[Right. This...this isn't...Japan. Or Transylvania. Or Eden. Or anywhere.
Who did this? Who was responsible? Why? Why is she gone from the places she knows!? She didn't fall asleep, she's sure of it. Oh Lilith, oh Lilith, oh Mother--
Little girl. The Presence in her mind, meanwhile, simply laughed at her panic. Look, you're all alone. What can you do now? Do you think she will save you? No.
"Stop...I...I'll save myself!"
And so, she bursts into...the hallway? The open? She doesn't process enough to care - and just shouts.]
Moon Astarte Power, Make-Up!
[.....]
Moon Astarte Power, Make-Up!
MAKE-UP!!
[She feels soft, throbbing pulses in her chest and stomach - the Presence always did that when she tried to transform, tried to hold her back - but...nothing. She felt nothing of her crystal. Nothing of her core. No power. Zero.
Her breath begins to quicken as she realizes. Even the Presence is silent. Then that means...her hands go to her head.]
Its not you...no, no no...help...me!!
This Petty Face
[Humans. So many of them. Not many monsters or true creatures of the night. If Mother had been here, maybe things could be different. Lilith could find their kind so quickly. Here, alone? She feels nothing.
Still, she...can't help but want to try to...be cordial, at least. The Presence mocks, always, when she tries. You're mine now. One day you will disappear. What do you care? How long will you cling to the silly hopes of a human psyche? How long will you buy into the foolishness of a sailor soldier's existence?
"I...want to do this."
So she approaches. Chances are, its during something awkward and not conducive to friend making. Its interrupting. But she'll come up close anyways, shoulders hunched and hands folded.]
I. Hello. What are you doing?
Break a Leg
[Astarte's hands shake as she folds the note up. No one needs to know, right? No one. Its a lie, always a lie. Humans and their allies lie. Why is she so sure the conductor of this farce is a human?
Because...humans lie. Except when they don't. When they are callous and follow through with their threats. Except...she doesn't know. She's trying not to panic. If this is revealed, she can't imagine how things will go. But...she can't just give into the game, right?
Even if not doing so would lead these humans to learn things they shouldn't know.]
I-I'm all right.
[Its clear she's not.]
Curtain
[Dead. Oh, the blood. All the blood. There's the ghost of a smile as the Presence watches, just for the moment, in the front of her mind. Good. Good. A dead human. Pitiful.
She shakes her head, and she's confused as she looks around. Did...it did, didn't it? Oh. Hopefully, no one thought she did this. She really didn't.
Oh, wait, in the corner--]
I...is that a knife?
Cue Music
[Ah, its all terrible. Astarte is so...confused. Conflicted. Without Lilith to explain things, how is she even alive and functioning as a human? With humans? She doesn't know.
Before she knows it, she is singing.]
There are so many things that I don't understand There's a world within me that I cannot explain Many rooms to explore, but the doors look the same I am lost, like I don't even know my own name
I've been, for sometime, looking for someone I need to know now Please tell me who I am...
Shiva Shingetsu Astarte | SeraMyu
[Right. This...this isn't...Japan. Or Transylvania. Or Eden. Or anywhere.
Who did this? Who was responsible? Why? Why is she gone from the places she knows!? She didn't fall asleep, she's sure of it. Oh Lilith, oh Lilith, oh Mother--
Little girl. The Presence in her mind, meanwhile, simply laughed at her panic. Look, you're all alone. What can you do now? Do you think she will save you? No.
"Stop...I...I'll save myself!"
And so, she bursts into...the hallway? The open? She doesn't process enough to care - and just shouts.]
Moon Astarte Power, Make-Up!
[.....]
Moon Astarte Power, Make-Up!
MAKE-UP!!
[She feels soft, throbbing pulses in her chest and stomach - the Presence always did that when she tried to transform, tried to hold her back - but...nothing. She felt nothing of her crystal. Nothing of her core. No power. Zero.
Her breath begins to quicken as she realizes. Even the Presence is silent. Then that means...her hands go to her head.]
Its not you...no, no no...help...me!!
This Petty Face
[Humans. So many of them. Not many monsters or true creatures of the night. If Mother had been here, maybe things could be different. Lilith could find their kind so quickly. Here, alone? She feels nothing.
Still, she...can't help but want to try to...be cordial, at least. The Presence mocks, always, when she tries. You're mine now. One day you will disappear. What do you care? How long will you cling to the silly hopes of a human psyche? How long will you buy into the foolishness of a sailor soldier's existence?
"I...want to do this."
So she approaches. Chances are, its during something awkward and not conducive to friend making. Its interrupting. But she'll come up close anyways, shoulders hunched and hands folded.]
I. Hello. What are you doing?
Break a Leg
[Astarte's hands shake as she folds the note up. No one needs to know, right? No one. Its a lie, always a lie. Humans and their allies lie. Why is she so sure the conductor of this farce is a human?
Because...humans lie. Except when they don't. When they are callous and follow through with their threats. Except...she doesn't know. She's trying not to panic. If this is revealed, she can't imagine how things will go. But...she can't just give into the game, right?
Even if not doing so would lead these humans to learn things they shouldn't know.]
I-I'm all right.
[Its clear she's not.]
Curtain
[Dead. Oh, the blood. All the blood. There's the ghost of a smile as the Presence watches, just for the moment, in the front of her mind. Good. Good. A dead human. Pitiful.
She shakes her head, and she's confused as she looks around. Did...it did, didn't it? Oh. Hopefully, no one thought she did this. She really didn't.
Oh, wait, in the corner--]
I...is that a knife?
Cue Music
[Ah, its all terrible. Astarte is so...confused. Conflicted. Without Lilith to explain things, how is she even alive and functioning as a human? With humans? She doesn't know.
Before she knows it, she is singing.]
There are so many things that I don't understand
There's a world within me that I cannot explain
Many rooms to explore, but the doors look the same
I am lost, like I don't even know my own name
I've been, for sometime, looking for someone
I need to know now
Please tell me who I am...