to accept in a way. Sad, but it had. He... something was missing, the side of him that hurt and thrashed against the inevitable seemed to have slept. He didn't care to fight it.

Fate was fate.

He was happy enough.

And then, as if being cried on for goodness knows what eternity, he found himself a bit... stuck. In an awkward situation. Perhaps he might have worried about it more if he still had the capacity to, but Kashi had hugged him close from behind, pulling him a bit back before resting on him as he spoke. Eyes shifting to try and see the pale haired man.

No, not too long. It was fine. Actually it was near perfect, perhaps now would be a good time to go. Though the heavens said otherwise as he lightly lifting a hand to rest on the fellows cheek. Though the other remained on Olivia's head idle. He would be one of them now, yes such simple clothes. Well, he'd know now. It was easier to understand then, he needn't explain.

Her ears twitched as she tilted her head to the side, what was this bird doing? She watched him closely as he took a step forward,

".wha.."

Before she could pull back or even realize what was happening he had pulled her close in a tight hug. Her ear twitching slightly against his cheek, for a split second she felt completely content, as she closed her eyes. But his words, 'I missed you'

They weren't Roch's words, they weren't the Commanders. This...this bird was tricking her. Quickly pushing him away she glared daggers,

"Wh...what are you doing...why...why do you know me...who are you..."

She started to get louder as she looked around. This wasn't right, she needed to find Roch and the Commander she needed to make sure they were safe. For a split second her mind screamed that she should stay here, not to go looking for trouble. She looked over at him once more an almost sorrowful look on her face. Before turning and running without looking back, almost as if looking back would make her loose any resolve she had not to knock the bird silly for touching her.

[[Exiting]]

For a moment, just a moment, everything was right with the world. His eyes closed, he could pretend that he wasn't in some messed-up dream realm of some crazy's creation. He could pretend he was anywhere else and be perfectly happy.
But that wasn't how it was going to be for him, not here. For as soon as he started to sink into the sad little dream of his, Lumi pushed him away and was looking at him... Like she wanted to kill him.

"I-I... " But he couldn't get it out. His heart sank. She wouldn't remember him, no matter how hard he tried. Sin hadn't been able to believe him, a small part of him thought maybe, just maybe Lumi might... But he was lying to himself.
And it didn't matter anyway, because she was running off into the tower. It hurt so much to feel this way, to see someone he cared so much about and to have her not know him, to have her push him away. It hurt and yet that hurt helped to fuel his determination. He would get Lumi back.

"I won't give up..." And with that, he ran after her into the tower.

[Exit]