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Moriko hugged her friend back never wanting to let go. "I know, I'm sorry." She whispered, embarrassed that she had been taken out of the battle so quickly. "I'm sorry i couldn't protect you. I'm sorry that I'm so... so weak." Tears full of both happiness and sorrow streamed down her face as she let her friend go.

"Are you okay? Are you hurt?" She examined Sigrun over, making sure that there wasn't a scratch on her body. People may have been fighting and shouting around them, but Moriko was in her own little world.

Sinclair smiled broadly at him, this one more genuine than the last. He held fast to Zephyros' hand, letting the feel of his skin anchor him, and followed him up the staircase...

[Exiting]

[Enter]

Aiden stepped out of the portal and looked at the tower in awe. This was where he needed to go, a place he needed to be to fulfill the role the pillar had mentioned. He swiftly made his way into the tower, looking around and half hoping he would see anyone he recognized from the Green Kingdom. They would be silvers like him though wouldn't they? So their appearances would have changed as well. He shook his head and headed to the next floor.

[Exit]

It was a bit of a shock to see Amrita again. The ex-Queen didn't seem to recognize Sun, which didn't really surprise her. Sun said nothing. Her death had been brief, but she was reluctant to think too much on that moment she's spent in Amrita's arms.

No, she listened to what Amrita said to Aymet, instead. His muttered comment on seeing Sun hurt. It was unexpected, that she would feel pain at losing his regard. Even after he had been the one to abandon her, and the rest of his subjects.

"Aymet. I died." she asserted, attempting to speak her piece on the matter. She didn't think he would listen. "I've seen what lies on the other side. Listen to them. They're telling the truth."

She looked him square in the eyes, daring him to find a lie within her own.

She was the last to arrive. The Sophie of this world knew how to run currying all these potions but she did not. So she had taken the time to dump most of them bar a few that weren't as in the way and tiresome. It was hard to do normally; even harder to do with the Voice constantly calling to her and making her falter. She didn't bother to be careful, letting the potions smash on the floor of the castle. She was sure to step away from them, of course. Some of them were quite deadly as evident by the holes that melted into stone floors.

Sophie finally made it to the tower and The Voice seemed to subside; more like a nagging feeling rather than a force that drove her. Now it was telling her to get to the top. But she could ignore it for her real task. She searched them out and her eyes fell on the group in time to see Julain fall. She froze. What would that mean for him? Would he be stuck in this world? She shook her head; it wasn't the time for that. Esuna was summoned and she gripped the staff tightly; raising it above her head as she jumped towards Mort; a scream escaping from a twisted expression. She was tired of this. Sick of it. She wanted to go home no matter what it costed. No matter who it costed.

It was time. The final curtain call as it were. Mengyao had left the battlefield and retreated to the tower of the Voice. Herself, Lifen, Shaheen and Kiwi were still tasked with hunting him down and bringing him back. The tower itself was ugly to her, just like the black tear in this false world.

Everything was hideous. Yet Lifen was the first to move up, and Lan worried. Lifen was brave but she cared for Mengyao. Deeply. And this Mengyao was just as blind as when insanity had taken him.

[Exit]

[ENTER]

Rex was a raptor on the prowl, a dangerous creature with a solitary purpose. However, perhaps unlike the others who had entered the tower before, Rex did not seek answers, he did not care about truth. What he sought was the one responsible for all of this, he sought a physical creature, he sought something he could SINK HIS TEETH INTO! Something he could bite, tear, and shred.

He growled, stalking along the path, fangs dripping with his intent, fury burning in his gaze. He did not stop, he did not waver, he did not search the faces for those he had known. He only approached the tower, slinking toward the entrance at the base. There was no hesitation, no caution, no moment taken to prepare himself for whatever lay ahead, there was nothing to stop him. Rex did not think, he simply walked through the door.

[EXIT]