Tales From The Kronos

Silva, Emely, and Gwyn continued walking for a while and finally managed to get the last thing they came for, the Ever flowing caramel. There was a lake full of it, Silva was about to fall in it but managed to stop right before.

"I hate this world, the sticky floor is messing with me. I can't feel where I'm going."

"It would be a shame if you fell in." Emely slowly approached Silva from behind, and with a smirk on her face, pushed Silva into the liquid. What she didn't expect, however, was that Silva would grab her by reflex, making them both fall into the caramel lake.

"What the hell Silva? Why did you grab me in your fall?"

"Because you pushed me!" Silva was furious, she tried getting rid of the caramel on her, but no matter how she tried, it stayed on her "I even have some in my ears, I barely can hear!"

"You're lucky." Said Emely, very annoyed too. "I have some in my eyes, I can't see anything!"

"Well, you know what it's like to be blind now."

Emely collected enough of the caramel, but the caramel on them would probably stay for a while still.

"Well it's over now, let's get home. Are you ready Gwyn?" Emely's question stayed without an answer for a while, it took so long that they started to think that the doctor was no longer with them "Gwyn? Are you here?"

But only silence could be heard, Emely could barely see anything, and Silva never felt so lost before, making it almost impossible to move around.

"I think she's not here, maybe she got attacked. I didn't hear anything, probably because a dumbass messed everything up!" Silva said angrily, still trying to remove the liquid from her body.

"I'm not a dumbass! Anyway, we have to find her, maybe we should go back where we came from."

"Sure. But if we lost her, I'm going to say it's your fault."

"Don't grab me next time then!"

Their argument continued for a while, the two tried searching around for the third member. They continued for a few minutes, but their slow pace made their progress difficult.

"Ouch!" Silva bumped into something, she tried touching it to notice it was a wall of some kind "Since when is there a wall here? I didn't even feel it."

"Just be more careful blind-ass." Emely said mockingly, before falling to the ground because of a kind of vine."What was that!? Maybe we never came here, actually."

"But then where are we?" Silva turned around, trying to get a feel of the place, but it only made her realize how lost they were "And where do we come from?"

Emely tried looking around, but her vision was so blurry that she couldn't understand where they were.

"We can't leave, she needs us. But how are we going to find her if I'm as blind as a failed artist?"

"I may paint bad stuff, but at least I wasn't the one that put us in this mess!"

They were about to argue again but stopped when they heard a laugh next to them. It was very similar to Gwyn's voice, but they never saw her smile, let alone laugh.

"Haha, you should see your face!"

"Gwyn?" Silva was baffled, they managed to find her somehow despite not seeing anything "Where were you? We searched for you!"

"I know!" Said the doctor, trying to hold her laugh "I was here all along, but when I realized you couldn't see me, I just followed you to see where you would go."

"Are you kidding me? I couldn't see anything! That was horrible!" Emely and Silva were both furious but also relieved that she was all right. They all got close so they could return to the ship, the two girls a bit annoyed "Let's just get home now."

"You know," Said Gwyn before they would leave "It's always boring in my office, I have to work so much, I'm always so tired, and it's depressing. So I'm glad we went for an adventure together."

"I guess it was, I'm always working on something on the ship, so it was nice going outside. Even if Silva was here."

"Fuck you, I hated it, I want to go home." On those words from Silva, they all went back on the ship together.

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"I need to go shower myself now, I'm all messy!" Emely immediately left the room, with caramel still on her.

Silva was about to follow her but stopped when she heard Gwyn's voice.

"Wait Silva, I'll finish the med tomorrow morning, you should come if you're interested. We should at least talk more about it."

"... Alright."

Silva left, still unsure about what she should do. It seems like it could be dangerous, but if it erases all the pain she gets, is it worth it? Either way, she still had a day to think about it. For now, all she could think about was removing all the caramel on her. The girl left the room and walked at high speed in the corridor, hoping that no one would see her.

"Silva? What happened?"

Silva wasn't sure who it was, but it seemed like Sepide. All of this sweet liquid in her ear was really messing with her.

"To be honest, I thought I could get a shower without being seen."

"You probably should take a shower, it seems uncomfortable."

Exhausted, she let out a sigh. She knew that she couldn't

"I'll explain what happened on the way, come on."

Silva explained to her friend everything that happened in the world. She still omitted that the reason she was there was to get a pill for her and instead said it was to help Gwyn.

After taking her shower, she felt much better. It was like she opened her eyes for the first time. Being able to hear and feel her environment again felt like a deliverance. Silva stood still in the shower for a few minutes, never feeling better in her life before.

When she got out of the shower room, she noticed Sepide waiting for her. She looked like a dog waiting for her owner, sitting on the ground.

"Sepide? You didn't go back to your room?"

"Well, I thought we could spend some time together, it's not time to sleep yet." Sepide said shyly, still trying to keep a professional tone.

"I don't mind, but don't you have better to do?"

"Not really." The girl looked at Silva, with a slight look of worry on her face "Are you okay? Something happened?"

Silva couldn't admit it, but she did feel bad. It was probably her appointment with Gwyn and the talk about her other self that made her feel that way, but Sepide was maybe just what she needed to feel better.

"It's okay, I'm tired, but I shouldn't sleep too early. I'll wake up in the middle of the night again." Silva forced a smile, but the idea of spending time with her friend also made her genuinely happy "Why don't we get Neige and go in your room? Last time you saw mine after all."

"Sure, but it's nothing impressive." Silva thought it would take some work to convince her friend, but she gave in pretty easily "Neige was with the leader, he should still be there."

Just like Sepide said, Neige was in front of the leader's room. But he was just watching the window in front of him, looking defeated.

"Neige, are you okay?" Asked Sepide.

"Oh... You're here." Neige took a deep breath and started to talk with a voice full of sorrow "She said she never played the game, I thought I had a chance... I couldn't hit her once, her and this weird character... She shouldn't be that strong..."

"That's what makes you sad?" Sepide seemed a bit confused, it was just a game after all.

"Yeah... Anyway, what brings you here?"

"Oh, we're going to see Sepide's room, wanna come?" Silva was way too excited for something so trivial, but Neige smiled a bit at the idea.

"Why not, I won't say no about seeing what secret she hides."

Neige and Silva both seemed pretty happy while Sepide stood there in confusion. It was just a room, it's not like she had paintings everywhere like Silva did.

The three friends entered Sepide's room, it was very basic, there wasn't anything special but it made sense considering how long Sepide had been here. Like the other rooms, there was a window on the ceiling showing space and the basics like a bed and a closet.

"Wow, that's so cool!" Yelled Silva, with excitation in her voice.

"Really?" Sepide didn't seem so sure, there really wasn't anything special.

"No, she can't see, she's just messing with you."

"Oh, right." Sepide felt pretty happy to get a compliment about her room, she started to think that decorating her room might be a good idea after all.

Neige looked around, there wasn't anything noteworthy, aside from a laptop on her desk and a shelf. It contained some books, it was mostly about psychology and human interaction.

"What are those books? Seems interesting." Neige took one and started to flip the pages, hoping to find something interesting.

"I don't really know, apparently they came from my world, but I don't remember much."

"You don't remember your world either, huh..." Neige put back the cook on the shelf and continued searching, there was a bunch about how to be a good parent. He wasn't really sure why it was here and didn't question it much more.

"Hey, what's that? It was under the bed." Neige and Sepide turned toward Silva, showing some kind of wooden box. Neige took it and read the words written in golden letters on the box.

"It's written 'Precious Memories' on it, it's probably important for Sepide, so put it back where you found it."

"No, not really." Said Sepide in her usual empty voice.

"See, the owner of the treasure said I could open it!"

"I never said that."

Despite Sepide's weak protest, Silva opened the box. Even if Neige didn't want to, his curiosity got the better of him and looked inside the box too. But it was empty, not a single thing was inside of it.

"Hey, where's the treasure, it's empty!" Said Silva, triggered by the empty box.

"I don't have precious memories."

The two friends stayed silent. They felt bad for Sepide, she didn't have a single thing that brought her good memories. But Silva suddenly got an idea and asked something to Sepide with a smile.

"Don't you like our adventures together?"

"Well... It's pretty fun, yeah." Said Sepide with a small smile, and even if Silva couldn't see it, she still felt it. She took a shard of an eggshell and put it in the box "You remember when we fought the dragon and ate its egg?"

Sepide nodded her head, reminiscing about the time in the snowy forest while Neige looked at them with confusion. Silva searched in her pockets and took a card out of her pocket before putting it in the box.

"This Silv played poker against you, right? She left this card in the room where she put me. I didn't have a great time, but it was still an adventure together!"

Silva pushed Neige with her elbow, encouraging him to put something in the box. He took a screw out of his pocket and put it in the box too.

"It's what Eida gave us, you remember? It was pretty fun racing, right?"

"Yeah, it was."

Silva closed the box and handed it back to Sepide, with all the items they put inside.

"We'll create plenty of memories together, it won't always stay empty."

Sepide didn't know how to feel. She took the box, it didn't have anything special before, it was just something from her world. But now, she felt like it was the most precious thing for her, and held it close to her heart.

"Thanks, let's create memories together!" Sepide did her best to hold it, but a tear still managed to get out of her eye.